I turn to you first, laura set the scene first. How does the market look to you . What are you focusing on its really, really an interesting time in the markets right now. You have this dichotomy where were seeing some strength in the markets. I think were a little off today but youre seeing some read through or look through in the market to say, hey, were going to see optimism on the other side however the economy hasnt quite caught up yet to the markets i think we are going to need and we need to focus on making sure that the legislature realized we still need stimulus, we need the consumer thats twothirds of this economy back in full swing. Not getting it. Not right now what does that mean if i tell you were not getting it, were not getting it any time soon. Soon is relative as well, right . Theres a lot of levers that can be pulled here i think that were getting things together and, you know, i wish we could get it during december at some point youre right, it does not look like it
Is this is week that tech took the market back. Tech is up 2. 8 . New all time high is the russell 1000 growth. Tech is back and tech is working. Every time we get the story well roll out of tech into value, it works for three or four days and we go right back to whats really happening in the economy is tech platform driving dijtization. Not only domestically but globally these companies are empowering it that Investment Team will be strong right through 2021. The russell will be interesting. If you can find companies because the russell itself actually has no return on assets most of the companies dont make any money. If you can find a mid cap company and its revenue domestic it doesnt matter who wins the election were going the war with china its going to have an impact on certain s p companies. You can find refuge in the russell 2000 i think you have to do your stock picking there. Im looking for companies with companies that make money by distributions and having nothing to do with
Market. Thats the way it seems. Secondly, the europeans have announced a massive stimulus plan, close to a trillion bucks. Its really a bailout mainly for desperate italy and spain. Printing the money over there helps us over here. When that bell stops ringing and we start trading, the dow is going to be up, what, about 300 points. The s p will be up about 26 but the nasdaq on the down side. Tech taking a bit of a hit this morning. Who would have thought we would see this. For a second day running, the Airline Stocks are going straight up. Just look at that. In percentage terms, its a huge gain all across the board. Its the same story with the cruise lines. Straight up. This is all about the strength of the recovery in the most beatendown stock market sectors. Now, this may be having some effect on our market. Its the chaos which has returned to hong kong, asias financial hub. Police fired tear gas and pepper pellets at the demonstrators. They dont like beijing seizing control. The que
Hour with our Investment Committee today. They are our committee let oos get a check lets get a check on the market. Stocks are marching higher we are right near session highs. Lets take a look at what exactly is driving things and for that, well start with josh brown because youre in the box right next to me right now what can you make of what this jobs report told us and why does the market continue to rally given the fact the economic prospects may be so dim . Im pretty comfortable saying this is the worst monthly jobs report any of you watching will ever see for as long as you live this is it this is the ugliest youll see we have lost 20 million jobs the all time record was two million jobs after world war ii and the worst we saw during the great financial recession a generation ago was 800,000 in a month. Youre not going to see this again. I think whats important to point out and i want to be delicate in the way i say this wall street is coming around to the fact that for the most
Quote, dont go to crowded places. Look, thats going to slow the economy. We dont know by how much. Remember, friday, larry kudlow was on the show, told us that targeted stimulus is being considered. The fed is being urged to take steps, too. Were watching for any announcement. Heres the other big problem. The price of oil is tumbling. The saudis have launched a price war, promising to flood the world with a glut because russia wouldnt agree to production cuts. American drillers will take a huge hit. They cant make a profit at 30 bucks a barrel. 31. 89 right now. Look at this. Money pouring into treasury securities, pushing the yield way down to yet more record lows. Takes your breath away. We were down to 0. 31 at one stage. Now we are 0. 41 . Extraordinary. It has to be said, the United States is in a better position to weather this storm. That jobs report was a blockbuster. Look at italy. Its locking down a quarter of its population, locking it down. That lwill ensure a deep recessio