That is really interesting, if they are allowing them to take on risk, you would presume that would help the economy and funnel more money out there. Later on, speaking with a buyer ceo. There has been a 10 million settlement after the acquisition of monsanto. So lets get into the bigger story of the day, what is happening with infections. We want to bring in a doctor to help us understand everything. We have with this a senior scholar from the Johns Hopkins school of Public Health. This after records have been anden in florida, texas california with hospitalizations. , whatmarket participant are the figures and numbers we have to Pay Attention to to understand the feedthrough of infections into the economy . Amesh it is the percent positivity, meaning how hard has a become to find cases. We are seeing places like arizona, florida and texas where it is about 5 , now going into the 20 range. That tells you the outbreak is not under control in those states. The other thing to look at is
The bank index up 2. 1 , telling you all you need to know. The 10 year yield is down to 67 basis points. There was a little bit of an increase in volatility today, up to 33. On the actual session, the vix index is slightly lower. Scarlet fu joins us halfway into the trading day for some more details on the scene. The scene seems to be about finding stability. If history is any guide, we are likely to get it. Seven times the s p 500 has fallen 2 or more since the market bottom on march 23. In six of those instances, the s p 500 came back to close higher. Indications we may continue to build on this advance. You mentioned leading the gains, regulators rolling back some of those put in place after the crisis. That should free up about 40 billion in capital. Regulators are modifying the bulk to allow increase of investments in d. C. Funds. You mentioned the stress test results after the close. Im keeping an eye on homebuilders because one trend that has emerged is the strength of housing.
Disney has postponed its plans to reopen disneyland in anaheim, california, indefinitely. We will talk about that. It was a volatile day on wall street. Stocks rising nonetheless. I want to bring in kailey leinz, who has been following it with a choppy session, but still ending about 1 higher. What happened . We saw the fluctuations between positive and negative territory until the last hour of trading. We saw the furious rally into the close. Likely people taking advantage, using it as a buying opportunity. One caveat is the volume was about 17 below average for the past 20 days. Obviously, investors trying to take advantage from yesterday, despite the fact we are seeing worsening headlines, in regards to the spread of the coronavirus. Texas and florida having to pause reopening because of researching cases. Research in cases. They took part in the rally, smallcap kind of a proxy for the recovery story. They are more domestically oriented. The nasdaq lagged marginally, but it wasnt te
We begin with calls and comments on this moment. What are we seeing across the country . What are we seeing in your community and why . Were dividing our phone lines regionally. If youre in the eastern half of the country, 2027488000. In the mountain or pacific, 2027488001. And also, we are taking your Text Messages at 2027488003. On twitter, were on cpacwj. And on facebook, on facebook. Com cspan. A lot to get to. Thank you very much for being with us. This is the front page of this mornings Washington Post, a wave of rage and anguish sweeping across u. S. Cities. The president trying to tamp down some of that anger and frustration. He did so yesterday in florida. President trump the death of george floyd on the streets of minneapolis was a grave tragedy. It should never have happened. It has filled americans all over the country with horror, anger, and grief. Yesterday i spoke to georges family and expressed the sorrow of our entire nation for their loss. I stand before you as a frie
Markets. All i have to say is, what a risk on rally we are seeing. The mystic stocks are the big out performers. The russell is outperforming the s p 500 for five straight days. Lift up of 10g a basis points on the 10 year, the highest since march 19. I cannot remember the last time i saw a 90 basis point print on the 10year. Further weakening on the dollar, weaker for seven straight days, nine of the last 10. You wonder what that means for the fed Going Forward. Lets get perspective from kailey leinz. What do you take from this market rally . Kailey i want to start with technology. The nasdaq composite is set for a record close, as is the nasdaq 100. If we can see how that index has performed this year, it is like this a lot never have been. Now 2 above the record close in february. You can bank microsoft, amazon for those gains that we have seen. Positive by now 12. 5 on the year. It is not Just Technology outperforming. It is the more cyclical growth sectors that are leading the way