2 , the nasdaq down about 1 3 4 that very much in focus because of those earnings that are looming. Joe teranova, you first. Youve got dr. Gottlieb saying the u. S. At a tipping point, youve got mark meadows at the white house saying were not going to control the pandemic. Is this mountain getting too steep to climb for the market . Well, without stimulus the answer to that unequivocally is yes. Rising virus cases need more stimulus there has been overs last couple of weeks a modest broadening out of the rally within the market, but its really been all about industries, scott, industrials, trading to an alltime high as a sector but why is that . Its on the belief there would be stimulus, consumer discretionary, examazon trading towards its highest levels why is that . Because theres monetary support in the form of stimulus. It just highlights how important stimulus is. You need this mosaic of coordination to respond to the virus and any incident of rising virus cases learned itself to
Very much with us. Is greg joining us davis. I want to push you into a realm of speculation about the president or google hope he has a speedy recovery along with the first lady walk me through how you processed this. Ultimately, how soon will we actually got some simple therapeutics and when will a vaccine be available and how will that translate into the economy and allowing businesses to get back to usual. Do you thinkt about the degree to which consumers will engage or disengage in the coming months, given what is playing out in europe and the spark spike in the United States . Gereg when we start to see start to see effective vaccines, you will see a broader reopening of the economy not just in the u. S. But until people get back to facetoface activity and trash traveling and leisure and hospitality, it will be a drag on the economy. We still think the recovery will be relatively slow here when you think about the implementation and availability of the vaccine, it will go to front
Wake of tragedy. Charles joe biden is there right now as we look at 2001 and why we came together back then and just why now we seem to be tearing ourselves apart, all that and so much more on making money. Charles its been a rough couple of weeks for the market which is obviously more vulnerable now than its been in months, on this solemn day for the nation, the stock market itself has to pass a big test, but, you know, the situation is the s p 500 has to hold above the 50 day moving average. I will say Technical Analysis is not an exact science, so a slight slip below is forgivable, but when it does hold, you know, historically it revives the sagging rallies and we get a big move to the upside. The question is of course what will the upside look like . Will investors seek out the same names that obviously before got too close to the sun or is it time to find new opportunities . Lets ask rob luna, ceo of a Financial Company and on the phone with us Capital Wealth Planning chief jeff [
Coming up, in a few moments, Global Investor mark mobius will join us. Chinese equities see a big week of gains they slipped a bit this morning. Shares of carnival jumping after they gave an update on the state of its business. Well speak with the Ceo Arnold Donald in a cnbc exclusive and Major League Season starting the season in florida. Well speak with the leagues commissioner about the risks and reward of taking to the field. We look forward to all that. Sara, up 0. 7 on the s p 500 lets start right there with the markets. The we have seen a big swing intraday futures starting off in the red. Hopeful signals then coming from gilead about the coronavirus treatment. Helping turn things around early. The company saying it was associated with an improvement in clinical recovery and 62 reduction in the risk of mortality compared with the standard care. Lets get to mike santoli tracking the moves in the names and sectors today. Yeah. Sturdy Performance Today solid week you would have tho
Right this hour, where there is still here one hour left of it. Good to have you with us here for closing bell. Im Contessa Brewer in for sara eisen today. It has been a big year for stocks the dow, the s p, the nasdaq all on pace to close the year higher by more than 20 well tell you which names have seen the biggest gains and with tech up by nearly 50 this year, well have an exclusive interview with Tech Hedge Fund giant, dan niles. Hell give you a peek into his 2020 playbook. Also, we didnt answer bills question lets do it what is your drink . Whatever gets put in front of me great answer. Very good answer, indeed mine might be an Old Fashioned tonight. We shall see but we have to get back to the show lets take a look at whats driving the show 59 minutes left. Were down 40 points on the dow. A little bit of rebalancing as investors get ready for the new year President Trump tweeting today he will sign the phase i deal with china on january 15 and Consumer Confidence data out this mo