At a record high for the dow the s p set a record high on friday up another 30 points and the nasdaq, an underperformer last week, is indicated up by close to 60 points stocks have been on a big run. If you look at last weeks returns the dow was up just over 4 last week the s p was up just over 2 . And the nasdaq was down only by half a percent you are talking about the third week out of four that is seeing negative returns and that has been the underperformer. Really across the board a lot of strength the russell 2000 hitting a record high last week and big, big moves. Remember, its only been a week since weve heard from pfizer. That set things off especially ones underperforming as people stay home. The ten year is yielding 0. 885 . Joe, that was a wild ride last week, too, watching what happened with treasury yields. Potentially getting up to 1 but now were back where we started. All part of, i guess, reopening. The market given the backdrop i will talk about right now the market is
Earnings we start off with the one chart in the market that seems to be getting no attention check out the xrt, the retail etf up 12 this year the xrt taking another leg higher today on the back of a strong retail report is this retail recovery for real and if so, how are you playing it brian kelly, kick us off. I think theres a couple Different Things yes, there is a retail resurgence i think a lot of it had to do with the stimulus, but a lot of it had to do with a change in the way people are working the top five to ten holdings are heavy ecommerce, overstock, etsy, wayfare. Be careful what youre talking about in extrapolating this to mall based retailers i think mall based retailers are going out of business. This is the new wave of commerce its ecommerce. I do think that continues. The caveat is it would only get stim stimulus and people dont have that 600 check dor, do we get stalling in this do we get a stalling with walmart . Maybe theyre not as exposed to the stimulus check sin
We start first with technology on a tear as we kick off the second half of the year. The nasdaq composite hitting a new record high in todays trading led by gains in the fang names. Facebook, amazon, netflix, al a alphab alphabet, all higher can we expect more highs ahead well turn to you first, guy does this resonate with you right now, this notion that its the mega cap tech stocks that continue to be the leadership in the kind of market we have today . You know what resonates with me i hear your voice, tom, but im looking at engelbert humperdink. After hours, guy, this is what it looks like. Im liking it you have to be impressed with the market as well does it resonate with me absolutely im not going to pretend ive been bullish theres a metallica song from 1982 nothing else matters. Nothing else matters but the fed and the fact we have this passive investing that continues to work apple is in close to 280 atf facebook is in about 220 etf and 170 of those facebook is one of the top 15
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
Alphabet is up about 11 year to date amazon is up 50 this year you have to wonder if it is the revenue that will be hit particularly hard as travel remains under pressure and they get a good chunk of revenue from that sector. His tweet was on may 1st, the stock closed at 701 that day, were getting new details on the ppe program. Yeah, were waiting the release of loan recipient names. That should be about 13 of the recipients in the program. Here is what we know about ppe after as you mentioned the president signed that extension over the weekend 4. 9 million loans were guaranteed the average loan side was 107,000 about 30 billion in loans have been returned or canceled. Those that fall into the category will not be on the list that we are supposed to get today. This is supposed to be how many employees were in the company when they applied for the loan many businesses are facing deopenings, well be back with more as soon as we know it thank you, kate. That is a good way to get into sto