We will be joined to talk more about that. But first, lets talk about the market. Abigail doolittle is with us. On the back of a big speech by joe biden last night that has been largely wellreceived, even some republicans saying it was successful. Abigail indeed. Probably not too much influence in the markets today because earlier today on the open, really small moves. It was as the day got going that the gains continued, especially for the tech stocks on the day. A real head scratcher because we have a they were we do not have any positive macro data on economic front, and we also dont have any negative data relative to the macro either except for the further out uncertainty around the election and u. S. And china relations. Here we have the big tech stocks you were talking about once again climbing to the nasdaq 100 and faang index both at record highs. The faang index now up 115 since its march low. Apple is just incredible, up more than 5 today. Split does notck create value. Inter
Guard before joining the Capitol Police. Sicknick was defending the Capitol Building and congressional lawmakers on january 6th when he was brutally killed by protrump rioters. Please consider this man lost his life protecting the building, his remains now lie in. His viewing comes just days before Donald Trumps Impeachment Trial begins, when a lot of those very same lawmakers paying tribute to sicknick will be in the same chamber deciding if trump will be held accountable for that deadly riot. I want to bring this Garrett Haake on capitol hill and Peter Alexander at the white house. Garrett, this is going to be a very emotional day where you are. Lets talk about this tribute and whats expected for the rest of the day. It it started with an emotional, somber ceremony last night when officer sicknicks remains were brought into the capitol in the bitter cold. Dozens and dozens of his fellow Capitol Police officers were lining the steps in the east front outside of the capitol. His remain
Present some sort of model for the future course the coronavirus is expected to take. 180,000, overr 3000 people have died. I want to bring in our whatd you miss . Cohost romaine bostick. The s p had been rallying. What is the reason for the downward move today . Is it simply that there are no more places to hide . Romaine if you look at the higher,hat had moved defensive stocks, a lot of crowding. The worst quarter for the dow jones since 1987, the worst for the s p since 2008. Same thing for the nasdaq composite. The nasdaq 100 held up a little bit better. We are down about 14 on the nasdaq 100 for the quarter that just ended today, about 6 other than the s p and about 9 better than the dow. Over the course of the quarter, you had names like netflix and tesla rally more than 20 . Some of those large cap Genetic Sciences companies, those moving higher as well as gilead sciences. The in mind, a big reason nasdaq was down, we talk about this being a tech index but it has nontech names i
The coronavirus takes a toll with tech leading losses. Earlier, apple cut its revenue guidance for the march quarter with the outbreak continuing to impact the iphone maker supply and demand. The coronavirus is impactful, but not permanently impactful. In other words, it is a temporary blip. On the demand side longer term for apple, i dont see any issues so that gives me a lot of confidence we will see a nice rebound when this is over. The bad news is, apple made a big bet on china. 20 of revenue, a huge part of the supply chain. If the virus isnt contained, this will continue to be a problem. In longerterm, it china and the was a u. S. Are likely to be at loggerheads. I think the virus could be a problem longer market thing. There is no better ceo to handle the current challenges then tim cook and while it is currently concerning, having him at the helm is very reassuring. It is quite hard to shift production in a number of weeks. Emily we got more reaction from the Senior Research an
But is the custom sound System Company showing trademarks of a takeover . We will talk about the survivability of upstarts in the big tech era . Breaking news. U. S. Treasury has named no currency manipulators in its fx report, effectively taking china off of being a currency manipulator. Again, the u. S. Treasury has named no currency manipulators in its foreignexchange report. We know that china was put on that designation list in august, being removed today. I want to get back to our top story. It is all about earnings season here. The big banks set to report earnings this week after having spent billions on technology in 2019. That could be bringing a big change to the bonus culture as traders are being forced to unlearn some of their most basic assumptions about making money. Joining us, our Bloomberg Finance reporter. What are we learning about unlearning the bonus culture on wall street . What we are unlearning is that bonuses or maybe a thing of the past. In the past, traders w