A weaker u. S. Dollar as well. 105. 38 to the japanese yen. Gold back about 2000. 003. 35 an ounce right now. Walmart benefiting from online orders but store traffic was hampered by the coronavirus. The companies cfo said comp sales growth slowed last month as the government relief waned. Lets bring in Morgan Stanleys Simeon Gutman. How did the Company Managed to get margins around 42 . Comp. they had a 9 rising tides lifts all boats, but they had gross margin in the u. S. Swing from down to 200 basis points to up this quarter. The primary driver is the mix of food and consumables, which tends to be lower margin, was mother in percentage, and a big shift toward general merchandise. A nice swing in gross profit to hire to cover those higher costs of operating, but the results were better sales and gross margins, allowed them to generate that growth. Vonnie walmart was only really getting going in the last couple of quarters. Did the digital improvements help out this quarter . What does
Levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, im going to start with you. According to the textbook, the value of stocks is based on future cash flows. And with Interest Rates so low, of course, those future cash flows are a little more valuable. Add that to the fact that this Coronavirus Crisis presumably will pass over a couple quarters, and that hes eye academically at least the stock market should be rallying. To you buy that . Do you buy that . I think the market in some ways have lost its mind, but theres so much money out there right now. The feds dumped money and the governments put money, and now were seeing this good news in terms of reopening. And, you know, its as if we can just look past, the market is looking past all the bad stuff right now to a time when everything is back to normal. And if we can get back to normal, if earnings can get back to the trajectory they were on before, if the economy can get back to the trajectory it was on before, then the market make makes
On the roundtable tonight, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, im going to start with you. According to the textbook, the value of stocks is based on future cash flows. And with Interest Rates so low, of course, those future cash flows are a little more valuable. Add that to the fact that this Coronavirus Crisis presumably will pass over a couple quarters, and that hes eye academically at least the stock market should be rallying. To you buy that . Do you buy that . I think the market in some ways have lost its mind, but theres so much money out there right now. The feds dumped money and the governments put money, and now were seeing this good news in terms of reopening. And, you know, its as if we can just look past, the market is looking past all the bad stuff right now to a time when everything is back to normal. And if we can get back to normal, if earnings can get back to the trajectory they were on before, if the economy can get back to the trajectory it was on befo
Levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, im going to start with you. According to the textbook, the value of stocks is based on future cash flows. And with Interest Rates so low, of course, those future cash flows are a little more valuable. Add that to the fact that this Coronavirus Crisis presumably will pass over a couple quarters, and that hes eye academically at least the stock market should be rallying. To you buy that . Do you buy that . I think the market in some ways have lost its mind, but theres so much money out there right now. The feds dumped money and the governments put money, and now were seeing this good news in terms of reopening. And, you know, its as if we can just look past, the market is looking past all the bad stuff right now to a time when everything is back to normal. And if we can get back to normal, if earnings can get back to the trajectory they were on before, if the economy can get back to the trajectory it was on before, then the market make makes
On the roundtable tonight, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, im going to start with you. According to the textbook, the value of stocks is based on future cash flows. And with Interest Rates so low, of course, those future cash flows are a little more valuable. Add that to the fact that this Coronavirus Crisis presumably will pass over a couple quarters, and that hes eye academically at least the stock market should be rallying. To you buy that . Do you buy that . I think the market in some ways have lost its mind, but theres so much money out there right now. The feds dumped money and the governments put money, and now were seeing this good news in terms of reopening. And, you know, its as if we can just look past, the market is looking past all the bad stuff right now to a time when everything is back to normal. And if we can get back to normal, if earnings can get back to the trajectory they were on before, if the economy can get back to the trajectory it was on befo