Claims came in better than expected, 709,000 signaling more improvement in the labor market. And treasury yields dropping sharply following yesterdays bond market closure. Thats putting pressure on banks, which are among todays worst performers though still strong performers for the week 59 minutes left in the session, sara every sector firmly in the red. Ahead on todays show, chipotle unveiling its first ever digital only restaurant this week without a dining room or a line for ordering we will speak with the ceo brian noccol about the strategy there. And Jeremy Grantham said he thought the market was a mccoy bubble we will get an update on his that it is since those comments. Disney, pal an tear and cisco reporting after the bell we will bring you the numbers as they happen. Mike, whats the market dealing with. Contending with worries pileup of news on the shutdown, on the virus, maybe getting worried about what growth is going to look like in the First Quarter or two the s p 500 was
Came on our air and said they were bullish, in part because everyone is so bearish each one took turns explaining how those bears would turn into bulls, propelling stocks higher. Buy, buy, buy. Just one little problem when one strategist says everyones bearish, thats a listen up moment when two strategists say everyones bearish, you might get a little suspicious. When three bigshot strategists say everyone is bearish, you got to figure the consensus is wrong. We dont have too many bears we have too many bulls and maybe thats why the averages rolled over today with the dow tumbling 317 points, s p sinking 1 , and, by the way, things were a lot uglier for the dow in the early afternoon you see when most investors are bullish it means there is no one left to buy. They have plenty of facts on their sides. Everything from low Interest Rates, massive earnings, liquidity, i would let any of them manage my money if i were allowed to have money managed. Unfortunately, these positives have a whi
Were taking an ominous turn. Lets go to Jackie Deangelis following all of this and some of the restrictions being put in place to respond to this. Jackie. Reporter good afternoon to you, neil. Thats right. The market is lower because of spike in cases. Weve been talking about pretty much all week. That is after we got the news pfizer or biontech come to stronger conclusion on their vaccine it would be 90 effective. There are still so many questions about this. Today on mornings with maria the biontech founder talked about the vaccine, how long it might protect people. Roughly a year or so listen. Theres a good chance that the vaccine not only will protect us but could protect from infection or virulent infection for a significant period of time. I personally expect that the vaccine could protect us with, with protocol for a year. If we learn we need to reimmunize. We could do that after one year. Reporter meantime the pfizerbiontech vaccine was not the only one in the works, right . We
144,000, 65000 people hospitalized and we are averaging over a thousand deaths a day. A new round of restrictions would surely slow the economy and put more people out of work, heard even more with travel, retail and Entertainment Industries perhaps, thats one reason the market is selling this morning. After the huge recent gains the dow looks to be down about 200, s p down about 10. Look at the nasdaq with a modest bounce to the upside with the dana may be a quarter of a percent of the standout political headline comes from Bernie Sanders. He says yes, if offered the job of labor secretary in a biting next he would take it. On that, we will say this, varney co. Is about to begin. Stuart born to be wild, well i guess thats fairly appropriate. What you are looking at is rather empty new york city on a rainy thursday morning. Of course, its been half empty for about eight months and Governor Cuomo has more restrictions on businesses. Ashley, bring me up to speed. Ashley he certainly has.
Since winning the election youre playing jeopardy with your life. Plus, an extraordinary journey of love and covid from a patient who was put in a medically induced coma hear her urgent warning. Live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Dow 30,000, First Time Ever, its been a great cnbc day and a historic milestone on wall street stocks surging even as america enters its darkest chapter yet of this pandemic the pain on main street cannot be ignored many families are broke, hungry, burying loved ones or saying goodbye on a cell phone screen, and relief from washington is not coming, not yet. But experimental vaccines are fueling hopes of an economic recovery, and a return to some sort of normalcy i want to show you a look at the dow. Were obviously here now, but what a road to get there, along the path, thousands and thousands with a roller coaster. You can see the middle of february right there they have shattered the gains, and all the way