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
Good morning welcome to squawk box here melissa lee is hanging out again with us. Becky is off today for some welldeserved vacation well see her next week. As joe said yesterday, one of the first down days weve seen in a while a little better s p up about 13 and nasdaq looking to open about 45 points higher also showing you treasury yields now you can see where those are standing well flip that around to. 628 on the 10year you thinking about refinancing a mortgage anytime soon, guys . Im as low as they go im good if you have an account where you can use assets for credit line or to make an investment or Something Like that, i remember two or three years ago, i locked this ridiculously low rate if they come to me again and offer another one, it will be lower than it was last time. It was like 2 or 1. 5 when you get money that cheap, dont you think you you are in the drivers seat when rates are this low i dont feel bad about borrowing money at rates like that so you are talking about get
Coronavirus case fails to improve overnight. The u. K. Prime minister is still conscious but has received oxygen treatment dominic raab is deputized. Equities heading for their first backtoback games in two weeks. Futures pointing higher in the u. S. While oil rises ahead of thursdays opecplus meeting. Coronavirusthe maybe reaching a plateau in europe as cases slow across the continent. Italy could start ending its. Ockdown on a gradual basis just under an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. A quick look at futures here. A gain in futures at the cash trade closed higher yesterday. Gains in u. S. Futures with the 0. 4 the dow s p up 0. 4 . Anna everybody still focused on what is going on with coronavirus globally. Cases are being handled and death rates. We need to get to the first word news update. Prime minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care. His Coronavirus Infection worsened. He had been selfisolating for 10 days, struggling to shake off covid19. Dominic raab is
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