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
Just hours before the hearings and one day before they tell the world how much money theyve got, all their stock prices are on the upside. All right. Now to politics. Joe biden says he will announce his Vice President ial pick by the end of next week. Its probably the most important veep selection in history. Hes 77. Hes forgetful. Occasionally unfocused, and he does not campaign vigorously. If he wins in november, who will really run the country . We will find out. Getting back to classroom learning. Looks unlikely in many parts of the country. That means parents scrambling for child care and lower educational standards. The American Federation of teachers says their members will strike if safety is at stake. They dont want to go back. The unions president will join us shortly. As you look at the early market action, remember there will be a Federal Reserve News Conference this afternoon. That will give us a hint as to how much money they are going to print and how long Interest Rates
In may, it was revised to a gain of three million jobs. Initially a drop of 2. 75 million was reported for may. Thats a huge revision and a very bullish sign that the economy is ready to come back once it reopens. Also, by the way, we get the jobs report for june tomorrow. A gain of three million jobs is expected as the nation begins to open up and by the way, larry kudlow will join us on that very subject tomorrow morning. Do not miss it. We are seeing a battle, meantime, between government and business once again as cases of the virus rise in some areas. In houston, the mayor putting several businesses on a socalled wall of shame on the citys website after they defied lockdown orders. Those businesses, all bars, by the way, not happy at all. In arizona, a gym owner is suing the state over the order to shut down again and is vowing to remain open despite those orders from the governor. Confrontations are arising. Another battle as we head towards the long Holiday Weekend, whether or n
Return especially in texas is a factor. Now look at this. Five stocks at or near record levels. Apple, microsoft, google, facebook. What you are looking at is premarket prices. I see apple and amazon up again. Not much of a selloff in the other three. Facebo facebook, google and microsoft, after yesterdays stellar performance. Put together, these five make up 22 of the s p 500. Now, that is dominance. The news from the street this morning. It is not good. In atlanta, armed men took over a small area and refused to let the police in. In wisconsin, a state senator beaten when he took a photo of demonstrators. In our Nations Capital, the flag burned by a cheering mob. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart a political bombshell is unfolding. Longtime democrat congressman of new york, elliot engel, is fighting for his political life. The 16term incumbent is trailing by double digits against a progressive. He received the full support of congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. Engel was su
Launching that service here in the u. S. Later this month. We are staying at home and we want our groceries and other purchases delivered and quickly. And we are on that story throughout the program today. As for the overall market, dead flat following a selloff on tuesday but keep in mind the dow and s p are up 40 from their march lows and the nasdaq is up 50 since then. Pretty impressive. President trump says he will pressure governors to reopen schools in the fall. This is a major step in getting the economy back on track. Kids go back to school, parents can then go back to work. That, of course, will be an issue for sure in the election, where joe biden has the lead in all of the polls, if you believe them, and even some wall street firms are apparently preparing for a biden win. But we have a democrat pollster coming up in a few minutes who says the race is a lot closer than the polls would indicate. Just wait until you hear what congresswoman ilhan omar wants to do to the economy