A lot of folks thinking it was over and done. Ck upof those sto sharply. Nothing is changed for these companies. What is changing as investors saying we have gone too far, too fast, so now we are seeing a pullback. Again,take a look at the we are seeing a pullback. If it is a fearful look for stocks, you can see those haven assets rallying. The point wisely yesterday. What is going on with softbank . There is a Financial Times report that what triggered this is they went big and some options on big tex. Abigail that is an interesting point. I do not know if it has to do with softbank, but theres been a lot of unusual options activity where you have folks buying shortterm call options. That is expiring this week, next week, betting that after the huge move up, the nasdaq up 80 from the march lows come after that it will go even higher. Some thinking that is not so stable. What we think because of all this is it is technical selling down to the 50 Day Moving Average. If the 50 Day Moving
Palantir pelletier set a september 9 date for an Investor Presentation. And bumble is preparing for a Public Offering that could come as early as the start of next year. Has, reports the cdc notified Public Health officials in all 50 states and five large cities to distribute a Coronavirus Vaccine to Health Care Workers and other highrisk groups as late as as early as late october or early november. Into question the timing because the president ial election is november 3. Lets see how the stories are playing out with Abigail Doolittle in new york. Stocks at record highs, but mixed messages beneath the surface. What are you reading . Abigail it was a very exciting day. At the beginning, we thought we would find a decent decline. The nasdaq went down by 1 . But at the end of the day, big gains including for the nasdaq 100. The s p 500 gaining 1. 5 . Perhaps because of vaccine hopes. For the mixed messages, there are nuances, including the fact that the mega caps you were mentioning like
Still in the red but a much better picture than it looked this morning. Abigail what a roller coaster on the day and the week. We had big gains from apple and tesla. This week, not so much. Nonetheless, the worst week since june for the s p 500 and the nasdaq 100 since march. The nasdaq down 1. 3 . Pressurehat selling really came off. The new york faang index down 1 at the end of the day. Some of this happened as value money seemed to give a tailwind to the macro sentiment. Yields really backing up on the day. Not confirming the degree of the selloff. I think what we had going on here, technical selling, the moving average, really looking for it in the morning. A very solid test there. The question is, will those nearterm buyers continue to step up . If yes, probably some Choppy Movement to the upside. If not, it could get ugly really fast. On the week, talking about really brutal losses here, the faang index down sharply. However, we do have one bright spot. I was mentioning the cycli
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Netflix shares also in the red. I spoke with Reed Hastings for his thoughts on how the pandemic would affect the industry and how he sees the streaming wars playing out. First, a deep dive into what is moving after hours. Slack moving after the bell. Shares plummeting after filling fell short of analyst estimates. Abigail doolittle has been looking at the numbers. I just got off the phone with the ceo of slack, who focused on the demand they see accelerating in paid customers. They are still not seeing still not giving guidance. Afterch a dramatic impact hours . Abigail one thing investors do not like is uncertainty. Also, in terms of the billings miss for the quarter, it was not huge, but 6 . You would think that folks would be using the messaging platform during the stayathome days, but it signals the idea that some of the small and mediumsized businesses are hurt enough, signaling that slack could be a nice to have Technology Rather than a need to have. This stock really getting plu