Few sessions for tech stocks losing over a trillion dollars in value in just the last three days josh lipton is sorting through the carnage and has more josh thats right, jon bigtech names suffering big losses take another look here at apple, minhaj, amazon, alphabet, facebook and tesla just to put the plunge into perspective. The last three days essentially wiping out three weeks of gains. At the start of this year, these Six Companies were worth about 5 trillion. Their value then peaked at 8 trillion just last week. Now they lost about 1 trillion sounds like a lot, but also keep in mind, the remarkable runs these stocks have had. For example, apple is trading about 15 off its alltime high. Still up, though, about 60 so far this year. Same goes with amazon. Down about 6 so far this month, but the stock is still up more than 70 so far in 2020. Also, check out the smh, the etf that tracks the chips bouncing here this morning. Trading about 10 off its most recent high. Sector surge on th
Session here. We are seeing korean stocks up, some 4 . This has certainly been a shift in the risk on sentiment we are seeing. The concerns over the waves are being brushed aside. Across assetsg here. When it comes to your bond, we are seeing yield ticking higher. 73 basis points for your u. S. Tenyear. We saw a rise but it is petering off. Did selloff overnight. Take a look at currencies, the dollar dropped will be the key story here. That is living these markets here today. As aen has been steady rock here. Despite the volatility we have seen. That should give some breathing room for the boj. Perhaps they are likely to sit tight when it comes to policy levers but look for hints on what they do with the Corporate Funding program. Youre seeing that dollar is really trickling through here. The taiwanese dollar is blaring green here today. We are up a third of 1 . The korean won strengthening. 7 . Mmb is unchanged. There has been a sense that the feds have the markets back. Letting the C
Gain of about 170 points, after the biggest oneday gain since 1933. That was yesterday. Today might be a different story. At the moment we are looking at a gain of 166 for the dow, a drop for the nasdaq, maybe down 34 points, and the s p down about 11. Mixed picture this morning as investors try to get to grips with this new package and what it means for the economy. Also influencing the market, the president s statement that he would love and he used the word three times, he would love to get the economy back up and running by easter. Thats just two and a half weeks from now. It is a goal rather than an absolute. Critics say its just too soon and many state and local governments reject the president s time frame. Meanwhile, the call for Domestic Travel restrictions keeps on growing. Some officials at the white house suggested that anyone leaving the new york city metropolitan area should be confined to 14 days quarantine. As of now, lockdown, stayathome orders are in place for well ov
Next week. The brexit drama. Boris johnson skipped a News Conference as his host says the u. K. Is not serious about talks. Shery lets get you started. We are seeing u. S. Futures slightly higher by. 1 . This after the s p 500 slumped the most in two weeks. Coming after President Trump announced an initial trade agreement with japan. When it comes to the safe haven moves we saw in the last session, we had wti crude higher, the biggest gain since february of 2009. Those are being reversed with gold futures getting pressure, down. 3 . Not to mention, wti holding above the 60 per barrel level but still under pressure, down 1. 5 , this after jumping 13 in the previous session, given the previous attacks on saudi arabia and Oil Facilities. Lets see how things are shaping up in the asian markets. Sophie there may be impetus for Risk Appetite after the mixed session we saw on monday when Energy Shares rallied while Financial Firms led declines. U. S. Japan lines on the trade deal being narrow
We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming. Whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. He didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporters calls and wrote a coup of oped articles after the death of david koch. Chris spent eight near in the the kochland, the place and the title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the potent Political Network that was put toth by the david koch and his older brother, charles, from their base three hours down the road in wichita. Anybody here had a chance to read the book yet . So, you wont understand but youll knee immediately when you get into it, as you get into it, what im talking about. Its daunting when you pick it up. Its 574 pages and thats before you get to the noteses appendix