In may, it was revised to a gain of three million jobs. Initially a drop of 2. 75 million was reported for may. Thats a huge revision and a very bullish sign that the economy is ready to come back once it reopens. Also, by the way, we get the jobs report for june tomorrow. A gain of three million jobs is expected as the nation begins to open up and by the way, larry kudlow will join us on that very subject tomorrow morning. Do not miss it. We are seeing a battle, meantime, between government and business once again as cases of the virus rise in some areas. In houston, the mayor putting several businesses on a socalled wall of shame on the citys website after they defied lockdown orders. Those businesses, all bars, by the way, not happy at all. In arizona, a gym owner is suing the state over the order to shut down again and is vowing to remain open despite those orders from the governor. Confrontations are arising. Another battle as we head towards the long Holiday Weekend, whether or n
Its been an unstoppable run for this stock up more than 160 from its lows in late march. One analyst think its got even more fuel in the tank. He will joins as power lunch starts right now the dow is higher for the sixth day in the row thats pacing for the longest winning streak since september lets get to bob for more on the markets. We are sitting at session highs. A little pop about an hour ago that was declared we had entered a recession in february. Let me show you because once again its the reopening story thats moving the tstocks laggig two weeks ago had been leadership groups. Tech is under performing its very interesting how its underperforming. Its not like they are selling them the volume is light in this sector its not a lot of buying interest the same with megacaps you know about the megacap leadership apple is at a new high this is another interesting group. Visa and mastercard have been monsters they have showing some lack of interest today a bit of rotation as we go int
Ken frazier earlier on squawk on the street, take a listen to this when theres unrest, people put out statements, they put out platitudes they say this is terrible. We decry racism. We believe we ought to build a just society i think business has to go beyond what is required here before the pandemic there was 12 milliontilunfilled jobs in this country and 5 million inner city kids who want access to the economy. They want to be participants, citizens and consumers what they lack is the education, they lack the training there are opportunities for programs ken is so right well talk a lot about how American Business, how the corporate sector tries to heal this country thats obviously broken youre correct. It is the corporate sector and some of us would say other than the Atlanta Mayor who gave such a tremendous speech, were looking for leadership maybe we find it more in corporate or im reminded gina rometty created low income and low opportunity neighborhoods where she built schools, p
All about the big game of chicken that is breaking out in china, but first, what is the real read on retail . The Group Holding strong as we wrap the major week of earnings and we could dash hopes of any robust retail rebound and another 2. 4 million americans filing for unemployment last week and while we all knew that the number would be awful, it may not be telling the whole story. The total claims exclude hundreds of thousands of selfemployed economy workers, as well. So with millions of americans and millions of consumers out of work, which retailers are best positioned for this road ahead guy. Hi, mel hi, guy i feel it necessary to say hi so i wont see you so which retailers are best suited in this environment and thats a great question and something well talk about and i know steve will talk about costco correctly and karen had thoughts on t. J. Maxx, but the one i keep coming back to is Dollar General and i think Goldman Sachs just initiated the name with the 202 price target a
Which will hit in b about an hours time. The s p up by just three basis points coming up on todays show, former National Economic council dr director, gary kohn, will join us about reopening the the economy. The debate over funding for states and the Small Business ppp funding. Plus, a flood of big name earnings set to hit this afternoon including as you mentioned, alphabet. Starbucks, ford, am well also speak with the ceo after his Company Reports earnings, what consumers are doing and how much theyre snacking around the world. Lets focus on one hour of trade. Mike is tracking the Market Action in whats shaped up for a volatile day meg has Quarterly Results from big pharma names mike, start us off with the brorder market of what you seeing some pretty strong opposing currents holding the index in a steady mode. Look at the s p 500. This goes back a couple o years because i want to point out the areas that were encountering with this rally. Here we are around 2880. That takes us back t