Delawaret to school in i went to the university of , delaware. So my history basically was in delaware before i went into the service. Now i tried to enlist in the service the minute we were attacked by japan. But i was colorblind. And i could not get in. But they had what they called the enlisted reserves core. Reserve corps. Which they let College Students go into with the idea that you would serve a basic training and then you would go back to school, and the thinking was maybe this war wasnt going to go too far. So you would go back to school and you would start again wherever you left off. I went to try to enlist, but i was colorblind. Had to go back. Finally i got in the army. But i was restricted in what i could do. I went to texas for basic training. Texas. 16 weeks in they sent me from texas to the university of connecticut to continue my education. And unfortunately, when i got to the university in connecticut, i had had everything they were teaching. I had already been throu
The faang index down 1. 7 . If you can believe it, from the low in march to the recent high, the faang index up more than 100 . We are seeing healthy consolidation. The question is whether or not there is more to go. If yes, there could be big pressure on the indexes. David i can believe it because i read it in your note. Big tech is one thing. It has gone up a long way, but can it come down without taking the rest of the equities down with us down with it . Abigail very difficult. The reason100, and we have the underperformance toward that index down more than ing 40 of its weight goes to the big tech names. We have chinese stocks week for the third day in a row. Over last month that new york faang index and the big tech stayathome names tracking exactly with the shanghai composite, which you could call a mini bubble. It appears to be bursting. If that is the case, there could be more pain ahead, not just for u. S. Big tech but the overall indexes for the reason youre talking about. T
Los angeles is closed. The employees have just said no. And the Magic Kingdom in disney world, they are attempting to open it, even with the virus in florida. When i am looking at the markets, without question, is the derisking going on . The u. S. Yields have really come in in the last 48 hours. Francine you reminded me in the last hour, there was a big move on u. K. Guild. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning the coronavirus milestone keep piling up in the u. S. The number of new cases has climbed over 60,000 in one day for the first time, and texas, california, and florida, all with a Record Number of deaths. In new york city, large events that require permits like street fairs have been canceled through the end of september. The u. S. Is set to take the next step in a response over taxes on technology giants. Bloomberg learned the u. S. Will impose tariffs on up to 700 million in french goods including wine, cheese, and handbags. The duties would be de
The eu needs to combine aid with reform in a message to the frugal four. Welcome to daybreak europe. What a turnaround we are seeing in chinese equities. We are still looking to eke out a weekly gain. You are seeing some weakness come through on the csi 300 on on the warning signs. Futures, we are set up a little bit negatively there as well. Featuresk 60 fit 50 the 10 year treasury yield slipping as well and oil pulling back as well. It is heading for a weekly loss. The u. S. Has reached another troubling milestone in the coronavirus pandemic as daily cases topped 60,000 for the first time as the World Health Organization says it is keeping an open mind as to whether airborne transmission plays a major role. Good news in labor market data. Jobless claims fell by the most in a month so there is they are still the they are still double the highest level. Joining us now is geoffrey yu. Thank you for joining us. What do you make about the jobless claims data and the labor market in the la
Lot going on as stuart did tell you that whole hearing where the tech giants will gather virtually at least. It is parked back maybe half an hour. I was doing back of the napkin guesstimating on their wealth. That is on, i think is worth about 180 billion. Our Charlie Brady follows this thing would know to the penny. I think it is roughly about that. Mark zuckerberg facebook, close to 90 billion, close to 2 billion, tim cook of apple, thanks to appreciation of that stock, he is at around 2 billion. So lets say you were to add all of this. These are numbers. I added it all up. That is 272 billion collectively. These are among the richest men on the planet, particularly when it comes to bezos and zuckerberg. But putting companies combined market cap at north of 5 trillion. If you were to add microsoft to that bunch, microsoft will not be part of this hearing. They represent the five most valuable companies in the world. Isnt that amazing . Youre welcome america. We have this delay. We ha