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Up-ended. Stocks sold off in yesterday’s session as uncertainty around the path of the virus continued to instill fear in the markets. The President’s warning of a rough two weeks and the potential for 240,00 US deaths weighed heavily on risk assets yesterday.

In like a lion out like a bear. Stocks sold off yesterday as projected Coronavirus cases caused investors to fear that the worst is yet to come. Yesterday’s selloff capped off a quarter of losses, making it the worst first quarter on record for both the Dow Jones and S&P500 indexes.

Happy days are near again. Stocks rose in yesterday’s session on optimism that the virus may be beaten quickly. Investors drew comfort in declining new cases of COVID-19 in hard hit Italy, Spain, and Seattle.

Bull in a china shop. Stocks declined on Friday capping off a wild week of trade in which equities mounted their largest 3-day rally since the 1930’s. The President signed the $2 trillion CARES act into law but investors have fears that it may not be enough.

Eleven Eleven. Stocks rallied yesterday as stimulus optimism spread virally. As Coronavirus cases rise in the US so has unemployment, with a record 3.2 million workers filing for unemployment benefits in the past week alone.

Booster shot. Stocks advanced for a second day in a row on hopes of a deal in the Senate. The back-to-back, two-day rally was the first since early February, but it almost didn’t happen as equities lost ground in the final hour of trading while Senators continued to bicker.