20. 5 in a data set thats never been more than 2 million in a single month, numbers we never expected to talk about no. The numbers are just completely and totally shocking not unexpected however given the carnage thats taken place in the economy over the last month as we locked everything down those lockdowns ending around the country. Things starting to at least normalize in some states the question will be of the 18 million workers who describe themselves as a temporary layoff of that 20 million, how many really will get their jobs back is a key given the markets reaction today, there seems to be an expectation that most of them will that will remain a question over the next many months as we hope that the economy does start to return to some semblance of normalcy mike, lots of internals to dig through here average Hourly Earnings show a chasm between lowerpaid employees in the country and those with higher wages who, judging from the data, lost their jobs at a slower pace. Yeah, no
Mike khouw has the strategy to capitalize on that sipgsing feeling. Its time to risk less and make more options actions starts now we kick things off with the head line that rocked wall street the hedge fund that just had a Million Dollar pull back the whole back and forth got us thinking if youre betting on a pull back, what is the best way to play it right now . Dan has got some ideas it really depends on time horizon. Im sure bridgewater is involved in lots of trade options all the time it could be hedging, directional, who knows what the heck it is the when you think about a head line like that, a lot of traders and investors were talking about, it gets me thinking about, lets look at the prices of options right now u with the stock market teetering at alltime highs we have a little more than one month left in the year theres a chart of implied volatility in the spy, the you s see that its trading near oneyear lows. I think viewers will understand that those spikes correspond with
This is fast money live from the Nasdaq Market site on the desk, tim, and our guest trader victoria fernandez. Thank you all for joining us here tonight we are going to start with a sputtering end the dow gaining while the nasdaq and the s p were lower on the day. All three indexes well off their lows after a hotter than expected inflation report. Wholesale prices rising more than forecasts in july both the nasdaq and the s p posted their second straight week of the losses, the first time the nasdaq has done that all year now focus shifts to the next crop of earnings reports with the retailers. Those are the big headlines we will see next week home depot first, walters, target, tjx, along with others target is the big exception. What can we expect to hear from these names in next week and will they give the market support to turn things around . Obviously, a lot of big names, two dow components, home depot and walmart. We really care what walmart has to say about the state of the u. S.
Off the year. Continuing the trends we saw last year. Technology is leading. Andwith a strong 2017 eight emergence for the second straight day and a repeat of the action late last year with the tech outperformance of the dow. Other groups like Energy Outperform today. We have broken through a 100 and clement for the s p 500 increment for the s p 500, the fifth time we have gone through that level in the past year. 2400, 2500, 2600, hitting that in regular intervals as we see stocks hit record highs on a regular basis. Technology is doing well and not just the fang stocks but the established Legacy Tech Companies doing well. Outperformsed to according to analysts, secular members that should enable Share Performance throughout this year while oracle getting an upgrade over morgan stanley, the endless their said the low stock valuation represents a tactical opportunity for oldfashioned Earnings Growth to drive the shares higher. Rallying. Micron another story we watched about the implica
Sell his Plated Service to albertsons. Mr. Wonderful himself will join us live. Later, extreme stocks. Guy adami is eyeing one stock up 65 this year. You will not believe how much higher he sees it going. Hell give us all the details. First, the big story is the fed starting the great unwind of its balance sheet, leaving the door open for future rate hikes. We continue to expect that the ongoing strength of the economy will warrant gradual increases in that rate to sustain a healthy labor market and stabilize inflation for 2 longer run objective and the reaction in the market was fierce. Check out the dollar, soaring nearly 1 for its best day since january. The yield on the u. S. 10year hitting its highest level in more than a month, all of this giving a boost to the banks, particularly the regional and money center ones like jpmorgan and bank of america. Is the fed for real . What should you do in your portfolio . Tim . Its absolutely real. All the points since it started to rally bac