Hi, everybody hello, melissa its great to be with you, sort of, here back in the kitchen the s p at its highest level in about a months time. You have amazon, you have apple, youve got alphabet. Aaa right there. Facebook and netflix as earning season kicks off this week the big banks starting tomorrow. Lets get to bob for more. A little bit of a milestone just about 40 minutes or so ago. We turned positive for the year on the s p 500 i know its hard to believe we started the year on the s p about 3231 were a bit below that we did hit it about 40 minutes ago. We positive for the year the low for the year, 2191 that was on march 23rd the high, february 19th, 3393. Were still below that but not by an awful lot. Quite a remarkable run if we with close over 3232, that will break out to its highest level since february the bottom line is markets on an upswing here tyler told you about the new highs if faangs. Some of the stay at home names. Walmart x costco clorox also intraday high. Were ta
Facebook, netflix all turning positive we are up 3 4 sorry, 2 3 on s p. Another higher day, certainly off session highs. Coming up on todays show. Great lineup uper facing fresh lawsuit from massachusetts over how it which was its drivers. Early investor bradley tusk has an idea that can help them avoid headaches and take on rival lyft hes going to join us to explain. Speaking of the pandemic, new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will join us to discuss his states path forward, whether hes prepared for what the fall will bring in the northeast. Lets focus on two key stories meg tirrell with modernas vaccine news and Big Bank Earnings certainly better with Goldman Sachs. Meg, start us off with moderna. Hey, sara the full phase one trial results from the Covid Vaccine published last night in the new england journal of medicine. This was 45 in the trial we got a glimpse of 8 out of 45 on important key data. These were healthy adults who received two vaccines a month apart. Everyone generated a
Biontech, seeing a bounce. We know that pfizer is not a hype company its a big conservative company. When it sees things that are not working it is quick to say it. When it sees things that are working it is long to say it in other words, this is not a company that is a brag Guard Company so i am very surprised to see them come out this early. They must feel a level of confidence that is extraordinary versus what they typically do. David, youve known pfizer for very long, you know that pfizer is one of those companies that i guess you would regard as stodgy and certainly not a company that likes to get ahead of itself no. You would have to put it in that category, i think, so it is interesting that this has been shared as meg said and as we know 24 patients, jim, is not a lot. Very positive it would appear at this point i think always important to mention, though, that when we talk about a vaccine we are talking about the need for largescale trials as soon as possible because, of cours
Usmca, china, theres a lot in the mix today. There sure is as we start squawk alley. Glad to join you carl and deirdra bow is a also with us this morning major indexes still higher, though the dows best performer over the last quarter was apple so, we can continue to watch that stock as well its been interesting, deirdra, to see this move in apple over time thats where were going to start. The dows best performer again over the last quarter. In the midst of this platform shift right now, we have to see whether they can continue this momentum as we head into a Holiday Season where the headlines are questionable whether theyll be able to churn out enough of the 5g iphone based on production delays that theyve encountered in the midst of the coronavirus absolutely. And its not just apple, right, guys tech had a big quarter at large. Youve seen them lead the way once again, although alphabet little underperforming so youre starting to see more breadth in this market one of the major questi
The bill nar has the blews these days he will explain why his businesses are struggling and the things that could get worse beyond that and what hes trying to do about that power lunch starts right now yes, it does the nasdaq hitting another all time high today. Its on strachan for its sixth straight day in the green. Bob has more for us. Modest weakness on the day. That tends to mean tech will still out perform. Thats happening today. Its airlines under perform and transports and Logistics Companies like jb hunt and fedex tend to out perform. This has been going on since the coronavirus issue back in february and march and again you can see that happening today. Ben carlson pointed this out the top ten stocks by market caps are up 10 so far this year the top 50 are up 2 but look at the bottom 50. Down 39 thats not a typo. Thats a huge disparity. Its true big stocks tend to be important. They always move the market. Bottom line is they have never been more important than they are right