Sure hope it z whidoes while we wait for that, the numbers hospitalized in china and the number that are released and die. Its going up to 20 of the nasdaq is up 2 that is where we should rollout our game plan for next week. First off, as you know, were closed for monday for president s day. China is very much open. I fear another awful set of statistics i dont know why more people arent investing in this they want people to go back to work they dont want to let people down so it cant be too discouraging. The whole world is hanging on the numbers. If this outbreak gode badly, it could turn into a crisis for the globe. Youll have executives fearing for their lives. Thats right, their very lives the infections will keep climbing and again, remember what i said from the very beginning. No one listened to me. Trust no numbers out of china. Dont trust them walmart reports. This comes with an Analyst Meeting this time. I heard a bunch of people predict this week that the quarter might be wea
The dow gained 91 points the s p only climbed 1. 9 . Nasdaq barely at all 0. 8 where do i even start . This morning kicked off with an interview we did with the chief Economic Advisor and my former cohost here on cnbc, he explained that the agreement side with china is a lot more farreaching than most people realize. It actually forces china to change the way it runs its economy to create a more level playing field. He said our relationship with china is quite cordial because the Chinese Government recognizes that the United States doesnt want to disengage with them. While this deal was being negotiated, the big fault line was repeating those who dont believe china can ever be redeemed so why not just keep hitting them with tariffs forever so wreck their economy and those that think that china can be a good trading partner if theyre willing to play by the rules. Call it the engage camp versus the disengage camp and the engage camp just won from the stock market perspective, that is fab
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Future series, coming to you from cnbc one market in San Francisco. Weve gotten interviews about some of the most exciting tech stories in Silicon Valley coming up just in a few seconds. The dark real world, though, in the interim got in the way of the story. It got ugly fast today. Im talking about how two Great American industrials that we follow here on mad money, pbg and honeywell cut estimates ahead of their quarterly reports. In an across the board selloff, the averages spent most of the day in recovery mode. A wicked session turned relatively benign. With the dow dipping 28 points, s p declining. 3 . The warnings couldnt have come at a worse time, worse time for the industrials at least which have been rallying ahead of the soon to be released quarterly reports. Money flowed into other sectors as soon as the disappointments happened. Notably the bank and retailers once the cyclical smoke cleared. Despite a tepid payroll report, these two groups helped the market make a rebournd.