Forces at play. Lets get to kaylee. We are marginally positive on the s p 500. Up. 5 . I want to talk about the best performing stocks. Upex was the best performer, 13 after blowing away expectations in the First Quarter. All of those people shopping, ordering things to their home, boosting revenue by 20 . That stock heading to its best day since 1993. Pfizer getting a nice list after positive results nice lift. Beer and wine sales plus better profitability. I want to talk about technicals for a moment. After the best quarter since 1998 for the s p 500, we start the Third Quarter in a strong position from that standpoint. The index starting july back above that support line. I want to talk about longterm ipo performance for this year. As you mentioned, dun and bradstreet returning to the Public Markets today rallying 17 after raising 1. 72 billion. The other large offerings, warner music and zoom into technology which is up more than 100 . E a nice day for dun and bradstreet. The jobs
2. 5 florida reporting a record jump in new cases today the governor of texas saying there is a major Virus Outbreak sweeping the state new york, New Connecticut imposing ;stcftk from hotaa spots guy . The bottle i dont think theres anyway to get people to go back to what we were doing a few weeks ago i think we tried to do this too quickly. One of the things i said and im not splitting the at tom here, a lot of people have said it, the bullish, cmi m 1 if you want t }zthe beach. That soon as much as youd love ton seea vaccine arounds, the corner,vs just not thereband the0รทnumbe are going back. thats veryfk troubling especiay when youre talking about s an economy thatca73 drivecmby consumer theanes p 500 clztoday at 3050 to me the number that keeps popping up is 2790 and the s p 500. It makes a lot of sense for a lot of reasons you just say, well, look where we came into a day like today where there was some disturbing news on the virus the market has been unabashedly
Tweet us cnbc fast money. Lets start with a strong start to the week for the markets. In fact, recordbreaking close for the nasdaq tech leading the way it has done so often guy, your take on todays rally. If we snapshot today, guy, Half Way Point of the year, the dow is down 8 or so the nasdaq 100, up 21 , almost a 30 differential will that be repeated in the second half of the year . Well, first of all, its great to be with you you know, im a huge fan of yours. Ive mentioned that number of times. So. Thanks for hanging out with us this evening. Thanks for having me, guys. Im hard pressed to believe that you can come anywhere close to having that same kind of out performance in the second half but i have to say, i didnt think it would happen in the first half of the year so who am i to sort of speculate on that. What i will say in terms of the s p 500 with its move basically within a whisper of its alltime high if you assume 130 worth of earnings for the s p 500, which is a pipe dream,
Chairman Jerome Powell will update the committee on Monetary Policy develop and the state of the u. S. Economy. It has always been four months since the last Humphrey Hawkins hearing, but we are seeing a different economy today. One that has been racked by the physical and Economic Impact of the covid19 pandemic, and ensuing shutdowns. Chairman powell, you have stated that the Federal Reserve is strongly committed to using our tools to do whatever we can and for as long as it takes, to provide relief and instability to ensure that the recovery is as strong as possible. Additionally, the fed has purchased more than 2 trillion in treasury and mortgage began ins since midmarch. Because of this, the Balance Sheet has expanded to more than 7 trillion. Congress, the administration, and regulatory agencies have taken action to protect and stabilize the infrastructure of our Economic System. The cares act has been central to that effort, and recent stats indicate that our labors are working. I
There are no active considerations right now to reduce the indiscernible 31 , excuse me. The point is that if you thought that equity returns were not so good tactically, you could sell the futures now and buy the long treasuries without going through the option business. You could rebalance the portfolio right now. You have the discretion to do that. Just like you had the discretion to go to 6 treasuries that you didnt do for whatever reason. Well, we look at it that we are defensively positioned right now. Okay. And you dont thank we need to become more defensive tactically in the near term . No, we dont. Okay. Because in your memo you have mentioned how in the markets went down a great deal in 2007, that everybody thought it was going to bottom out and it went down greatly again. So it can happen again. I think that you mentioned how in your career and probably amongst all of us here you have the longest investment career but theres other people who said no one investing today has e