Up there. Want to therefore get more of a take from state street Global Advisors managing , quantitative equity, olivia engel. Where do you said when it comes to some of the more beaten up overall names . Are they more of a risky bet . Should we be looking into the smaller caps . Olivia i think insurance is a good play because it is valuation. The risk emerged during the crisis and now looking a lot less because of the fed action. If the fed is looking to buy and support, that is probably good for them, and brings the risk down substantially. I guess there is a big difference between liquidity and solvency. The fed can create liquidity but cant actually force the economy to generate cash flow. There still is a limit to what the fed can do to Keep Companies solvent. Romaine that is a great point, and something that i think gets lost on a lot of people. I am wondering, specifically with your quantitative hat on, as you try to chart the strategy for your team, do you feel you are getting
In the white house, continue they continue to push reopening. Stephen mnuchin says another shutdown is off the agenda. Like ait does look terrible set up when it comes to this final friday training session. The selloff looks to continue. In the u. S. , it was deep and heavy volumes as we saw that box provedy go really be wrong that came to a screeching halt. 2 trillion to write off the value of u. S. Equities in under seven hours time. The are seeing a rebound when it comes to u. S. Futures trading for the s p, seeing upside about. 5 . Chicago and nikkei futures looking positive. Still, we could see some downside in the session, particularly as we continue to see the yen, really the only outperform against the dollar. In sydney, no such luck. Futures plummeting by over 3 . We had aussie stocks falling the most in six weeks in the thursday session. We are seeing the correction extend to almost 4. 5 percent in the early part of this session as we see downside for the kiwi and the aussie
Is slightly better than economists were expecting an better than the previous month. Leasing Property Investment looking better. Fixed assets investments, also a drop of 6. 3 . Aonomists were looking at drop of 6 , but the trend seems to be better than the previous month. I guess it continues to show that this could still be an uneven recovery we are seeing in china. Uneven recovery but a broadening of chinas recovery, as well. We heard new home prices, the most in six months. That is a good sign as the economy reopens. We are seeing how home prices in terms of growth has accelerated. Easing on credit, helping a lot. Just to recap, retail sales, 2. 8 . Retail sales, still contracting, retail sales have collapsed. Consumers are pretty cautious when it comes to coming back to spending. Beijing and other chinese cities are giving up consumption vouchers to its people. They encourage them to spend in the fiscal month of the year. Retail sales slumped 16 nationwide so as long as retail back
Equity prices higher, and the linkage to this economy and how bad it is has never been wider apart. Futures higher this morning. Interest rates are up as well. Lower at thelds front end, and a big bid for what is happening in germany. We will talk about that a little bit later in the program. Lisa, it is a rally across the continent and europe, too. Lisa particularly in italy, where you see yields come in further than in germany. Tomorrow, the European Commission will officially propose that 500 alien euro plan of a rescue financing. Very interesting to see what type of back and concessions have been put in there. Also, thursday, the National Peoples congress of china will be voting on that Controversial National security law for hong kong. Also on thursday, the initial u. S. Jobless claims. I am watching how much we see that number come down, how much these jobs become permanent losses at a time of reopening we are seeing right now. Jonathan more ugly data expected through the week, a
59 minutes we are session highs on the dow record highs on the nasdaq composite intraday and set for a record close coming up, the rebound for Airline Stocks has been fast and furious. Is there enough demand to justify the rise well get a firsthand look with robin hayes. Plus, a powerful email from a Goldman Sachs employee about equality in america made the rounds on wall street in the past few days. Well speak with freddererick ba that is coming up on the show. Lets focus in on the big stories were watching to day. Mike san thole and Brian Sullivan watching the Energy Sector which is helping lead the market gains today mike, lets kick things off with you. Yeah, well, this rally continues to impress not just in the magnitude of the gains since the march 23rd low but the persistence of it. Look at a two year chart this is really now a broad move. Up until around this point, you can say it was relatively narrow yes, some of beaten down stocks gained most. Mostst reas of the reason is th