XOM - Pandemic Pain For My Portfolios - Including Dividend Growth 50 - But It's Worse For Mr. Market
There have been few safe havens from the coronavirus pandemic, which has wrought havoc around the world. The numbers on COVID-19 "scoreboards" maintained by media outlets change so fast it's impossible to keep up with them.
As I finished writing this Thursday afternoon, sad milestones were reached: 1 million confirmed cases worldwide, including 50,000 deaths. In the United States, there were nearly 250,000 cases and 6,000 deaths. By the time you read this, those numbers will have increased exponentially.
Every U.S. state has been infected, and medical experts say the worst is yet to come.