The big rally yesterday. We had the dow dipping 131 points, s and b backsliding 4. 8 , nasdaq edging down 2. 9 this is a good moment to consider where well be in six months because its controlling a lot of action we see in the stock market so the question is will we go back to the old normal once the pandemic is over or will some aspects of the new normal remain some could be permanent. Real engrained habits. Right now wall street is trying to guess which is which. Remember, the market is a forecasting machine with expectations about the future much more than facts about the present. Thats why i say we dont care where stocks have been, we care where they are going so whats the market saying about the post pandemic economy lets start with the obvious one many missed. Peloton. Im getting right to it. Its incredible how many smart people bet against this maker of smart exercise machines. When covid hit Money Managers figured gyms and spin classes were kaput many tried to crash peloton hol
Unit into a separate Public Company. More on that in just a bit ibm up and all the markets up with 59 minutes left in the session. All the big stories of the day coming up. Morgan stanleys Ceo James Gorman on the back of his companys 7 billion deal today to buy Investment Firm eaton vance. Carnival giving a Business Update as the crews and travel industries continues to deal with uncertainties amid the pandemic ceo Arnold Darnell will be our guest next hour. The ceo of Amc Entertainment will join us to discuss the rollback of more blockbuster movie releases why he is staying open when some of his competitors are deciding to close lets look at the stories we are watching in the final hour of trade. Joining us to talk about regenerons push for emergency authorization for its covid19 treatment is alettia young bob, start us off on the market. There may be no stimulus, but the market is actsing like there is going to be one they have levitated themselves into believing something is going t
Now. Good to have you with us on this big thursday. Our Investment Committee at the table, joe, jim, sarat, and jon. We begin with the market stocks are higher, trade meetings continuing. What all of that means to your money. Lets go to Kayla Tausche outside where the talks are being held for the latest. Keep an eye on the door behind me because that is where we expect the chinese delegation to be departing momentarily. Actually, you can see them coming out the front of the office of the u. S. Trade representative right now there are are about three dozen officials inside led by the vice premier liu he to the hotel where the group is staying, regrouping and discussing matters of this morning that were negotiated and possible next steps before an afternoon session and a dinner hosted by the u. S. Tonight of course, all of the fine print is being worked out behind closed doors here, but it was the president s tweet this morning that created the most Significant Development in this story
Are taking a battering. This market can set whole sectors and polarizing them. Todays healthcare. The French Company cut its forecast and boosted its spending plan. Those are called kisses of death. The pin action from that, drug down the entire group. The negative forecast from bristol mile didnt help either. These used to be safety hiding places with high keep you. With trembling. At this rate is so high the dividends have become meaningless. Many other pipelines seem to be running dry. The cover is bear. Big pharma is just a nightmare. Just as we have been rolling bull markets in the old days, what we find out where marauding bear markets but thats what happens when rates go up. We have now got all over the place stocks falling apart. Thats what i felt all day. Were falling apart. The drugs, the oils, after chevron plummeted 10 points, chemicals failing to deliver the goods, they too used to be brought by the yields. At least until the fed starts cutting rates. Tech got a reprieve t
Yet. In the minutes from its last meeting, policy makers at the central bank made it clear that they still want to see further gains in the job market and more evidence. Inflation. Just today, the Labor Department said Consumer Prices rose just. 1 in july. So while the fed didnt say a hike is coming in september, it didnt say its not. And there in lies the confusion which played out in the markets midday. So mark your calendars. The next meeting is only a month away. When the fed does hike rates, and it will at some point, it will impact everyone who has a savings accounts, wants to take a home mortgage, has a car loan or wants to put money into the stock market. A controversial, even confusing set of minutes from the Federal Reserves july meeting came out in which the markets could be seen as a dovish or indicating a rate hike. Some saw them as neutral or even hawkish. The fed said most of the minutes of the board judged the minutes. However, they said the conditions for the first hik