Territory. We will see how long that lasts. A strengthening dollar today and treasuries at around 63 basis points for the 10 year yield. European markets are returning today. The ftse 100 was the only one open on may 1. The rest were closed. We went lower the first thing this morning. The ftse opened and was trading higher, but all of the others lower. Out of the gate as you say, we got a stronger teller today. A big move coming out of the ecb tomorrow sorry, out of the Constitutional Court regarding the ecb. We had some really poor Economic Data out of the manufacturing front in europe as well. The italian 10 year selling off just a touch. Brent crude up by 1. 21 . Climbing init risk europe unbidden mounting economic concerns over u. S. Suggestions that china hid the severity of the covid19 outbreak. A sickly escalating rhetoric, which is being a little bit aggressive towards china. We have a speech from the National Security advisor today which called out china and the suppression of
About how her organization is approaching testing, treatments and vaccines and which countries she says are doing the best right now handling the pandemic. Plus, the interim president of new yorks mta joins us to discuss a path forward for pass transit and whether people will ever feel comfortable riding in a crowded subway car again the biggest subway system in the country. Lets focus on the big stories were watching kayla has the latest on a new 3 trillion relief bill proposal. Mike diving into the Federal Reserves Corporate Bond Purchase Plan which kicked off today. Kayla, lets start with you and washington relief. We are waiting to hear from House Speaker nancy pelosi to discus what they are calling the heroes act this second wave of multitrillion dollar stimulus that now democrats say is needed to jumpstart the american economy. Pelosi has urged her conference to think big, even as many fiscally minded democrats have raised concerns b about the price tag. In this 3 trillion packag
The country without Serious Health consequence where does the confidence come from i mean, havent lets see, we adopted universal testing yet . I dont think so we dont have contact tracing. We dont have enough gloves and mask to keep everybody protected. Lucky me yet the markets have an incredibly strong month. Even with todays mild dip, dow slipping 32 points, s p edging 5. 2 , nasdaq climbed 1. 4 , they crushed fang put it out there are we whistling past the graveyard here not so fast. Theres a ton of confidence in the safety net, the one that covers Large Companies even it as it fails to protect a lot of Small Businesses and doesnt do nearly enough for individuals. Remember we dont trade hair salons here. Theres no ticker for diner, no barber shop, gyms, no. We trade Big Companies companies that have more access to funding than i have ever seen in my life courtesy of the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department who know that the stakes are high. But you also got a lot of hope driv
Look at the s p 500 at 2978, a 55point gain and there is the nasdaq the outperformer yet again, almost 2. 25 , 200 points, 9387 the nasdaq, not all that far away from last februarys highs, which our headliner says this hour is going to happen this year and not just the nasdaq so lets welcome in fund strats tom lee. He is joining us via skype tom, welcome back. Nice to see you again. Thanks for having me. Big call. How are we going to get there this year, tom you say 3450 is happening . Yes, and i think what really drives our view is that companies in the midst of the shutdown arent standing still you know, theyre reengineering their operations, learning how to be digital, run with fewer employees and less real estate so in 2021, as we exit this pandemic, theyre going to generate higher earnings on a lower level of sales and that means implied better pes. And thats why we get into july, stocks will start discounting that and were looking for new high hi highs. Youre looking for a vshape
Tentative trade with autos extending decline as bmw warns the pandemic effect will last longer than anticipated. The german hospital operator flags increased demand for drugs and devices. Telling cnbc they are prepared for a second wave. We are working very closely with the authorities to make sure we have flexibility in termts of our ability to react should there be a second wave as the measures are released. A frozen dividend for disney. The media giant cancels a payout as it takes a 1. 4 billion hit from the paepd but makes plans to reopen in shanghai next week. The uk becomes the worst hit country in europe overtaking italy as the death toll crosses 32,000 the government grapples to get a time line for the exit from the lockdown a warm welcome to street signs. Lets kick off with fresh data this is on eurozone april pmi, the final numbers for services that figure for the whole is 12. Slightly better than the flash estimate of 11. 7 that makes the final composite pmi 13. 6, just a to