They know nothing theyre hanging on every word from Speaker Pelosi or secretary mnuchin, watching Mitch Mcconnells body language. We need to know if cash strapped states and Small Businesses will get the help they need but the stock markets already made up its mind it doesnt matter. Thats how we can some solid action today nasdaq soaring, 1. 42 hall hey lielujah were starting to hear about huge layoffs, okay disney, smaller ones at goldman sachs. Possible avalanche of firings at the airlines these people are losing their jobses through no fault of their own, and i hope the government can get its act together to help them, because its the right thing to do. The broader economy needs a stimulus package, America Needs a stimulus package but the market, oh, man, the market doesnt see a recession it seems a secular boom in Certain Industries i know this because were starting to get earnings from defensive companies that would normally give shareholders huge windfalls. But theyre greeted wit
Tiktok bid jim, we will start with the retail numbers lowes is a good one to start with, its been called depots quarter on steroids today. Look, i think that Martin Ellison has taken a Company Making it anything but an also ran. 35 camp is terrific hes really got finally hes got the e com down Marvin Ellison is a turn around man par excellence and this is an amazing quarter we dont want target to overshadow it too much because i like the stock and i love the fact it wasnt up big early on its a buy yeah. In store traffic or in store comps, jim, up 11, which is different than what we saw out of others. I mean, i guess when you dont have as fierce a web challenge in Home Improvement and you have the stay at Home Rebuilding boom, thats going to add to a couple huge dynamics. Yes, it will. Remember, there was a period where lowes was not digitized enough also didnt really have very Strong Customer service. All of thats changed under marvin he is the last person to ever want to champion hims
Because of it. And the retail divide continues. Walgreens and Bed Bath Beyond getting crushed today following weak sales updates and the staples names like walmart and costco are higher. The s p 500, were 59 minutes left of trade. Its not there the nasdaq is up 0. 6 . The s p 500 is a little bit lower. Just a few moments, well speak with alpha one capital dan niles about the market selloff why tech in particular has been outperforming and what to do now. Plus, former treasury secretary jack lew will be with us to weigh in on joe bidens economic plan and work from home winner service now, it is up 50 on the year Just Announced a new partnership with zoom. Bill mcdermott will be live to discuss. Another very strong day for the cloud names. Lets get straight toour big story of the day the market selloff mike santoli is tracking the action all day long which does appear a bit better in terms of the losses, mike yeah. This was a day when we sold the rip in the morning and then bought the di
The dow toing 25k. Steph, whats the significance of those big numbers we have now been able to get over . Its very positive. It makes people feel better especially if they were buying back in march and april and may. We have been getting pockets of activity thats picking up like the tsa travel numbers look bet per. Mortgage applications up four weeks in a row these are baby steps what this tells me is yes we had a horrific recession were still in it. Its probably going to recover a little bit faster than i initially expected i dont know if its a v but i think april and may are the worst months of the year on terms of the Economic Data and that we are going to start to see an improvement if you do see an improvement and get the economically sense tifr sto sensitive stocks to rebound, thats very encouraging. If you look at financials, they are down 26 on the year industrials are down 26 on the year these things could have a mean reversion and that could propel us higher along with Techno
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