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
Famine market ive ever seen either the world is ending or everything is going to be just fine. House of pleasure no middle ground. Problem is, thats a terrible way to invest. Have to try to keep a level head, not too negative, not too positive thats how you handle days like today where the average is up and down, big before covering, not only gaining 158 points. S p climbing. 83 . The nasdaq jumping 1. 43 down so horribly, wow, let me break it down for you. This morning at 4 00 a. M. This market looks horrendous. Down a thousand points why . Nobody really knows. We heard it was because of covid spikes and outbreak in china i was watching the tape and it was all about the same, the big declines in royal caribbean, norwegian cruise, carnival, apache, united, continental, southwest, kohls, everything got crushed last week, everything that always trades before the market opens. Why dont we call them unusual suspects thats the new playbook for all the novice investors who crowded into the m
The virus infections now pushed 8 million globally. Haveoutbreaks in the u. S. Some states weighing whether to pause reopening. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures up 2 10 of 1 . It was a very volatile trading session. We had a boost after the fed pledged to follow through with the Corporate Bond purchase, but then again, we had concerns over a second wave of the pandemic. Not to mention the white house now ending an Unemployment Bonus Program on july 31. We have the s p 500 gained 8 10 of 1 . At one point, they lost as much as 2. 5 . It was a really volatile session. Financials and staples led to gains, after dropping last week by the most since march. Take a look at how the dollar is doing now. We have seen the dollar underperforming against all g10 peers and weakening to session lows after the Federal Reserve made the announcement. Right now, we are seeing more pressure on the bloomberg dollar index. The 10 year yield at 72 basis
1. 1 but underneath, it was insane after a big dip at the opening, the market came roaring back into the black. This was a day when both the recession stocks and the recovery stocks worked long term thats just knot sustainable. Sooner or later, someone, one of these two groups has to be wrong but short term as were taught, anything goes. Let me break this one down for you. This market has two big themes, completely contradictory and a third team thats down right apocalypse first, the american awakens train. The people who buy into this thesis, well, they believe the government made a terrible mistake locking down the economy. Im part of that group we wont make that mistake again. Now that the country is reopening, they expect people to go out and spend and return to work as they see it for all intensive purposes, the pandemic is behind us the worst is over. We have a better understanding how to treat covid and in the fall it wont be on the radar screen despite records in florida and te
Across the americas. The spread is unacceptable. South korea braces for a second wave. Lenders are backing away. Bank of considering cutting a credit line, writing off its and calling it quits. We are just getting some indications, early indications of the economic rebound in australia. The cva australia pmi manufacturing preliminary number for june bouncing back. Just in contractionary territory but certainly much better than the 44 from the previous reading. The Services Number also much better i we get parts of the Services Economy reopening after the restrictions coming in at 53. 2. The previous reading was 26. 9. That composite number for june, 52 point six. 28. 1 and out of contractionary territory. That is a preliminary reading but things looking a bit more positive. Also looking positive for asian markets, lets get over to Sophie Kamaruddin for a look. Futures are in the green with s p eminis and he restocks resuming gains while the aussie dollar remaining on the on foot at the