Positive signs on the economic front as the u. S. Nonmanufacturing index expanded and treasury yields breaking higher today much more on that move in just a bit. 59 minutes left to two in the session, and the dow is up more than 400 points. Thanks, sara. Lets get to the big stories we begin with amon javers. Reporter we dont know about the president s condition at this hour, but we know about his intent at this hour. He is ready to go home he has been at Walter Reed Medical Center since friday evening, and hes ready go he said, i will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6 30 p. M. Feeling really good. Dont be afraid of covid dont let it dominate your life. We have developed under the trump administration, some really great drugs and knowledge. I feel better than i did 20 years ago. That came in the hour in which we were told we would get a briefing from the president s doctors explaining what his condition is exactly its not clear whether the president is preemptin
More republicans fall in primaries. Well get. White house advisor Peter Navarro. All that and so much more on making money. Charles like a grizzly, out like a teddy. The shortest bear market in history was a ferocious beast with everyone heading to the hills. Many predictions of a potential doom and Nuclear Winter for stocks that would last for years. Economic data was coming in better than expected there was extreme pessimism on wall street. Meanwhile Something Different was occurring on main street. Regular folks sensed an opportunity. It wasnt just millenial traders populating robinhood. We heard fidelity added 1. 2 million new accounts, lifting assets under management north of 3 trillion. Economic data continued to fool the experts the street took aim at the individual investors. This is where many experts made their fatal flaw, by loudly predicting individual investors would lose everything, as the rebound would not quote, end well, they boxed themselves out of this rebound. Now t
It. Of we have been watching what has been going on on the louisiana coast for the latest headlines on hurricane laura, that has preoccupied people. Here in europe, also waiting on the latest developments from jackson hole. Just as we see laura weakening to a category three hurricane, although we know they can still linger it still do damage. Tom 120 Miles Per Hour maximum wind, but the landfall of 160 was extraordinary. The shape of the storm has changed as well. With our first word news in new york, here is ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. It is one of the most powerful storms ever to hit louisiana. You were just discussing hurricane laura, it made landfall near cameron, louisiana with maximum winds of 150 Miles Per Hour, plus there is a threat of a catastrophic storm surge and flash flooding. There is concern that damage could leave areas and uninhabitable for months. It will also shut down a third of the regions Refining Capacity. Winds have died down but laura is still a categor
Major breakthrough in treating the coronavirus, a steroid that could cut deaths significantly among the sickest patients jay powell assuring the market is willing and able to backstop the economy. And finally, fiscal stimulus reports the white house is preparing a trillion dollar infrastructure package for everything from roads and bridges to 5g network. So, were these the three things the market needed to hit it big today . The three horsemen. Hi, mel. Hi, guy how are you well, i mean, they definitely helped, and im looking forward to Jerome Powells testimony tomorrow when somebody asks him what his favorite hardhitting question, what his favorite color is thats always riveting to me its all about the fed i think we all agree with that their commentary has been nothing short of astonishing the infrastructure supposed infrastructure bill, obviously, caught everybodys attention im hard pressed to believe that will get through this year given the divide we have, politically. The covid ne
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