Coming off a fiveday win. A lot of the stocks in the nasdaq are for companies that do better in covid era. Remember, weve got many, many institutions with 80 to 95 of people working home. They require a gigantic change in the supply chain of work. And the supply chain of work is just generated a remarkable new wave of the cloud, of hardware, of software, and the companies that are really rallying for the most part are companies that do fabulously when you have to create new factories the factory is in the home theres a look at steve mnuchin. Well talk to him in a few moments. A lot over the weekend, whether it was mnuchin, kashkari, prepping us for the idea that the worst of the impact is still to come, even after that jobs number on friday which we didnt have you with us to discuss. Here we are i wanted one thing to be normal in my life Everything Else has changed like so many of us. I questioned the notion that this month will be worse we are hearing too many people who are reopening
That continues to decrease as gold and other assets move higher. A big deal today, allergan up theon the neil that on news that abbvie will buy it. 20 is not as much as the 45 premium that abbvie is offering. Hsbcs ceost guy john flint weighing in on President Trumps trade war with china. Take a listen. When we get past trade, i think it is clear that there is a broader desire to see china contained in some way. I think we will move into a chapter that covers technology, and maybe bifurcation of technology and technology standards. Guy containment. Havent heard that in a while. We are joined by john rochester, nomura asset strategy. Does trump do a sort of kim jongun and walk away . It could go that way. The market is not expecting that, so that is a long dollar trade. In essence, holding long dollar is the better choice of the two because since last tuesday when we had the news of the beating between the two sides, we have , the feddollars often now having 95 basis points in cuts pric
Prove it. Got an insanely addictive gain for econ nerds everywhere. Power lunch starts right now. Welcome to power lunch. Econ nerd Brian Sullivan with three hours left in the trading session. Stocks, as you can see, at session lows, mildly in the green. But if this recent trend continues, it may not be for long. Trying to lead the dow higher at this hour, you got merck and other names out there. As you can see, the dow is up just 19 points. Goldman sachs doing okay. And were pleased to have seema mody riding shotgun with us today. Hi, everyone. Im seema mody. Heres what else is up on power lunch at this hour. Housing starts falling more than expected last month after two straight months of gains. U. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch says this weekends explosions in new york and new jersey are being investigated as an act of terror. And the National Hurricane center says Tropical Storm lisa has formed in the atlantic. It is not expected to make landfall in the u. S. Lots to get to this
Novartis, lily in a strings of multibillion dar deals. We call it pharma palooza. What does it mean for you . This, folks, is power lunch. This, sue, is your power lunch on drugs. Indeed it is, certainly today. We have it all covered with a fantastic team. Pershing squares big ackman and valiants ceo presenting their idea before investors and the media in new york a bit earlier. Kate kellie has the takeaway. High, kate. Were well into hour number two of this Investor Presentation when we heard from both. Big ackman taking the stage for the second time since ive been here just as i walked out. Hell be taking q a in just a few minutes. A quick reminder on what this deal entails. Its essentially a proposes cash and Stock Transaction in which every share of allergan would be received for cash as well as a large majority of a valeant shares, a lot of talk from Michael Pearson today whos been successful in dlirg shareholder returns about the durability of his assets, the products, the fact t
Blasted constantly by that get out now contingent continued. Dow climbing 65 points, s p gaining 4. 1 , nasdaq vaulting a full 4 . Despite this marks relentless assault, there have been whole sectors falling by the wayside, barely involved in the remarkable rally, including much of highgrowth tech,s well as the retailers, airlines, and worst of all, the bioteching. Whoa. These left for dead sectors burst back into the plus column today. Bolstered at last by true leaders, generals that took up the man tell. As theyve suffered that i beatdown. Perhaps most important these leaders demonstrated the hedge funds who had been shorting these stocks endlessly may have overstayed that i welcome. Yes, these groups that have been behaving lie virtual annuities have finally become hazardous to the short sellers health. They need to be covered. Who are these new leaders . Lets start with the most obvious battlefield promotion today. Netflix. Heres a stock that peaked in march. Since then its had a m