Tom good morning, this is bloomberg daybreak europe. These other stories that set your agenda. Wall street notches up a new record high as investors shrug off hotter than expected u. S. Inflation with market still optimistic on fed rate cuts. In japan, the end strengthens at the Worlds Largest carmaker toyota agrees to raise hike demands from unions adding for the case for a boj policy shift next week. We bring you comments from the governor this hour. Plus, another big warning with volkswagen inditex all set to report. Lets check in on markets after a strong session for european equities. Fresh eyes for both the benchmarks in europe and the s p as well. Powered by the days that came through from oracle. Nvidia back with gains of 7 . In europe it was porsche that was the top gaining stock in the session. Futures looking flat despite the fact that the inflation printout was stickier and higher than expected. Ftse 100 futures in the u. K. Looking to modest gains of a 10th of a percent. K
Using a stock tool that says, yes. Me list yashgs after sulissa go out on a shopping spree. But if you choose wisely, there could be some money to be made. Now using a quantitative tool looks at market action. We looked at past occurrences when the retail etf has fallen 7 or more within one month as it just has. That has happened 12 times since 2009. Now no clear signal for the xrt itself about half the time it continues to lose ground. But we did find some good individual stocks. Now as for macys, nordstrom and jcpenney, they only post rebound gains of 67 of the time. But when they do rebound, theyre good for 2 and 3 average returns sprerespectivel. There are special i dty and dist names. The names are more reliable bouncing back one week after the xrt loses p 7 or more within one month. So look for names like tjx and ross stores. Head over to cnbc pro for more on other parts of the Consumer Sector that tend to bounce back. All right. Thank you for the data dive. Lets get to bob pisan
Bazos. Chairs of intrexon down. The company ceo will join us live to respond on the back of their earnings, too. Thats coming up. Lets get to whats behind this selloff. Mike santolli joins us. There was nothing too specific in terms of news but all day the markets traded a bit heavy. I think you want to point to the flattening of the treasury yield curve. Rick santelli has been talking about all day. Twoyear yield is up. Longer terms are down. Thats a slow growth signal. Also a signal the market is sniffing out the strong retail sales data along with the good jolt of Employment Data this week maybe puts the fed back in play. Fed speakers have been trying to focus the market on two more fed rate hikes later this year. Meantime, the market doesnt feel as though the growth picture is all that strong. Maybe thats what we can infer. Thats hurting financials. You mentioned, bill, the staples were one of the losing groups today. Thats an overbought sector. People have been piling in. I would
Sales were robust last month. According to the latest government data, consumers spent more in april than expected and thats important because Consumer Spending is responsible for about twothirds of economic output. But it flies in the face of everything that weve heard this week from some of the nations biggest retailers who are struggling to attract shoppers and grow revenue. Jcpenney was the latest to report an unexpected sales drop and cut its gross margin guidance for the year. Steve liesman looks at the possible reasons behind the disc. Reporter a Strong National retail says report for april gave a major boost to the idea that the u. S. Economys in the early stages of a rebound from that weak first quarter. Retail sales grew 1. 3 , beating estimates in auto sales and furniture. Economists looking for 2. 5 Overall Economic growth in the second quarter. But the number raised a troubling question. Why have retail earnings been so lousy . Nordstroms had comparable sales fall 17 , koh
Sales were robust last month. According to the latest government data, consumers spent more in april than expected and thats important because Consumer Spending is responsible for about twothirds of economic output. But it flies in the face of everything that weve heard this week from some of the nations biggest retailers who are struggling to attract shoppers and grow revenue. Jcpenney was the latest to report an unexpected sales drop and cut its gross margin guidance for the year. Steve liesman looks at the possible reasons behind the disc. Reporter a Strong National retail says report for april gave a major boost to the idea that the u. S. Economys in the early stages of a rebound from that weak first quarter. Retail sales grew 1. 3 , beating estimates in auto sales and furniture. Economists looking for 2. 5 Overall Economic growth in the second quarter. But the number raised a troubling question. Why have retail earnings been so lousy . Nordstroms had comparable sales fall 17 , koh