Why these special Purpose Acquisition Companies are so hot and what the phenomenon says about froth in the market. And golds record rally. Is the yellow metal poised finish even more gains . On the barrons roundtable, my colleagues. So, jack, this week was interesting. Four very powerful dudes get hauled up in front of congress, theyre asked some dumb questions, some tough questions, the market shrugs, the next day they come out with earning, and three of the four stocks soared. Yeah, actually rose during and after the testimony and end then again after results. The stock market this week, if you look at the s p 500, it was up close to 2 . Now, thats a wonderful result, but its particularly great when you consider the backdrop. What did we learn this week . Gross domestic product, the economy shrank 9. 5 from the quarter before. If you feel compelled to annualize that figure, yes jack no, please dont 33 , right . Either way, its the housiest number in 70 years of lousiest number in 70
Why these special Purpose Acquisition Companies are so hot and what the phenomenon says about froth in the market. And golds record rally. Is the yellow metal poised finish even more gains . On the barrons roundtable, my colleagues. So, jack, this week was interesting. Four very powerful dudes get hauled up in front of congress, theyre asked some dumb questions, some tough questions, the market shrugs, the next day they come out with earning, and three of the four stocks soared. Yeah, actually rose during and after the testimony and end then again after results. The stock market this week, if you look at the s p 500, it was up close to 2 . Now, thats a wonderful result, but its particularly great when you consider the backdrop. What did we learn this week . Gross domestic product, the economy shrank 9. 5 from the quarter before. If you feel compelled to annualize that figure, yes jack no, please dont 33 , right . Either way, its the housiest number in 70 years of lousiest number in 70
Good to be back with you. You did mention very important piece, which is davids piece and hes a friend of the show. Talking last night i was reading it and thinking can we really go higher he has a piece that says we will blast higher that will be something that i think a lot of people would be suspect, little critical of because were going right into the election he doesnt seem to mind that davids work is high quality and i just really think that he is just saying, it is time. And wouldnt that be something if we have a big, big move here. Its fascinating. He does say, jim, as you point out, the election does remain a risk but 3,600 year end and 3,800 in 12 months is a 6 gain and earnings estimate, jim, for next year 170. I mean, i remember when they thought 150 might be a risk. I just have to tell you, i wish everyone could get goldmans research i was fortunate enough to get that piece because it is a very logical piece because how there are many parts of the economy that are good. Th
Hear from mike roman later on today, july has been very good i think you will continue to get a positive from housing, this horton number is the number people should be focusing on because it was stellar you will get a lot of people talking about how there is a lot of good news in anything involving personal fun, polaris, but just were just in such dim tidings when it comes to aero space thats what im focused on greg hayes, 2023, oh, my. You were just talking about that and then iata, the International Air transport association is saying 2024 for precovid traffic levels they also point out that airlines are adding capacity, jim, ahead of demand which is coming back slower than they thought. Personal travel, people want toful tra, we know that. Great Conference Call by American Express on friday about what people want to do, but the Business Travelers is where they make all the money and the Business Traveler is zooming they just arent going i dont know what its going to take to bring t
Yeah, President Trump started promoting mask wearing on twitter. A major shift and the stocks have been fitted from a reopening economy are higher today and thats how the dow jones gained 160 out performing the s p 500 but trouhe nasdaq. the cramer covid19 index is out. The recovery stocks are in at least for today our country has the worst coronavirus outbreak because we turned wearing a mask into a cultural issue the president tweeted a stark black and white picture of himself wearing a maface mask wh the explanation saying many say its patriotic to wear a face mask when you cant social distance there is nobody more patriotic than me, your president. End quote. Well, kind of the only one why does it matter because President Trump is the de facto leader of the anti mask faction. Thats why he spent months refusing to wear a mask in public and framing this as an issue of personal freedom. That emboldened people to take ridiculous stands against mask mandates invoking the first amendment