Spending that comes out i think the obviously the hurdle here is is actually Getting Congress to act but again the fed is showing a willingness especially with what powell said yesterday there was no way that there could be too much stimulus and that is fed speak for saying whatever it is if its 2 or 3 or 4 trillion dollars whatever the price tag is how many treasuries are issued we will buy them in the open market and ensure that there is a smooth transition to getting that money from congress out to the people we get that in spades the problem is that fed policy so far has proven that it doesnt do a lot in terms of satisfying its 2nd mandate it can keep the stock market up thats what quantitative easing does thats what money printing does thats his part so to speak of Monetary Policy but again that policy is not doing a lot and the the. Stimulus that is expected to come after the election really also doesnt address the underlying obstacles and challenges that are facing this economy
And s p 500, nas in six weeks. Yeah. Well start with tech. More broadly, ipos and big tech valuations have been surging culture questions continue to brew in Silicon Valley as well i want to talk about that and a lot more with long time venture capitalist whose newest venture is a private and middle school with entrepreneurship baked into the curriculum Draper Associates founder tim draper joins us now. Tim, good to see you i want to start with your take on these markets i was talking just yesterday to the founder of rike. He said he isnt going public this year because he underestimated how well the ipo market was going to perform in a pandemic has that surprised you and what are you saying about it to your Portfolio Companies . Absolutely. I was blindsided i didnt realize that the government was going to print 13 trillion it has been strong for bitcoin and it sure has been good for the Public Markets particularly the tech stocks that have benefitted from that and i think people many p
Strong gains and this morning you will see that there are green arrows once again, the dow indicated up by about 88, s p by about 9 1 2 and the nasdaq indicated up by 48 points if you watched what happened in the treasury markets, we did get a lot of fed speak and it sounds like there is a little bit of confusion. You can see the ten year note has ticked up a little bit, 0. 769 is the latest yield andrew and lets take a quick look at the dow transports, gaining another 2. 5 yesterday, also hitting a record high, the two as to beings to watch this morning, eli lilly and he regeneron both big winners on Covid Treatment hopes. And President Trump touting both of those in a video that he released over twitter late yesterday. Well tuck a lalk more about th. But also take a look at shares of tesla, new Street Research upgrading that Company Stock to a buy saying that to sees a decade of hyper growth ahead, this call makes the firm the second highest priced target on the street so in lead wit
Launched today around 77. Around, you know, in that roughly about 1. 8 billion offering here where the valuation of the total company, if you extrapolate that out, youre getting well into the 13 billion neck of the woods. So a very, very Big Development here. Jackie deangelis is following it. This is kind of the rule of thumb, the vast majority have been of that ilk. But again much will have to change, and well see in the next few hours. Not a bad launch. What are you hearing, jackie . Not a bad launch at all. It came public under the Ticker Symbol u, neil, and its trading higher by 35 . Opening trade was 75 a share when it priced at 52. This is remarkable because the whisper number last week on the low edge of the range was 34. So you stand back and ask yourself what are investors thinking, especially during this time period of so much uncertainty, you know, to be bidding up a stock like this, you know . This is a company, as you said, its part of this Video Software chain, so it make
Reaffirmation on the American Labor economy in this hour, claims, and all of the various numbers that come out with it. Forget about the markets. Forget about the chancellor of the exchequer actually dealing with the United Kingdom labor market. It is a question of millions out of jobs. Jonathan permanent job losses as well, and permanent shifts in the economy. Thats got to be my big take away, government confronting the idea that perhaps we are seeing permanent shifts in the economy, and they need to allow that creative destruction, the powerful transformation of capitalism to take hold and maybe step back a little bit more. Ive got to say, some people will push back aggressively against that and say this is a pandemic, it will pass, and perhaps we will get some return to normality. That will be a debate for the several weeks, months, and hopefully not the next several years. Tom david kostintom will join us from Goldman Sachs with an important discussion on the equity markets. Future