Secretary mnuchin resuming talks and as carl just said, stocks are set to rally at the open despite ongoing fears, where are the opportunities for investors . Were going to have a look at the sectors and the stocks that could still be poised for growth in this ongoing and still a covid market as we say, carl, with cases at highs in many states yeah. Indeed though, jim, although there is a lot going on this morning, got to start with the chip story you made the wires by suggesting that xilinx may not be ready to sell. I had the ceo on in august, hes so excited about all the new markets that hes going into hes talking about video, live video streaming hes coming into, auto exposure. The problem is every one of those dove tails perfectly with advanced micro i can see the ceo saying all the areas we need to be strong in, xilinx can give it to us i also see that victor, when he was on, was saying, this is new for us, were just doing this. This is not like when altera was going to be sold to
Along with kelly evans, im Tyler Mathisen stimulus hopes, the s p reviving overnight. But what about investors are their hopes a little too high this deal is going to get done well discuss that one plus, check out chip maker xilinx upping 14 . Well look into what could be a Seismic Shift for the semis. And jim cramer will lay out his seven sectors of opportunity, including his best picks in the restaurant space as power lunch begins right now. Tyler, thanks. We begin with new developments on stimulus negotiations a short while ago the president tweeted that covid relief negotiations are moving along, go big and reportedly raising his offer and maybe even raising it again ylan nmui, give us the latest. The question is is it big enough they will present a 1. 8 trillion offer to nancy pelosi this afternoon thats still 400 billion less than where democrats are at. Economic adviser larry kudlow said that would include aid for the airlines, direct checks and ppe and mentioned extending hanes
More Domestic Travel to a little more overseas travel now. Theaad lets get to markets and have a look at what is going on. Nikkei, in with the leading japanese shares, just seeing stocks drifting to the upside. We did see jobless numbers come out. Slightly better than expected, looking for a 3 jobless rate, but 2. 9 . Looking elsewhere, retail sales out of hong kong, looking also at the futures for the u. S. , pretty much flat. Asian equities drifting slightly to the upside. Looking at the shanghai composite, lets look at how the gpi is behaving as well. Just about flat. The shanghai comp, 0. 2 lower. Chinese Economic Activity continued to rebound. Expansion in manufacturing activity, just slowing slightly there. A Rate Decision out of australia later on. Expecting the rba to keep rates. And the singapore market 0. 6 lower. Quick check on the currency is, weve got a fifth straight monthly drop for the dollar. Bloomberg dollar index down by 0. 25 . The yen, a tad weaker. Euro currently
Weeks kenosha shooter may have acted in selfdefense. He visits the city today. Jp morgan says investors should prepare for the possibility of a second term. The German Government is said to expect a smaller fallout from coronavirus than previously thought. Italy and spain also had the tape. Apple, ship. Up. M in, wire me up, bid it they are ordering 80 million new 5g phones. The world is safe. Annmarie is picking much roughly in line with what apple produced last year. This is something we will look at as we head into the european open and Bloomberg Intelligence note this morning said that augusts rally in tech shares is very different in the United States versus asia. While apple is doing well, huawei under immense pressure. It says to me that we are seeing that bifurcated tech market that many analysts have been worried about. Manus when you do a stock split, five to one on tesla. He is standing here, his pockets are heavy with tesla stocks. How are your stocks . Good morning. Lets l
Equity futures after a negative close on wall street. Headlines fromop the bloomberg terminals. Better than feared. The German Government expects this years contraction to be less severe than previously forecast. The economy minister presents new forecasts today amid data from across the region. For more years . Jpmorgan says investors should position for rising odds of donald trump winning the reelection as the president visits kenosha, wisconsin. Apples production glitch. They asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5g iphones for later this year in a sign that demand is holding up. Just under one hour away from the start of cash trading across europe. Lets take a look at what futures are showing yesterday after we closed yesterday down across the board in europe. We are now seeing futures rise. The ftse didnt sure cash in the futures are down. Index seeing the equity closed down with trading higher. Since the ftse missed out on the drop its futures are trading lower. We have gr