Morgan has the morning off interesting market day setting up despite all the volatility. Tech remains the Market Leader this year. The xlk handily outpacing the s p. Semis up more than 40 for the year, almost doubling the gains of the nasdaq. Then youve got the earnings spotlight tonight. Netflix after the bell joining us this morning, joel killeen and kenny picari good morning, guys, good to see you. Good morning. Semis, banks with a second good day vix below 14 is a rotation happening . I think the earnings season is not going to be as disastrous as the street and some analysts have made a lot of people expect its already started the bank numbers yesterday and today performed much better than expected nobody is talking about it i actually feel good about it but i think there is a rotation, depending on whats going on so there will be rotation but its all part of the process. You still think were range bound here i think were range bound on the lower ending well test the lows, 2758 ea
Abramowicz i am jonathan ferro. Lisa abramowicz actually going to 731 lexington avenue and just making it in time. Good thing Brian Moynihan does not join for another 60 minutes. Lisa really, that is how we are going to start . I was prepared to be here early. Jonathan you want to trade . This will fill out for the next two or three hours. Brian moynihan will join us in 60 minutes. We want to start with the price action. We begin with dollar yen. Something truly historic just happened, something since not since 2007. The japanese yen is weaker even though weve just seen the first Interest Rate hike in 17 years. Lisa on one hand people were expecting this. Some of the rhetoric out of the central bank was not hawkish. They were indicating they were not prepared to hike again. That is why this currency pair is dead in the water. I do not understand this. This is what everyone was waiting for. Michael jonathan there is a big difference between the end of negative Interest Rates and the end
Plants. Well get the latest. And the iae saying the israelhamas war has oil markets on tenter hooks. The general take means the fed may look past this one. Well, look, theyre struggling on shelter very much because its rent. They took the housing out in the early 80s, and theres just not enough places built. We had some numbers this morning, i was watching on frank hollands show. Its 1 down in new york. Thats not thats not going to cut it. Jay powell wants to see housing rolled back a little bit more. Its up 40 . Rental, you need more apartments built. I think that he wants to see more good numbers in a row, and i cant say this is a good number. People were hoping for a 0. 1 and you do have 0. 1 if you take core exshelter, and people are looking at some of the new rent data and that will eventually get folded into these monthly numbers. And i think energy. But i just think that what happens is that you hope that other things make it down and make up for it, and you dont. Look, rent it
Wind down. The ten year is still stuck around 2. 24. Opec is trying to deliver some more cuts at the meeting on thursday. Our road map begins with a major shakeup in the auto business. Ford firing ceo mark fields amid investor ease about the stock performance. Plus, middle east deal maker in chief President Trump is in israel this morning. This after signing a record arms deal with saudi arabia. Boeing, black stone and ge among the big winners. And the path to 1 trillion. Rbc saying that apple has the potential to become a trillion Dollar Company within 18 months. First up though, changes at ford, the automaker announced that mark fields is out as ceo and that fields has chosen to retire. Hell be replaced by jim hackett, the chairman of Ford Smart Mobility division. Hackett has developed a reputation as a turn around specialist. And shares of ford have fallen more than 35 . The company has scheduled a News Conference for 9 45 a. M. Eastern time. Being called a retirement, but we can re