Add that to concerns over the virus caseload and youve got this. The dow industrials, down 700 yesterday, down maybe another 200 this morning. The s p down 80 yesterday, down another 20 today. The nasdaq yesterday, down 200 points. Today, down about 13 points. A sea of red ink over there. A big loss especially for the dow. 1. 48 million new jobless claims this past week. Now, thats not a good number and it pushed stock prices just a little lower when that news was released at 8 30 eastern. Now, today, President Trump heads to wisconsin. Good timing. The democrat governor there has just called out the National Guard. A protester wielding a baseball bat and bullhorn harangued a restaurant crowd. He was arrested. Molotov cocktails were thrown, the Police Needed help. Governor evers sees the light and calls in the National Guard. Same thing in washington, d. C. Hundreds of National Guard troops now marshaling. They will protect the capitals monuments. Thursday, june 25, 2020. Varney compan
Theres the dow. Its a gain of 242 points. 3208 for the s p nearly onehalf of 1 . Nasdaq there at 9840 liz young, i want to go to you first. For somebody who has been uneasy over the run of this thing, what do you say now i remember our conversations about too far, too fast and now here we are. What to you do this is one of those weeks. Last week was one of those weeks that makes you really be humble as a Market Participant. The narratives have shifted. Now its shifted to participate in the restart what were seeing here, first shs i want to mention that im an investor, not a trader. Im trying to make money over the mid to long term here. Not necessarily on a weekly basis. The technicals of this market would tell you to protect yourself because theres so many stocks trading above their 50day moving average. It feels frothy. If you look at long term fundamentals both economic fundamentals and corporate fundamentals, it still says theres room here and you should buy as a long term i vestnv
Please knew your microphone. Mute your microphone. [indiscernible] we have previously provided guidance as to how this would [indiscernible] [indiscernible] cspan. Org [indiscernible] [indiscernible] thank you. I want to welcome mr. Menendez and his wife. I appreciate you taking on this post. Tonk you for taking the time talk to me last week and take the best thank you for taking the time this morning. This is the first hearing the committee has held since march the 10th. Since then, millions of americans have filed for unemployment. Nearly one point 5 million have contracted covid19 and nearly 90,000 have perished from the disease. Is work in the u. S. Senate that much more critical and we respond as we respond to this pandemic and return to the economy. Second the highestranking office and the department of energy and the department has been playing a role in helping the nation fight coronavirus. The department of energy is a scientific powerhouse. Its National Laboratories are some
Over to you. All right tyler, thanks very much. All three of the major averages are hanging onto their gains in the month of may tension escalating with china. My theme is still intact thats a broadening of the rally. This is in stutter steps you get a day like today where you pull back a little bit but not numuch obviously, some of the china etfs, thats first one down today on concerns about whats going on in hong kong. Look at the leadership this week russell. Its been bank stocks and Energy Stocks oil is on the downside thats what i mean those groups have been leadership stocks here look at these china stocks we did get alibaba thats down concerned to whats going on hong kong what was down, transports, russell down the nasdaq, the big tech names is under performing this week. This is rotation this is broadening out of the market that trend continues if you look at individual secto sectors, banks were behaving horribly they are outperforming this week so the Energy Stocks even though
This is a different world were facing. The pandemic has taken tens of thousands of americans and infected more than 1. 5 million and infected every single one. It focuses early on the security to the past few months. Including the nominee [inaudible] it is very different than my time in chairman. Those of you that are there in person and we do not we have previously provided guidance to reiterate care. The recommended social distancing. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] before he turned to the intervention i appreciate [inaudible] in the role with Energy Innovation including nuclear and Energy Efficiency renewable. We help create. That experience with the responsibilities and the decisions. Having full view of the department and everyone during this covert pandemic. [inaudible] non[inaudible] there will be situations that are uniquely situated during this pandemic. We thank you for that thank you, madam chairman and we want to thank you for holding this hearing and mr. Menendez nomin