Action from jay powell call it a pandemic breakthrough, the fda clears a near instant testing kit that could change the tide in washington, d. C. , lawmakers looking to make a deal over a skinny stimulus package. It is thursday, august 27, 2020 you are watching Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Top of the morning to you. Im Brian Chu Dominic chu in Brian Sullivan this morning. S p lower by about two points, the nasdaq off by about six. Monitor day for the nasdaq yesterday. Coming off fresh alltime highs. The dow did end higher yesterday and is now less than 1 away from the break even level for 2020 that is 28,539 digging deeper, it is not just the big names keeping the rally alive. Looking at the semiconductors, both of those coming off intraday alltime highs. Up more than 2 this week alone. Cloud computing getting a boost. Three etfs tracking the space. Coming off the fresh high with a huge move, a massive move. Salesforce goes into the dow next week. That stock higher by 26 for its second
Plasma will be expanding. Markets turning attention to the virtual jackson hole and the crisis fighting measures. The Republican National Convention Begins in North Carolina today as president ial rival joe biden says he would be open to a second term despite questions over his age. 6 00 a. M. Inne london, 9 00 in dubai. There is a open letter to the fed. It is satire at its best. I like bonds over fx. Just do whatever the bond market says. It is bigger, better, better educated and sharper than both of us. It is a great piece, but it is genuflection to, did you read the minutes and just do whatever the bond boys and girls say. What businessweek calls cringe worthy satire. They give it to jackson hole saying please do us a solid, keep this mind in vote during the jackson hole summit. No cowboy stuff, jay powell. It makes a lot of sense, this satire. It is trying to make sense of the market when you have covid19 pandemic still ravaging economies and Peoples Health and the s p 500 on frid
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