Highyield credit another risk asset down for a second week in a row. A cautious tone. We have been in this big rally. Some might be nervous whether or not it lasts. We are coming to the close of a rough week, particularly for oil. What is going on with Energy Stocks . Abigail it is interesting because on the week energy is the only up sector, up 1. 1 , even though oil is down 33 . Connect bit of a dip some of the investors bottom fishing. When you look at the s p 500 on the week, it is a bad week. The worst week in about five weeks, down 2. 7 . Inflection points sometimes happen very slowly, but it will be important to see what next week brings. If we have another down week, that could suggest a whipsaw in emerging range. Next week we will get a look at earnings from Big Companies such as apple, alphabet, amazon, microsoft. It could be an important earnings week along with the macro we have been paying attention to. Investors seem a little bit cautious. David all of the tech guys. Than
Taylor riggs has been diving into all of it. Tech has been the winner of the week. Where do you see the strength . Index the s p 500 tech was the second best performer this week and it was up 6. 5 . You mentioned the dismal economic data. Tech and the markets overall are looking past this, perhaps thinking that the worst is behind us. You hear Companies Like uber seeing green shoots in their demand recovery. Zillow saying people want to buy and sell these homes. It was notable that tech did not leave the gains. Up until this point, the nasdaq is the highest impact since february. Despite underperformance today, i continue to be surprised at the resiliency of the tech sector. Emily what about bonds . Taylor the two year yield hit a record low of 10 basis points at one point today. We ended up coming off that low a little bit. But the bond markets are giving us ominous signs of what is going on. The markets are pricing in a negative federal funds rate. That hell has said doesnt want nega
About seven basis points. Still an awful long way to go on that story. Vonnie in the u. S. , it is a positive session, slightly risk on. We have some guidelines for when the economy might start to reopen in new york city and in various economies around the country. Markets hanging onto that. Banks are the best performers in the s p 500, which is up 0. 9 right now. They are followed by Consumer Services and real estate. The yen is stronger today as well, off its highs now. 107. 20. T crude down at 12. 40. That continues to darken. The 10 year yield is now up to 65 basis points. Slightly risk on tone today. Talk a bit about what is happening in a little more detail. Italy, france, spain announcing plans to ease lockdown restrictions as the british Prime Minister pours a little cold water on the idea. Giuseppe conte in italy raising concerns about a possible second wave of infections that could trigger irreversible damage to the economy. Lets talk about the risks surrounding reopening and
A lot of investors and traders like to see that broadbased movement. We have a nice risk on move. It is not clear this is not simply a bear market rally. It is too early to say. Today the bulls are out once again. David that is reasonably cheerful. Now i have to ask you about oil because it has fallen out of bed. Abigail we have oil down more than 25 . The crude oil crash continues. This is an important point relative to stocks. On the year, stocks are down 10 . Oil is down 80 . Both are considered to be risk asset tells. Oil you can make that case is more closely tied to the economy. Because you have oil solo, some of it has to do with the Technical Training factors. At the end of the day, it reflects a demand shock we are seeing. Unless oil comes back, it is hard to see the economy looking all that strong me time soon. With thetock investors case folks are looking ahead to 2021. If you have oil down that sharply it is hard to know whether that strategy will work. We will have more in
Fight the virus. This as deaths in the u. S. Surge past 50,000. The numbers are Getting Better in spain and italy but seem to be getting worse in places like russia and germany. The World Health Organization also forming an International Alliance to ensure that vaccines and treatments are distributed fairly. We are just ahead of a big week in earnings. I want to bring in taylor riggs. Sammys buoying the markets. What were you watching . Taylor exact reversal of yesterday. Outperformance within the tech sector but we are still lower for the week. We are waiting a bunch of being earnings coming next week. We got some chipmakers reporting this week. I will also talk about crude. Monday and tuesday, you had crude go below zero for the first time ever. Some of the losses we saw on monday and tuesday, even though the Energy Market rebounded, not enough to offset the big losses in crude. Contract still on pace for their worst week ever. You are starting to see some of that pessimism. Pandemic