Moreid things were much complicated because of the chinese. He also said the phase one deal on trade was a strong agreement. He expected to be implemented. Is he right. Is a good agreement . Us i am not sure it will be implemented. The world has changed a lot. U. S. China relations have changed quite a bit. Frayed, given that large tariffs have been imposed on china, and the campaign rhetoric, which is very , some of itst china very valid, like the actions in hong kong. On top of that, covid19 came along, which has made it difficult for china to implement this part of the trade agreement. It promised to buy 200 billion worth of products, agriculture, manufacture products and Financial Services and also opened up Financial Services. Is throwing the chinese economy as well as our economy for a loop. China will not be able to live up to its end of the deal. Onna wants to keep relations solid footing. That is part of why they have invited the secretary of state pompeo to meet with their to
Outperformer, up 0. 6 of 1 small caps pulling back. Our Investment Committee today, joe terranova, stephanie link, jon najarian joe, lets get your top line read of the markets right here we had an 8 pullback into mondays open. Weve rebounded a little more than half of that over three days, so was that it for the nearterm pullback or are we still in a choppy phase . Well, we still have more fight to encloses the gap from last wednesday into thursdays decline for the s p, mike. That gap sits at 3153 to 3181. The composition of todays tape shows weakness in what had been kind of those dashfortrash leaders. If i look at the dow, i see exxon, boeing and chevron. They are underperforming today within the s p you have the cruise ships underperforming and then for the nasdaq, its the airlines and marriott. So the strength has to come from the old place, your Mega Cap Technology oriented names. Theyre going to have to carry the momentum to close the gap further. On the other side of chairman po
Now, testimony from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Monetary Policy and the state of the u. S. Economy amid coronavirus. He spoke about low Interest Rates, unemployment numbers and what future Economic Growth and recovery could look like. Help in front of the House Financial Services committee, this is three hours. So the committee will come to order. Thank you. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when theyre not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying h res 965, staff will only mute members and our witness as appropriate when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. T
Now, coming off highs of the session. Heres probably why. We have a delegate from opec saying that the outlying deal is just for about 10 Million Barrels of oil a day output cut. About a halfhour ago, we got reports that it could potentially be 20 Million Barrels of oil a day. 10 was the bare minimum that the market was actually expecting. The opec meeting is getting underway now virtually, so we are waiting for more details. Who cuts, how much, when . There were reports you could see 4 Million Barrels from saudi, 2 million from russia. If you get to the total output of 10 million, ok. You could get some kind of floor may. In other areas of the market, the s p on pace for its best week since 1974. We can thank the fed for that. However, take a look at what is winning, utilities and real estate. The dollar is rolling over as the fed throws a second kitchen sink at the market, as well as the economy. Some more get reaction to what the fed is doing. We are stepping further into the credit
Washington. Words matter. And those words have created a certain amount of confusion and when you lack clarity that can create confusion and confusion can lead to panic. Brennan President Trump visited the usns comfort on saturday. The hospital ship is on route to new york to help ease the load on the says hospitals. Our country is at war with an invisible enemy. Brennan new york state accounts for half of all coronavirus cases in the u. S. Governor andrew cuomo is preparing for the weeks ahead. You dont win on defense, you win on offense. You have to get ahead of this, anticipate what is going to happen. Brennan around the world, there are unprecedented efforts by leaders to cope request global shortages of ventilators, medical supplies and personal protective equipment for medical workers. President trump signed a 2. 2 trillion package of Economic Relief for individuals and businesses, but with a recordsetting three at a, 3 million unemployment claims last week is it enough to stop t