Welcome to the entire committee. Lets check on the markets first this hour. We have run out of steam the dow is marginally to the down side. Down about 31 points in the red. The s p 500 just about even right now. Flat on the day. Level 2798 there the russell 2000 flat as well. As you can see that steam running oult as we rallied so strongly off the lows that we saw just about one month ago lets go to our Investment Committee with the traders here and perhaps well start with you. Youre the one right next to me in this box. What exactly is happening right now. Have we run out of steam for this particular rally . Well, i dont know necessarily running out of steam is a bad condition markets, generally, when they rally significantly need a pause and that pause is generally a consolidation type of pattern in the markets. I think right now, most investors and most speculators are anticipating a rollover and the concern that identify is a lot of people are positioning for that rollover and los
Take a look at a few charts. This stock made a low back in january 18th before collapsing with the market and didnt offer any defense and went down just as much as the market and hit a 212 low this week at 283 if you look at the next chart, this is important. If you are defensive or considered defensive, is it more defensive than proctor thats the exact same selloff offering no defensive qualities and now having rebounded 35 , but youre not back to the high, of course, and thats the nature of percentage, drawdown and ricochets. The final chart. This is a twopanel chart and this does tell the tale. What we see is apple on top, but its relative performance to the nasdaq 100 continues to stall and by my work, one is skeptical going into the print this coming week all right, carter we go to mike. Whats your trade out of this . Yeah. So its interesting as far as im concerned. Apple, you know, this obviously is a company with a fortress Balance Sheet and some would say well positioned all Th
Of europe on the global marketplace. The most consequential shift of the last hundred years. There is some truth in that since world war ii the military influence of europe has certainly growth has been cod favorably with that of the United States or for example with china or india. And of course efforts to maintain an Economic Union have been more complicated greatly as we all know. But still, i think professor bradford sees things a little differently and in her book the brussels effect of the European Union rules the world w it is here. And also back there. Professor bradford argues that the eu remains critically important superpower. She makes the case very persuasively. It wields unilateral power. It is a phenomenon that has been there. Many examples and shapes policies his every day of the newspapers. What is remarkable is it exerts its influence without coercing anyone to do anything. Its just if you want to so in the European Union, you have to comply. So the book explores this
January of 18 of 140 and surged to 327 before collapsing with the market. Didnt offer any defense, went down just as much as the market. Hit a 212 low and closed this week at 283. If you look at the next chart, this is important. If you are defensive or considered defensive, more defensive than proctor, apple sells off 35 . Offering no defensive qualities. And now having rebounded 35 , but youre not back to the high of course. Thats the nature of percentage draw down and ricochets. Final chart, this is a twopanel chart, and this really tells the tale what we see is apple on top, but its relative performance to the nasdaq 100 continues to stall. And by my work, that is its problem, and i think one is right to be skeptical going into the earnings print this coming week all right, carter, so we go to mike. Whats your trade out of this . Yeah, so its interesting as far as im concerned apple, this obviously is a company with a fortress balance sheet, and a lot of Technology Companies some w
Josh lipton standing by and gene munsters gearing up for facebooks call and we kick things off for Julia Boorstin for facebooks big quarter quite a move quite a move, Melissa Facebook shares up almost 10 on better than expected revenue and user growth. Cfo dave waner reassuring investors saying that while the outlook is uncertain, advertising is stabilizing so far in april were not immune to this from this crisis. We did see a steep decline in advertising revenue starting at about the first week of march, and that sort of continued weve seen some more recent stabilization as part of the Earnings Release we did include information on the advertising performance in q2 in april and thats about flat year over year. Facebook lowering its expense guidance for the year for 56 billion, as the company spends less on travel events and marketing as well as slower head count growth while the user growth and engagement did surpass expectations with 2. 36 billion people using one of its apps every s