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I think we should start by checking where we are. Were in the midst of a big snap back day the dow is back over 20,000. Pushing a 9 gain of 1600. The s p good for nearly 8 theres the nasdaq as well up close to 7 . Have we turned a corner . I dont think so. I think technicians is what is referred to as a counter trend move its nice to have. I think people could use a break from just the persistant and constant selling were looking at stocks in the s p 500 be p t the percentage of stocks making fresh hundred day lows that number is slowing down. A few days ago it was high 80s right now its low 60s i think thats pretty good i think well take that. Again, these are the types of days that give you the opportunity judge, if you were panicking and you felt you were too exposed, this would be the kind of day if youll lighten up from a 60 40 portfolio to a 50 50. If you look at the biggest names its happening in areas that have been thrashed mgm up 33 Royal Caribbean up 31 im looking at ual up
, guy . S going on Europe Vincent we are seeing stocks guy we are seeing stocks turning around. Makes you wonder how bad they whisper number must have been for everybody to react positively to a 3. 2 number. Stoxx 600 in positive territory. Travel stocks leading the move. The big move in many ways has come from the ecb, announcing , theetails of its pepp pandemic emergency purchase program, which is it is using to buy bonds. It is basically tearing up all of the old rules that use to apply to ecb emergency purchases. As a result, we are seeing a big move on the italian 10 year, and massive move on the spanish tenure. Downw the bank of england today, and some really interesting comments out of the bank of england. Brent crude a little softer today, 27. 13. What a week it has been for stocks. There does seem to be much more positive sentiment towards the equity market. The question is how long can it last. Guy exactly. Vonnie exactly. Those jobless claims did serve four times the previou
Time, unless its their stocks were talking about. Theyre interacting in ways i didnt think possible, going up in tandem. How positive is that every night now, i keep highlighting the bizarrely bullish ways that stocks are trading. Sometimes theyre totally in your face. Like this simultaneous move in the price of oil and Airline Stock which ive never seen in almost 40 years in this business its the type of thing that can really get the markets animal spirits roaring as it did once again today. Dow gained 206 points. S p climbing, and nasdaq falling. 081 . Look at this oddity. Lucrative set of circumstances because i want you in. Not excited because thats not rigorous i want you to understand how rare things are that are happening right now. Airline stocks surged because of terrific numbers out of delta. Many thought delta was doing poorly surging up nearly 5 Airline Stocks gone from nearly most expensive because of endless losses to nearly cheapest save the autos because investors cant
1. 02 and the nasdaq plunged 1. 14 , i think being old is a very good thing. Whats so great about being old . Simple, i remember things. Things that can be valuable to all of you, because ive lived and traded through them. Right now, of course, were in the midst of earnings season. The news is coming fast and furious. Boeing missed the forecast, is the honeymoon at yahoo finished in the wake of the not so hot quarter and the slowdown . In a normal day, we pick them apart, questioning whether facebooks quarter was as good as it looks. I think it is. These are not normal times. Other forces are at work. Forces that are not necessarily bigger than individual companies that make up our stock market can still trump them shortterm. Lets set the tableau you and me. Nothing to do with the Earnings Report, which like every other day have been good with only a few real stinkers. Typically on the guidance, too, not the quarters themselves. The weakness is from emerging markets and their likely im