Concerns about a second wave of covid19 with cases surging past 2 million in the United States. Texas numbers have been hitting new highs and houston is reconsidering reimposing its stayathome order. We will continue to follow that. I want to welcome in kailey leinz. Is drivingabout what stocks down. Between 5 es ranging and 7 . In terms of what is driving it, probably eight multitude of factors. The grim outlook from the Federal Reserve yesterday. Layered on top of that, concerns about a possible second wave of the coronavirus and the fact that we have run very far, very fast. There may have been a little profit taking involved in this equation as well. You had small caps really underperforming. They have kind of been a proxy for that recovery trade. They were down 7. 6 today. Yields on the long and with the 10 year yield down about six basis points. On the day, out of the 505 stocks in the s p 500, only one closed up, kroger, one of the classic kind of coronavirus safety plays. Did i
Warning against seating Telecom Infrastructure to china. We get reaction to that. And tesla turned our heads this week. Look back at some of the biggest stories in tech. To our top story, u. S. Equities headed into the Holiday Weekend on a positive note after the release of steady figures for retail cells and with investors continuing to weigh contrasting data from china on the spread of the coronavirus. The s p 500 closed at record high after swinging between small gains and losses in fridays session. To discuss todays Market Performance and technology we are joined by laura kane of ubs. To kick us off, i want to take a look i am showing from my terminal. As you know, the trade of 2019 was u. S. Versus the rest of the world. I was speaking with david kelly, the global cio of jp morgan Asset Management who was trying to make the case for over waiting International Equities. Are you still trying to overweight International Equities or do you think it is u. S. Versus the rest of the worl
Softbank vision fund. What is going on . Of new reports. And 2019, the year in review. ,he plans for Cryptocurrency Facebook felted all. What is the strategy going into 2020 . First and the top story, shares of micron up after they reported betterthanexpected top and bottom line numbers for their fiscal firstquarter and the forecast strong numbers for the current quarter. Gross margin is something i have been eyeballing all day. They are coming in more than 27 . At the ludlow ed ludlow is here to break down the numbers. What is your key takeaway from this report . Reporter with these numbers, that is the optimism across wall street. The memory chip market will rebound probably at some point in the second half here. When we talk about dynamic random access memory, we are referring to the memory change that goes into computers, pcs. You look at the chart, prices trade like a commodity. They have been trickling as new Technology Comes into the market and capacity comes into the market. Th
System as it ditches ups and fedex. The year that was. We check out how Big Tech Companies apple and facebook fared in 2019 and how each is set up for the new year. We begin with a look at tech in the markets, most notably, semiconductors. We see that chipmakers bottomed out nearly a year ago and have been on a riproaring rally since then. Micron adding to that sentiment, as the Company Reported firstquarter earnings wednesday. Micron impressed wall street with a strong outlook of between 4. 5 4. 8 billion dollars in revenue. Shortly after the Company Reported, i got insight from Wedbush Securities analyst matt bryson, who joined me on the phone after the analyst call. Matt they are seeing tightness in certain areas. Also, they are calling the bottom for memory in general. They think this Current Quarter is going to be the bottom of the cycle. That fits with the tightness in certain areas. And very much parallels the guidance they gave for gross flat margins, which suggests that prices
Logistics partners ups and fedex. Tech out how big Cap Companies apple and facebook fared in 2019 and how each is set up for the new year. A look at tech in the markets most notably semiconductors, taking a look at the stock index, we see that chipmakers a bottomed out nearly a year ago and have been on a rally since then. Chipmaker micron adding to that they reported firstquarter earnings this week. Have a strong outlook between four and a half and 4. 8 million in revenue. Shortly after the Company Reported i got insight from the whorities and analyst joined me on the phone. They are seeing tightness in certain areas. Also they are calling the bottom for memory in general. They think this Current Quarter will be the bottom of the cycle. That fits with the tightness. It fits with the fact that they it also very much parallels the guidance they gave for flat gross margins, which again suggests that pricing is normalizing finally. Does this have any implications for an expansion of capac