Higher density battery, greener, but the technological breakthrough towards that are still speculative so the market reacted negatively to that news. Right the bull case is that were seeing built today say that if you were to be able to cut the cost by 56 in three years, it would have enormous ramifications on volume, implications for margins and ostensibly positive for the stock. Cramer said it best this morning, if you were a believer going into the event, you remain a believer and if not, maybe youre not. Fair enough its absolutely true that the Battery Technologies worldwide tesla and everybody elses will continue to get cheaper and better thats a given thats just the all laws that support Technological Breakthroughs support that theory so thats already baked into the price. You know, all the disruptive capacity of the technology is already baked into the price theres Everything Else is just sexy brand, elon cult personality who of course deserves all the credit in the world he adm
Digital sales. More on that in a moment some hope on the vaccine front as well to mention j j entering trials with 60,000 volunteers though cases rising in many states here and abroad down 450 points. A sharp selloff in half an hour as kelly and frank were discussing on the show well speak with Ceo Marc Benioff well discuss how the pandemic changed business and his thoughts on oracle and tiktok deal plus more walmart is hiring tens of thousands of workers well speak to fubu founder and shark daymond john the stories were watching, mike santoli tracking action, sara with a look at nikes quarter mike, lets kick things off with you. Down 2 on s p. It seems as if really this rolling correction period in september has Unfinished Business to it didnt seem news driven though incrementally coming into the week, weak seasonal patterns a general sense if you were talking about an economic recovery, you werent getting fresh confirmation of that day to day of course nasdaq is in sell the rallies m
Talking more stimulus. Then you have the cable rate. A lot of extension for benefits and the u. K. The cable rate does not move. It is a consistently stronger dollar. Same thing for the gilt market in the u. K. As well. Crude also going nowhere. The real action is in the equity market. Lets dig into that top story in europe. U. K. Chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak planning to rescue millions of jobs at the coronavirus threatens to derail the u. K. Economy. I know people are anxious and afraid and exhausted at the prospect of further restrictions on our economic and social freedom. For at least the next six months, the virus and restrictions are going to be a fact of our lives. I cannot save every business. I cannot save every job. No chancellor could. The government will directly support the wages of people in businesses to face depressed demand the option of keeping employees in a job on shorter hours rather than making them redundant these are radical interventions in the u. K.
The Fatal Shooting this past spring of breonna taylor. Two police in her hometown of louisville, kentucky were shot after they were called to an area downtown yesterday. Police announced a curfew for the next two nights. The officers injuries were not lifethreatening. Police say they have made nearly 100 arrests in the city. There were also protests in new york, chicago, atlanta, and seattle. Bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories from around the world we are following. Stocks reversing initial declines. Strong housing dated today and speculation of a new round of economic stimulus. We will discuss with tracy ahearn. It is one of the largest deals yet. United it was via United Wholesale mortgage valued at 15 billion. We will speak with mat ishbia
Return especially in texas is a factor. Now look at this. Five stocks at or near record levels. Apple, microsoft, google, facebook. What you are looking at is premarket prices. I see apple and amazon up again. Not much of a selloff in the other three. Facebo facebook, google and microsoft, after yesterdays stellar performance. Put together, these five make up 22 of the s p 500. Now, that is dominance. The news from the street this morning. It is not good. In atlanta, armed men took over a small area and refused to let the police in. In wisconsin, a state senator beaten when he took a photo of demonstrators. In our Nations Capital, the flag burned by a cheering mob. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart a political bombshell is unfolding. Longtime democrat congressman of new york, elliot engel, is fighting for his political life. The 16term incumbent is trailing by double digits against a progressive. He received the full support of congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. Engel was su