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Wildlife habitat destruction and deforestation will cause more deadly pandemics like coronavirus, scientists warn

Habitat destruction like deforestation and agricultural development on wildland are increasingly forcing disease-carrying wild animals closer to humans, allowing new strains of infectious diseases to thrive.




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FDA gives emergency authorization for new antigen test to help detect coronavirus quicker and cheaper

There is a higher chance of false negatives with an antigen test and a negative result may need to be confirmed with an additional PCR test prior to further treatments.




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Can stocks and bonds both be right? Making sense of rising equities and ultra-low Treasury yields

Both markets are responding, each in its own way, to the same accommodative Fed.




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Coronavirus has taken millions of jobs, but here's where they're coming back

While some jobs won't be coming back after the lockdown, most, at least for now, will.




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Why ordering from Amazon has been so unpredictable during the coronavirus crisis

Amazon has been combating coronavirus-related issues on multiple fronts for the past several months.




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Stocks' bullish momentum poised to continue in 2020, if history is any guide

Stocks are on pace to log their best year of gains since 2013, and if history serves as a guide, the bullish momentum should continue through the next 12 months.




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CES will propel gains for tech investors, historical data shows

The Consumer Electronics Show, which kicked off Tuesday, could produce more gains for the tech sector, according to hedge fund trading tool Kensho. Historical data shows the VanEck Vectors Semiconductors ETF logs an average gain of nearly 1% during the four-day span of CES.




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Alphabet's trillion-dollar mark won't be the end of the near-term gains in stock, according to history

Alphabet hit a $1 trillion market valuation, an elite status only Apple, Microsoft and Amazon previously touched. Gains for the Google parent are not about to stop, history says.




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This defensive sector is market's best right now, and history suggests more gains are coming

Utilities is now the stock market's best-performing sector this year, as the coronavirus sends investors into a defensive position. History says gains can continue.




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Cramer praises Elon Musk for a 'magnificent' quarter, compares Tesla stock to Netflix and Amazon

CNBC's Jim Cramer said the rapid rise in Tesla shares reminds him of the stock trajectories of some of the most successful tech companies.




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AT&T will likely be broken up and will move on from WarnerMedia, analyst Craig Moffett predicts

Craig Moffett said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that AT&T will eventually separate its telecom business from its media business.




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Crude bear market: History says oil prices can fall another 10%

WTI crude and Brent crude are both near bear markets in 2020, with declines of roughly 17%. Trading history in the past decade suggests oil prices can fall by as much as 10% more.




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Twitter's brief history of earnings rallies shows they often don't last

Twitter surged after a big quarterly increase in users, but history shows the social media stock's rallies don't last.




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Tesla's biggest bull says Wall Street skepticism is 'a wonderful wall of worry'

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood said on "Squawk Box" that demand in China and falling battery costs will continue to boost Tesla's stock.




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Cramer says Virgin Galactic rally will end badly: 'No one is going to Mars that I know of'

Cramer said he did not understand the market's enthusiasm for Virgin Galactic, which has more than tripled in the past three months.




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El-Erian lifts his don't-buy-the-dip warning for pros, but says most investors should still wait

"If you are a long-term investor, I would wait," economist Mohamed El-Erian said. "If you're a short-term tactical investor, there's a lot of opportunities out there."




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How the coronavirus changed life in China: CNBC Beijing Bureau Chief Eunice Yoon

CNBC Beijing Bureau Chief Eunice Yoon reflects, as both a reporter and a Beijing resident, on what daily life has been like during the COVID-19 outbreak in China.




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Since 1990, here's how Dow, S&P 500 trade in the year after their worst, sudden crashes

The stock market just experienced one of its worst five-day drops ever, but the Dow is back up thousands of points in two days. History says that shouldn't be a surprise to investors.




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Ted Cruz, other senators, warn Saudis to stop using oil in 'economic warfare' against the US

Sen. Ted Cruz said a group of nine senators recently ripped into the Saudi ambassador to the United States in a conference call over its oil price war with Russia.




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Since 1990, this is how Dow, S&P perform in quarters that follow their worst drops

Since 1990, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index have bounced back in quarters that directly follow quarters when the S&P declined by 10% or more, according to market history.




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Afraid to buy into this market? A key 2008 financial-crisis moment isn't reassuring

It takes the market time to digest shocks. How investors reacted in months after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 offers a window onto why some remain reluctant to buy stocks.




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'We need to start saving individual people,' not just stockholders, says pension fund CIO

The chief investment officer of one of the country's biggest public pension funds said the government response to the coronavirus should be focused on supporting unemployed workers.




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Analyst sees the 'best of times and the worst of times' for video streaming services

NBCUniversal's Peacock launches for Comcast subscribers on Wednesday. With more people staying at home streaming content, one analyst says the environment is primed for Peacock's rollout.




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Mark Cuban, Leonardo DiCaprio, and ARod go 'all in' to fight hunger caused by coronavirus

The #AllInChallenge from Fanatics founder Michael Rubin has enlisted celebrities and sports stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, ARod and Mark Cuban to fight COVID-19 food insecurity.




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Leon Cooperman says the coronavirus crisis will change capitalism forever and taxes have to go up

The Omega Family Office chairman and CEO said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that taxes will need to go up regardless of who wins the upcoming presidential election.




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Since 2000, here's where Dow, S&P 500 trade one month after wild moves in energy

The crazy action in crude oil futures was not the only recent extreme energy trade. The XLE was up over 10% last Friday. Here is how the Dow and S&P do one month after similar rallies since 2000.




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Barrick CEO says there's rising demand for gold as a 'self-funded insurance policy' in a global crisis

Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow joins Squawk Box after the company reports earnings, to speak about the spike in demand for gold during the coronavirus crisis.




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Here is how Dow, S&P do in the six months ahead of a presidential election

As the coronavirus dominates the news, it's easy to forget that a presidential election is six months away. Since 1990, here is how stocks have done in election run-up periods.




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US trading systems 'holding up well,' top Securities and Exchange Commission official says

Despite enormous volumes, the U.S. trading system is holding up well, says the Securities and Exchange Commission's Brett Redfearn.




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Earnings estimates are plummeting in Europe. Here's what that means for the US

Should the virus spread in the U.S. as it is spreading in Italy, U.S. earnings could see similar declines.




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Wall Street bulls and bears fight over what the economic recovery from coronavirus will look like

Strategists debate how long it will take to contain the coronavirus outbreak as it hits the United States and roils markets.




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Circuit breakers, triggered for the first time in 20 years, pass a crucial test

Monday marked the first time that a modern circuit breaker kicked in, and it did its job — to pause the market and create liquidity.




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Fiscal stimulus talk is the main mover of the market

Stocks moved higher on Tuesday as investors bet on fiscal stimulus to ease the coronavirus crisis.




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Traders grapple to find the bottom as Dow enters bear market territory with S&P 500 not far behind

The S&P 500 is in bear market territory but it's difficult to predict a market bottom. Typical metrics do not apply in this very unusual situation.




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Here's what would happen if coronavirus forces the NYSE to close its trading floor

The New York Stock Exchange is prepared for the possibility that someone working on its trading floor may contract coronavirus.




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Stop blaming short sellers for causing the market drops

Blaming short sellers is misguided. European countries have banned short selling but their markets continue to fall.




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NYSE readies itself for first ever all-electronic trading day

With the floor of the New York Stock Exchange closed as of Monday, trading will resume electronically.




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Fed surprises market with program to support corporate bonds amid coronavirus pandemic

Under a program called the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility, the Federal Reserve will buy corporate bond and exchange traded funds.




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If you see an earnings estimate, it's probably wrong, given ongoing pandemic uncertainty

Companies have been slow to withdraw their earnings guidance, which makes estimating earnings for the S&P 500 nearly impossible.




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Wall Street traders adapt to working from home as business booms

Trading firms had two main concerns about traders working from home: Would the technology work and would traders be able to effectively interact with each other and their clients. So far, traders are adapting.




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Father of Wall Street's 'fear gauge' sees wild volatility continuing until coronavirus cases peak

Robert Whaley, who created the original VIX in 1992, says the most important thing for markets is to reduce the uncertainty around the coronavirus crisis.




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Investors should have up to 10% in this 'hedge against the unexpected,' says 'Godfather' of gold

George Milling-Stanley, who helped create the SPDR Gold Trust, says the precious metal is not just a hedge against inflation but against the unexpected.




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Macy's is the first of what could be a retail and energy purge from the S&P 500

Macy's won't be the last company kicked out of the S&P 500. Judged solely by market capitalization, many companies in the index appear in danger of being kicked out.




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Luckin Coffee is a painful reminder of 'the extreme fraud risk' of some China-based companies

Accounting woes at Luckin Coffee led to a 75% decline in the Chinese company's stock on Thursday.




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NYSE-legend Art Cashin gives his first comments on the coronavirus sell-off and when we recover

Cashin was in a car accident in early February (he was not driving) and has been recuperating. We spoke to him by phone from his home.




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For investors banking on dividends, the 'pain has just begun'

As companies deal with declining cash flow amid the coronavirus pandemic, they are likely to cut or even suspend dividends.




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Oil fund's near implosion is the latest market wackiness leaving traders scratching their heads

The United States Oil Fund, which invests in oil futures contracts, was guaranteed to be a losing bet over time, but retail investors piled into the exchange-traded fund, perhaps believing it was a bet on the spot price of oil.




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Stock rally continues beneath the surface on investors' hopes for reopenings and testing

Stocks were down slightly on Tuesday, but beneath the surface lies the continuation of a powerful rally.




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Halfway through one of the strangest earnings seasons ever, here's what we are learning

Most companies are not giving earnings guidance, leaving investors and analysts in the dark, yet the market is still rewarding better-than-expected results.




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Investors are betting two of the hardest hit groups — energy and airlines — have bottomed

The last few weeks have seen many unusual flows into exchange-traded funds that offer an insight into the market recovery.