Heres the markets performance this thursday morning. Not paying much attention to those jobless numbers. We are going to be down pretty much across the board. The dow industrials on the down side to the tune of 200. The s p down about 20. The nasdaq, not much of a loss there, down 12 points. Now, ive got some negatives to lay out for you. This may be a negative. Several states report big spikes in virus cases following their reopening. Its the second wave worry. Number two, medical authorities in beijing say the new outbreak has been controlled, their words, but virus statements out of china dont have much credibility with investors. Heres another one. This is not helping. The European Union will go ahead with its plan to tax big American Technology companies. The u. S. Has withdrawn from those talks. This too might be hurting investor sentiment. John boltons book, very negative on the president. Bolton says that everything he does is geared to his reelection and that includes shifting
Donors he would get rid of most of trumps tax cuts. That wouldnt be good for stock prices or your 401 k . Right now we see the dow losing maybe 90 points at the opening bell, 25,400. The s p will be down and the nasdaq is off about 20 points. No serious selloff at this point. But we do have dramatic stories breaking this morning. Overnight, a young black man, 16 years old, shot and killed in the seattle chop zone. Its the fourth shooting there in nine days. Democrat mayor durkin said the zone would be removed. It is still there. In new york city, the city votes on taking a billion dollars out of the budget the police budgets. Mayor deblasio calls it real redistribution. This follows a devastating blow, the citys 15 billion theater industry will stay closed until next year. The democrats trash the president and mt. Rushmore. A tweet from the dnc says the president will be quote, glorifying White Supremacy when he attends a fireworks display there on july fourth. But its okay. They took
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
Which prevent michiganders crossing the street to visit family members. No relaxation of the social distancing rules from President Trump. Hes considering extending the keep your distance regulations into the early summer. Then theres this. Antibody tests that show far more people have been through covid19, three million in new york state, 20 of new york citys residents have had it. That means the fatality rate, the number of people who died from the virus, comes way, way down. Interesting. Quickly to the markets. Not Much Movement at the open today. Orders for durable goods in march down 14 , yeah, thats bad but it was expected. The dow is going to be up 193. I call that little movement. How the times change. We will be back to 23,500, big gain modest gain for the dow, nice gain for the s p and for the nasdaq as well. Look at oil, staying at low levels. We are looking at 17 a barrel. In the absence of demand, we are still not driving very much, we are running out of places to store al
Same. The football in the book going to that it was. The culprit so even when i got to yugoslavia and. Shop i ski self professed with. What he saw no. There are some call for the requests. Sausage. On the truck. Bed and. See if 11. 00 or so of us for 2 months can have. A small club piece called if yes mr hope you have someone on the. It sounds something. Like that. Feet thinking. Thing not the thing i did a technical thing with yes i saw. The news that. Said. The fever. But i. Still think its just a new vs a specific madonna catalytic she wished that we bust a coup cite levied a new religion says on to the pesky of the new. No kill new book. And he may begin a meek could be gods are good good only dont give in. Order some now dont you have it built for grog the dog of course will. Dollars and his duties as the star of course i mean actually dont grok the background give you a sort of course out of it the record. Would do than sit s. P. D. Shoes. Catholic on what is your as you days. Yo