Get started here this morning. Look, i think that we are actually experiencing something that we havent lately which is that the analysts are almost entirely positive, and yet there is an underlying current both from the unemployment claims, which they are never going to be good until we get a vaccine. And also a general on wee that we dont have it under control, there i am talking about covid19 so why own anything . I think that thats an incorrect view there were many many piece this is morning that talk about what i can only say i am going to borrow a term from larry kudlow, green shoouts. There is much thats good in the economy. It is just not where we thought it was going to be, david. It is not all encompassing, but there are some areas that are very strong. All right so go over those and explain to me why they are not what we thought they would be. I think we thought travel and leisure would come back. That cruiseships would come back, that there would be Corporate Travel only on
May including everything from Student Loans to car payments to mortgages, the number more than triple that of april its the latest sign Unemployment Benefits and stimulus checks arent enough to fully cover the expenses what happens to the consumer and the economy and the stock market its not good its something weve alluded to for a while. Go and look at wells fargos First Quarter they reported in the middle of april. They took a 14 billion loan loss provision which was up 413 year over year by the way, when they report i think in the middle of july, that number is probably going to go up again and further anecd e anecdotal proof that wells fargo is trading below tangible book value. The banks have been trying to tell the story, but the Broader Market has sort of been impervious to it until recently. Well see. Again, ill say i am not all that optimistic about where the consumer is 69 months from now. Clearly i hope im wrong but behind closed doors, a lot of companies are saying weve lea
Take something off the table makes sense which is how you got to todays selloff with the dow dumb bli t tumbling and nasdaq tumbling the bear camp cant exist at the sametime there cannot be coexistence with the huge covid outbreak in the sun belt spiraling out of control, bear is in charge so why dont we do this . Let suspend judgment and not use terms about good or bad and take the approach of the fact spin. Awaken america trade has taken a turn for the worse some people expected that. I didnt its a disturbing spike in covid cases across alabama, north carolina, South Carolina and texas. The infection level so high the governors of new jersey, new york and connecticut have taken an unusual action and slapped a 14day quarantine on travelers from these hot spots thats amazing they have more than 35,000 new cases today which is about where these numbers peaked in april. Not good its plain bad news for everything that depends on the economy reopening which is a lot of things. The america
Famine market ive ever seen either the world is ending or everything is going to be just fine. House of pleasure no middle ground. Problem is, thats a terrible way to invest. Have to try to keep a level head, not too negative, not too positive thats how you handle days like today where the average is up and down, big before covering, not only gaining 158 points. S p climbing. 83 . The nasdaq jumping 1. 43 down so horribly, wow, let me break it down for you. This morning at 4 00 a. M. This market looks horrendous. Down a thousand points why . Nobody really knows. We heard it was because of covid spikes and outbreak in china i was watching the tape and it was all about the same, the big declines in royal caribbean, norwegian cruise, carnival, apache, united, continental, southwest, kohls, everything got crushed last week, everything that always trades before the market opens. Why dont we call them unusual suspects thats the new playbook for all the novice investors who crowded into the m
The market while classic reopening plays like cruise lines, airlines, they are moving low. Net net we are flat as we stand on the s p 500 sara. Ahead on todays show, investing legend Jeremy Grantham, stunning rally we might be realizing emergence of a bubble. Plus well speak exclusively with Marilyn Booker, former head of Morgan Stanley suing the firm for race and gender discrimination lets focus on the stories were watching mike santoli with a look at broad market action. Steve liesman highlights from fed chair jay powell and covering coronavirus resurgence in beijing mike,ic can us off with a look at the session flat on the average butthat doesnt tell the story. The average holding the gains in the last three days, wavering around the flat line a lot but mostly due to the trillion dollar trio, amazon, apple, microsoft all outperforming. This is an oldfashioned early february day where the big megacap Growth Stocks holding index together as average stock slips a little bit this is the