There are conversations floating about about whether brent and go negative. We are trading up 11 today. Up 1. 5 . The peripheral bond market, i massive story at the moment, as you can see. We saw a huge auction in spain earlier on, following on the heels of an auction yesterday in italy. We are continuing to watch what is happening as we build up towards an eu meeting tomorrow that could barely be make or break. The ecb talking about whether it could potentially accept grade that in collateral. Italy is facing a rating review come friday. This is a live debate in europe. Eurodollar trading at 1. 0852. Coming up, we are spending a lot of time talking about what is happening with the oil story. We going to fold that in to what is happening with other assets and how they are being affected. Also coming up shortly, we will hear from the nasdaq president , id enough freedom and nasdaq president , adena friedman. This is bloomberg. This is bloomberg markets. Good morning. Im Erik Schatzker i
Of their foxholes and asking, is it too late to buy . I have great market pros that will help us today. I even have a few thoughts myself. Also, as President Trump is calling on democrats to end their vacations and give more money to Small Businesses, we are going to get reaction from camping world ceo Marcus Lemonis who says Congress Needs to get to work and get to work right now. All that and so much more on making money. Charles the market today being led bisectors breathing a sigh of relief from todays news, the white house guidelines to reopening this nation is giving restaurants, car dealers, all those sort of industries, a lot more visibility but its just many are wondering if its a trading pop or maybe the start of a longterm rally. By the way, what about the winners which have benefited during the crisis . Is it time for us to start closing those out . I want to bring in scott martin along with rob luna. First, guys, todays leaders, these are industries and names that have bee
The nasdaq down by 25 points this morning, youll see futures are lower again. These are modest declines. The types of numbers we used to see all the time in the morning just over a month ago. Right now, the dow looks like it would open about 42 points nasdaq around 18 points. Keeping track of treasury yields we find ourselves this morning again with the yield indicated around those levels. 0. 7 and change andrew lets bring you an update on the pandemic and some of the numbers. The number of confirmed u. S. Cases rising to 400,000. More than 12,000 have died in america. New york is the epicenter with 140,000 confirmed cases. New york, new jersey and l. A. Reporting the deadliest day. And los angeles mandates masks as essential sharing this responsibility to keep workers and everybody safe which is why we are requiring customers to wear face coverings. Shopping for groceries, picking up a precipitation or any other business, you will need to cover your face. If you are not covering your
21, 2020 special board meeting. Move that we dont disclose. Second. I do not believe theres Public Comment on that piece. All those in favor say aye. For closed session for today, before we go into closed session, is there Public Comment . Seeing no Public Comment, weth. The other Board Members will join us shortly, but i do not want to lose a quorum. We have several action items important action items to hold this afternoon. With that, we need to come out of closed session. So moved. Second. All those in favor . All right. Well start with Public Comment. The general Public Meeting rules apply. Please follow the normal rules that are posted about turning off your cell phone, etc. , etc. Open for Public Comment. My names john stinson. Im a 45year member of our pension fund. There were two things the public Pension Funds have in common. Number one, theyre all underfunded. Number two, one of the reasons why theyre all underfunded is because theyre over diversefied in highrisk investments
As we come on the air tonight, the number of coronavirus cases in the United States is growing exponentially. And the Surgeon General says it is going to get worse this week. More than a dozen states are now either ordering or asking people to stay home. School is now closed for 55 million children, and today virginias governor called off school for the rest of the year. Stocks plunged again on wall street as senators battled over relief and stimulus plans. And just moments ago the president said that the country was not built to be shut down and hinted that he wants to find a way to get some people back to work, even as experts say americans need to stay at home. The president s comments come as states and cities are frantically trying to round up medical supplies and increase now,update on the cases in the u. S. , thehave topd new york state has bthe epicenter of the outbreak. 6 of all cases in the world are there. Anyone traveling from new york to florida must go into quarantine for