I found this fascinating piece of data thanks to Raoul Paul from Realvision that points to the fact that it is not going to be all right...
In the face of the pandemic different regions have set up different rules according to the severity of the situation.
Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota have no known stay-at-home-orders or business closures in place.
So if you take a look at the next graph which is data taken from the site of TOMTOM (the GPS tracking company) you can compare numbers from this week with the ones from the average of last year.
For a state that never even locked down there seems to be a lot less traffic around... Coincidence??
Let's try a few more cities all over the United States:
And this goes on and on... It is the same not only in the US but all over the world.
People are not going out unless they have to. They are not moving around in the cities even if there is no lockdown.
And I really do fear that this is not going to change anytime soon. When that reality sinks in, that means a few things:
Safe have assets look like a good bet right now.
Stay Safe