At a record high for the dow the s p set a record high on friday up another 30 points and the nasdaq, an underperformer last week, is indicated up by close to 60 points stocks have been on a big run. If you look at last weeks returns the dow was up just over 4 last week the s p was up just over 2 . And the nasdaq was down only by half a percent you are talking about the third week out of four that is seeing negative returns and that has been the underperformer. Really across the board a lot of strength the russell 2000 hitting a record high last week and big, big moves. Remember, its only been a week since weve heard from pfizer. That set things off especially ones underperforming as people stay home. The ten year is yielding 0. 885 . Joe, that was a wild ride last week, too, watching what happened with treasury yields. Potentially getting up to 1 but now were back where we started. All part of, i guess, reopening. The market given the backdrop i will talk about right now the market is
We start first with technology on a tear as we kick off the second half of the year. The nasdaq composite hitting a new record high in todays trading led by gains in the fang names. Facebook, amazon, netflix, al a alphab alphabet, all higher can we expect more highs ahead well turn to you first, guy does this resonate with you right now, this notion that its the mega cap tech stocks that continue to be the leadership in the kind of market we have today . You know what resonates with me i hear your voice, tom, but im looking at engelbert humperdink. After hours, guy, this is what it looks like. Im liking it you have to be impressed with the market as well does it resonate with me absolutely im not going to pretend ive been bullish theres a metallica song from 1982 nothing else matters. Nothing else matters but the fed and the fact we have this passive investing that continues to work apple is in close to 280 atf facebook is in about 220 etf and 170 of those facebook is one of the top 15
Launching that service here in the u. S. Later this month. We are staying at home and we want our groceries and other purchases delivered and quickly. And we are on that story throughout the program today. As for the overall market, dead flat following a selloff on tuesday but keep in mind the dow and s p are up 40 from their march lows and the nasdaq is up 50 since then. Pretty impressive. President trump says he will pressure governors to reopen schools in the fall. This is a major step in getting the economy back on track. Kids go back to school, parents can then go back to work. That, of course, will be an issue for sure in the election, where joe biden has the lead in all of the polls, if you believe them, and even some wall street firms are apparently preparing for a biden win. But we have a democrat pollster coming up in a few minutes who says the race is a lot closer than the polls would indicate. Just wait until you hear what congresswoman ilhan omar wants to do to the economy
Alphabet is up about 11 year to date amazon is up 50 this year you have to wonder if it is the revenue that will be hit particularly hard as travel remains under pressure and they get a good chunk of revenue from that sector. His tweet was on may 1st, the stock closed at 701 that day, were getting new details on the ppe program. Yeah, were waiting the release of loan recipient names. That should be about 13 of the recipients in the program. Here is what we know about ppe after as you mentioned the president signed that extension over the weekend 4. 9 million loans were guaranteed the average loan side was 107,000 about 30 billion in loans have been returned or canceled. Those that fall into the category will not be on the list that we are supposed to get today. This is supposed to be how many employees were in the company when they applied for the loan many businesses are facing deopenings, well be back with more as soon as we know it thank you, kate. That is a good way to get into sto
Definitely a flight to safety today and for the entire week when it comes to stocks in general. Lets take a look at this tenyear note, the yield on that, because it continues to move lower as investors are buying bonds, the yield moves lower. We havent seen the inverted yield curve with the three month this low since september. The concern from investors here, what theyll read into it, is that the Coronavirus Impact could potentially, potentially cause a recession, and so were getting that talk circulating back on the floor again. Meantime, were seeing a big move in gold today too, another 25, supporting the idea that people are worried about the virus, the notion that the chinese may not be telling us the whole entire story and that its moving outside of china quicker than we thought. The final point ill make about this is, yes, apple said it was going to have a big impact on its first quarter, but coke saying its going to take a penny or two off the ets, but were going to hold on to