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
We will be joined to talk more about that. But first, lets talk about the market. Abigail doolittle is with us. On the back of a big speech by joe biden last night that has been largely wellreceived, even some republicans saying it was successful. Abigail indeed. Probably not too much influence in the markets today because earlier today on the open, really small moves. It was as the day got going that the gains continued, especially for the tech stocks on the day. A real head scratcher because we have a they were we do not have any positive macro data on economic front, and we also dont have any negative data relative to the macro either except for the further out uncertainty around the election and u. S. And china relations. Here we have the big tech stocks you were talking about once again climbing to the nasdaq 100 and faang index both at record highs. The faang index now up 115 since its march low. Apple is just incredible, up more than 5 today. Split does notck create value. Inter
Plus, verizons 5g focus. The ceo says 50 of consumers will have access to that technology and beyond meat is tumbling in the premarket, pricing a secondary at six times the ipo price and has new competition on the way. Stocks are looking to open higher after their worst day in two months yesterday the fed cuts rates by a quarter point, but the chair dampens expectations for more easing despite the selloff, the major indices still finished july in the green, their sixth positive month in seven, although were headed into the historically weakest two months of the year well, look, were making much too much of this mid cycle were going to forget what that means five days from now we wont be thinking about that. Well be thinking about it today until the market goes up then we say forget about it. He was in a spot hes in a spot because he has a president who cant fire him but would fire him, right . And send him down the elevator he wants to make it so that its not personal so he comes up wi
For all the stocks. Looking at where the aussie dollar is, 65. 7 two cents. when it comes to ethics. The yen holding steady. Brent crude is just shy of 84. The energy names across asia, concerns continue to weigh on the demand side for oil looking like we are setting up for the weakest week in Oil Prices Since february as u. S. Inventories way and i miss concerns about opec policy of maintaining their stance, impacting these concerns about supply and demand in the market, belle. Annabelle yes, and also we have at the start of trading for korea, as we come online this morning. Japan is shut for the public holiday. We are posting gains at the open. A bit of curry on one strand. The dollar having its weakest session overnight a bit of strength for the korean won. What is playing into the theme for korean equities and was can play into the sea is that apple numbers. Lets look at how the some of those supplier stocks are coming online this morning. We saw the jump in late trade in apples a
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