But you were talking about the dow being in positive territory for the First Time Since september 2nd. Stocks in china reopened after a week long Public Holiday they both jumped by more than 2 the shanghai composite was up by 2. 6 lets take a look at where things stand right now in europe where there is some trading taking place you can see the markets are open there and theres a bit of a mixed picture. Its actually a little bit higher ftse 100 is right around the flat line, andrew. Hey, becky. Weve got so much going on this morning. Weve got this is squawk planner, two major tech events first amazon sales day it begins after it was postponed, if you remember, back in july. Now running two days, starting at midnight tonight eastern time so watch out for that. Ive already scheduled it and then Apple Holding the big event tomorrow the launch event expected to unveil the new iphone. Everybody looking for the new 5g iphone it will include the first major exterior redesign since 2017 and we
The big rally yesterday. We had the dow dipping 131 points, s and b backsliding 4. 8 , nasdaq edging down 2. 9 this is a good moment to consider where well be in six months because its controlling a lot of action we see in the stock market so the question is will we go back to the old normal once the pandemic is over or will some aspects of the new normal remain some could be permanent. Real engrained habits. Right now wall street is trying to guess which is which. Remember, the market is a forecasting machine with expectations about the future much more than facts about the present. Thats why i say we dont care where stocks have been, we care where they are going so whats the market saying about the post pandemic economy lets start with the obvious one many missed. Peloton. Im getting right to it. Its incredible how many smart people bet against this maker of smart exercise machines. When covid hit Money Managers figured gyms and spin classes were kaput many tried to crash peloton hol
There. Big stocks in apple and tesla giving back gains. Ibm gained more than 3 yesterday. Also cocacola up more than 4 being looing at u. S. Equity few you are its. Something to Pay Attention to. Dow futures down around 40 points looking at first of september, and all of july and august with spectacular gains. Looking at the treasury yields looks like right now 0. 654 . Those movements with he saw yesterday were interesting in terms of the rotation. As a general matter, those had to pull back they will have to have these pull backs the fact that the market can do okay on a given day is a positive doesnt change the fact that weve traveled at a steep angel here there is a jumpiness a late summer week heavy volumes. You are seeing all sorts crop up there is a Different Energy to the market 20 what has passed in 2017, 2013 not sure the implications but there is Something Different it is 6 01 in the morning here yesterday was called a gama squeeze. We dont want to get too mechanical in the
In terms of the euro, that is firmly in focus. European leaders meeting in brussels at loggerheads over how to rollout the plan. The offshore currency is essentially flat. The fix is essentially 6. 99. That is what the aussie yen is doing. The u. S. Dollar has ticked up 2 10 of 1 after a number of weeks of weakness. We can move it onto look at some of the commodities in the 10 year. A bit of concern about demand destruction for crude given the infection rate in the u. S. Florida, some policymakers saying the virus is out of control in that state. That will be a concern. 40 for wti. You still have this significant divergence between the 10 year, u. S. And china. Rishaad just getting some news from a motor company. It is secured funding from a variety of private equity companies. What it does show is chinese startups promising vehicles. Attracting funding even as we are seeing the industry having a rough time of it. This is leading to x peng saying the Company Managed to achieve the 400
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