Consumer in this covid economy and a ventilator boost from medtronic, but sales for other medical devices remain lower medtronics ceo will join us exclusively later this hour. Carl, jims shaking his head already. I dont know speculative market ive ever seen i was going to say, jim, i mean, what a confluence of headlines and then to layer on what you were talking about with becky, this seemingly endless generational bid for stocks in general. You know, look at these plug power did a deal last week, 38 million shares of 22. 25, norwegian did a deal of 40 million shares at 20. 80, carnival did a huge deal at 17. 59, up huge on that, American Airlines did a deal, huge amount of stock, and about price that is a dollar below where this it is trading. Ive never seen anything like it where are the profit takers . Where are they i dont know. This is listen, we have been talking about this new cohort in the market, theyre for real, man. They are real it is not just ev stocks that are ev Companie
Nasdaq declined. 82 there is only one thought. Good, they all got a chance to buy. Not long ago on days like this we say oh boy, i got to get out of here while it is getting good who knows what it is going to happen with this thing it is going to roll over now we often see pull backs like this as opportunities that are too precious to swander. How do we explain the new mindset . I think because we broken the tyranny of the indexers. When the fed says something positive or when we get solid employment number. Either way, we were in the throw to these big macro events. They control everything. Not anymore. These days macro does not matter very much. And etf buyers have stopped reacting to this stuff instead they react to the opportunity so when stocks come down, these people step up and actually start buying, make it much harder to have a hideous selloff you know what there is nothing new about this less lock steps opportunity mindset. This was the old new normal of the index funds 20 ye
Take a hit. The covid consumer, walmart, home depot and kohls among retailers reporting earnings today. Walmart says ecommerce sales up 79 . And elon musks billions, tesla getting a spot in the s p 500. It is among the highest valued companies to ever enter the benchmark index and musk is on top to become number three, that is the third richest person in the world. Indeed, guys. Well start with the retail picture this morning, jim, youve been vocal as to the investor response on home depot and walmart. I guess thats related to the news out of amazon. Look, by the way, those stocks do tend to run up in the quarter and sell off thats nothing new a more aggressive amazon is always something we have to Pay Attention to i remember when amazon bought pill packs, the drug stores got killed i also point out that walmarts online david, thats not going to go away you can argue someone is going to argue thats the peak i would argue that amazon and walmart have taken so much share in this country,
You go to safety. Youre going to buy volatility, yields, bonds, and the dollar. 10 year yield now 75 basis quite a move from just a few days ago. Crude battered, beaten up today. Less demand for those oil prices. Guy absolutely. Lets recap where we are and what is going on. The german chancellor Angela Merkel currently meeting with heads of the german states. We are going to hear from her we think when that meeting wraps. We are probably likely to hear from her as well tomorrow morning. We are also getting Emmanuel Macron a little later on. Both countries moving toward more restrict of lockdowns. Lets get the latest. Maria tadeo joins us from brussels. Theres a lot of ideas floating around. None of this will be official until both Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel speak. The idea is we are moving into something that looks like a fulltime lockdown in the case of the french government, that we understand is seriously considering a onemonth lockdown that would start thursday night, going
And as andrew was talking about, with mr. Lansdale, big tech will testify. The ceos of facebook, alphabet and twitter will face questions from a Senate Committee this morning. We, of course, will bring that to you carl guys, a lot of jitters, jim, this morning, as to what macron may say later on tonight, european time. Your point on social media has been this premarket weakness is not about the earnings themselves. Right look we would be in a stay in place order if we adopt what merkel is talking about. We have never been on the same page as merkel when trump came in she is more rigorous about hygiene and about masks and social distancing than our country is our country is not the way of germany. I would say you see chicago close, all the dining places, and restaurants and start thinking about travel, leisure, hospitality, it then bleeds into boeing we have this morning and i think it is impossible to think about boeing without thinking about once you get there, where can you go . I th