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Perritt Capital 2Q20 Commentary: Wall Street and Main Street Get a Divorce

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Jacob Wolinsky
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Perritt Capital Management commentary for the second quarter ended Junee 2020, titled, "Wall Street and Main Street Get a Divorce."

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Wall Street and Main Street have gotten a divorce, or at the very least they have separated. The U.S. is in a recession but the stock market marches blindly higher. In most people’s lives we have never seen such a confluence of dangers: Depression levels of unemployment, the economy in a downward spiral, prevalent rioting and unrest, and an imminent second wave of the virus. Yet the stock market continued upward and celebrates information, such as jobs data that is slightly misleading. The S&P 500 has had the biggest rally in...

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Jacob Wolinsky is the ex-Founder of Valuewalk.com (founded 2011, sold 2023). He is founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a hedge fund focused intelligence service for institutional investors. Prior to founding Valuewalk, Jacob worked as an equity analyst covering small caps, a micro-cap analyst, doing member development a large hedge fund community and freelance financial writing. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal id. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: I almost exclusively avoid the purchase of equities to avoid conflict of interest and any insider information. I only purchase broad-based ETFs and mutual funds. I will disclsoe if I have a stake in any company, but in general avoid