Tweet me jimkraim he were worst day since the crash of 87, the dow at the lowest close in two years no s p plummeting 9. 8 , nasdaq 12. 32 , a truly sickening day with a horrendous last hour. Its finally dawning on people were in a real crisis here. Ive been telling you this pandemic could be real bad news for stocks, since i came back from the super bowl we were underestimating the coming outbreak send us into i want to say a recession, because i think that its pretty obvious that thats kind of where were going. People did underestimate the coming outbreak and as far as im concerned it really isnt one of the situations where we can just ride it out we have to think about it. We have to figure out what to do we have to work together, and ive got some ideas, theyre not simple ideas theyre ideas involving opportunity, theyre ideas involving what i regard as being lets just say some things that happen that are good when the market goes down, but were not ready yet. First, lets talk about
It disappointed greatly. About 500 and continues to rise. Delta also had a knockout quarter thanks to do messick demand, lower fuel prices thanks to domestic demand, lower fuel prices. Smile direct club is getting into direct company should with its main competitor. Guy european stocks are up a little bit. Oil acting as a little bit of a drag. Definitely the focus on the u. S. Banks. In terms of volume, we are ok today. German tenure backing away from the zero line. Cpi data out of the United States seems to have given the arrow a little but of a bounce. 1. 11, butl north of only just. Vonnie wells fargos quarterly profits slumped. Citigroup beat expectations on 49 fixed income surge. For more, lets bring in allison williams, bloomberg senior bank analyst. From, say, share Morgan Stanley and other banks . Alison we will soon see. At this point, the numbers are so strong. Jp morgan is the leader in that business. 80 from aup 75 to year ago, depending on if you adjust the number. That wa
The performance of wells fargo, which is proving to be a drag. The 10 year yield in the u. S. Is down to 1. 82 . Wells fargo down more than 4 , one of the worst performers in the s p 500. Plenty of other stocks we will talk about. Tesla is close to that 1 billion valuation mark. Delta boosted on its earnings and also the 737 max grounding, which it doesnt have. We just saw boeing delivery numbers, and for the first time in its 45 year history, it has seen its worst performance against airbus, fewer than half what airbus managed to deliver last year. Guy it will be interesting to see what the 2020 numbers look like this time next year. In europe, volumes are ok today. European equity markets going nowhere in a hurry, up by just 0. 2 . In terms of where we are with the german tenyear, we are now only down by one basis point, so we are a little bit better bid on the bond market today than we were yesterday. But are we going to continue to track back toward zero . 1. 1122. Ar trading to th
I know. Alltime highs we have like, what, 39 trading days to go is that it . It is a tight time frame here the interesting thing around the market is it has shrugged off concern. One of the reason the market has gone higher is because of really light positioning. That mentality hasnt changed. That has fuelled the rally in the market you see the dow in the green but just barely. Nasdaq futures down by a point again, we are sitting at new highs after the gains we added on yesterday you look at the treasury market yielding 1. 85 xerox looking at buying hp. The company has an informal funding commitment xerox has a Market Company a third of hp. Both of these companies former technology stall waters. Xerox has had a couple of falls. Do people steel xerox things it is like faxing. Hp has tried to keep up it is like help me im drowning. Hp shares are up. Xerox somehow is the acquiring company. And there would be a premium to hps market cap. I just get depressed reading this xerox already scra
Just because a deal gets done that doesnt mean it will make sense. The dow finished flat, s p advanced 0. 7 , we need to address the merger mania because this market was dominated by deals today. Both real and imagined before we get into the weeds let melee out my position for you. I love mergers and acquisitions. The higher the stock market goes and it reduces the supply of stock floating around and anything that takes out supply is good news even if its applied to buy backs, however, i dont love speculating on mergers and acquisitions especially when acting on a tip as always, i say tips are for waiters if youre not for sure a deal is coming, Accurate Information is illegal. If you dont know, then youre just gambling. My rule of thumb never bet on a stock because of the speculation, only buy a stock of a company with healthy fundamental. Any potential deal activity lets say thats gravy which brings me to todays action this morning david faber reported that xerox wants to buy hp ink w