Dow plunging 525 points. S p plummeting 2. 37 nasdaq nosediving 3. 02 . I got to tell you, i think this decline is healthy this market needed a beatdown if only a learning experience for people who thought it was too easy when the market is roaring, a lot of investors seem to forget the most fundamental rule, buy low, sell high they want to buy high and sell higher the problem with that strategy is when stocks go down, they go down hard. You tend to lose money faster than you make it rather than being panicked by the sell off you in a very proverse way should be cheering for it we needed this why . Because we needed to break the nasty pattern of 1999 to 2000 so many people refer to during the run the leaders never took a breather. They kept charging higher and higher until the market peaked when they collapsed. Millions of investors led to the slaughter house. I began to wonder we might be doomed to repeat the mistakes of the. Com era. The markets led by a hand full of Tech Companies b
Total request fast money copping yocop coming your way at the top of the hour tweet us all your burning questions. New guidance from the cdc on when we can expect a coronavirus vaccine. Meg terrell joins us with the developing details. This information comes in the form of a letter that dr. Robert redfield sent to governors we have confirms this letter and have a copy of it. He tells the governors that health and Human Services and the cdc are, quote, rapidly making preparations to implement large scale distributions of covid19 vaccines in the fall. He asks that as they make these preparations, that they consider waiving requirements that would prevent any facilities from becoming fully operational by november 1st my understanding of this from folks ive been talking with in the government is not that they are saying a vaccine will be ready by november 1st. Were showing you the enrollment progress in phase three trials for pfizer and moderna what that deadline really is, is to encourage
Unraveling the dow gained 131 and s p inched up but tech, yes, the tech heavy nasdaq declined. 60 . I say get used to this this kind of volatility is now here to stay i think september is the month this whole new investors who believe that stocks only go up, i think they get a rude awakening. Sure, long term stocks do go higher they have. They tend to do so but not long run, were also dead short term, when they go down, they go down hard. Which is why you need some cash on the sidelines cash king to treat these pull backs as buying opportunities and not be afraid. With that in mind, whats the game plan for next week . Housing is among the strongest groups thanks to low mortgage rates. Thats how lenar could rally 40 . I dont want to hear this gain is fake because the Federal Reserve is propping up the economy. When you take that money to the bank, they dont care. In our reports on money and after the close and unfortunately, i think the easy money here is made even though i think its a
And instead decide to scrutinize and snap up the stocks that have been left behind that defined the action today, a session where the dow inched up to an alltime high. S p 1. 9 the nasdaq climbed also. Lets start with retail. Down and out bricks and mortar merchants were able to score some buyers at last. Why . Because target turned out to be too negative early in the year when it forecasted negative samestore sales today when target announced it had positive samestore sales after all, gave you something to cheer about. Buyers actually circled back to the entire group im going to have more on targets turn later tonight and whether its real or not what really matters is this group has fallen so far behind the market, that people are finally at last willing to consider some buys newthat amazon prime day, the day that will live in brick and mortar infamy, is finally in the Rearview Mirror in a bad market these stocks would never have any takers. Markets led only by a handful of hot guys,