The View from 5th Avenue

The View at Two – 22 May 2020

Summers here - Markets are heading into the long weekend with the traditional defensives outperforming.  Homebuilders are higher by 1.4%, Staples 19bps, and Utilities 36bps, and 10-year Treasuries are hovering around the .66% level.  And that defensive posturing means ytd underperformers (now called Value) are lagging.  Economic data started the long weekend early by taking the day off, but traders had a couple more earnings to check before they disappeared.  Once again, the CV-19 winner/ losers earnings showed, as Foot Locker (FL -12.9%) reported comp sales that fell 42.8% in the quarter.  Top supplier, Nike (-24bps), is not expected to report till mid-June.

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