It or go bankrupt. If you want to invest in airlines, im not with you but there is a trade prospect. There is every possibility this is the time to take the road less travels thats the point of this particular segment right now lets look at a few tables and charts we know this was the hardest hit area of the market you can see the decline in the s p, down 35 , restaurants down 45, airlines down 70 and hotels and cruise ships down 73 its the epicenter of the pandemic the issue is that despite all that, we really havent gotten there since march. Thats an important circumstance look at slide two. Heres the etf in question rather than taking the idiosyncratic risk to put American Airlines or delta or southwest, heres jets its the Global Airline industry in fact, its 39 stocks. Its not just u. S. Carriers. A total of 1. 5 trillion in market cap take a look at the first of two charts here is the plunge, of course. After bottoming in march with all equities, you get a nice ricochet and unlike
Giants thats benefited from more money in american wallets earlier this year. For more, i want to bring in abigail, whos been following all the action in the s p. A big day, catching up to the nasdaq. Tech is helping. Abigail we have this record high. Market watchers have been waiting for the s p 500 for a week very closely. The nasdaq has been hitting record high after high. Tech, especially with amazon and other tech names, really driving the gains for the s p 500. Morning the this s p 500 briefly went negative after putting in an alltime high. We have this wall of worry. Not only do we have no still is, a second deal is not on the table yet. We have a election jitters, u. S. China trade jitters, the possibility of a second wave. It was not a robust finish for the s p 500, that a record high. One day versions are a little high, given the others closed a little high. The last time this index put in a record high was almost two years ago. Its really the habs and and havenots. Vs techno
In houston. Test the shares rise after hours as Quarterly Earnings beat the streets. Profitability meets the criteria for inclusion in the s p 500. We got a report earlier today that china is moving to close a u. S. Consulate, not being seen by some commentators at as some sit as serious as hong kong. Saying that asian would likely respond to the forced closure of that beijing would likely respond to the forced closure of its consulate. The possibility of potential cuts to its larger hong kong mission. He said cutting the Mission Staff in hong kong to 100 or 200 people is an option. China has pledged to respond to the u. S. Closing its houston consulate. Will come back to that and the Market Reaction in a moment. We are of course into earnings season. Lets get some of the lines from daimler. Considerable Global Economic outlook decline in 2020. In terms of other lines, it sees a bit to be positive in 2020 but lower than the prior year. Considerable it sees a considerable decline in glo
Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with all of this mornings top stories. We begin in japan, with efforts to calm the market jitters over the coronavirus outbreak. The boj says it will provide ample liquidity to ensure stability. Joining us is enda curran. It help to the market for a second. What did we learn . Enda it seems like it is part of a coordinated push by the worlds Central Banks. To be a g said they would provide liquid it the boj said they would provide liquidity and followed up by putting money into the market. It is important to also say what they are not doing. They didnt signal an Interest Rate cut. Interest rates are already in the get of territory in japan. They didnt indicate any outright easing. They already have a huge Balance Sheet from years of quantitative easing. It is in sync with steps being taken by others. It is more designed to ensure confidence than outright easing. Alix lets stay in asia right now. Global coronavirus cases are at 89,000. Indonesia re
206,000 manufacturing jobs over all of the last 12 inmonths. And this is in a private sector economy that has added about 2 million jobs over the same period. So you see thats lagged far behind the rest of the economy. There is about a one and a half year boom during the Trump Administration, but that has dissipated. In over the past few months in particular we have been losing manufacturing jobs. What do you point to for that leg . Thats a great question and there seems to be a couple of trends. There has been some uncertainty that has come around as a result of the trade i policy. I think the trade policy has had some benefits but has also added some uncertainties to businesses. They are reluctant to invest and that means and other things are not getting purchasedur and it has a spiral effect in manufacturing. You have seen an oil and gas, ironically when the prices for oil and gas go down a little bit, that means there is probably reduced employment in the refining and other sectors