Short commute i hit a lot of standing water. That woke me back up again. Hi, mike. Yeah. Definitely some minor ponding out there as we head through the morning commute. The deeper we get into the morning commute the less likely youll run into that. We have patches of drizzle and light rain to contend with. A bit of fog out there as we try to keep things damp. That will transition after the morning commute into a few waves of showers that should be over around 3 00, 4 00. The clouds may open just right before the sun sets, but tonight tule fog will be arriving. The morning commute will be wetter than the evening commute. Kind of the reverse of what we had yesterday. Well talk about a dry pattern coming up as we look into thanksgiving week. Thank you. Well start this morning with a major announcement overnight about pfizers covid19 vaccine. We know youve been tracking these vaccine developments closely. Pfizer says it is just days away now from seeking fda approval. Jobina has the detail
Take a hit. The covid consumer, walmart, home depot and kohls among retailers reporting earnings today. Walmart says ecommerce sales up 79 . And elon musks billions, tesla getting a spot in the s p 500. It is among the highest valued companies to ever enter the benchmark index and musk is on top to become number three, that is the third richest person in the world. Indeed, guys. Well start with the retail picture this morning, jim, youve been vocal as to the investor response on home depot and walmart. I guess thats related to the news out of amazon. Look, by the way, those stocks do tend to run up in the quarter and sell off thats nothing new a more aggressive amazon is always something we have to Pay Attention to i remember when amazon bought pill packs, the drug stores got killed i also point out that walmarts online david, thats not going to go away you can argue someone is going to argue thats the peak i would argue that amazon and walmart have taken so much share in this country,
Nasdaq up more than three quarters . The industrials also back on track today. Is there any reason for worry apart from the fact. I worry when i dont worry. I think because you change months doesnt really change the na narrative. There are pockets of the economy that are doing well and recovering housing, auto, parts, consumers, manufacturing. Did you see the numbers . The new orders jumped 5 the ism was the best number since november 2018. Manufacturing is recoverying i would argue is in a v recovery you have pocket of the economy that are not doing well. That are struggling. We have a million job in initial claims thats why i think youre going to see a fiscal package. You still have a lot of trouble in things happening with regards to travel and leisure and restaurants and that sort of thing. I do think that you get the fiscal package i dont think the change is in terms of my investments because as you recover, the economy recovers you get through the elections. I think profits recov
Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua in london. We are also getting a cut of an Oil Demand Forecast amid the darkening of the travel situation. If we go straight to the markets and have a look at those, the story really is with these stocks, so yesterday, the stocks had quite a big move, and we are trying to figure out exactly what that means for the earnings forecast for the future. What else i am looking at is crude oil, as you see, 42. 56, after the iaea report, and the litmus test, in terms of risk appetite, gold at 1930. Are signs of faltering after stimulus talks in washington remain at deadlock. Now, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter hi, francine. A warning that a failure to control the pandemic is undermining the economic recovery. The boston fed president says americas over eagerness to reopen has backfired. He is concerned many temporary layoffs may become permanent job losses. Rosengren my thought is some kind of stimulus is goin
A beautiful new york today. Good morning in washington boston. Early good morning out in san francisco, to all of you across this nation on sirius xm. We also say good morning to anna edwards in london. Why are we doing this . It is august. Ferro is off. From whats is off abramowitz is off. I said, i want anna edwards, and here she is. I am going to go optimism here with bob doll any moment, with home depot and walmart and all that. Explain to our american audience the place of Marks Spencer in the United Kingdom psychology, and what it means that one in 10 bodies will be shown the door. This isnt necessarily a very optimistic way to start the hour, but Marks Spencer, a huge retailer that was on every high street in the u. K. It is going to be getting rid of one in 10 of its staff, mostly through retirements and the like, but it is not just about covid19. This is a secular trend that has been affecting the retailers. Not only do they have to deal with the fact that a lot of their custo