Amazon partners with an old text stalwart. That is blackberry. How they plan to revolutionize tech. Those stories in a moment. The u. S. Stocks posting another record high amid news of new stimulus talks. They are progressing with a plan to pass by the weekend. Abigail doolittle has more on that. Also, i know you have been following the latest Earnings Results out of snowflake. Shares down after hours a bit. This is a big test for them after their blockbuster debut. Abigail it is. Lots of big movers relative to earnings after hours come snowflake being one of them. With snowflake, what you are referencing is that huge ipo, biggest ipo of the year back in september. This is their First Quarter as a publicly traded company, so they are finding out what it is about to these shares are absolutely plunging in the after hours, down 19 . This is an Application Software company, up just 37 year to date. They have struggled a little bit, and in this quarter they posted a wider loss than expecte
1. 8 trillion. And jobless claims disappointed the street coming in at 898,000. It was the highest rating since mid august. Rising coronavirus cases in europe and the u. S. Affecting sentiment. 59 minutes left of trade down only 23 on the dow. The european measures definitely weighed on european markets. We have improved since the european close coming up, we will speak with gregg lemkau about how the pandemic changed the m a landscape. Plus the ceo of zoom will talk about the companys efforts to branch out beyond video meetings and the stocks run thissier. Fir mike, lets start with you the Broader Markets well off the session lows. A resilient showing throughout the last few years. You mentioned the market lows in the u. S. Were just before the european close perhaps that was one of the bigger pressure points, the overseas action. Where it has taken us though is really hasnt disturbed much of the trend. This is this area. Last week we broke above this range we have been in for a while
Whats next in tech . And fedex has been on a tear during the covid19 crisis along with other transportation stocks. Will the gains continue after we get a vaccine . On the barrons roundtable, al root, carlton english and jack howe. Good to see you guys. Jack, i want to start with you on the market. Tech stocks tried to get a rally going, but they just couldnt pull it off. Well, monday and tuesday they tried to get that Party Started again, and then wednesday, thursday, friday they just kind of spent those days gent9ly pulling gently pulling down steadily. And its mostly tech stocks, right . Theyve led the stock market rebound so far this year, but the five Biggest Tech Companies are now in unprecedented 23 of the s p 500. How are investors going to get more excited about these same companies . The Economic News was soso. Retail sales grew not as quickly as they had the month before, Industrial Production improved, not quite as fast as over summer. The fed said the Economic Outlook is u
The forecast was 50 4. 8. 67. 6,ders up strongly, point three. 63 the one disappointment, and this is been true throughout the crisis, employment does rise but it is still negative already 6. 4 46. 4. The numbers are better than expected for most of the pmi but in the case of the headline and the new orders numbers, they are up big. That should be good news for the overall economy it will probably lead into some strengthening about what is happening with employment. Alix if you look at eurodollar you are seeing it take a leg lower. Either way, the dollar is getting a slight bid there. What are we looking for over the next data points . Michael to see if they fall below one million if theres any progress of that front. This is not the week of the survey, so it will not have a bearing on friday but it is the latest point that tells us where we are. Mosts have slowed down and of the highfrequency indicators. The jobs report is what everybody wants to see because it was a feeling that the
Curfews have lifted in many cities but remain in new york as we go into another weekend of protests. A Record Number of National Guard troops have been deployed. The mayor of washington, d. C. , has asked President Trump to withdraw troops. For what it means i want to bring in abigail doolittle. Talk about the ups and the downs today. Abigail investors squarely focused on the jobs report that came in better than anybody expected. The estimate was for a loss of 7. 5 million jobs. Instead we had an ad of 2. 5 million, which is great news for folks in those new jobs and for the folks who did not lose their job. As for the stock market, of course we had this debate about whether stock should be up so much since the march lows. This Economic Data, you could make the case that stocks have been right. Who was such as myself questioning stock should be high against the real world is wrong although one month does not make a trend. Lets see if that continues. Some say there could be more waves a