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Real Vision: Finance & Investing

Daily Briefing – Aug 24, 2020 – Real Vision Talks K-Shaped Recovery, Tesla, Money Fund Fee Waivers

Real Vision: Finance & Investing

Real Vision

Business News, News, Investing, Business

4.11.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Real Vision senior editor Ash Bennington hosts managing editor Ed Harrison to make sense of a series of financial news stories -- from the so-called “K-shaped” recovery to the struggles American college towns are facing to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ringing the alarm bell on TikTok. They also evaluate Tesla’s meteoric rise, looking at comments made by Joel Greenblatt, a legendary investor as well as a Real Vision guest, that he “can’t explain it." Lastly, Ed and Ash scrutinize the rise of “investing gurus” on social media platforms. In the intro, Jack takes another look at the U.S. housing market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Te's and sees apply. It's Monday, August 24, 2020, just after market closes in New York. This is the Real Vision Daily Briefing. I'm Ash Bennington

0:45.1

in New York joined shortly by managing editor Ed Harrison. But first, the day's

0:50.4

stories from Jack Farley. Thanks, Ash. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index posted a positive reading of 1.18 for July.

0:58.6

While this figure is above zero meaning that the nation's economy is growing at a faster than average rate. This was below the record high of 5.33 in June, as well as the 3.7 that was expected for July. Despite this mediocre reading, U.S. equities were unfazed. They opened strong this

1:16.1

morning with a Tao leading the way, but not quite matching the sizable gains of European and Asian equities.

1:22.1

Interestingly enough, during today's rally

1:24.0

yields have held steady so far, indicating that it's not so much of a bond

1:28.4

sell-off that is causing this equity rally. Leading housing ETS like

1:31.9

ITB and XHGB continue to post new records as a result of a booming housing market.

1:37.0

As you may remember, U.S. existing home sales experienced a month over month increase of 24.7%, shattering expectations by 10 whole percentage points.

1:46.3

Building permits as well also increased dramatically by 18.8%.

1:50.4

That's the third highest monthly change on record.

1:53.2

Same with US housing starts, which increased at a 22.6 month-over-month rate.

1:58.0

Altogether, the Census Bureau and the Housing and Urban Department

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