China’s Shanghai Composite Index surged 5.7%, the largest move in 5 years, after Chinese state media said that fostering a healthy bull market is now important after the coronavirus.

In the US, there’s been a surge in coronavirus cases in Florida, Texas, and California where governors are weighing the possibility of increasing lockdowns.  Meanwhile Goldman Sachs released a report that they expect the US economy to contract 4.6% in 2020, a jump from 4.2% in their last outlook.  US coronavirus cases are approaching 2.9M and nearly 130K deaths.

The Uber deal to purchase Postmates looks official.  Uber is expected to acquire the food delivery service for $2.65B which will expand their Uber Eats service.  Postmates currently controls about 10% of the food delivery market.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) is to purchase Dominion Energy (D), a natural gas transmission and storage company for $4B plus about $6B in debt.  It is the largest deal made by Warren Buffett’s firm in over 4 years.

No Earnings of note for today.

The economic calendar is light with Final Services PMI @ 9:45am ET and ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI @ 10:00am ET.

Volatility ticked up last week and remains elevated.

No Size bias as Globex volume was mixed.

A Fed rate course reversal???  St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said yesterday that a “darkened” global trade narrative could slow the growth of the US economy, followed by a “downward policy rate adjustment may be warranted soon.”  The bulls sent US stocks up into yesterday’s cash close.

Markets will be watching Fed speak closely this morning: John Williams @ 8:30am EST and Chair Jerome Powell @ 9:55am EST.  CME futures predict a 50% chance of a rate cut in July with 2 more before 2020.  That would be quite a reversal in Fed policy…

FAANG companies are in US lawmakers’ crosshairs.  A House Judiciary committee announced a top-to-bottom review of US tech companies and the DOJ and FTC announced they would tackle large monopolistic companies such as Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook.

Dem David Cicilline of RI said “The growth of monopoly power across our economy is one of the most pressing economic and political challenges we face today…  market power in digital markets presents a whole new set of dangers.”

In the same vein, Apple announced they will be killing iTunes and instead split music, podcasts, and TV into separate apps.  Earnings today include CRM, AMBA, GWRE, CBRL, GME, TIF, LE, HQY, and NAV.

The economic calendar is light with Factory Orders and Constructions Spending @ 10:00am EST.  Volatility continues to tick up and if Powell hints at decreasing rates, the ES could move today.  Size bias is a divergent short into Bullard’s 8:30am talk.

US and global stock markets are a little rattled by Trump comments concerning a scheduled June 12 Singapore meeting with North Korea and US trade war progress with China.  The US and South Korea held a joint military exercise last week and now Trump is saying there’s a good chance the North Korean meeting will not take place on June 12, but still a good chance it will at some point in the future.  About the trade negotiations with China, Trump said it’s “a start” but he was “not pleased” with the progress.  US retailers Target and Lowes missed earnings estimates while jeweler Tiffany & Co. crushed their expectations.  The economic calendar focus is Oil @ 10:30am and Fed minutes @ 2:00pm EST.  Before the main events, we have PMI Composite Flash @ 9:45am EST and New Home Sales @ 10:00am EST.  The ES has pulled back enough where upside volatility should not be hindered as we’ve experienced over the last week.  Volatility continues to contract, but there’s more room to expand now.  Size bias is short on increased Globex volume into the US session open.