To gains ahead of todays fed decision. Investors consider the possibility of a return to 1930s era yield curve control. Kowtows. Teaus mike pompeo accuses a company of bowing to beijing. A top investor adds its voice in the rebuke of hsbcs decision. Time is running out. Cerberus is tired of waiting for a turnaround at commerzbank, calling the banks performance an abject failure, the activist investor seeking two seats on the Supervisory Board to turn things around. We are just an hour away from the cash in europe and the u. K. Let us take a look at futures first. We have turned from losses to gains, now looking at green arrows on european futures after dropne to two plus percent we saw in cash trade yesterday, we are also looking against in u. S. Futures, right now 0. 5 , no matter which contract you look at across the dow, the s p, and the nasdaq. Anna . Of breakingle bit news coming through on the spanish clothing retailer inditex. Delaying its dividend for 2021, but we are waiting f
Today in some of the comments out of retailers like burlington, anf, dollar tree, and Dollar General yes, if you look at the Dollar General, the numbers are just extraordinary i actually have never seen a Comp Store Sales number this good 21 versus 7 estimate. Dollar tree is going to be the one, david knows this well, people look like, you know what, now the dollar tree Family Dollar merger which had been so on the rocks, the judgment is its working and that stock could power much higher. Dollar tree. The opening trade is sapping the money out of tech. I dont know how much longer it can last thats such a great book in gary because he knows so much about what people are spending theyre essential because they have food, and i look at this market and i think how long with the dow up 4 can we actually say, hey, the reopening trade is just starting . Its already maybe too far too fast its very hard to figure, particularly because faang is being distorted by the president s tweets, facebook
A lot of the folks just focus on earnings and what we heard overnight out of the u. S. A lot of banking as well. Later on we will speak to the astrazeneca chief executive asking about vaccines or medicine that will work in treating covid19. If you look at the markets and the pressure we see on the dollar, probably one of the biggest stories out there. 0. 2 ,an stocks gaining eurodollar 1. 08. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Italy, the with nation seeing its delivering an out of cycle downgrade, one level above junk. The timing of the move may catch some investors off guard. It wasnt scheduled for review until july the 10th. But the outlook made fears of a future cut to noninvestment grade. Over the u. K. , Boris Johnsons top aide crest scientists for a lockdown. He swayed the discussion towards faster action. Number 10 denied the political advisor influence the committee of experts saying its appropriate for aides to sit in on the meeting and ask qu
What we are seeing in china move to the Global Supply chain. We will see mixed pmi globally. The pmi will continue falling. It will be a big hit to china, hong kong, maybe all of asia. The bond market is saying something is wrong. You look at where we are in 10 year yields. Fixed income yields keep falling. Yields are incredibly low. Very low yields. They are pricing in structural stagnation, recession, or deflation. Weakness overseas, negative yields overseas and the relative attractiveness of the treasury. Investors trying to find safe havens to ride some of this out. Jonathan joining me around the table in new york, priya misra, vishwanath tirupattur, and from minneapolis, Tony Rodriguez. We will talk about the data and then move into the treasury market. Lets begin with the data. It is really quite messy and difficult to get your hands around. Priya it is, but todays data is the only data point where we can say the u. S. Might be impacted by the coronavirus. I would say you look at
We will see mixed pmi globally. The pmi will continue falling. It will be a big hit to china, hong kong, maybe all of asia. The bond market is saying something is wrong. You look at where we are in 10 year yields. Fixed income yields keep falling. Yields are incredibly low. Very low yields. They are pricing in structural stagnation, recession, or deflation. Weakness overseas, negative yields overseas and the relative attractiveness of the treasury. Investors trying to find safe havens to ride some of this out. Jonathan joining me around the table in new york, priya misra, vishwanath tirupattur, and from minneapolis, Tony Rodriguez. We will talk about the data and then move into the treasury market. Lets begin with the data. It is really quite messy and difficult to get your hands around. Priya it is, but todays data is the only data point where we can say the u. S. Might be impacted by the coronavirus. I would say you look at price action across asset classes, it looks like the treasur