SPCE - Wall Street Breakfast: Delta Fears

Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha, iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify. Delta fearsIt's "Freedom Day" in the U.K., which just lifted the majority of its remaining coronavirus restrictions, but investors seem to be more nervous there, as well as across the globe. The rise of the rapidly spreading Delta variant is threatening to derail many efforts towards a full economic reopening as worsening outbreaks continue to cloud the once-promising outlook. U.S. stock index futures are also joining the global selloff after the major averages posted their first negative week in four: Dow -1.1%; S&P 500 -0.8%; Nasdaq -0.4%.Mixed feelings: "If we don't do it now we've got to ask ourselves, when will we ever do it? This is the right moment, but we've got to do it cautiously," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a statement.

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Wall Street Breakfast: Delta Fears