Is driving the market. The credit fundamentals are deteriorating. The central bank has effectively crowded in. You can get spreads. Jonathan always great to catch up with you. We have a ton of supply from the treasury. The 30year happened. What was your interpretation. There was supply fatigue. What was your take . In the end, supply does not drive markets. It can have shortterm impact as supply has to get digested by the marketplace. Over the long run, the fundamentals are what will drive evaluation. At the long end the long end of the curve was a little overbought. There had to be concession to be supply into the marketplace. Over time, it will be fundamentals and we will be in a low inflationary environment. The fed is on hold for years. As a result, there will be demand for long treasuries. Back in late 2017, when the administration cut taxes, the yield on a tenure was 250. On a 10 year was 250 what will matter for the long and is inflation dynamics. Inflation picked up in the last
Launching that service here in the u. S. Later this month. We are staying at home and we want our groceries and other purchases delivered and quickly. And we are on that story throughout the program today. As for the overall market, dead flat following a selloff on tuesday but keep in mind the dow and s p are up 40 from their march lows and the nasdaq is up 50 since then. Pretty impressive. President trump says he will pressure governors to reopen schools in the fall. This is a major step in getting the economy back on track. Kids go back to school, parents can then go back to work. That, of course, will be an issue for sure in the election, where joe biden has the lead in all of the polls, if you believe them, and even some wall street firms are apparently preparing for a biden win. But we have a democrat pollster coming up in a few minutes who says the race is a lot closer than the polls would indicate. Just wait until you hear what congresswoman ilhan omar wants to do to the economy
Across the country in major cities. Seattle, chicago, minneapolis, also in new york city. Of course, all of this as protesters continue the call to defund the police. And staying in new york city, get ready for phase two. Restaurants allowed to reopen. But its all al fresco. Thats all right. The weathers good. You have to sit outside. By the way, another 300,000 people expected to return to work in the big apple. And President Trump officially restarting his 2020 campaign with a rally in tulsa, oklahoma, but there is controversy over crowd size. We are all over that story and so much more. We will get it going on Varney Company which begins now. Ashley all right. First things first. Ive got to get you to the very latest on the virus. Over 2. 2 million cases now here in the United States. This as those 12 states on your screen have seen a record spike in cases over the weekend. Susan li joins us on this monday morning. Susan, give us the numbers. Susan good morning. So the states that s
Phase two trial of its vaccine candidate. Where do you want to begin beginning of june, theyre talking about phase three. I love the confidence. There was a time where if you did that, the fda would really call you out say basically, how dare you plan phase three . You have to get phase two done this is a sign once again that the level of fda meaning business is extraordinary. The time that it takes to do these things is being at a level that no one has ever seen. Remember, mumps, the longest to fruition, four years this thing is happening so rapidly, and theyre talking about scaling if its good so theres reasons for optimism. I know moderna i was the first to interview them these guys are scientists. All right, and theyre using Amazon Web Services to basically, if you want to look at like what a bank robber would do, you have to keep turning until you get the right combo. Thats what Amazon Web Services does for those so david will love this, an algorithmic play, and maybe thats the wa
Under an hour left in the session. Lots coming up on todays show a big exclusive interview with bank of americas ceo. Well get a read on the Small Business relief program. He joins us live in about ten minutes time plus as retail bankruptcy concerns swirl, well speak with the president of sax fifth avenue about whether customers h actually return to stores when doors do reopen but first, lets focus on the big stories of the day. Mike is tracking the market pullback on this first day of may. Josh is covering apple diedra is watching amazons move and phil has the shocking tweet from elon musk that sent teslas shares tumbling. Mike the s p 500 down almost 3 today. About 3. 5, 4 from its highs just two days ago. Look at a chart. Just to map where we are down about 4 we had broken on a shortterm basis the uptrend from march i dont think anyones going to get too concerned about this unless it goes deeper than at least 2550 week and a day or so ago, last tuesday, we were down around 2730 so w