Sometimes its as simple as looking under the hood and find out whats working we created the cramer index. We wanted to capture the zeitgeist thf market while the averages were all over the map today, nasdaq gaining. 78 , what happened . The covid index shined not unusual. It was up 1. 7 dow gained 6 since we created in april, leaving the dow and the s p in the dust. The reason because when it comes to the pandemic, the components of the cramer covid19 index are part of the solution, theyre not getting hurt, theyre helping. And thats a big difference versus much of the s p 500 we have a lot of stocks that are coronavirus road kill. Lets take a look just to be able to show you what im talking about when i say the zeitgeist. Why dont we take the top ten performers once we started i want to show you how the 11 trillion index captures the market peloton interactive, people think thats interactive is cool like this 90 of the float sold short. But this maker of connected exercise machines is
How worried should you be . Nine Business Days ago, the legendary Warren Buffett talked on cnbc about the greatest of america and the power of longterm investing. He explained stocks were still the best assets. He pointed out that even if you bought and held during the financial crisis in 2008, the worst possible time, youre up big now. But since buffett made that call two weeks ago, the s p 500 is down roughly 10 , thanks in part to another brutal session where the dow plunged 970 points the s p plummeted 3. 93 and the nasdaq nosedived 0. 10 . Buffett always says you should be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful. He publish an oped buy american, i am as the oracle explained, and i quote, i havent the famous idea as to whether stocks will be higher or lower a month or a year from now. What is likely is that the market will move higher, perhaps substantially so, well before either sentiment or the economy turns up so if you wait for the robins, spring wi
Stocks testing critical levels durab durables, though, were fought good ten year 176 our road map begins with twitter. Tanking as you know. Tesla up big two big movers on this busiest day of the season. Amazon and intel report tonight. Plus the 737 maxes are taking a big hit. The ceo will join us first on cnbc. Beyond bearish bets mount ahead of the companys lock expiration and 3q results. So lets start with two big movers in tech tesla is surging after surprising a quarterly product delivery and cost cuts they expect to deliver more than 360,000 teex e vehicles th vehicles this year ted segal, on a weak revenue guide, despit daus that beat consensus up 17 the buck in the ad product, jim, that kept them from basically getting good data to share with their ad partners, took 3 points off the growth. Very self inticketed wound. Ned segal comes to realize as a cfo the spokesperson for the firm, you know, i come back and i say, look, it is still a must buy if you want to introduce the joker
And nasdaq gained. 18 , how do we keep track of everything . I know one way you shouldnt we dont look at some aggregate tally that tells you 42 of the companies have beaten estimates, or 24 have the guide down. Dont buy, dont buy no, these surveys are useless because who cares if a Company Beats or lowered estimates it doesnt tell us anything. No, no to find out what matters, we need to go company by company. Who doesnt even know that were in a tough environment because there business is in such good shape . Lets call that one a winner who is able to thrive . Who is struggling to hold their own in the worst economy in two years . s in trouble . Who is in much better shape than you expect thanks to savvy management these are the real questions, and you cant answer them like saying 47 , you got to do homework so let me give you the scorecard to date. Well start with the joyfully oblivious companies that are oblivious to all the slings and arrows on the economy worldwide, the ones that do
167 points nasdaq lost. 52 do you use this weakness to take a swing . Or do you recognize we are up so much that it is too late to take a profit or it is not too late it is hard to figure but lets do it together lets figure together. You have been waiting for a pullback to do some buying i am going to right now, this is your moment i think we can get through it okay i bet there will be some damage and you know what, that damage is your first chance for longterm investors to buy into weakness this year and i am telling you, i want you to take it i am recommending any additional pullback to put money in an index fund that mirrors the market i would put a little bit each day. This is a full crom week when we get a dip, that is your chance to put retirement money to work. We have had a market that is going straight up. I dont think the odds favor another leg up at this moment. We are far more vulnerable to let down not that we are coming into this morning session because selling begets sel