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During what has been a volatile stock market in general, many active traders are constantly looking for a few trade ideas each week which could outperform the stock market at large.

Through the current COVID-19 pandemic, retail traders, investors, and financial firms have heard rumors of possible dividend suspensions from companies which have built a reputation on being profitable, maintaining a healthy balance sheet, and paying healthy dividend yields to investors.

Amid a shortage of protective equipment for health-care workers treating coronavirus patients which have grown significantly in recent weeks, naturally, health-care equipment has become increasingly scarce. This includes face masks.

In recent weeks, we’ve seen countless businesses (both private and public) close their doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That said, home improvement retailers remain open for business as usual as many individuals may have more time on their hands to do one or two home improvement projects they’ve been planning.


Two major home improvement retailers are best known in its sector… Home Depot and Lowes. Both remain open as essential businesses, but one recently announced a wage increase over the other and extended its hours.

In recent weeks, we’ve seen countless businesses (both private and public) close their doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That said, home improvement retailers remain open for business as usual as many individuals may have more time on their hands to do one or two home improvement projects they’ve been planning.


Two major home improvement retailers are best known in its sector… Home Depot and Lowes. Both remain open as essential businesses, but one recently announced a wage increase over the other and extended its hours.

In today’s world of working from home and learning remotely, everyday individuals like you and me may be more reliant than ever on telecommunication providers. One may think these circumstances would be good news for investors and traders in telecom stocks, but the picture is decidedly mixed.


For instance, just yesterday JP Morgan telecom financial analyst Philip Cusick cut his rating on AT&T to neutral from overweight, trimming his target price on the stock to $35 from $38.

Just one trading day after the worst quarter in stock market history, futures traded about 3% lower overnight. Some traders may be scared, but as an active trader, I continue to analyze TrackStar’s financial professional data on a daily basis… and trading in current markets has been more exciting than ever as a result.

As COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, the US has overtaken other countries as the leader in the number of infected people, with more than 141,000 confirmed cases. Investors are now turning their attention to policymakers last week as a number of measures to boost the economy.
With the US and the global economy on brink of a recession (or perhaps it’s already in one), the focus last week was on congress, which after numerous failed attempts managed to pass a $2.0 trillion stimulus bill, the largest ever in recorded history. The bill was voted on and signed into law on Friday, but the anticipation not only kept investors on the edge but also resulted in the biggest three-day rally of the stock market since 1931. In this way, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged by 13.68% last week, while the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ Composite advanced by 10.93% and 9.53%, respectively.
The stimulus package is one of the most far-reaching pieces of legislation ever introduced. It includes direct payments to individuals and to households with children, an extension of unemployment benefits, allocations to state and local governments, corporate aid, loans to small businesses, and allocations to the healthcare system.

Markets continued to rally yesterday, but futures are flat as of 7am ET. As social distancing remains alive and public businesses remain closed, more business is being conducted online than ever before.