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Caroline still with us, anna barton. You were saying that really at the moment, the risk on nature is there in the market. Was it right to be . I wanted to talk about technology but it seems to fail me and i needed it. An investor who is sick exposure in a passive way should be aware of. Five isosure to top over 20 . How stocks have already outperformed and are trading at a premium. I think ultimately what you were alluding to is growth is the ultimate structural winner. I dont mean it as a style call. The names that have seen higher levels today, they can continue to do well irrespective of that cyclical recovery we are looking for because they are enabling that next leg of growth. We can talk more about the industries that we like. I think that is the ultimate decision that investors have to make, assess the and growth opportunities. Basise on an individual individual basis, we are looking at a huge percentage of stocks above the key shortterm and mediumterm averages. Here is one exa ....
Warns of a major decline in asset prices if the pandemic worsens, also saying commercial real estate could endorse , and flags stress risks with regard to financials. We are going to dig deeper later, but this is quite the yearly report. The main headline here is that there is a major decline in asset prices. Also crossing the wire right at, march investment inflows 350 billion. 349. 9 if you want to be precise. Still with us is the Capital Markets u. S. Equities strategy head. Lori, when we get past what weve seen in equities, can you talk to me about what we are seeing in the treasury market, specifically with some of the expectations we saw late last week that the fed might have to go into negative territory with its nominal rates. There is still this concern that given the fed support and the trajectory of the economy that some sort of near zero if not below zero rate policy may be in the cards. What do you make of it . Negat ....
Lets get a quick check on the markets now. The s p 500 is not doing much, down just a point. Data,ing the disinflation the 10year yield at 70 basis points. Not much movement. Grubhub,ng a bid for according to people familiar with the metal. Restaurant brands international, the ceo just on tv making a bid for resuming business in china. Lets get a deeper dive into todays market action. Taylor take a look at the vix. You are seeing an extraordinary come down, down 17 points in the last month or so, now allow 827 handle, the lowest since february 24. We know that the fed will be buying etfs. With that, fear is leaving the market. I want to take a look at the balanced budget, or the lack of balance, that we will get around 2 00. We are looking at what could be the first april deficit since 2011. The tax deadline was extended to july 15, and all of the massive stimulus put in place will make what could be the first budget deficit that we will have in april, going back to 2011. You mentioned ....
That the worst of this may be behind us. And they can start thinking about what the recovery is going to look like. Someet i know we have earnings coming out. Romaine travel companies will be reporting after the bell. On booking, what we are looking at, the g1 numbers coming in at 2. 29 revenue. That was the estimate for 2. 15. Well belowitda estimates. The estimate was for 363 million. So, no real forecast here. The company did say that covid19 would profoundly impact the travel industry. We will dig deeper to see if we can find a little bit more about any Forward Guidance for the company, basically saying they would emerge from the crisis in a position of strength. Scarlet right now, this is something that all companies are open for, to come out in a position of strength. For we go, i want to get an idea from you. This is something that Joe Weisenthal posited this morning ....
Since the 80s on a week to week basis. If you want to take delivery for crude oil, you can put it in storage but you probably will not have use for it. If you reopen the economy, you , but thisl recoveries is very much what is expected in markets across the board. Romaine we just want to check on the markets. We did get the closing bell. Up on the three major indices. Stephen mentioned small caps a little bit earlier. The russell 2000 up about 1. 2 . Thebiggest laggards were big cap tech names. We are awaiting alphabet, also names like starbucks, ford after the bell. Scarlet in the big cap space, you have health care and Communication Services leading the decline. The small caps space, downmer and discretionary about 2 on the day. A rare case of outperformance. It has prompted people to start positioning for that recovery. Romaine we are getting alphabet earnings right now. Those numbers coming through. Q operating income ....