Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Rumors Covid real estate germany g h China Media Project Thanks for reading. Today’s Essential Eight 1. Covid loosening rumor pops stocks Stocks popped on a rumor that a new committee has been set up to figure out how to loosen Covid controls by next March. The rumor has not been confirmed, and while logically it makes sense as they have to figure out a way to reduce some of the excesses before people really start to lose it and the economy craters, investors seem to have gotten a bit overexcited.