The coronavirus marches on with u. S. Remaining in focus. Aussie prepares to meet with melbourne again under lockdown. The Health Care Sector sees his biggest deal this year. Siemens will pay more than 16 24 premium from fridays close. Shery lets get you a check of how markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures addingng gains up. 1 , to that rally we saw on friday. Have seen the s p 500 rising for the fourth consecutive month. More positive sentiment over potential virus relief packages being released in the u. S. Not to mention the surge in tech shares. We had the nasdaq composite outperforming with Solid Earnings from tech giants. Apple, now the worlds most company valuable overtaking saudi aramco after posting other than expected results. Posting betterthanexpected results. See negativeo economic numbers out of the u. S. With secondquarter gdp seeing its sharpest contraction on record. Rating switching from negative to stable. Oil was under a little bit of pressure because of
Nasdaq futures once again up 45 points. The momentum continues for tech. S p 50 down just a fraction after markets rebound yesterday with nasdaq ending the day at another alltime high. This is the fourth record high in the last 5 sessions for the nasdaq with gain of 118 points. The United Airlines could be cutting half of its workforce, half of employees. 2020 presumptive nominee joe biden said to announce economic plan today as Goldman Sachs warning of possible delay of Election Results that could slam markets, all expectations coming up. Plus push to Defund Police, biden says some funding should be redirected from Law Enforcement. Big cities seeing surge in Police Retirements as crime soars across the country, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria Global Markets look like this, the cac quarante is up 5 and dax index in germany higher by 152 points, one and a quarter percent. The government takes action to support an economic recovery with stimulus. In asia overnight green acro
The nasdaq hitting a new record high and amazon shares crossing 3,000 bucks a piece for the first time ever. Shannon, well start with you on this one what the you make of the rally is it legit and why is it happening now given everything we know negatively about the coronavirus virus . Were just continuing to see investors look at the sentiment thats coming out of the surveys and anticipating this continued v shape recovery we have seen the v shape recovery in the stocks already were anticipating a v shape recovery in the economy. I think that really rests on the fact that despite the fact were seeing this pick up in cases, theres not a widespread expectation that we go back to the lockdown that we saw in march and april. They really anchor themselves to the most recent period which was a very difficult period from an economic standpoint. Investors are continuing to look forward. They are continuing to see the Second Quarter being the earnings trough from this particular recession look
Run continues. 111 s p new highs today as we watchaction in technology. Despite some downgrades and plenty of commentary from henl fu hedge fund managers. Alphabet becoming the fourth firm to reach a trillion dollars. The five Top Tech Companies account for 70 of the s p and worth 5 trillion combined happy friday, gent, go tshggente you. Good to see you barry, you had moves in markets, bull markets of the 90s compared to bull markets of the 20s you said we have not hit the blow off top but were on our way. If you look at the exponential trends, a curve increasing at an increasing rate that characterized the 1920s bull market. It characterized the 1990s this one has been more linear and it doesnt have the upward sloping curve since the 2009 low. So i find it hard to believe that weve seen the top because we have not entered that parabolic move how would you know when were close . Well, youll see the parabolic move that will be the first thing euphoria, a lot less doubt in the market i h
Its tuesday, august 27th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. The moon comes up and the sun goes down. We find a little spot at the edge of town. Sip of whiskey, pass it around. Dance in the dusk, turn the radio up. That fireball whiskey whispers. Cheryl welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at investors monitor every twist and turn in u. S. China trade relations. The dow is down after yesterdays gain by 80 points, the s p and nasdaq lower as well. Lauren 1. 52 is the yield on the 10 year treasury. Cheryl lets take a look at oil after comments froms president that crossed the tape this morning. Oil is up 40cents. Were at 54. 04. Gold is showing a slight gain, that flight to safety a little bit there. Lauren stocks in asia edging higher. The nikkei gaining 1 , shanghai composite gaining 1 and a third percent. Cheryl european markets lower, theres a slight contraction in german gdp. Red arrows continue across the board across the