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Indication of yesterdays rally. Dow futures up 121 points. Thats half 1 , s p futures up 13 and nasdaq up 24. Dow on track for worst quarter since 1987, s p 500 having worst quarter since 2008. Speaker nancy pelosi looking for a phase 4 coronavirus package calling for Infrastructure Spending now and more money sent directly to americans. Major retailers furloughing staff as Stores Remain closed, macys, stores, the gap, cutting payroll impacts hundreds of workers. Unemployment rate could top 32 . Mornings with maria live right now. We want to check Global Market this is morning. Last day of the First Quarter in europe, green across the board. Dax index in germany higher by 200 points. World Health Organiz ....
In times of crisis, and with the dow plummeting another 1338 points, s p plunging 5. 8 and nasdaq down 7. 0 were in a doozie of a crisis you simply could not do enough to help make things better our government should always error on the side of doing too much in these situations because you dont beat a pandemic by thinking small not unless you get very, very lucky. So far we weve been about as unlucky as it gets everything is going wrong at once in terms of being constructive let me tell you what i think needs to happen to stop the tsunami of selling in your stocks in your portfolio when i say we need to think big, i mean huge, it was terrific to see a bill pass the senate with massive bipartisan supreme copo that help the cause. The government has said that bars and restaurants should close down payrolls a payrolls hotels, airlines 59 billion, all jobs are in danger and many are already gone we need to write checks directly to the workers we cant afford to tear the fabric of society b ....
That china would take more measures to bolster its economy. Companies from adidas to tyson are spelling out what the impact will be on their bottom lines and the pace of homebuilding fell less than expected and it surged to a 13year high our closer today, with the debate just showers way, former chair sheila bair willbe here to discuss a wealth tax, financial transaction tax and how markets are responding why she says as a republican shes voting for warren. Thats all coming up after the bell joining us for the hour, keith bliss, welcome back, keith. Thank you very much. The question has been asked a lot of times, and yet you still look at these markets and record high territory going up every day despite the coronavirus warnings and fears and cases and you wond frer if theres a disconnect. I dont think theres a disconnect i didnt think there was going to be much to this story its a serious story and could impact the markets the longer it goes on. Now were starting to see the trend is c ....
Well, less of an outperformance, but a little bit of one. We are seeing a bid when it comes to crude. European equities not exactly having the same story as the United States, only up by 0. 1 . Markets actually in negative territory. The you is a little bit softer today. Christine lagarde speaks in frankfurt tonight. Weve got a policy meeting next week. The rand, a little bit of surprise from the central bank in south africa, delivering a to five basis point cut today. The big question, is there more to come . Is there going to be further rate cutting and south africa in what is a critical year for south africa . Somebody are getting absolutely pummeled today. The Canadian Company under pressure on a number of fronts on the train business and the aircraft business. Airbus a220, the ramp up to that program costing more than anticipated, and a buddy are essentially talking abo ....