Crucial moment in American History . We will ask a facebook early investor, as we kick off our electioneering series, where Technology Makes democracy. Preipof airbnb has plans to benefit investors. What could be the largest listing in the u. S. Of the year. I want to get you todays selloff. The vix index up a whopping 18 . Abigail doolittle in new york. Sentiment seems to be souring as we get closer to the election and cases pick up. What was driving the volatility today . Abigail many factors at work today, and you are right, there was a lot of volatility. The complacency that we felt like we had four, lets call it a few weeks, although it has been broken with the vix daca above 30. One of the drivers in the european session, the s p, a german enterprise suffer company down not just for the rest of these are but the first half of 2021, saying it will eat into their demands, that calls into question the overall i. T. Are we going to go into a period with the competitors to sap, and or
On the day could be the reemerging trade war between the u. S. And china, china saying it will slaps sanctions on defense contractors. On this we have greens and other commodities lower, along with stocks. The chip index is a poster boy for the u. S. China trade war that is underperforming, down 2. 5 . That is another nuance developing, as if we needed more. Guy talk to us about david talk to us about the bonds. Last week we were talking about the reflation trade. We saw the 10 year goa above 85 basis points. Now i see it below 80. What happened to that trade . Abigail that is the bid for bonds. That tells you some traders are nervous. They are hedging around not just today but last week. That is why we had bond selloff last week. The yield curve steepen spirit we had stocks down. The nasdaq 100 down for the first time in five weeks. Todays trading action is a continuation of what we did have last week, and it is interesting. Another piece you and i were talking about last friday was t
Busiest week of earnings thus far. Trillionlmost 16 worth of corporates reporting. We need to figure out exactly what the set up looks like. Lets do that with scarlet fu. Scarlet what we have learned so far as we are deepening in an earnings recession with more than a quarter of the s p 500 having reported. Third quarter etf down 18 . Third quarter revenue down last, but still up 4 versus last year. We have definitely turned the corner because declines in the top line and bottom line are less bad than it was in the second quarter. It may even turn positive by the second half of 2021 when the conversations become easier. The market had priced in all of these Third Quarter declines. So far, so good. 500 are topping estimates overall. Sales are beating estimates by 3 . That is the most in two years. Eps is surprising to the upside by 18 , slipping from a 23 margin in the second quarter. Gina martin adams says Growth Companies are beating estimates more widely than value companies. When ea
You go to safety. Youre going to buy volatility, yields, bonds, and the dollar. 10 year yield now 75 basis quite a move from just a few days ago. Crude battered, beaten up today. Less demand for those oil prices. Guy absolutely. Lets recap where we are and what is going on. The german chancellor Angela Merkel currently meeting with heads of the german states. We are going to hear from her we think when that meeting wraps. We are probably likely to hear from her as well tomorrow morning. We are also getting Emmanuel Macron a little later on. Both countries moving toward more restrict of lockdowns. Lets get the latest. Maria tadeo joins us from brussels. Theres a lot of ideas floating around. None of this will be official until both Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel speak. The idea is we are moving into something that looks like a fulltime lockdown in the case of the french government, that we understand is seriously considering a onemonth lockdown that would start thursday night, going
The s p 500 below its 100 Day Moving Average, suggesting it could follow that the german dax below the 200 Day Moving Average. There is a bright spot. That is the fact we have bonds basically come at this point they are slightly lower. We have a haven bid. The dollar at the highs. The dollar had been appointed percent. 8 since june. Bonds have been higher, the best week since august. This week is shaping up risk off. Aix the public was david couple of questions. What is going on with volume and volatility . Abigail i am so glad youre asking about volume. I was looking at the apap function on the bloomberg terminal and we are above the average volume. Sellers mean business. Upfor volatility, the vix is , the nasdaq 100 fix up above 40 the nasdaq 100 vix headed toward 45, heading for its biggest spike since july. The selling pressure is serious. Because we have signs of weakness in europe along with the s p 500 being below its moving average, the near and medium term buyers are holding o