Becky is off we have a lot to get to. The s p 500 flirting with the new record high. Closing seven points lower futures pointing to a pull back the dow looks like it is off nasdaq off about nine points showing you stocks in europe also under pressure talking about why this would be. Closer to 2 in britain. And treasury yields look at the note looking at. 696. We are starting to see in covid cases pick back up in europe, which may impact here. Well try to talk to dr. Scott gottlieb about that. Fortnite maker epic games taking on apple and google over what it calls anticompetitive behavior giving users a discount and cutting out the e map services which cuts out the ability to take a 30 cut from sales. New users will not be able to download the game and existing users wont be able to download any updates. Google followed the lead and removed the game from the app store and was also hit with a lawsuit. The feature was not reviewed they did it with the express intent of violating the guide
After yesterdays midsession rebound, the dow initially fell more than 750 points from the trading session before that striking turn around and finished higher more than 750 points s p 500 went from more than down 1,500 and nasdaq went to close up by 1. 4 these moves came after the fed said it would buy individual Corporate Bonds, not just the etf. President powell trading these today not only on what jay powell said but this idea that the administration will be looking for a 1 trillion package it just seems like the federal government is doing the best in their economy. S p indicated up by 41 and the nasdaq indicated up by 73. Looks like this morning, the 10year is yielding 7. 43 . Watching this stuff how it played out yesterday was kind of phenomenal i couldnt believe what we were watching at the close. It was quite unbelievable you are right houj part is the government stimulus unless that leaked out watching the market. It was down. I dont like mondays anyway. Then i saw 400 and bas
Credit market. Thats coming up in the next hour were also going to talk to matt shay about the pain the pain out there with retailers weve heard about furloughs from gap to macys. What kind of unemployment statistics are we going to be talking about for the biggest private sector employer in the United States and do they qualify for relief in the new congressional package. Lets focus on the big stories were watching in this final hour of trade. Bob pisani joins us with a look at the quarter mike has a deeper dive on the s p 500 today. Steve has more on the feds latest move and what the economic signals are telling us. As we get ready to close out the quarter. Boy, good riddance and good riddance, exactly. Treasuries up and rebalancing. Buy stocks, sell bonds might help a little bit towards the close. Corporate Investment Grade flat and high yield down. Reminding us that in a recession, high yield tends to act. I want to show you the charts here boeing, have you seen anything go to 150
Gone the worst week for the markets since the financial l crisis back in 08 and the quickest move from record high to correction a 10 drop in the history of the s p 500. Thank you and welcome to power lunch. Team coverage of this coronavirus induced sell off continues. Meg is breaking down the latest news on the outbreak bob is tracking the volatility Rick Santelli is in chicago watching the yield curve and Steve Liesman is here on the pressure facing jay powell and the fed. Meg . The virus has now reached more than 40 countries with total case numbers worldwide topping 82,500 and more than 2800 dead. The World Health Organization telling every country to be prepared, citing the virus quote pandemic potential that includes being able to detect cases early, isolate t m them, trace their cats and provide quality clinical care. Saying people need to have the right information, including what the disease looks like. In 90 of cases, its a fever and in 70 , a dry cough. Typically not a runny
Bid 140 a share or over 5 billion scluting debt. The apollos offer was accepted. The later offer accepted by tech data as the better offer and buffett says he does not intend to make a higher offer a little bit about tech data, it is a global distributor of Technology Products and services it supplies Small Companies with Technology Software and hardware made by larger companies, larger technology companies, a middle man. This is evidence of what has been happening with Berkshire Hathaway as the cash ward has grown. Topped over 128 billion according to most recent s. E. C. Filings from the company this move is interesting pivot for buffett, he rarely goes up against private Equity Companies and doesnt like to get into bidding wars it shows how hes going further afield to try andlook to deplo his large stash of cash that he has on hand. Hes known as being a cheap guy. Somebody who looks at prices he doesnt like auctions. Doesnt like auctions, doesnt like to get into the fray what is int