Over 5 . The nasdaq up 367 points as well the russell 2000 small cap outpacing all of its large cap cousins. Now at a level of 1,121. Lets go through our investment economy so far today well start with shannon at bost bost boston private wealth. What has you excited about todays price action its a considerable green day so far. I think this is a response to what happened last week. We saw really a great week in the markets and then last week we traded in sort of this sideways range i think we mentioned on fridays show that the most important data points would be from the virus. Thats not necessarily because its the only data point in time if you think about this week, we have a couple of Economic Data releases were prior to earning season. Thats a bit of a vacuum or void in news right now. This positive news we received over the course of the week about the stemming of the virus as far as infections, icu, hospitalizations, all of that lends it to some stronger sentiment. I think we wil
But how exactly can they get that done . We speak with former ge vice chairman bob lutz in a moment. It and cnbcs coverage of the coronaVirus Outbreak begins right now. Good morning and welcome, im Courtney Reagan live in times square we begin with breaking news. Stocks set to fall at the open at futures overnight hitting their limit down levels once again. We are well off the session lows at the moment. Dow jones industrial average indicated lower to the tune of 1100 points, the nasdaq down by 213 points lets check in on the etfs that track the major averages remember, these are not subject to those limit downs the dow etf is indicating a drop of 3. 75 the spy down by 3 the qqq, that tracks the nasdaq, down by almost 3 . Lets take a look at whats going on in the fixed income market and take a look at treasuries this is a closely watched barometer of everything going on with the economy and the markets. The yield on the tenyear note is sitting at 0. 38 . A rough morning in energy. Gaso
This is 3 declines for each of these markets. Joe, it looked worse overnight well see what happens as we get a little closer to the opening bell youve been watching the treasury. It was lockdown. It was lockdown for quite some time. And it really was about i couldnt help but saying, this is the politicians fault. It was if they had done what they looked like they were going to do as of friday, i dont think it would have been like that but then again, we may have had the, all right, they passed it, were up and then that sells off. In this world, i dont know what to hope for anymore. This is how it works, though. Im going to read something in a second that im so excited about. I even got more excited about this than i did about the futures not being locked down is,000 points. Weet gel well get to that. It was 954 points or something. Yields have come down. The tenyear was down at 0. 829 . Again, that volatility is spreading not only through the stock market but treasuries. Its been amazi
States to withhold unemployment claims data. It is friday, march 20, 2020 good morning welcome. Im Morgan Brennan live at cnbc headquarters we begin with breaking news. Yesterdays gains. Futures pointing to a higher open with the dow pointing to open up over 844 s p posed to open at 98 and the nasdaq now up 358. This is after the futures market opened last night in the red weve seen a reversal there. It is the first day of a less than 1 move in trading in 14 trading sessions so it gives you an idea of how much volatility has ebbed. The s p ending up about half a percent above 2,400. Similar for the dow, which closed back about 20,000 barring any historic move, the dow does remain on pace for the worst Weekly Performance since the financial crisis when it fell more than 18 in a single week s p and nasdaq tracking for the worse week since february. All three still trading well below 20 from recent 52week highs we reached just last month. Taking a look at the bond market we are seeing inv
Any precipitous policy, at least not at the present time. How much more shock can this market take before theres longterm effects on the economy . What do you think . Look, the market the markets had a shortrun correction, and i guess its 10 or 11 or something. Weve been through this many, many times before. And i dont think even though its frontpage story and nobody likes to see their asset values go down, i just dont think at this point its going to have much of an impact. I will qualify that, depends how long this lasts, how deep it goes, but i could cite a number of historical experiences. The one i remember the most, i was a cub scout way back when, and i remember the 1987 market crash and i remember president reagan going out and saying the economic v economy is fundamentally sound, and it actually grew by 3 or 4 in the next couple years after this crash. President trump said it in this room two nights ago, we just think the economy is sound, and therefore i just dont think this