Vonnie the nasdaq its office lows. Is off its the s p 500 down 2. 5 . The worst performer right now is pvh, performing pretty poorly, down about 15 . Many of the Energy Companies are lower, as well. Y runhas been such a whipp for them. Netflix is the best performer today, holding onto games of 4 plus. After the dismal Economic Data which we were anticipating, but still a sticker shock, the 10 year yield is at 65 basis points. I want to point out, ray dalio said a moment to on Bloomberg Television you would be crazy to own bonds. Go back and have a look at that interview if you want to hear more. The vix a little more elevated once again today. Guy lets get some more insight into what is happening on these markets. We are joined on the phone by graham secker, Morgan Stanley equities strategist. Equity markets a little whippy, as vonnie said. How do you see the riskreward right now . Graham good afternoon. From a european standpoint, we dont really like the riskreward here. We thought it
Spread widened out. Thursday in terms of the eu, and theres going to be clashes about whether or not we see joint debt issuance. Vonnie we will speak to maria tadeo about that in just a few minutes. In the u. S. , we are seeing equities dragged lower by oil, down almost 40 at one point, and back there again now. We are trading at 10. 85 for a barrel of wti. It is really insane levels of trading. The contract expires tomorrow. Vix trading at about 40. One stock to point out, united airlines. Obviously, the airlines having a terrible time of it. It is talking about topol revenue in the First Quarter about total revenue in the First Quarter down 17 . It will get 5 billion through the payroll protection programs, but it is just one of the airlines having a hard time. Right now, homebuilders are the worst performers in the s p 500. Guy lets get back to that board we were showing you at the top of the program, the price of debbie ti crude of wti crude trading 10 a barrel. That is the lowest
As a result, there is another divergence. We may have risk stocks higher but we also have haven bonds and the yen higher. The japanese yen now up a fourth day in a row. It tells you not everybody is believing not just the rally today but the rally we have had in recent weeks. David in fairness, you cannot blame investors if they do not know exactly which way this is going. Thing started up a bit and then came down. Some of the stocks that have been beaten down came back. That is a big piece of the rally. One reason some strategists and traders do not like it in terms of the companies that had been january,y the virus in february, and march such as the Leisure Companies and the airlines, there has been a bounceback over last few weeks. Some say the rally off of the lows in march, there are holes. If you look at the s p 500, there is a huge move down from the peak to the trough. Now we are halfway back up. It is hard to know which side and what the greater risk is to the upside. Do not f
Here its a similar story in the u. S. , our high after going to the past 10 00, but within the s p, you still have the down names doing the best. Is the second best, it remains to be seen if there is any sort of substantial rally or just a rally within a bear market. You can see that reflected in other asset classes, 25 billion worth of supply coming online in just about two hours. Of the threeyear, it is doing continues to roll over today after yesterday. At the bestlding on performing within the s p as well. We will see as we head into the next few hours if we are able to hold on. Guy absolutely. The correlation between what were seeing around the market performance, people are certainly nervous about that relationship. U. K. , Boris Johnsons government is facing a serious challenge at the worst possible time in the virus outbreak. The Prime Minister hospitalized and the foreign minister under pressure to Solta Medical equipment shortages which are making headlines on a daily basis.
Earnings. We will speak in the 1 00 hour with the citizens ceo, so make sure everyone tunes and for that. Boeing up as well after its factory will get up and running again. Then theres a few more regional banks doing ever so well. Gilead had been one of the top performers, up 8 . But Morgan Stanley and a couple the 15 houses saying billion Additional Market cap may be just a little exaggerated. We dont know anything about the drug trials yet. Not enough, anyway, but it does look promising for covid19 patients. That is the story and the stock market. The 10 year yield at 60 basis points. New york crude continues to plummet, down at 18. 40 a barrel. The dollar continuing to rise broadly, although we are soft on the day. There you have the u. S. Data check. Guy it is interesting, that gilead study. Very small at the moment. It will be interesting to see what happens in phase three. Lets get more with what is happening in markets and the economy. Joining us over the phone is Chris Watling