The Current Tug of War in this Market
What’s in Today’s Report:
- The Current Tug Of War in this Market
- Weekly Market Preview: Do Rising Coronavirus Cases Matter?
- Weekly Economic Cheat Sheet: Tomorrow’s Global Flash PMIs Are The Key Report This Week
Futures are moderately higher despite generally negative news over the weekend (the news wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t good either, and certainly not worth a 75 bps rally in futures).
Coronavirus cases continue to move higher, as new cases rose above 30k in the U.S. for the first time since early May.
Politically, President Trump’s Tulsa rally undershot expectations, highlighting a still challenging path to re-election (the market still views the Trump administration is more business friendly than a Biden administration, yet despite the polls, markets are not pricing in virtually any chance of a Biden win in November, and we think that’s a risk going forward).
Today the calendar is quiet as there is only one economic report, Existing Home Sales (E: 4.29M). So, incremental coronavirus headlines will likely move markets, and if we get any more headlines about companies closing stores/businesses in Florida/Arizona/Texas/California, that should weigh on markets.