Else, stimulus optimism. Pelosi and mnuchin are set to speak again. Airline stocks are up. Plus the race for a cure and treatment for the coronavirus. Shares of regeneron and eli lilly are rallying, both asking the fda for emergency use approval for their antibody therapies. And speaking of surging, look at shares of ibm this morning, moving up on plans to spin off its it infrastructure unit Arvind Krishna and Ginni Rometty will both join us first to discuss this historic move for the company. Carl we are awash in headlines from the president after this 55minute interview. But buried in there are discussions about the progress of stimulus talks and emergency approval for the likes of lilly and regeneron. Look, i think that there is a narrative that were going to start hearing and it was the president s narrative, he voiced it, i know if youre george ancopolous, you dont want to hear it is a cure. You want to hear it is something that is part of a cocktail of things that you need to be
A big upgrade. We will find out what makes it stick out in that big social media space. Plus, petes got a fast pitch on one medical device maker he says could be a home run. We will tell you what it is as he lays out the big case thats medical miracle mystery chart. In a special bonus hour of fast money at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time, we are taking your burning trading questions. Tweet us cbs fast money and you might get them answered here live on the show in the next hour we start with that monster rally on wall street today the s p up more than 1. 5 and the dow jumping over 400 points as you can see there the nasdaq also up nearly 2 leading those markets Higher Energy stocks, financialis and the small caps as well investors appearing hopeful a new deal for stimulus is town the pike markets still down significantly for the month. Does todays action give you a reason to perhaps be more optimistic and for that perhaps, guy, i will turn to you first. Welcome its always wonderful to have you
Runs out and shares of Bed Bath Beyond are surging, the retailer reports comps of 6 , online sales soaring 89 , jim so earlier in the week, jim, and even last week you seem to be pessimistic about the prospect of a compromise coming together. Do you feel any different this morning . Look, i think the Airline Layoffs are looming large because with layoffs come a cut in roots, with a cut in roots is a pain point, but i think its the senate, we keep talking about mnuchin and we keep talking about speaker pelosi, but i think the senate is buying into the president s vshaped recovery and i think Mitch Mcconnell is buying into it which says why do we need more we have a v shape, its just Certain Industries that can be triaged. I know that the industries represent small and mediumsized business so im against that, but i would say in favor of the mcconnell position, at least if you are looking at the stock market, this set of earnings, now, that is not what they care about and i dont want to m
Disclosed his firm, what that thens for the stock, and a rough week for banks. Reports of suspicious transactions and backlash against wells fargo ceo, but there could be some positive factors ahead. My colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english. Ben, im going to start with you. Weve been chatting this week about the market, and you kept on saying stocks are behaving in a weird way. Whats so unusual in. The week started pretty badly, fears about covid resurgence in europe that really knocked the market down. It built with the questions about economic stimulus and the likelihood that we wont get any, fears about the economy, about the election. And the market kept dropping, and it really looked like good news wasnt going to matter much. Nikes earnings were great, it didnt help the overall market. Darden, which owns the olive garden, it reinstated its dividend, this is a restaurant stock. But, again, that didnt have any big effect on the market. And even when california announced that it
The 27,700 level. Remember, it was 18,000 on march 23rd. The s p, what, nearly 3400. New alltime high. The nasdaq well over the 11,000 mark. Who would have thought of that. Add it all up and yes, we are now in a brand new bull market. Heres another reason for the rally. Terrific performance from major retailers, target, out today with a blowout report. Online sales nearly tripled. It was targets best overall growth rate ever. That stock is going straight up. Add this to the numbers from walmart, home depot and its clear the major retailers won big by staying open in the lockdown. Really, though, kind of tough on the smaller operators. Got to get to it. The convention, boring in my judgment. Tv ratings way down. Wheres the excitement . Everything is on tape and the whole thing lacks the spontaneity of a live crowd. The performance of the old guard, bill clinton, john kerry and a grim chuck schumer. The bright spot was aocs oneminute appearance. She nominated Bernie Sanders. The democrat