Retail certificate going to zero not every biotech will keep growing every day. Thats the way it feels on a gay when oil imploded. The stock market got slammed because of it. Dow losing 592 points. S p sinking 1. 79 , why, of course its got a lot of tech and biotech. I dont blame a soul for being confused here. Buy, buy, buy a. Sell, sell, sell. The situation is, confusing were in Uncharted Waters now. It doesnt lend itself to easy explanation. We have to take them one at a time because some of these are so extreme they almost feel like science fiction. Like the price of oil falling to negative 37 and change today. Yeah, thats right you heard me, negative 37, minus sign lets start with oil as that meltdown was terrifying to watch. At dawn crude was a buck and a half, little below 20, seemed okay by the time the stock market opened it was down to 11, negative whoever owned the oil last had to pay someone else to take it off their hands. Next thing you know it was negative 10, negative 2
Today the Circuit Breakers were down 7 . A day where oil had its first decline, down 31 . The treasury went below. 15 a record low which tells you the bond market is terrified its also a day where you probably lost a lot of money its probably what happened to you. Thats because, of course, the dow plummeted 2014 points. Its worst point drop ever. The s p plunged 6. 7. Nasdaq 2. 159 now the dow was at 2. 14. It lost that much. Okay it happened. What the heck got us here . Where do we go next . First todays sellers fear we are going into a coronavirus induced recession and theyre trying to get out of other people who want to sell. Just trying to get aahead of them that may sound fanciful that we had six cases in this country and 22 deaths. In the end, it seems like a super food than the playing. As the president tweeted earlier, 37,000 americans died from the flu last year yet nothing is shut down life and the economy go on, end quote. But the marks were not reassured, not the bond marke
Dragged down by the more powerful bond market taking 357 points, s p falling. 82 nasdaq advanced a basis point, stunning comback but lets not get too carried away, still the worst woke for the averages since the financial crisis the bond market is bigger than the stock market we dont talk about it because its boring. But its important to the direction of your portfolio. Everythings wrapped up in bond yields always has been. I learned that 40 years ago. There are multibillion dollar programs that sell stocks whenever those yields go down. Its form got as lows a 1. 1 today, closing at 1. 16 thats a record low level, signaling the economy is growing weaker, and quality investors hide money in fixed income, coronavirus supply chain the bond market is screams that the coronavirus is far worse than most people realize Global Commerce will take a real hit and it might even be something similar to 2008 when all hell broke loose i cant tell you whether the bond market is right im not an epidemi
Political relief rally banks are in focus this morning. This is bank of america calls citigroup its pick of the decade. The ceo of ulta will join us at post 9 this hour. Well begin with stocks on track to open at record highs. Also adding to positive sentiment, china confirming the vice premier will head to washington next week for the signing of that phase one trade agreement with the United States jim, its going to be busy next week between that and the kickoff of corporate earnings. It sure seems like everybody believes everything is going to be good. A sheer mention of the banks is really underestimated. There are so many people saying buy these. Why does that matter thats who kicks off earnings season already the expectations are pretty high. They better deliver after this run. And thats what these upgrades are mostly all about. I mean specifically on the banks. Goldman getting not one upgrade but two today out of buckingham and b of a, as b of a or it goes from 270 to 245 what ne
This years no different while the averages got hit and dow dipped 120, and the nasdaq only slipping three basis points, in fact, the nasdaq, though, is up more than a percent for the year while the other averages are barely positive and the tech part of the index which is what im focusing on tonight is pretty much on fire yep, today we saw remarkable moves and all sorts of tech stocks after analyst after analyst issued bullish recommendations that reverberated throughout the whole sector pit action this is a special time when the analysts survey their universe and make predictions so far the predictions have been positive as they pretty much are every year but why not theres plenty to like better than expected quarter from a company that you probably never heard of called microchip bolsters a host of semiconductor stock, Analog Devices with a big upgrade. Both of those companies are seeing Strong Demand you always have to buy these stocks coming off the bottom thats what ive been telli