Especial good morning on sirius xm channel 119, and the path of hurricane laura. That will be a long pass of rain over the next number of days. It is a natural disaster, and every expert says, not that it will affect national gdp, but nevertheless a profound storm. Lisa it really raises the question of what resources the United States has to do with a storm of this magnitude, the biggest storm hitting the u. S. In records going back to the 1800s. How much we have to combat this at a time of such economic distress. Tom galveston here, i believe, and the sunrise over to lake charles and onto new orleans. The path really centered right on the louisiana western border and texas eastern border. Landfall with 150 miles per hour, a scope back to 1856. We fall back to the jobless claims in 28 minutes. We are numbed by one million a week. Lisa i dont understand the relationship right now between the economic at and markets. We are at record highs for the s p and nasdaq, a little off that, and y
That you are really good at portage is, so we are going to do a lot of canoeing. Back then, it used to be birchbark canoes. Of course, lisa was totally wired up in the adirondacks. Did you have anything at all . Lisa no communication, no internet. I am glad to be back, though. A pretty active late august, all things considered. Tom it is, lisa, without question, the most odd august since 1998. Mr. Ferro is still off. It has now gone from vacation to sabbatical for jon ferro. Lisa and i will get you through the week. Dow futures up to 70. We will get you to the data in a moment. Yields really havent moved, and that is a key item. Also, Lisa Abramowicz with some of the ideas of the morning. What do you have . Lisa not only do we have the political backdrop in the u. S. And also in europe, with the u. K. And the European Union continuing contentious negotiations this week. Last week, talks broke up friday with Michel Barnier warning that an agreement seems unlikely. New york city tentativ
Predictions and youre making another big one. Why next week for what you call a monsterous rally into your epicenter stocks happy friday. We took a look at what happened the last time cases peaked which was late april it took 20 days last time. If we look at the current context, daily cases peaked july 27th the 20th day would be august 14th we have been seeing consistent 7day decline in average daily cases but our clients are thinking this is in the middle ground theyre not clear if its a decisive move. I think it takes another week. That will happen next week and i think lit be violent sdp you think people are ready to get out of these stocks that have been so tried and true. Nasdaq closes above 11,000 clearly money wants to go into big megacap growth yes i think megacap growth is cheap as a bond proxy because youre paying 50 times for an investment bond. Paying 30 times for faang isnt expensive. These are the names that have been written off by the market its only 26 of the market ca
Last 400 days is we are finally on dollar support. We will talk about this through the show. On dxy, the blended dollar index , with strong euro contribution, we are really on the support of a signal to a weaker dollar. Jonathan it is the trait everyone would hope would develop it is the trade everyone was hoping would develop. We see that on the screen this morning. It is a tugofwar between pretty negative corporate guidance and the vaccine hopes that started yesterday evening. Lisa i would argue that the vaccine hopes are very much in the front of peoples mind this morning. The question of whether moderna can jack up production, as well as the Regulatory Approval they need to get this out and distributed. Meanwhile, more guidance from the big banks. Goldman reporting in about a half hours time. At 2 00 p. M. , the fed releases their july beige book. Some indication of how businesses are changing their expectations based on the resurgence in virus cases. Also today, opecplus meeting t
Hong kong are extraordinary, and the Prime Minister says he will take many citizens into the united kingdom. Is that right . Than 3absolutely, more million potentially hong kong citizens are being allowed citizenship in the united kingdom. Extraordinary developments in hong kong. Not a lot of clarity and it is difficult to see where the risks actually lie. Whether it is easy to abuse or difficult to apply. Tom i agree with you, strongly. I think there has been an getting totion of their friday morning, of getting into the weekend and the experience of each and every day. Our team in hong kong is working on that. Working on that 24 7. Now with our continued reports, our first word news, in new york city, here is ritika gupta. Ritika for the first time, u. S. Daily coronavirus cases rose above 50,000. There were increases in big states including texas, florida and california. California halted more reopenings as did new york city. Becoming is increasingly a disease of the young. Todays m