I do want to highlight a 10 year yield in the u. S. , the yield is lower by about one basis point. 60 to 70 basis points, and how much can we tolerate on higher upside when it comes to yields . The Democrat National convention will be focusing on joe bidens vision of the party. Last night focused on trumps performance in office including his handling of covid19. To everyone who supported other candidates in the primary, and to those who may have voted for donald trump in the last election, the failed federal government that watched new york get ambushed by their negligence and then watched new york suffer but all through it learned absolutely nothing. Itay, six months after began, the nation is still unprepared. Magic if we had a national strategy. So everyone has access to a safe vaccine. More than 150,000 people have died and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president downplayed for too long. That even before trumps negligent response to this pandemic, too many
Tour takes you to amarillo, texas. The treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin testified to congress. Theielded questions about 4. 8 trillion proposal and Economic Growth and the impact of the jobs act signed into law december, 2017. [camera shutters] sen. Grassley we are pleased to have treasury secretary mnuchin, here today testifying about the president s fiscal year 20202021 budget, the president s budget includes proposals to confront a number of important issues, i want to work with the president , the secretary, and others in congress, to address these and other pressing issues, within our committees jurisdiction. Drug pricing, and employer pension crisis are two such issues that must be dealt with, this Budget Proposal comes at a time when the economy is very strong, especially for working families. Better trade deals, less regulations, lower taxes from tax reform, we have translated into wage increases. Especially for lower wage earners. And historically tight labor market. Over six
Impeachment with Speaker Pelosis commemorative goldembossed signing pens, the solemn march as the articles are walked over to the senate, that whole charade breathlessly covered by the trumphating media, wall to wall coverage for all of that but very little for this. The china trade deal, historic event, redefining the way trade deals are negotiated and structured. That was a big plus for america. And thursday, virtually no coverage for usmca, another trade deal that helps our economy. In fact, none of the three broadcast Networks Even mentioned it. And politicos first headline, major win for trump, that really changed fast to Senate Passes usmca, much work remains. Can you believe this . We are very glad that you are watching us. So look at this. More stock market records are acoming. Big Companies Reporting solid profits and we appear to be in a meltup mode again. The dow is up, what, 270 yesterday, closing just shy of 29,300. Any gain at the opening bell today means another record.
Highest level in two years trade headlines have us on record high watch for the s p, a closer call for the dow and nasdaq and would be the 27th record close of the year for the s p. Joining us for the other, stephanie link, good to have you here this afternoon. What does it mean . The computers take each headline as if its fresh what a difference a year makes is all i have to say last year we had tight fed policy, no idea what would happen with trade. This year we have much more accommodating fed and seems were getting some pieces of certainty on trade may not be what we want but making progress. Now i would argue a lot of this is priced into the market given weve had Market Expansion on the multiple but, you do not fight the fed and at the same time the ism and pmis are stabilizing and the data this week has been pretty good on other data points on the economic front we might have risk to the upside in growth for 2020 and thats why the cyclicals are rallying ive been biassed, its been
Showing outperformance for second day running. Totally different market. That is the key thing. These results, it has a different feel than basically the entire year until now. Up until that was all tack and all defense. Energy up, industrials up, materials up. Lets dive deeper into todays action. Scarlet im think about the reversal you were just talking about. Choppy Market Action on the week especially around momentum stocks. And this is around the 50 Day Moving Average. Earlier we came close to breaching that short term momentum indicator p take a look at this one and half year chart of the s p 500. Arranged all the uncertainty around the macro factors, stocks stuck in this giant rage and then the more narrow ranges between the 200 Day Moving Average in blue, the longer term buyers and in yellow the shortterm buyers. Last year the s p 500 stuck in between those moving averages, then making it about the 50 day, once below and then the 200 day average once that was sliced and ugly fou