Are in terms of the economy, the backdrop in this market. We had down week but we had record highs going into this week because the economy seems okay what he think . I think the expectations for the worldwide economy are coming down a little bit with the virus scares. Its not so much the people, investors thinking were headed for some terrible Global Pandemic but business disruption in china. People from other countries running parts from china, that has been a damper on things so thats gonna cut into earnings you expect . Take china out for the First Quarter, no flights going inandout, shortages, look what apple just did in terms of what they are expecting, thats going to hit the u. S. Thats going to hit u. S. Companies in the First Quarter and for the year. So keep in mind, we are now paying, investors in u. S. Stocks we are paying quite a bit more for a dollar of earnings than we did year ago. So that has to be based on some optimism about the future i think weve got a lot of optim
Are in terms of the economy, the backdrop in this market. We had down week but we had record highs going into this week because the economy seems okay what he think . I think the expectations for the worldwide economy are coming down a little bit with the virus scares. Its not so much the people, investors thinking were headed for some terrible Global Pandemic but business disruption in china. People from other countries running parts from china, that has been a damper on things so thats gonna cut into earnings you expect . Take china out for the First Quarter, no flights going inandout, shortages, look what apple just did in terms of what they are expecting, thats going to hit the u. S. Thats going to hit u. S. Companies in the First Quarter and for the year. So keep in mind, we are now paying, investors in u. S. Stocks we are paying quite a bit more for a dollar of earnings than we did year ago. So that has to be based on some optimism about the future i think weve got a lot of optim
Mr. Mchenry you have access of liquidity to get through any crisis you would foresee . Yes, absolutely. Mr. Mchenry in terms of safety and soundness, you are from the harm previous regime, thats positive. In terms of safety and soundness youre management, cleaning up the ship. So our expectations is we should have no problems from you in soundness, ety and is that fair . Mr. Scharf i think its fair work once we finish the we laid out, you should feel that. Mr. Mchenry ok. At employees do you have wells fargo . R. Schaefer i have mr. Scharf 260,000. Mr. Mchenry how many are customer facing . R. Scharf i dont know the answer. It has to be easily 100,000. Mr. Mchenry sure. Do you have plans in order to respond to the current threats covid19, especially in your footprint in california . Absolutely. We are, as i said mr. Mchenry as well as and other state primaries that are seeing an outbreak . Approach on ur covid 19 is we should do the ing we can to ensure safety of our employees as well
Are in terms of the economy, the backdrop in this market. We had down week but we had record highs going into this week because the economy seems okay what he think . I think the expectations for the worldwide economy are coming down a little bit with the virus scares. Its not so much the people, investors thinking were headed for some terrible Global Pandemic but business disruption in china. People from other countries running parts from china, that has been a damper on things so thats gonna cut into earnings you expect . Take china out for the First Quarter, no flights going inandout, shortages, look what apple just did in terms of what they are expecting, thats going to hit the u. S. Thats going to hit u. S. Companies in the First Quarter and for the year. So keep in mind, we are now paying, investors in u. S. Stocks we are paying quite a bit more for a dollar of earnings than we did year ago. So that has to be based on some optimism about the future i think weve got a lot of optim
The backdrop in this market. We had down week but we had record highs going into this week because the economy seems okay what he think . I think the expectations for the worldwide economy are coming down a little bit with the virus scares. Its not so much the people, investors thinking were headed for some terrible Global Pandemic but business disruption in china. People from other countries running parts from china, that has been a damper on things so thats gonna cut into earnings you expect . Take china out for the First Quarter, no flights going inandout, shortages, look what apple just did in terms of what they are expecting, thats going to hit the u. S. Thats going to hit u. S. Companies in the First Quarter and for the year. So keep in mind, we are now paying, investors in u. S. Stocks we are paying quite a bit more for a dollar of earnings than we did year ago. So that has to be based on some optimism about the future i think weve got a lot of optimism lately with the resolutio