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Street ceos are heading there this afternoon to discuss solutions in the next hours, as investors await some relief. Kelly . All right, tyler, thank you very much. We are all over this major moment for the markets today meg terrell has all the latest numbers on the coronavirus, which is now being called a pandemic bob pisani is watching another thousandplus point drop for the dow. Rick santelli is out in chicago watching the bond markets. Eamon javers is at the white house where a lack of details on the stimulus plan is adding to this selloff. We begin with bob at the New York Stock Exchange. Robert in the absence of nif positive news out there, the markets keep drifting lower. Heres the dow we had a little mini rally going here, not dramatic, but a mini rally. And around 12 30 right here, we had the word from w. H. O declaring it a pandemic here i think that took a little bit of steam out of the market as you can see, we ....
Measures fail to emerge. On the monetary side, the bank of england, becomes the latest to cut rates treasury yields hovering around 80 basis points. Full Team Coverage of todays market plunge. Mike san tolly is with us and meg on the latest on the coronavirus. But well begin with breaking news out of washington major Bank Executives meet with the president today. Well get to wolf at the white house. Reporter the president and the Vice President and the treasury secretary currently hosting in the white house behind me the leaders of the major Financial Institutions of this country in attendance we have the leaders of jpmorgan, bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, wells fargo, black stone making it the type of gathering we havent seen since the peak of t ....
1st. Is that what the date was . The fear gauge hitting the lowest level in more than two decades. The volatility index closing yesterday at 9. 77, the lowest level since december of 1993. I cant imagine thats not a place where you would buy. Though normal stocks that hit new lows what do they do . Hit more new lows. Stocks that hit new highs, hit more new highs. It can only go 9 more lower. Yeah. This only happened five times ever. Having always thought in a contrarian way that complacency and when people get participants get bullish, you worry. Call ratios, you worry. Percentage of investment services. If its that complacent i admit, okay, its not going to be le pen, but the world at this point, theres nothing that were not thinking about that could happen that could throw us for a little bit . It scares me. The flip side is if premiums are so low, you can buy insurance and remain long or replace your stock with calls. There are different ways to use this to your advantage to remain ....
Will the rising tide help other stocked. The overhaul now reportedly to be done in stage. And a new echo device likely to be unveiled thor. First up, markets are aiming for new milestones. The nasdaq mitt record highs. As well, briefly surpassing 800 billion in market cap. Then theres the vix. Some people say it takes you back to 93. Jim, our number indicate 2006, but it doesnt fall below ten very often. Remember theres a correlation thats actually not that negative. You should have this in a bull market. Warren buffett says just keep contributing to your 401 k . Im not saying thats complacent. Im saying thats the way people save, and you may say, well, they shouldnt save like that and they have forgotten how much you can lose, but Warren Buffett would say how much did you lose . You didnt lose anything even during the great recession. I think theres a level november the complacency, but a recognition this is how you invest, becau ....
Was down slightly. Down by less than 0. 2 . Stocks in china were higher with the hang seng up wi a thiby a ta percentage point. The early trading in europe at this hour, things are mixed. The dax and ftse are slightly higher. Lets look at crude oil prices. Again, yesterday was a down day for equities. If you see another down day today, thats the first time in the first time in first backtoback losses in a month if you see things close lower today. Energy markets showing wti by 11 cents to 53. 31. Now to the agenda. Some government stuff coming out. Economic reports coming out today. The january trade deficit out at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Thats followed by january Consumer Credit numbers at 3 00 p. M. As for earnings, brownforman, the maker of jack daniels and corbel sparkling wine that company will report results before the open along with dicks sporting goods, and after the close, h r block. April 15th is coming. It is ive done not ....