Look, any way you take it, employment in april was a disaster. We are looking at an Unemployment Rate that is likely approaching 20 . We get those numbers, the unemployment numbers for the whole country, next friday. However, got to tell you the backtowork movement is really gathering steam. States across the nation are modifying their stayathome rules. Businesses are reopening. Oklahoma reopens some businesses tomorrow. California will allow some elective surgery. This, however, is receiving mixed messages. President trump says georgia is reopening too soon. He says he strongly disagrees with georgias decision. However, he will still leave it up to the states. Heres a positive. The Field Hospital built specially for virus patients in houston, texas, may be dismantled, not needed, underused. Lets get to the markets. First im dealing with oil. Look at this. Moving back up again in price. 16. 71 is the production price right now, but production is being scaled back very very sharply. Sup
January of 18 of 140 and surged to 327 before collapsing with the market. Didnt offer any defense, went down just as much as the market. Hit a 212 low and closed this week at 283. If you look at the next chart, this is important. If you are defensive or considered defensive, more defensive than proctor, apple sells off 35 . Offering no defensive qualities. And now having rebounded 35 , but youre not back to the high of course. Thats the nature of percentage draw down and ricochets. Final chart, this is a twopanel chart, and this really tells the tale what we see is apple on top, but its relative performance to the nasdaq 100 continues to stall. And by my work, that is its problem, and i think one is right to be skeptical going into the earnings print this coming week all right, carter, so we go to mike. Whats your trade out of this . Yeah, so its interesting as far as im concerned apple, this obviously is a company with a fortress balance sheet, and a lot of Technology Companies some w
It took a tumble in less than six weeks and then rebounded 36 of the lows from april yesterday. The s p down 34 from february 19 to march 23, less than five weeks. Crazy to think about how quickly that fall came then we were back up 30 off the low for april. Joe . If you used april then i could get to 82 years i dont think sorkin was listening to me. I was i said, no, i dont remember. You are always saying maybe i wasnt around for that here is my proposition for you, andrew sell in may is a common expression go away ive never felt more like selling in may than i do right now. I have to be honest. It is not just you. Look at the dow this morning down 454 points. Just to test whether this kind of thing works. It would be impossible for me to go long with money what was he, 163 or something. I saw another guy say it is going to be so hard over the next year that we are looking at another 40 drop others that say the average recession that the market doesnt bottom for 11 months although jim
Dollaryen pushing a bit higher. You are also looking at the 10 year going no real place, and oil trying to stabilize as earnings continue to rollout. Honeywell the latest, suspending their fullyear guidance. Time for todays market moving news from new york and washington. Lets start with earnings. We are about halfway through the seasons. Oil giant chevron out this morning, cutting capex for the second time at about five weeks, warning profits will suffer. Bloombergs Annmarie Hordern has more. Annmarie thats right, that capex headline is really the one to take away from chevron. Clearly, they are doing what they can to save cash. The original plan before they cut earlier was for 20 billion. 14 billion is roughly where chevron has been spending over the past three years or so. Dividends has been a big topic for the oil company. Sayingre now they are they are doing everything they can to protect it. In just going to be out under 30 minutes. They said they are going to freeze it. One thin
Gilead sciences, as you heard from maria, positive news from a government trial of their remdesivir and also from two of their own trials. Positive news on a treatment. That sent futures straight up earlier this morning and look at the stock, also straight up, 6. 8 . Thats the effect of this effective trial of remdesivir. Up go futures, up goes gilead stock. More on this in a moment. A second reason for the dows gains, investors expect a strong recovery for the economy starting in the summer. The market always looks to future conditions. Theres a third reason. The Federal Reserve is likely to say today they will do whatever it takes to stabilize your money. Wall streets expecting more stimulus. The dow will be up close to 550 points at the opening bell, close to 2 . The s p up 2 . The nasdaq solid indeed, up over 2 . We had boeings numbers out this morning. Continuing problems, but its cutting 10 of its work force and investors like that. The stock is up nearly 6 . Okay. More on all th