Predictability. Strong winds blanket the bay haze fromdark, thick wildfires throughout the state, rolling blackouts as firefighters prevent more fires from breaking out amid extreme weather conditions. Joining us now in new york city, bloombergs abigail doolittle. I hope you have clearer skies than we do today. I want to talk about the tech rebound, the biggest rebound after the worst stretch since march. Saying you nailed it the only certainty is volatility. That is going to continue, it seems the worst stretch since march, and then today, the best day for the nasdaq 100 going back to april 29. The big question is whether it will last. Will investors continue buying the dip, knowing what they know about options volatility going into august . You jump in that huge down. Apple and tesla, certainly a good day for each. Apple, down 4 , excuse me up 4 today after dropping more than 10 over a few days. Nothing changed in that story. That tells you the degree of hesitancy, uncertainty on the
Poisoning. Lets get to the first word news with leighann gerrans. Shows joe a new poll biden has a doubledigit lead over President Trump. Ae democratic nominee has 5242 advantage. Meanwhile, the survey also says in theden has a 6 lead battleground state wisconsin. In germany, chancellor Angela Merkel is now ready to link the nord stream 2 gas pipeline the poisoning of a russian dissident. Merkel, whoift for said that the russian backed pipeline should be completed and remains a separate issue. The kremlin has said it sees no issue that germany will block nordstrom. Moscow has denied any involvement in the poisoning. Now in hong kong, protests have resumed after weeks of calm. Police arrested hundreds of people. Among other things, demonstrators were protesting the decision to delay Legislative Council relaxants for a year Council Elections for a year because of coronavirus. India has surpassed brazil as the second worst hit country. India reported more than 19,000 cases more than 90,00
It is office highs, but still a. 5 . Not too Much Movement in the dollar index. Just a little weaker before the fomc today. He 10year yield lets get a deeper dive into the market action. Standing by we have k. D. Lang. Katie playing. Hase dollar weakness become a proxy for risk appetite. It is once again weakening signals it is not entirely a risk off day. We are seeing it in equities. Even if crude is office to touch. On the subject of the fed and yields, something the market is paying close attention to for that decision in about an hours commentary on yield curve control. There has been a dramatic steepening of the curve in recent weeks. We have seen some flattening coming in. We are sitting at 115 basis points, the steepest it has been in about three years. We will see if the fed does anything to change that narrative. It is tech that is outperforming at the moment. The s p 500 Information Technology sector is higher for the fourth day in a row, up 5 over that time period even thou
And tony dwyer leaves the pen. Staying now is time to take profits. We tell you what has him a bit nervous. All that ahead we begin with earnings alerts on ibm and netflix. Both stocks on the move after reporting numbers. Both stocks moving higher. As always full Team Coverage standing by to break down the big moves. Julia boorstin digging in on netflix. Lets begin with deidre bosa. A green on the screen for big blue. Ending the streak of declining year over year revenues five quarters that have but is it too soon to call a turn around . Remember we saw recovery in 2018 but didnt last. The revenue grew a 10th of the . And shares popping because expectations were so low and now gains up lower than 4 a sustained turn around will depend on the bet on hybrid cloud and the 33 billiondollar red hat acquisition. There are early signs of promise. Cloud revenue hitting 8. 6 billion comprising 30 of revenue. Ahead of the report ibm saw downgrades from Morgan Stanley and every core this table sug
The nasdaq was the laggard. Nasdaq down 0. 7 . The philly stocks index ended up the session, really dragging things lower with the semiconductors. Romaine cloud flare, five below, peloton. About 5 on the day. Lets dive deeper into the action with our markets reporters. Renita i am taking a look at axum therapeutics. It rose to a record high at some point today. Acutempanys drug for migraine treatment met its endpoint. Significantlyd improved migraine pain and most bothersome symptoms versus a placebo effect. The new drugfile approval with the fda and the second half of 2020. Hd wainwright raised the price target as a result while maintaining the buy rating. A couple of other analysts out there. Cantor fitzgerald raised price targets. William blair reiterated outperform ratings. Be over christmas may but i still have got santa on my mind. This chart suggests the quote unquote santa claus rally may not happen. And read, we have the dollar. Risk risk on, the s p 500. Stocks are going high