Tiktok bid jim, we will start with the retail numbers lowes is a good one to start with, its been called depots quarter on steroids today. Look, i think that Martin Ellison has taken a Company Making it anything but an also ran. 35 camp is terrific hes really got finally hes got the e com down Marvin Ellison is a turn around man par excellence and this is an amazing quarter we dont want target to overshadow it too much because i like the stock and i love the fact it wasnt up big early on its a buy yeah. In store traffic or in store comps, jim, up 11, which is different than what we saw out of others. I mean, i guess when you dont have as fierce a web challenge in Home Improvement and you have the stay at Home Rebuilding boom, thats going to add to a couple huge dynamics. Yes, it will. Remember, there was a period where lowes was not digitized enough also didnt really have very Strong Customer service. All of thats changed under marvin he is the last person to ever want to champion hims
China trade talks are off. President trump says hes postponing any talks as leaders, xi jinping reportedly facing opposition from within his own party. Its another big day for retail earnings this morning. We are waiting on lowes, target and tjx opening before opening bell this morning. We are talking with apartment ceo after reporting double beat yesterday. He will talk about the pandemics impact on Consumer Habits and concerns over stimulus checks drying up. Markets this morning looking for another recordbreaking day, take a look at future, indicating a gain, dow futures up 51 points, nasdaq futures up 18 and s p and nasdaq continuing in record territory as you see there they are up this morning after hitting alltime highs yesterday. S p 500 scoring fastest rebound from a bear market in history. Yesterday the dow was down 66, but the nasdaq was 81 and the s p up 7 points. New york city is about to get sweeter, krispy kreme opens Flagship Store in times square, ceo live here at 7 20 a
Tweet earlier in the hour does suggest that you think these retailers are prepping us for numbers that are going to be tough to replicate. Yeah, i think that they have to, carl they all know that america was flush from the 1,200 check and they also know there is a lot of stay at home people trying to make their homes into an office and a home, and that thats largely passed now, that doesnt mean that you shouldnt buy these stocks because that money went to these essential retailers and now theyre stronger than ever, but i know that if you are if you are at walmart it does not pay to say this is going to continue same thing with home depot i say you wait, let them come down and recognize that these are just so good that you want to be in them. Particularly, say, if a lowes comes down, thats kind of attractive, they report tomorrow look, these are remarkable companies, but they are also given as remarkable companies are to humility and to a respect to the individual investor they dont wan
Americans and ongoing battle of stimulus this morning. Heavy haters, walmart, home depot and kohls reporting Quarterly Earnings, we have all the numbers and impact. Lets check numbers, we are looking at a firmer tone, futures indicating a gain at start of trading, about 55 points nasdaq with record close yesterday adding to it this morning with another gain of 35 points. S p 500 ending the day yesterday less than 5 points away from a new record high close when the dow was down 86 but the nasdaq was up 110, the race to acquire tiktok, stock is surging this morning after reportedly throwing its hat to the ring and what it means to microsoft and ongoing battle this morning. Oracle shares up 2 and a half percent. Men being told not to have one alcoholic drink a day. Whats behind the warning . Mornings with maria is live right now. Ftse 100 up 11, cac quarante up 17 and dax index in germany higher by 66 points. European Central Bank President warning banks arent likely to fullery recover fr
It sums up everything that you need to know in the markets. Equities are down, which means you are getting a flock into full faith and credit. You are getting massive dollar weakness for three straight days. The weakest we have seen on the dollar since 2018. The story of the week, all about gold. Investors watching back in as a hedge against low rates. Big concern about the trajectory of this economy. As i mentioned, some of that trajectory is coming from the fed. They are extending most of their emergency Lending Program until the end of the year in an effort to support the economy amid the pandemic. The fomc kicks off their twoday meeting in washington with a Rate Decision due tomorrow. We are joined by Kevin Nicholson riverfront investment group, Global Fixed Income ceo. I love days like this where i can get a fixed income guy talk about equities. You are talking about the tactical favoring of equities. How much is relative value, where a dividend yield is worth it to basis points o