In line. All about antibodies. Astrazeneca strikes a deal with the u. S. Government and do downplays President Trumps treatment saying large studies are ongoing. A lot of earnings in the week ahead Bank Earnings first. Apples big phone launch and amazon prime day and the retail impact from that and what it is actually going to mean for the stocks that you own. Carl jim, this morning i heard you talking with andrew a moment ago. Growing sense is we keep an eye on stimulus talks that maybe the market really has focused on the front burner more talk about antibodies and were going to hear what len told cbs in a few minutes. If you didnt know, carl, and you read the research this morning its almost like they got in a room and they said you recommend facebook and you talk about amazon and its your job to talk about alphabet its a concerted effort not a National Conspiracy but a concerted effort to take up every one of those whether it be amazon prime and the big 5g day for apple. But you ta
Who isnt . Who needs a miracle . Thats what it comes down to in the age of the coronavirus including today where the dow rebounded 1,167 points the s p surged 4. 9 . And the nasdaq pulled up 4. 95 based on the hope that federal government stimulus could offset the sudden slowdown were getting in the economy and beat the demand shock caused by the coronavirus. So how do you pick among the rubble now that were bouncing too you think the stimulus may be too little, too late . Which is the judgment i have heard all day. Some people are skeptical. First for all intents and purposes, the market is not working. Thats all you can say well, how about that these violent swings, what are they a sign of they are a sign of sickness. Its unhealthy they tell us people are scared and theyre far too few players, too many investors, too many guys with machine guns for stocks to be able to handle the impact of that fear. It doesnt help the tail wagging the dog. The market just cant handle all this algori
Alphabet apple price target up to 300 couple upgrades at nike, goldman. A lot of research to the up side. Facebook and google in particular have been in the penalty box over regulation concern, trying people in front of congress, having to answer questions. As that was going on, we saw earnings hold up i had the question how long before the numbers outweighed some sentiment while the upgrade seems to be happening. Speaking with all of the market strategists dayin and dayout, they talk about the new trend of cyclical growth, not new per se, but some of the themes theyre focused on while these companies play into that theme. Interesting timing with the upgrade. Seems like theyve seen Sundar Pichai assuming the role as one that would lead to Brighter Future for the company you know, also in terms of valuation, seems like thats another thing that they look at as being a net positive. The other element, facebook in check by the hsbc call that says 40 of market cap could be at risk. Definite
That was a reference to ilhan omar and the president s earlier tweet to that effect, send her back. He did not respond to that chant last night. Heres my bottom line. That was a powerful and well targeted opening barrage in the 2020 campaign. Youll hear more of it in just a moment. As for your money, look at netflix, way down this morning after it reported a decline in subscribers in the United States. The stocks up 10 . Huge drop. Ibm reported late yesterday. Not doing well in the allimportant Cloud Business. The stock premarket, no change. But ebay, that is doing well, rising sales always helps and ebay is up 5 . As for the overall market, its digesting these earnings reports and the continuing standoff with china on trade. No movement there. The dow is going to be down 50, s p a small loss, the nasdaq down about seven. Okay. Stay there, please. You are going to want to hear the president. He was breathing fire last night. Varney company is about to begin. A vote for any democrat in
Of china casting a dark cloud other its economic output. Industrial production, meanwhile, coming in weaker than expected and, oh, yes, china unexpectedly cutting rates by 15 basis points. All kind of negative headwinds. Now on the other hand, strong data guest canically not helping Investor Sentiment either. Retail sales rose more than expected showing that the consumer here in the u. S. , very resilient. But you know what thats codes for, yep, the feds could have to keep rates longer for high higher can higher for longer, rather. [laughter] Neel Kashkari saying today we are, quote, a long way from cutting rates. Oh, great. Those higher rates, however, certainly have proven burdensome to banks. Today Credit Ratings company fitch warning it may have to downgrade several u. S. Banks including jpmorgan, the big financials all moving lower on that warning as you can see. Morgan stan hi down 1. 33. Morgan stanley. Regional banks also seeing declines on worries over tighter regulation, toda