China weighs in on TikTok drama, understanding the different types of REITS, and more
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A supercomputer may have cracked the COVID code:
Summit, the world’s second fastest supercomputer, ran around 2.5 billion correlation calculations across 17,000 genetic samples while comparing each of these samples to some 40,000 genes.
The genetic data mining research uncovered a “common pattern of gene activity in the lungs of symptomatic COVID-19 patients, which when compared to gene activity in healthy control populations revealed a mechanism that appears to be a key weapon in the coronavirus’s arsenal.”
What’s amazing is that there are already FDA-approved drugs that are out on the market.
Quarter crisis: On June 11, the Federal Reserve acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the “normal circulation patterns for US coin.” This has led to small businesses like laundromats witnessing a liquidity crisis as quarters become hard to find. Because these businesses were closed or operating minimally earlier in the year, they may have inadvertently disrupted the flow of coins.
This is called a low velocity of money in economic terms, and experts are hopeful that the situation will right itself once normal business operations resume.
Fall in coal usage: The global figures for coal-fired power capacity went down for the first time on record in the first half of 2020. As people stayed home as much as they could and commercial projects were put on hold, many coal plants closed in Europe and the US.
While new plants are opening in high-demand countries like China, demand is drying up slowly but surely. The United Nations has called for a moratorium on new coal plant builds by 2020 to help meet Paris climate agreement targets. Spotlight
Understanding different types of REITs
REITs are companies that buy and maintain real estate properties and fund themselves by issuing shares to investors on the stock market. When investors buy shares of REITs, they essentially own a portion of the real estate properties—they benefit from rental income and a property’s appreciation in value.
There are many different types of REITs that we cover in the article here. The flexibility and ease of investing in REITs has made them a popular option for individual investors, as can be seen by the growth in market cap below: 
A few types of REITs we discuss in the article are retail REITs that invest in malls and large shopping centers, residential REITs that invest in residential properties and housing, and storage REITs that invest in large storage facilities. REITs in various industry sectors have unique characteristics and advantages.
It helps to understand the risks and advantages of investing in various REITs and how they might play into the context of your entire portfolio. The main benefits come from the diversification, liquidity, and inflation-hedging properties of REITs—read more about them here. 
Knowledge
From MarketWatch—You could be in store for a nice windfall over the next 10 years, according to Ritholtz Wealth Management’s Ben Carlson. 
From CNN—Economists are worried, as well: a lack of childcare could damage America's recovery. 
From Forbes—China’s state-run media outlets widely condemned the United States this week over the potential sale of operations for social media app TikTok. 
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