The big boet on bitcoin thats got everyone talking. But first, we begin with a trip back to the future for the markets and this was flagged by our own dan nathan a year ago today it was trading at 2900 and basically back to that exact level and lets fire up the flex capacitor to see what life looked like and wow, the world would change this time last year the s p 500 would trade 17 times pe and the tenyear note, and unemployment j was just over 3. 5 and Flash Forward to today, it is trading 20 times, and the yield. 6 and unemployment is projected to hit 16 and gdp is negative for the first time in over a decade. The world has been turned upside down and the market doesnt steam to care. So if youre an investor, should you make like a tree and get out of there i am told thats a funny line from the movie youve never seen the movie i saw it. The movie was released in the summer of 85. I think i turned 50 that year. It dawned on me as i listened to your intro the economy is george mcfly. Th
All of faang higher with names like paypal up 5 today. We have two bad final hours of trade over the last two sessions and we have sold off over the last couple of hours off the session highs as we stand. Ahead on todays show, well speak exclusively with Thomas Barkin on the heels of another massive jobless number why he says we may be at the bottom of the downturn he just said that on a podcast about an hour ago. Plus, former treasury secretary, jack lew, will join us to discuss the governments tuss efforts and whether cash is going to the right places and the countdown to another big afternoon of earnings. Uber, roku, dropbox and trip adviserme adviser. Well bring you all the numbers you need the know as soon as they hit were off the session highs. Dow high was 430 points. Up 206 just shy of a percent s p 500 and nasdaq still up more than lets focus on the big stories mike is tracking the market rally. Meg has the latest on moderna jumping on news surrounding its vaccine candidate, b
Slowing economy. Joining us for the hour, stephanie link great to have you. What do you make of this market right now . I have fatigue over trade i really do. Its impossible every day it changes. So im trying to ignore it and focus on fundamentals. Today i thought we got some good data on the economy. The philly fed better than expected vince were better than expected meaning he they went own maybe were bottoming. Lets see the flash pmis tomorrow existing home sales up 5 yearoveryear good consumer, lets talk retail earnings have been very good Minus Department stores and some one office. I think that bodes very well for the consumer fatigue over trade but excitement over m and a. Very much so. Im still excited by trade. Im more excited about bristolmyers closed earlier than expected. Thats a great story for 2020. So theres a lot underneath the surface to this market of whats going on and thats what im trying to focus on versus trade. Lets get straight to that big story, the potential c
The charge and treasury yields surge as markets are at record all time closing high territory for the major averages joining us for the hour, stephanie link good afternoon to you. Today is what trade headlines that push us higher but with that rise in yields is improving sentiment. Three thing its trade and obviously the roll backs on tariffs. Potentially. Well have to see how that works out. Earnings earnings are better. 2 better than expected. Not great. Flattish overall but next year even though numbers have come down still looking at 10 Earnings Growth. Maybe the story is Third Quarter, Fourth Quarter is trough in earnings and most important to me what is driving the risk on trade is Global Growth stability if you look at german factory orders, you look at german pmi services yesterday, you look at italys pmis, they are not great but stabilizing. Thats causing yields to rise and with it the cyclicals sector big final hour here thanks for being with us lets drill down on the other b
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