Take a hit. The covid consumer, walmart, home depot and kohls among retailers reporting earnings today. Walmart says ecommerce sales up 79 . And elon musks billions, tesla getting a spot in the s p 500. It is among the highest valued companies to ever enter the benchmark index and musk is on top to become number three, that is the third richest person in the world. Indeed, guys. Well start with the retail picture this morning, jim, youve been vocal as to the investor response on home depot and walmart. I guess thats related to the news out of amazon. Look, by the way, those stocks do tend to run up in the quarter and sell off thats nothing new a more aggressive amazon is always something we have to Pay Attention to i remember when amazon bought pill packs, the drug stores got killed i also point out that walmarts online david, thats not going to go away you can argue someone is going to argue thats the peak i would argue that amazon and walmart have taken so much share in this country,
September retail sales, nice beat there, the srt up 102 from march lows, thats a new high, Dick Sporting goods, best buy, dollar general, costcos and lowes, bed, bath and beyond on its best pace ever is it time to buy retail there are still select names you can buy at retail and some names that have absolutely exploded the up side you just went through a list some of these are at alltime highs. The consumer is strong, the consumer return, the consumer has gotten out there the september numbers were well above what the expectations were these numbers are very, very impressive it does go to show you just how strong these guys are in terms of everybody getting out and about and getting into different retail its not just about the essentials anymore you just went through the laundry list the reality is, it is about people going out and getting clothing, shoes, yoga material whatever it is we might be, we are seeing an absolute run towards that area and a nice spring board were seeing a lot
And the legendary roots crew its the tonight show at home edition. And now, heres jimmy. Jimmy hey everybody. Welcome to the tonight show. Thank you so much for watching me i appreciate this. We have a great show tonight sean penn is on the show tonight. Just amazing that guy, man, and what hes doing. C. O. R. E. Is his Nonprofit Organization that hes put together this is ten years ago, but basically to give free coronavirus testing in places where its hard to get tested. And hes just amazing. Also we have dr. Robin diangelo, author of the book white fragility, and new music from weezer from their album van weezer. Weezers here. Thats a show right there. But again, thank you for watching lets get to some jokes here well, guys, across the country, coronavirus is on the rise but luckily, the president is laser focused on the task at hand the Trump Administration going to court to block publication of former National Security adviser john boltons tellall memoir. The Justice Department cla
Watching here, losses to end the week, stoxx 600 down 1. 25 . Of the major european indexes, the ftse is the biggest loser right now, down 2 . Thats because some of the heaviest stocks affected are british trading in london. Hsbc, london shares of royal dutch shell, British American tobacco, bp, all big losers, and they are very heavy, so they weigh on the ftse. It has been a banner week for equities. If you were long this week, you did quite well because we were up the past four trading. Essions it is not taking away the gains you made for the week. You can see the pound rising. This also amplifies losses on the foot. There tends to be inverse correlation between the pound and the ftse 100. And then rollsroyce. This is not the carmaker. That brand owned by bmw. ,ut the jet engine maker already troubled. It was cutting 9000 jobs it announced earlier this week, but now s p has cut rollsroyces longterm Credit Outlook two junk, and the outlook is negative, so rough for rollsroyce. Vonnie
Economy and his agencys response to the coronavirus pandemic at a virtual pandemic hosted by the university, and the Federal Reserve was days away from making the first loans to small and mediumsized businesses for the lending program. This is 40 minutes. I have the signal that technology is working. No one would have put that in my domain so to quote somebody i dont take any responsibility for that. Alan reiner, director of Public Affairs at Princeton University. Thank you for joining us on the special princeton reunion event for Federal Reserve chair jerome powell, i might add we are happy to have many members of chairman powells classmates from the princeton class of 1975 on the zoom. On a logistical note if you have a question you are welcome to submit it using the q and a future zoom which you will find on the bottom of your resume window that says q and a. You may upload questions you would like to see answered and take as many of these, a full recording will be posted on the Gri