Markets sort of whipsawed by the tweets last night from the president trying to figure out exactly where we are how are investors supposed to take this today . Well, you know, i truly do believe, scott, even after the president s tweet yesterday that sent the markets down almost 500 points in a very short period of time, the last hour and 15 minutes of the day, i still belief theres the possibility we have out there, and i brought this up last time i was on with you guys, the idea i thought we would get one done by the weekend or through the weekend obviously with some of the tweets and so forth, but then the president immediately seemed to have flipped back around and be a part of this whole thing. I do think we will see a stimulus at some point in the not too distant future because of that, i think it gives you a great opportunity on that dip yesterday, and obviously youre seeing a pretty nice rise today. We know what the temperature is of the markets and what people want to hear and
Airline stocks are popping after the government gave approval to a different way to disinfect surface onz planes american, united, delta, theyre all up 8 or so. S p 500, nasdaq set for a record close. With he have 59 minutes left of trade. Brian, good to have you onboard. Yeah. Good to be here on a day where there seems to be a lot gf news. The markets are powering higher again. We have a long way to go two hours. Coming up, you remember herbalife. They sparked wall streets most epic battles on the Halftime Report it is reinvigorated, more than doubling from the march lows and our interview with the ceo is coming up later on. Were going to be joined by Penny Pritzker and ask her about the democrats economic platform and how a Biden Administration would tackle the coronavirus are your taxes going up . Were going to ask her directly. Right now lets focus in on the big stories that were watching to day mike santoli, as always, watching all the Market Action joining us to talk about the la
Against midway, against the japanese in world war ii the s p jumping 6. 24 . The nasdaq gaining 5. 60 in spite of the hideous jobless claims number in history this is the best day since 1931. So far covid19 has run the table against us we were not prepared and this virus has had us on our heels the whole way. Attacking the very basis of our civilization, life, liberty and especially the pursuit of happiness which in this case means the right to watch march madness, grab a beer, see Cirque Du Soleil in vegas at least until today were up against an insanely bullish last few minutes of trading. Astonishing return for large caps bully. Weve seen big run in all things tech it wasnt coordinated. Like our initial attempts to homeland the line in world war ii we were overcome by a prettier prepared enemy, virus its killing people directly and killing the economy. Like the greedy win at midway, google, watch the movie, even the terrible remake. I am beginning to think we can hold off one of the
Around the world, from riyadh to london to new york and washington. Bloomberg voices are on the ground with all of the mornings top stories. We want to start with breaking news out of london, where the labour party says it will support a general election. Boris johnson will try for the fourth time to secure election. Joining us now is emma chandra from london. What just happened . What is the lineup today . Emma we are seeing the pound off aftergher, paring spiking higher today. Saying they will now back in early general election, saying that conditions that a new deal brexit be off the table have been met. S is key because ivan the because even though the Prime Minister is asking for a general election again today, one that requires a smaller majority than yesterday, hed still needs some opposition support for that bill to pass. We understand there will be a vote on that later today. It would set the date of a new general election. The government saying that would be to summer 12th, b
And a beige book road map begins with hong kong, brexit and slew of International Trade data stocks set for a sharp rebound at the open. Recession risks with Global Economic uncertainty rising, well get the latest tea leafs from the fed later today. And the nfl blockbuster, the Dallas Cowboys agreeing to a mon monster contract extension with ezek yell Ezekiel Elliott. Investor sentiment, a lift on news from across the pacific carrie lam making it official she has withdrawn the controversial extradition bill that sparked months of protests and impacted the economic climate. Some protest leaderes say demonstrations will continue, though, unless other demands are met, including calls for greater democracy, some of the protesters are asking for a complete review of police behavior, no indication shes going to give them that as well. I would say finally to this, right . They have been protesting now for 13 weeks this was one of the core issues that set it off. They have other demands, but a