There was an endeavor to get to the city yesterday but we were landlocked yesterday, drove into the city under the trees. It was a little scarey we are back and it is nice to be here it feels like home good to have you back, andrew this is the situation that we probably havent given focus it deserves still millions without power 1. 4 million in new jersey without power. I know connecticut was hit worse. That storm even though a tropical storm, not a hurricane, stronger than anticipated. The wind event and damage significant. I appreciate it still trying to dig out from that today a lot of people that will be without power for days starting with the markets this morning. The nasdaq on another record six straight games it closed just below 11,000. Just north of 10,998 youll see this morning, us equity futures are not pushing above the 11,000 mark just yet six days in a row weve seen gains. This morning, indicated down by 20 points. The fourth day of gains for both the s p 500 and the dow
Southwest, at t, dow and Union Pacific this morning, jim, the hard thing today, jim, is going to know where to start. Yeah, i mean, look, i think last night the news flow was, as you said yesterday, heavily weighted toward microsoft which people regarded as disappointment i think that disappointment is not having the greatest quarter in the world, lets just say that today i think that the focus is whats going to happen when these benefits end and which companies are going to be able to continue to deliver the numbers. For instance, chipotle had a great number, will that be impacted whirlpool had a great number last night will that be impact snd what are we going to see with southwest air we had a fantastic interview with american and then secretary mnuchin i felt once again sounds like theres some room to get a deal done. We need a deal or else were going to find ourselves with a consumer who is too strapped and i think that thats what im looking at for next week and then of course im
Giving a lot of insight well be bringing you results apple, amazon, alphabet and facebook all report their earnings coincidence those four Companies Make up about 16 of the s p 500. Worth about 5 trillion combined and come a day after the heated antitrust hearing. Wolf, this is a good read in for you. For sure. There was meant to be three of those. Facebook got moved from yesterday to today after that hearing. After the close, we are waiting for two economic reports it is thursday, that means weekly jobless claims. Another 1. 4 million filed for the first time last week the first read on Second Quarter gdp. The economy likely contracted by 34. 7 . Both jobless and gdp due at 8 30 eastern time you look at those numbers down 34. 7 from the estimate we know it, weve been hearing from companies and what has been happening. Thats a lot of news to digest ahead of all of these reports. You are watching futures under a little pressure. Lets look at where things stand now. Dow down 206 points,
Wave. S fears of a second the u. S. Seeing 16,000 cases a day. Hong kong in the third wave right now. All youll futures elevated. You are seeing a risk off move today. Focus on the chinese story. We are seeing a down day even when it comes to chinese stocks. We will see how this plays out. Lower by 6 10 of 1 for the shanghai composite. Asia had their best Weekly Performance in five years. The csi 300 large caps, ada percent of the index has been overbought. Thats the highest on record. We are seeing profittaking here today. Shenzhen, more of that robustness. The most overbought on record. That is still going higher by 1 today. It seems like the bond market is at mercy with this rally as well. Bonds at 306 right now. Yields falling. Bnp paribas saying that 10 year yield could rise to 3. 4 . We are watching other markets as well. Hong kong is a focus today. We saw a Record Number of local virus cases, the most since the pandemic began. They tightened distancing rose again. 150 points low
Los angeles is closed. The employees have just said no. And the Magic Kingdom in disney world, they are attempting to open it, even with the virus in florida. When i am looking at the markets, without question, is the derisking going on . The u. S. Yields have really come in in the last 48 hours. Francine you reminded me in the last hour, there was a big move on u. K. Guild. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning the coronavirus milestone keep piling up in the u. S. The number of new cases has climbed over 60,000 in one day for the first time, and texas, california, and florida, all with a Record Number of deaths. In new york city, large events that require permits like street fairs have been canceled through the end of september. The u. S. Is set to take the next step in a response over taxes on technology giants. Bloomberg learned the u. S. Will impose tariffs on up to 700 million in french goods including wine, cheese, and handbags. The duties would be de