2 , the nasdaq down about 1 3 4 that very much in focus because of those earnings that are looming. Joe teranova, you first. Youve got dr. Gottlieb saying the u. S. At a tipping point, youve got mark meadows at the white house saying were not going to control the pandemic. Is this mountain getting too steep to climb for the market . Well, without stimulus the answer to that unequivocally is yes. Rising virus cases need more stimulus there has been overs last couple of weeks a modest broadening out of the rally within the market, but its really been all about industries, scott, industrials, trading to an alltime high as a sector but why is that . Its on the belief there would be stimulus, consumer discretionary, examazon trading towards its highest levels why is that . Because theres monetary support in the form of stimulus. It just highlights how important stimulus is. You need this mosaic of coordination to respond to the virus and any incident of rising virus cases learned itself to
Before rebounding to finish up almost 5 , recouping half of the losses from mondays 2,000 point selloff. Jim, remember when we couldnt get a 1 move la last 12 sessions, s p moved 3. 5. The market feels broken to me not a lot of liquidity many things happening at night youll see the Interest Rates go down at night. Then suddenly the s p is having a nightly session. We have to play by that tune i get it theres i want to say theres not panic. People want to get out if there were people, you would see endless downing endless down you could say buyers will come in i was listening to jim paulson before, he sees a lot that he would like i dont. You dont no. I like utilities i like the drug companies, i like the highest growth tech, teledoc. The rest sell to you people are buying Royal Caribbean right here as if its like a buying opportunity. A lot of people using the term buying opportunity, b. O. , for things no. No, to b. O. As you might expect, people are focusing on the credit markets and
On squawk box, mohammed el. S p giving back about 40 of the gain from friday. If you look at a longterm chart, its hard to identify these conflict points as being turning points. That being said, the market is in a rational, localized way, punishing those groups that seem like theyre going to be, perhaps, disadvantaged, like the travel related. You get a bit in defense and energy. Its reflex. Theres a lot else going on. We kind of had a cushion because oil prices backed off from their highs. Treasury yields, theyre proxies based on futures and etfs look like theyre easing back a bit as well. You know, i think sentiment was already pretty reserved. It wasnt like everybody was bullish and excited. Therefore, there wasnt a lot of Risk Appetite to immediately take out of the market. On oil, is there a sense it does anything more than set a higher floor . I dont think so. You can make the case in either direction, it doesnt have much impact or this geopolitical risk premium that should be i
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European stocks started the day on May 21 with a slightly weaker note, marking a retreat from their recent impressive performance, with attention now shifting towards the upcoming earnings report from.