economy and impact of the u.s.-china trade situation that remains unresolved. the impact on the multinational companies. ceo tim cook of apple put out a warning saying that the company was going to miss on earnings that come out later this month in the billions of dollars. apple wasn't put out this kind of miss in years and years. this is clearly shocking wall street, sending the stock down 9% if not more. shaving 100 points because of how heavily weighted apple shares are in the dow. we are seeing the ripple effect through other stocks as well. it's not just apple that will impact the slowing chinese economy. things that cook had blamed for this huge earnings miss. companies everything from ford