The big rally yesterday. We had the dow dipping 131 points, s and b backsliding 4. 8 , nasdaq edging down 2. 9 this is a good moment to consider where well be in six months because its controlling a lot of action we see in the stock market so the question is will we go back to the old normal once the pandemic is over or will some aspects of the new normal remain some could be permanent. Real engrained habits. Right now wall street is trying to guess which is which. Remember, the market is a forecasting machine with expectations about the future much more than facts about the present. Thats why i say we dont care where stocks have been, we care where they are going so whats the market saying about the post pandemic economy lets start with the obvious one many missed. Peloton. Im getting right to it. Its incredible how many smart people bet against this maker of smart exercise machines. When covid hit Money Managers figured gyms and spin classes were kaput many tried to crash peloton hol
What a big change, because at one point the dow, remember, was down 628 points. So this is really a different story. The nasdaq right now down 96 and the s p is down 11 points. The twoday selloff, by the way, in the nasdaq so severe this morning, it was actually within 25 points of correction territory. Since wednesdays record high of 12,056, the techheavy index is now down, as you can see right now, 103 points. Both snapping a fiveweek winning streak, the s p and the nasdaq. Were going to have our floor show trade thers ready with instant reaction for all of you. Now, the record selloff completely discounting a pretty positive august jobs report that showed an increase in 1. 37 million jobs with the Unemployment Rate dropping to 8. 4 . One company is helping to fill all those vacancies left behind by the coronavirus pandemic. Were going to introduce you to the ceo of shift pixie, helping big business find qualified workers in the gig economy. Plus, colleges struggling with infection r
And then the counter intuitive ones that took us all by surprise the dow did 205 and nasdaq lost 1. 27 . Its important to go over the companies that shocked this year with the outperformance and those that continue to shock want obvious winners are, well, obvious. People are hanging out at facebook as theyre ordering from amazon, search on google. And it didnt take a chance to figure out that the shut down would force people to use the internet if i werent jimmy chill in real life, i would be jealous of the titans even though the ceos are about to be drawn in court on the house judiciary subcommittee im torn because the Big Tech Companies their platforms arguably have too much market power. No kidding they got it by being good at what they do thats captaitalism. Theyve done better job responding to the pandemic than the government but forget the obvious covid winners. I want to talk about the big surprise the things people are doing when you cant go to the movies or ball game or ship y
The dow industrials this wednesday morning are going to go up about 170 odd points at the opening bell. S p, modest gain. A fractional loss, though, for the nasdaq which is at the 11,000 level. Stocks overall getting help from the virus relief talks. Mitch mcconnell talking compromise. Senator schumer talking concessions from both sides. Theyre looking for a deal by the end of this week. My opinion, there is no way Congress Leaves Town friday without spending at least a trillion dollars. I think a deal is coming and the market likes it. Two stocks in the news and moving. Disney, up sharply despite losing 5 billion during the pandemic lockdown. Disney plus has 60. 5 million paid subscribers, 100 million overall and they are starting another streaming service next year. All of that helps. Disney is up seven. Novavax, their phase one trial showed their vaccine to be safe and created an immune response. That stock is way up, 30 bucks a share on the upside. All right. Something different. L
Burning documents, not shredding them burning them, China Threatens to retaliate and feels and looks like a new cold war. We have a significant turn in the fight against a virus, President Trump says its going to get worse before it gets better. A clear sign that the economic effects will drag on past the election. However, the trump team signed a contract with pfizer with 100 million vaccine doses. America gets the vaccine first, they pay pfizer 1. 1 billion and the cost to you, 0. Two stocks, got to watch them all day long, microsoft and tesla, the Financial Results reported around 4 00 oclock eastern this afternoon, in advance of that those stocks are on the upside. By the way, as of right now tesla is the most valuable car company in the world worth more than gm, ford, and honda combined. And microsoft at 1. 5 trillion is the second most valuable company right behind apple. We have big news on real estate two, applications for mortgages to buy a home of 19 over last year. Refi appl