Stabilized but that doesnt tell you what is happening beneath the surface. The 10year yielding 0. 8 . Updates on the outbreak in america. We are now more than 4,600 confirmed cases. At least 85 deaths last night, President Trump vowing to backstop u. S. Industries saying the u. S. Will be power fully supporting those Industries Like airlines and others impacted by the virus weigh will be stronger than ever before the eight largest u. S. Banks announcing they will be jointly accessing funding from the Federal Reserve. There has long been a stigma and they are all doing it together Morgan Stanley being the first bank to do it. We should not take anything away from that decision the ceo also happens to be the chairman of the committee that put this group together that went to do this. Joe. Investors are looking for a substantial fiscal response from washington to try to stem the he can economic damage. Reporter we do expect congress to move today not sure when the senate will take action,
Tenth Straight Record close driven by all the names that worked all winter long plus a strong read on Retail Holiday shopping numbers do not disappoint. And jobless claims fall pointing to continued strength in the labor market joining us for the hour, anastasia om row sew it is great to have you with us. Great to see you. What do we make of this its typical. We melt up into year end i mean, think about all the things that got resolved in december weve got the phase one basically a done deal between u. S. And china maybe a little bit overlooked by the usmca getting passed by the house. Weve got a lot of good enthuse. We started to see the inflection point. Whats interesting in the internals of the market is what people are buying. What do you do when the s p is up almost 30 for the year you start to look for the laggards its emerging markets, health care, energy those are the ones rallying the most to break down those areas you see opportunity over the course of the hour. For now lets
Look at europe. Those numbers are even stronger. You want to see this thats what i was thinking. Wow is that because of our deal here we dont like crises crisis averted. Yeah. Only adding another 300 crisis kicked down the road. Right it gets interesting when you think about the timing of when the next will be treasury yields at 2. 055. Hes like the cnbc app. Youre like a human version of the cnbc app. Joe just recited it before the show began like rain man i decided since you you may or may not know thank you. I cant sleep. Im like cramer, up at 2 00, answering people on twitter. Talking to people. Trying to help at 2 00 in the morning youre doing this no cramer is. Cramer at 3 45 is. I know. Yeah. Its decision day in the uk. The conservative party suspected to name a new Prime Minister today at about 6 45 a. M. Eastern time well bring you that decision as it happens former london mayor Boris Johnson is seen as the clear favorite theresa mays successor will take over tomorrow afternoo
Restarting next week thathelped things in asia. In europe, its a bit of a mixed picture. The dax up by 0. 1 you do see red arrows for both the cac and the ftse the ftse, well talk more about Boris Johnson who will become the Prime Minister there today ftse now down about 0. 8 stocks are flat in italy and in spain. If you check out the treasury yields here in the United States, you will see this morning the tenyear is yielding 2. 057 the big story of the morning, shares of Big Tech Companies like google, amazon and facebook, theyre under pressure after the u. S. Justice Department Said theyre opening a broad antitrust review of Technology Firms the review was scrutinikru desie if these companies are stifling information and harming consumers. The Justice Department does not name specific companies, but it is likely to encompass google, foos facebook this is the real first shot across the bow by william barr and the doj. You know you have the democrats, you have the republicans also afte
The Halftime Report with scott wapner starts right now. Welcome, good to have you with us on this friday, our Investment Committee at the desk today, josh brown, stephanie link, jim lebenthal, the chief Investment Officer at Boston Private Wealth is here, liz young is bny melons director of market strategy, anastasia from Jpmorgan Private Bank and lets begin with the broadcom story. Its one heck of a buzz kill today. Price targets cut across the board, lots of stocks in that space are down shortly, not jus broadcom, amd, lam research, micron, you pick it in the chips and its getting hit pretty hard the chips have two things working against them the first is theyre like one of the last true global cyclical sectors that exists that have any real market cap and any real size so you see a lot of people express their views about the Global Economy in those equities and obviously, the tariffs are an issue because of how much cross border work needs to be done in order for chips to be manufac