Meme Stocks Rollercoaster: Clover Health Continues to Surge While Wendy's Slumps, The U.S. Has a $250B Answer to China, The IRS Investigates Release of Wealthy Americans' Tax Information, Yields Fall As the S&P 500 Chases History, And EV Maker Lordstown Motors' "Substantial Doubt" Zaps the Stock
b'Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber kicked off the show by highlighting another volatile day for the so-called "meme stocks": Chamath Palihapitiya\'s Clover Health surges to a new record high while Wendy falls after Stifel downgraded the stock to "Hold" from "Buy". The anchors explored what\'s next for both the new and old Reddit-fueled stocks. They also discussed the Senate\'s bipartisan passage of a $250-billion bill aimed at countering China\'s tech ambitions and boosting semiconductor production in the United States. Speaking of the government: The IRS says it is investigating the release of wealthy Americans\' tax information in wake of ProPublica publishing details about the reported income and tax payments of multi-billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett. Also in focus: Shares of Campbell Soup tumble on the company\'s weaker-than-expected quarterly results, Merck agrees to supply the U.S. government with its oral antiviral treatment for COVID, Why yields are falling as the S&P 500 is within striking distance of a record intraday high, and Lordstown Motors shares take a big hit after the electric truck maker said there was "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue as a going concern. The anchors reflected on what Lordstown\'s CEO told CNBC back in March about how "we never said we had orders".'