The pandemic is raging works like a charm can this market really be that binary can it really be that stupid to borrow a line from that masterpiece of english literature, this is spinal tap, its a fine line between clever and stupid [ drumroll ] the dow only gained 300 points, the short answer is, yes, it really is that simple. When texas was forced to pause its reopening plan because of record covid infections, a m suddenly the stay at home stocks came back in style i guess the virus didnt get the memo about not messing with texas. Many of todays winners were the usual suspects that benefitted from the pandemic. Plus the oils and the banks, though that was a femoral, given everything was stay away from the banks. Any way, before we get into the specifics. How the heck can this market rally on truey terrible news we have a horrific outbreak in the sun belt, we hit a new record for covid cases yesterday. The virus is back in exponential growth mode. The human cost could be enorm s enorm
Also his rhetoric reiterated when it comes to china, saying china should have kept the virus where it was and could have stopped this virus spread. These are the latest lines coming through, the president saying trump the u. S. Can deal with the flareups. We are seeing with stocks we are basically coming off some of the lows but still heading lower today, u. S. Futures extending losses to more than 1 now. Jakarta coming online. We have a Bank Indonesia decision today, expect some type of rate cut. When it comes to india we are watching the standoff on the border with china. Besides continue to talk. They are pledging to deescalate after the deadly clashes. Here is what we are watching out for, not a lot of catalysts. Looking at the dollar, it is very much on the stronger side and youre seeing the likes of the aussie dollar reacting to those unemployment numbers which was a big miss. U. S. 10year yield, seeing bonds that are up as well and the china 10year yield is what we are watching
Across the americas. Texasa sees a record as says covid19 is spreading at unacceptable rates. The u. S. Raises the pressure on Chinese Media organizations, foreigning four more as missions and calling them nothing more than began to outlets. Shery lets get you started. We are seeing u. S. Futures kicking off trading flat at the moment after u. S. Stocks rose. A pretty choppy morning session but technology did manage to lead the advanced. The nasdaq composite rising to a record high, seventh consecutive session of days. The longest winning streak since december. We did get some negative sentiment on rising coronavirus cases in dozen states. The s p 500 did lag this gain across the board. Some sectors like financial and health care under pressure as investors weigh the Economic Impact of a second wave. Take a look at what oil is doing at the moment. Wti right now falling towards the 40 a barrel after finishing at the three month high. We have some demand optimism as states have moved tow
Asia braces for a second wave. This hour brings the latest check on the japanese economy, we await gdp Growth Numbers in a quarter dominated by the outbreak. Lets take a look at markets as we set up the trading session. We are seeing this with u. S. Futures. Backandforth between washington and beijing really dominating our can sentiment at the moment. Seeing new zealand trading on , as new zealand moves out of the restrictions. Positive upside,. 6 higher for australia futures going into the start of trading today. We are watching the yen, which has been seeing strength. Looking at positioning by money positionsnet long yen are being extended. There could be further upside with the japanese currency. Seeing upside continue with wti. Gains ineen the recent oil, shery. Shery we see more economies reopen and we are hearing from apple. They are saying nearly 100 stores globally have opened their doors again. Are refining it doesnt mean stores will not be shot if needed. Apple saying the sto
Take some time for public to regain confidence and adapt to the new world and start traveling, taking vacation, going to restaurants and things like that. Im glad you brought that up. Thats one thing we havent talked about was this notion that when we looked to open our businesses and i think we all in a bipartisan way, thats what we want. We have to find this balance, opening our businesses in general. Theres only going to be as successful as the Customer Confidence that is there to patronize those businesses thats not just true for the Hospitality Industry thats true for all businesses i do know that the service and retail has been hardest hit business and my understanding that some of the data ive seen over 2 of those businesses have closed permanently already how are we to address this Consumer Confidence issue . I know thats something you thought about and talked about publicly what should we be doing . One thing ill say is it affects different sectors of the economy. The one we t