Its still too early to know perhaps if anyone did. But would that document hold up in court . And what about Small Businesses . Can they ask you to sign a document before entering their place of business . What about your own employer . Can your boss ask you to sign a waiver before returning to work, promising not to sue if you get sick. You know what, what we need is a lawyer, and weve got one this morning. David barron is a labor and employment attorney. David, you are in texas. Im in california. There may be some slight differences state by state but we can talk in generalties this morning. Lets start with employers. Say my boss says i want you back at work in the office but i want you to sign something that holds us harmless. The first question for you this morning is do i have to sign it and would it hold up in court . The simple answer is no. And most businesses that i have talked to have thought about those types of documents but decided against it. Workers comp in most states w
Drop coming up on todays show, were taking a look at how a number of Different Industries are getting back to work in america. Well talk hotels and travel with the ceo of best western plus, walter rob, the former coceo of whole foods will weigh in on grocery trends and well talk about the state of the consumer lets kick things off with a Broader Market a choppy day to kick off the trading week pretty positive. Right near the session highs as we stand on track for a record close for the nasdaq composite actually kind of a quiet levitation out there the average stock not doing much of anything. Volumes are low. But v but the Growth Stocks are powering higher. You see a one year of the s p 500. Its about a couple weeks ago that the enthusiasm for that reopening really seemed to crest for a little while since then, the old Growth Stocks, if you look at the top of the dow right now, its nike, apple, walmart, visa, microsoft. These are the days when the observation that Great Companies remai
Organizati organization, china as well as investigations of practices of Chinese Companies that are listed here in the u. S. So were up 0. 4 . 3 for the week as a whole sara straight to kayla in washington to recap what we just heard from the president including that significant announcement that the u. S. Would be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization and sara, the president prevud that a few weeks ago saying it would be reviewing the funding it sends to the w. H. O. In the wake of what it sees as shortcomings by the World Health Organization to alert the u. S. Of some of the risks of the coronavirus. Sources tell me that one of the ways the u. S. Feels most wronged is that there was no information about asymptomatic transmission of this virus until late in the game when the u. S. Population and economy was at risk. He announced the administration would be suspending the entry of foreign nationals from china to the u. S. , that the u. S. Finds at risk to the
Seem first, welcome to the program, thank you for joining us. It does seem to be a bit of a monday. What does that 02 . Why does the investor looking to buy risk assets question mark james assets . James the fall to 2 is encouraging people to take extra risks, on the basis that they cannot find adequate return and fixed increase interest. So they are having return free risk rather than risk free return. Matt why does it make sense to buy u. S. Assets right now . If i look at the wei on my bloomberg to see the moves in equities, the big drops that we have seen in europe to date are astounding. 25 is the year to date drop. 8. 5 . P 500 is down it looks like investors will continue to bid up u. S. Assets, why . James if we look at prior periods where we have low real yield, we see higher valuations of good quality companies. In previous growth bubbles we have seen priceearnings move between 45 and 65 and adjusted 31 times. People would say isnt that really very low . Rates,s very low cash
Attention to that, with the ecb coming up thats a huge deal. Delivers more stimulus, and the bcp will be really under pressure, down by 4 10 of 1 , but its all about the dollar and its driving Global Equities higher. And the tension between the weaker dollar driving risk themete, and the overall has been the protest here in the u. S. Under covid. Lets break down that disconnect. Torsten, what is your best explanation for the markets versus the headlines . We have discussed why markets are doing well, and we continue to believe that the answer is on the significant firepower coming from the fed. If you change the credit market as dramatically as they have , i spreads are very close to where they were before. All of that is, in plain english, making this look a lot better today than it did a month or two ago. And you have the equity of companies with the support to the credit markets, this is probably an important reason why the equity markets continue to do well. Think the fed is making