Tested. This is promising news. The production says it proves that the production does not prove that it is effective but it is certainly a step forward. The final stage of the trial is scheduled to start july 27. This data coming out in the new england journal of medicine. It appears that moderna in the lead with its vaccine candidate, producing antibodies in all 45 of the patients tested. I mentioned we are standing by for President Trump. The press conference scheduled to start any moment now. We are told that the South China Sea and ongoing relations with china will be the focus along with potentially rising cases of covid19 across the country. Meantime, taking a look at how this impacted the markets. Volatility again the word of the day. I want to bring in abigail doolittle, who has been following all of this. Abigail volatility is certainly the word of the day and really the word of the last month. The s p 500 yesterday unable to take out its high after the februarymarch crash. S
Last 400 days is we are finally on dollar support. We will talk about this through the show. On dxy, the blended dollar index , with strong euro contribution, we are really on the support of a signal to a weaker dollar. Jonathan it is the trait everyone would hope would develop it is the trade everyone was hoping would develop. We see that on the screen this morning. It is a tugofwar between pretty negative corporate guidance and the vaccine hopes that started yesterday evening. Lisa i would argue that the vaccine hopes are very much in the front of peoples mind this morning. The question of whether moderna can jack up production, as well as the Regulatory Approval they need to get this out and distributed. Meanwhile, more guidance from the big banks. Goldman reporting in about a half hours time. At 2 00 p. M. , the fed releases their july beige book. Some indication of how businesses are changing their expectations based on the resurgence in virus cases. Also today, opecplus meeting t
We were talking about it with some of the smaller and midcap names. We saw some of the cruise line stocks, the casinos. The restaurants were on fire. Cracker barrel up 9 , 10 . Dont you like that . Caroline i have not been to a cracker barrel. Romaine exit through the gift store. Taylor this really all comes back to the data that we got this morning. June Industrial Production and july early numbers out of manufacturing all betterthanexpected. Are hearing from dances of the of Richard Bernstein advisors. Thank you for being with us. You take a look at the positive economic numbers. The big outperformance in the russell 2000 today. You said you were a little overweight on u. S. Versus the rest of the world. How do you think about that Going Forward . Smallcap producers getting a big win . Dan i think modest overweight on the u. S. Still makes sense, but i think moving that angry mental dollar outside the u. S. Makes more sense. Clear thatis very the data is Getting Better in the u. S. ,
You dont walk around with that instability it is always there at random without warning. Kind of terrible magic can switch on and scramble our lives. As life magazine would put it afterwards struggling to explain the hidden volatility that caused earthquake somewhere to earth is quivering all of the time. All right you want to start . Yeah. Okay. Thats what thats all about . Nice to have a book in hand and following along while it feels like being in church right now it is most like interactive experience ive had in a while so thank you past ton john. Thank you we can do anymore on that give me a call. Hi everyone thanks for being here. This is really weird and im i think more nervous than i would be if i was in person. Not that im staring at any own space. But were here to talk about john. You will be for the fore foreseeable future to have a little motel on our handle. How do you write a book . Where do you begin and how does it begin to happen . Yeah. Thats really good question. I m
Markets under pressure this morning to the tune of 100, 74 points lower, nasdaq is up 7 points. S p 501 just down a 500 just a point. House democrats passing Police Reform bill but not expected to make it to President Trumps desk. A bill bruised in the senate to allow autonomous zones as the president prepares to sign off on order to protect monuments. Unanimously passing sanctions in country in reaction to restrictions of hong kongs freedoms. 2020 race, new polls show joe biden leading in key battleground states. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria Global Markets this morning. Cac quarante up 77 and dax index in germany 115 points. European central bank kristin lagard said the worst of the coronavirus is still behind him but concern of a second wave to come potentially. In ash overnight, markets were mixed, markets in china remain close for holiday. Asian economies head to worst quarter since 2008 in the financial crisis. Kospi was up 1 , and japan nikkei average up better th