Interesting to see the 2021 look forwards. All we have is good conversation and a look at the tea leaves. Lisa is going to talk about jobless claims and all the rest of it, but i want to look at the granularity. Is a pandemic ago stock, and there is the reality which i believe you mentioned yesterday. I cant remember which property you mentioned it on. You know what . Retail is really struggling. Jonathan this is the story. A stock like macys has done pretty well over the past week, but that is the difference between the ketchup trade the catchup trade and a durable trade. I think that is the story for hours. T couple of we got to get through the next couple of months. Tom i mean, it is a comedy. But this is not funny. In south australia, you can now not walk your dog because of pandemic fears. Talk ofes of the macro the Bloomberg New Economy Forum and the realities that lisa has been talking about here day by day. That gets your attention. Jonathan and initial jobless claims will get
Rising by 2000s a day. A vaccine on the horizon. The u. S. Could approve the pfizer shot as early as thursday. Secretary alex azar says all americans who want a vaccine should be able to get one next year. Azar we will focus on the front lines with the initial 40 million doses in the next month, and we will progressively keep adding more and more people. Be thinking in the februarymarch time frame you are going to see more general vaccinations. The Second Quarter of next year, we will have enough vaccine for everyone who wants it. Is dr. Georgeme rutherford, university of california San Francisco professor of epidemiology. You are in california, locking down as of yesterday. Give me some perspective. What is going on on the ground . How bad is it . Dr. Rutherford this week, we are having more cases than we have ever had. The icus are starting to fill up. Fresno and bakersfield, los angeles, metropolitan Southern California the icu capacity is below 15 . It is very, very problematic and
Welcome to squawk box. Im Andrew Ross Sorkin along with joe and melissa lee, becky is off the s p looking to open about 12 points higher. Well explain why some of this is happening and lets show you treasury yields as well the ten year note right now looking at 0. 931 . But maybe a little bit of an explanation coming up here, melissa . Yeah, some optimism Mitch Mcconnell said that compromised deal was within reach and well get a live report from washington at 6 30 a. M. And we heard it before, but it seems like btoth sides are comig a little closer. On a much lower number. And im just thinking about, i dont know, andrew, what did we do to deserve this i mean we are living right or i mean, who ushered in the new week on squawk box on monday who is helping us usher out the week that was on squawk box . A monday and a friday. Is this46 w was this planne melissa, what did we do to deserve this not wouldby not by me how long has it been, stimulus vaccine i guess the election, although we do
Ethiopias government targets rebels in the north with asteroids. When you have companies that have the power of governments, some thing has to give the bosses a facebook and twitter grilled by both sides of u. S. Politics about that efforts to combat election dissent from ation and frowns debates a controversial new bill to protect police. But critics say it will stifle human rights and free speech. The pentagon has confirmed shop reductions in the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan and iraq by made january just before President Donald Trump leaves office. Trump had wanted a full withdrawal from americas longest war by christmas instead, 2000 will come out of afghanistan and 500. 00 from iraq leaving 2 and a half 1000 in each country. Let us remind those who question our resolve or may seek to interfere with this prudent well planned and coordinated transition. The United States armed forces remain committed to protecting the safety and security of the American People and supporting
But we will be told to proceed with caution and dow closing for the first time in history over 30,000 the question tonight, are we headed yes, thats right, are we heading higher and higher . There are positives. The president ial transition is under way. We have three coronavirus vaccines ready to rock so, is the next 10 move higher and higher or are we headed lower and lower . Well that song, thats a miserable song thats why we chose it. Please dont at me on twitter. In the list of bullish things we talk about, the peaceful transfer of power as being a bullish thing. You would think that would be a given. I find the market took that as a positive today fascinating. I will be the first to say in terms of the Broader Market, i have been dead wrong we have had individuals stocks we have done a good job with Broader Market not so much we are so over it in terms of valuation, euphoria, the things that can go right, not just the head winds out there despite it has bnsecause i been market we