Why this is good for business and workers. Finish on the barrons round table tonight but at a safe distance, ben leveson, carl english and jack howe. Ben, first to you. Lets talk about whats happening in the market right now. In the beginning of the bear market, we had that crazy panic stage, lots of missed pricings. Now things seem to have settled down, investors maybe trying to find what the right prices are . They are. Or at least they, you know, theyre making bets that some kinds of companies are going to have a lot of trouble going ahead, and thats your traditional retailers, airlines, cruise companies. After rallying last week, theyve gotten hit very hard this week. And there are companies that have been winners including Biotech Companies who are working on treatments and vaccines for coronavirus. And theyve done very well. The one strange one is energy which has been among the losers but had a fantastic week because of reports that maybe we could see some production cuts to oil
Ben, i want to start with you. We got a glimmer of hope as we see maybe social distancing is actual working, the growth of coronavirus cases is slowing. We also, of course, had unprecedented moved by the moves by the federal reserve. So tell us what you see in the market. Its got everything that it could have wanted this week. It got the good news, the illness appears to be slowing and then the fed coming in with this massive package where its going to buy highyield bonds and muni bonds to make sure that the markets are functioning correctly. You couldnt ask for anything more. And its just, its just spurred the market back to this height that its had. Its now up more than 20 from the bottom. Jon jon which is extraordinary, but you dont necessarily see this continuing. Were not going to see a v straight back to 30,000 on the dow. It just usually doesnt happen that way. Theres the too much that can go wrong. We can see the disease either pick up again or maybe even show up in the next si
Ben, i want to start with you. We got a glimmer of hope as we see maybe social distancing is actual working, the growth of coronavirus cases is slowing. We also, of course, had unprecedented moved by the moves by the federal reserve. So tell us what you see in the market. Its got everything that it could have wanted this week. It got the good news, the illness appears to be slowing and then the fed coming in with this massive package where its going to buy highyield bonds and muni bonds to make sure that the markets are functioning correctly. You couldnt ask for anything more. And its just, its just spurred the market back to this height that its had. Its now up more than 20 from the bottom. Jon jon which is extraordinary, but you dont necessarily see this continuing. Were not going to see a v straight back to 30,000 on the dow. It just usually doesnt happen that way. Theres the too much that can go wrong. We can see the disease either pick up again or maybe even show up in the next si
And workers. Finish on the barrons round table tonight but at a safe distance, ben leveson, carl english and jack howe. Ben, first to you. Lets talk about whats happening in the market right now. In the beginning of the bear market, we had that crazy panic stage, lots of missed pricings. Now things seem to have settled down, investors maybe trying to find what the right prices are . They are. Or at least they, you know, theyre making bets that some kinds of companies are going to have a lot of trouble going ahead, and thats your traditional retailers, airlines, cruise companies. After rallying last week, theyve gotten hit very hard this week. And there are companies that have been winners including Biotech Companies who are working on treatments and vaccines for coronavirus. And theyve done very well. The one strange one is energy which has been among the losers but had a fantastic week because of reports that maybe we could see some production cuts to oil, and that would help drive th
Economists believe this is really just the tip of the iceberg with probably millions of layoffs still to come. On monday the first big wave hit the Retail Sector with macys, kohls and gaps announcing they would furlough tens of thousands of mows. The closure of stores to prevent the spread to have virus has taken a heavy toll on its business. And President Trump had to give up on his hope expressed just a week ago that the u. S. Could be opened up by easter. Hes now saying the company will have to keep practicing social distancing for the entire month of april, and he add added that we should prepare for a very painful two weeks ahead. Meantime, his top medical advisers warn that up to 240,000 americans could die from this disease even with current Safety Measures in place. On wall street stocks ended their worst First Quarter ever. The dow lost 23 , thats the biggest quarterly decline since the quarter of the black monday market crash of 1987. And the New York Stock Exchange floor rem