The one thing half of the world is not doing these days is traveling. Or "going" to work. Half of the world's population is in self-quarantine as part of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. And the world's largest automakers have literally pushed the brakes as they halted production and this includes the Big 3 automakers: General Motors (NYSE: GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), Fiat Chrysler (NYSE: FCAU) as well as Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) and even Tesla Motor (NASDAQ: TSLA), whose CEO dismissed coronavirus concerns only a month before slashing employee pay and closing its California plant.World leaders are on the same page now- COVID-19 is no joke. But although it will slow down the economy dramatically, the coronavirus will not stop the EV era that is upon us once the world gets back to normal.EVs vs. Traditional Combustion VehiclesWhen it comes to maintenance, electric cars...
Social media has been one of only a handful of sectors that is benefiting from the stay-at-home environment. Social distancing has forced social interactions online for the time being, but investors looking to capitalize on the surge in social media usage be surprised at the big winner.On Friday, DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas said the biggest social media winner from the COVID-19 era isn't Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), its subsidiary Instagram, Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) or Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR).Instead, teen-oriented video platform TikTok has seen the biggest surge in Google search volume over the last 90 days. TikTok is owned by the private Chinese company ByteDance.Social Media Search Numbers Colas said Facebook and Twitter saw only a small bounce in worldwide Google search volume since global lockdowns went into effect. In the chart below, searches for Snapchat have demonstrated a similar trend, while searches for TikTok have steadily risen over...
President Trump offered a broadside against the Post Office on Friday. “The Postal Service is a joke” he said. The President a union that represents mail carriers appeared on Yahoo Finance a fews hours later and responded....
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is keeping the door open to a possible presidential run in 2020, a move that he flirted with back in 2016 before backing Democrat Hillary Clinton in her failed bid. ...
