That debate this hour. Look at whats leading the dow now. It would be Goldman Sachs up nearly 6 . Apple and microsoft leading the tech heavy weights they are in the poll positions power lunch starts right now thank you, tyler stocks are near the highs of the session right now with the nasdaq leading this mid day turn around lets get over to bob for more kelly, it doesnt feel like it but its been a very volatile two days i want to show you the s p 500 believe it or not, we have moved in 100point range in the last 24 hours we opened yesterday about 3320 and we had a low this morning at the open of 3220 theres 100point range. Right now were in the middle. Part of the problem is valuations we cant figure out where the stocks should be even the megacap names okay, they are up today but they have been all over the place apple has been 105 to 112 in the last 24 hours. Thats a pretty big range for the biggest stock in the United States the problem is our cash like to sap we did this within thi
And how they are working with diversity and how they are changing the company with what that means. Seasons season is officially underway. Scarlet fu is here with some of the highlights. Scarlet i wanted to start big picture, as with banking and other parts of the economy, the stronger getting stronger and the weak are getting weaker. Citi leaning on their trading business. You can see that jp morgans revenue soared thanks to training. Record revenue for a second straight quarter, and equity rising more than 30 . At citi we saw trading surging 68 and with companies trying to raise cash as quickly as possible, investing got a boost as well. Wells fargo does not have the same wall street operation. If you look at wells, reported a loss 2. 4 billion. The first quarterly loss since 2008. Nine and a aside half billion dollars for credit losses. See jp morgan putting aside 10. 5 million. That is the biggest loan loss provision in its history, and it shows us how covid19 affected the economy
Like iran was standing down. Financial markets have continued their relentless move upwards as the threat of war has eased. Emily learned a a ukrainian plane that crashed just outside tehran just about the same time is that missile attack was probably shut shutdown by by an iranian missile. By accident. This puts further pressure on the islamic republic. While these are early days, many critics here and around the world denounced president trumps decision to kill general soleimani are not looking quite so clever. And for the moment at least iran seems to be on the defensive. Meanwhile back in the United States members of congress return from their holiday break and the party dispute on the impeachment trial for the president left off just as it did before christmas. Democrats wanted witnesses called when mcconnell said the decision does not need to be made until after the trial is underway. Now after weeks of delay House Speaker pelosi will move next week to finally send the articles o
Good jobs number, decent ism bob pisani has more. We are starting to break the new narrative out there that were going to have a slowdown in 2020. Remember, the recession narrative have gone away, worries of three, four, five months ago, no more. Gdp is 1 to 2 now economic numbers are starting to suggest maybe the slowdown narrative is not a good narrative any more were taking the edge off the slowdown narrative thats why things are moving up. We not only have a strong jobs market, markedly strong revisions people werent anticipating then weak manufacturing. But new orders were generally good still 49, above expectations thats what youre looking for, new orders stock market is a discounting mechanism for future stream of earnings represented by the new orders ism not getting worse, thats the key. Heres what you need to think about. What will it take to move the market higher, another 5 to 10 . Three things very important. First off, see bond yields move up more. Good sign of modest ref
Dow climb 2g 28 points s p advancing 2. 2 its time to revisit fang, my acronym for facebook, amazon, apple, netflix, alphabet, aka google ill throw in the other big tech theme under fire, microsoft. Lets start with apple in the Tour De Force of the new iphone and the watch to me it looks incredible. Battery lifes longer. One hour to four hours depending on your new model. Cheaper prices you also get apple plus, their new streaming service for free with purchase. 4. 99 per month value. Ive looked at some of what theyre developing for the video platform even though i think it is universally poopooed, over time i think youll see its essential watching its half the price of netflix i like the entertainment the new watches 0e78 only cost 199 i think thats the price point to get worldwide adoption for this thing which will only layer on still more Service Revenue. I have fantasy football on this thing. Every time one of my guys scores,explosive when a version of the ipod hit that level, 199,