On the dow. Stocks now on pace to finish the week in the red. Those big name tech stocks we follow so closely every day, down again. We have news of a possible delay of the new iphone and apple was responsible for yesterdays market selloff as well. News on the virus. President trump says now is not the time to be holding a big event in florida, canceling the jacksonville portion of the Republican Convention. The rnc will join us in the 11 00 hour to talk about that. To chicago, where two Christopher Columbus statues came down overnight. Just as a way to appease the protesters. We will see what tom homan has to say about that in our next hour. But lets end on a positive note, shall we . It is feedback friday. Always fun. Theres stu smiling. Yes, baseball is back. Dr. Anthony fauci throwing out the first pitch of the baseball season. It wasnt great. You could say he flattened the curve with that one. Whoa. Just outside. The ceo of fox sports and Keith Hernandez joins us on baseballs retu
Growth is slowing down due to the outbreak across the sunbelt. We have been at one point up 6 . Were now up 0. 7 . At one point we got to the highest level since the pandemic began. Ahead on todays show, stocks seeing a big rally to start the week Jeff Rosenberg of black rock says the bond stock model does not work in this environment he will join us to discuss where hes putting his money to work right now. Plus, entertaining in the age of coronavirus. Well speak with pitbull about how artists are navigating a World Without live events, and his efforts to help latino businesses lets focus in on the big stories with 59 minutes left of trade. Bob pisani tracking the action phil lebeau is watching the surging stock prices of electric vehicle makers joining us with his thoughts on the race for a vaccine and the biotech name is michael ye from jeffires start us off with the market with the dow up 400. We have had a remarkable run in the last three weeks or so, sara, with mega caps, semicond
Which is indeed making a comeback. The latest numbers show a sharp increase in new cases, running to about 40,000 a day. The virus task force reconvenes today for the first time in two months. Some states are pausing their reopening program. That is a warning to the nations economy and the rebound. The wall street journal, this is an important warning for the president. The powerful Editorial Board bluntly said hes heading for defeat. Thats a warning for wall street, too, because a biden win would be a real challenge for stocks. So where are we this morning . Warnings duly noted. Ive got some red arrows there. The dow is down about 180. The s p down about 10. The nasdaq down about 15. Red arrows for three indicators. All right. Im going to call this a positive. Remember the mob that threatened to take down the lincoln emancipation memorial . They were supposed to attack it at 7 00 eastern last night . Well, it rained. The limited number of people who showed up retreated to shelter. The
California will open movie theaters on friday, at least in a limited capacity, but they are opening. Guess what . We have an ipo today. Remember those . Vroom, an online used car retailer, goes public this morning. All positive signs abound. Yet the media is jumping on the headline from a group called the National Bureau of Economic Research. That Group Reporting late yesterday that we are officially in a recession and that it began in february before the pandemic. Still scratching my head on that. You can bet we will be discussing it. And heres another return to normal for you. President trump says he will begin holding Campaign Rallies again in just a few weeks. The Trump Campaign will be joining us in the 11 00 hour. Lets go ahead as always. Im Ashley Webster. Varney company starts now. Ashley lets get straight to your money. We will start with the losers. First up, the airlines have had a really good run of late, as we know, but as you can see across the board, check out american a
Look, any way you take it, employment in april was a disaster. We are looking at an Unemployment Rate that is likely approaching 20 . We get those numbers, the unemployment numbers for the whole country, next friday. However, got to tell you the backtowork movement is really gathering steam. States across the nation are modifying their stayathome rules. Businesses are reopening. Oklahoma reopens some businesses tomorrow. California will allow some elective surgery. This, however, is receiving mixed messages. President trump says georgia is reopening too soon. He says he strongly disagrees with georgias decision. However, he will still leave it up to the states. Heres a positive. The Field Hospital built specially for virus patients in houston, texas, may be dismantled, not needed, underused. Lets get to the markets. First im dealing with oil. Look at this. Moving back up again in price. 16. 71 is the production price right now, but production is being scaled back very very sharply. Sup