The averages pulled back this afternoon with the dow sinking 170 points, s p shedding. 6 and nasdaq advancing the companies that help you deal with post covid reality take it in stride. Analysts finally realize people are investing in homes like we havent seen since the financial period or maybe a whiff of paint and Stanley Black and decker moving power tools or mortgage numbers. Lows hit a new alltime high 4 just like that and you can get this stuff this is not exactly Rocket Science when youre stuck at home of course you spend money on Home Improvement its a capital, not an expensive when uncle sam writes you a check for 1200. Were in an old enough to repaint moment you buy the stocks of lowes or home depot you cant go out for anything. Movies, no, sports, concerts, nothing. Everything is cancelled gatherings are too risky you stay at home and get a cheap firepit, light up the kings ford, clorox product, wipe down the chairs with cclorox, can you go anywhere without these now . I can
Positive impact on very sicko individual patients. And of course, jim, we had the announcement today that the fed will begin buying individual Corporate Bonds, not just the etfs that hold those bonds but the actual bonds themselves. That certainly helped. Whats your take this morning . Well, look, i think each one of these can be debunked took this drug for two months. It was okay. I switched to prednisone suddenly we discovered this was a big breakthrough what were the doctors doing . Did all of the doctors get it wrong . Did they realize it was not swelling around the body and just focused on the lungs. Its like, okay, idiots honestly, i love the doctors, theyre great. But come on, how did they miss this and look, david, the gunners all want the stocks to go higher, right . And the fed is buying bonds that we would normally i mean, maybe the fed buys hertz bonds and takes them up to the point where maybe hertz is good. I dont know, david. Theres a lot of people saying talk pony. The
Old law protecting google and facebook. The coronavirus is taking a toll with tech leading the losses. Apple card revenue guidance for the march quarter with the outbreak continuing to affecting the chain. Impactfulonavirus is but not permanently impactful. T is a temporary blip on the demand side longerterm for apple. We will see a nice rebound when this is over. Apple made a big bet on china. Contained,. Is not this will continue to be a problem. Could be a virus problem longer than the market thanks. Theres no better ceo to handle the challenges then tim cook. Iile it is very concerning think having him at the helm is very reassuring. It is hard to shift production in a matter of weeks. Myly reaction from colleagues to assess what he thinks the supply Chain Disruption will not hurt demand. Since apples announcement the demand it is really supply Chain Disruption. The markets are opening in china but people are being very cautious. There is an effect that will play out over the next
The coronavirus takes a toll with tech leading losses. Earlier, apple cut its revenue guidance for the march quarter with the outbreak continuing to impact the iphone maker supply and demand. The coronavirus is impactful, but not permanently impactful. In other words, it is a temporary blip. On the demand side longer term for apple, i dont see any issues so that gives me a lot of confidence we will see a nice rebound when this is over. The bad news is, apple made a big bet on china. 20 of revenue, a huge part of the supply chain. If the virus isnt contained, this will continue to be a problem. In longerterm, it china and the was a u. S. Are likely to be at loggerheads. I think the virus could be a problem longer market thing. There is no better ceo to handle the current challenges then tim cook and while it is currently concerning, having him at the helm is very reassuring. It is quite hard to shift production in a number of weeks. Emily we got more reaction from the Senior Research an
Back of that data. Refinery utilization was positive by 1. 4 . The market was looking for that to go into the negative by 0. 5 . Crude Oil Inventories rising by 415,000 barrels only last week. Gasoline inventories was a drawdown of nearly 2 million barrels. Lets check u. S. Markets more broadly. The major indices are really unchanged, but we have a few major movers, including viacom cbs, which disappointed in its First Quarter as a combined company. Investors are really punishing that stock. Guy a bit of breaking news, the unicredit boss looks like he is emerging as a potential hsbc ceo to get the job. Remember, noel quinn currently yethe interim ceo at hsbc, the interim ceo putting out a is involvingk that deep changes in the way hsbc runs its business and potentially a retrenchment back to the middle east and into asia in particular. He thousand jobs potentially going even further down the road. There were Big Questions as to whether or not noel quinn would ultimately be the person t