Peter Wells

Even in a time of national crisis @apple appears unwilling to deviate from its design principles. Not sure if the all-white boarding was the wisest or wokest colour choice at the moment, though. #BlackLivesMatter #NYC #UpperWhiteSide https://t.co/0sLgTJDYT4

This is a whisper in a gale, but thank you to the kind #NYC citizen who posted back a bank cheque I lost in Central Park near The Met on Saturday. Understandable why one wouldn’t leave contact details, but would have bought you a takeout meal or coffee to say thanks. Stay well 🗽

The US's coronavirus death toll has topped 100,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. That is the world's highest tally, and exceeds the combined totals of the UK, Italy and France, the next-hardest hit countries. https://t.co/HYTgRYbjZx

New York’s statewide lockdown ended 24hrs ago. Good to see people are now free to: - throw out Christmas trees - simultaneously walk the extremes of the dog spectrum - choose between catching rabies or coronavirus by ‘gramming a daytime raccoon sans facemask https://t.co/KsEZFHp3Jv

US becomes first country where coronavirus death toll exceeds 20,000, overtaking Italy, h/t Johns Hopkins. New deaths over the past 24hrs were 1,851, h/t Covid Tracking Project. That's the lowest rise in 5 days and from a record 2,064 y'day. #Hope https://t.co/2cLJXjfSLb

S&P 500 closed 7% higher on hopes the spread of coronavirus is slowing in a number of global hotspots. That is its third-biggest one-day gain of the year and its eighth-biggest since the end of the second world war https://t.co/J0D6YwAlzD https://t.co/JEGTRewExv

Brent crude leaps 21% for bigly-est one-day rise on record after Trump spurs hopes for Russia-Saudi pact. https://t.co/dXjnLms2yo https://t.co/bTNFvhsBQt

#ConchForCoronavirus NYC https://t.co/h5N7acQEB7

S&P 500 down 20% over the first three months of the year. That is its biggest quarterly drop since the financial crisis and among its worst since the second world war. https://t.co/zW4I71kLbj https://t.co/HihO6wHtoD

For those playing at home - which is basically the bloody lot of you - the S&P 500 jumped 9.38% on March 24 for its 10th biggest one-day rise on record. https://t.co/4kAQGDfdJf https://t.co/3RBxfHnGGR

S&P 500 closed 0.5% higher on Thursday, the first time in 14 sessions it ended with a move less than 1%. Its intraday trading range topped 6%, though, continuing a run of stomach-churning sessions for investors. https://t.co/wL2pHgAiZR https://t.co/4cY4G4cQe4

S&P 500, March 12: "Biggest drop since Black Monday." S&P 500, March 16: "Hold my beer." The benchmark plunged 12% for its 3rd-biggest one-day drop on record, eclipsing last Thursday's tumble. Vix at a record. We're not in Kansas anymore. https://t.co/YlacCo9YyH https://t.co/eIqv5HiFxh

The S&P 500 surged 9.5% on Friday, its biggest one-day gain since 2008. That trimmed declines since the Feb 19 peak to a shade under 20% and cut the weekly drop to -8.8%. This was still one of its worst weeks since the end of WW2. https://t.co/4lAoyGCfNF https://t.co/m7LQ90weHW

The S&P 500 took just 16 sessions to close more than 20% from its February 19 peak, the quickest fall into a bear market on record. https://t.co/XYsSKAaowb https://t.co/KjiKEH1fCE

The S&P 500 plunged 9.5%, its biggest-one day drop since Black Monday in 1987, and also the fifth-biggest drop on record. https://t.co/CsUkGNVvaS https://t.co/wKOtxpJjXa