Right now the focus is on states and cities that are holding back on reopening and phased reopening plans at this stage here. Looks like it is relatively contained but all of this in an environment where the number of cases has picked and the World Health Organization says the worse could be yet to come. Interesting development as well in england they were reordered to institute lockdown measures. That is follows on heels with other Foreign Countries bedevil ed openings not going necessarily to plan. Im not talk being about what is rapping in russia, india, spikes in cases in japan and the seoul, south korea area. The fear this seems to way on the markets eventually. Something that will slow certainly the reopenings and the economy and recovery that many hoped to see from that. Very tepid. No matter what happens today. Looking like a boffo month for all the major market afterrings, certainly a very strong quarter. The strong first half of the year, well get into all of that, first to c
Record highs that has the nasdaq setting a record as well better than expected home sales in the u. S strong activity numbers out of europe as well uk, australia to name but a few. Were up, sarah, nearly 1 on the s p 500. Ahead on todays show, a big first on cnbc interview with howard marks fresh off his latest memo. He said the odds are not in investors favor and whether he sees any opportunities right now in the market plushgs connecticut has certainly seen an encouraging dropoff in coronavirus numbers of late. Well ask governor lamont about his advice for states like florida, arizona and texas that are seeing their cases swell and how hes trying to keep those cases out of his state lets focus in on the big stories were watching mike santoli tracking todays rally. Meg terrell has the highlights from Anthony Faucis congressional testimony and phil lebeau is covering another volatile session with the Airlines Start us off with the Broader Market on the three month anniversary of the ma
You cant fell it to roll over you cant get it to fetch. Somehow people imagine there is discipline to the process that the action falls clear patterns. For example, when you get a spike of infections, the average is supported to get clobbered and that is what happened friday monday new ball game nasdaq advancing 1. 20 the bulls look at the spiking number of covid cases next to the not spiking number of fatalities and figure we made Real Progress fighting this disease so buy stocks into any kind of weakness we almost got back to even on the dow because mortality rates look like they are dropping. They are buying recovery stocks, not stay at home stocks. If you believe the spike in infections isnt an issue you want to bail on the covid stocks too many states are gradually shutting down to write this off as no big deal more on the index later in the show what happened today . Lets go over key parts. First, we have a reason that can actually be time stamped to turn around the market. This
Above 39, jim. But this morning, well watch maybe a tale of two cities if new york can do this as they reopen offices and hair salons i think new york is taking a big risk because new york has beening ino ing inumber one when you have the least covid, i guess maybe you can say its time to open but also to be the least covid for a little bit i know you need to do it because too many businesses that are going to go under. Just be too long and the cash flow is too low. I worry about a bit of a spike because it is great to be a state that you feel safe in and, yes, i want my, i dont have to worry about my hair being cut but yes i want these businesses open and get cash flow its been just a delight to having lost vigilance but little less nervous on fathers day pretty good. Interesting kudlow saying a moment ago he does notanticipate another nationwide lockdown but one thing that friday did demonstrate that apple and cruise lines will curtail their own operations if they sense any need for
Loneliness, isolation could be more widespread and a bigger problem. Kennedy is here to give us her take. All that and so much more on making money. Charles stocks at session highs. Well the week is off to a monster start. It began overnight with jay powell saying that the fed has no limits in his 60 minutes interview about the economy, economies around the world doing well, opening up, including italy which i think is very symbolic. Not only stocks on the move. There has been major breakout in the price of crude oil. Then came that real positive news. We know that hundreds of companies are racing for a covid vaccine. While moderna says its initial results from a phase one trial have been very good. In fact they said the vaccine candidate, quote, has the potential to prevent covid19. The market has erased all last weeks losses. The question, what should you be doing . I want to bring in jeff saut and gibbs welt management president and cio, erin gibbs. Erin, let me start with you. This