Ever so slightly, he can see the dow up 12, the s p downtown, the nasdaq down two tenths, Global Growth underway as chinas property evergreen files bankruptcy protection in a manhattan courtroom, shares of chinese cavities are feeling the heat seen declines across the board ecommerce giant ali baba njd. Com among those moving much slower today as well as ev maker nio, kneel down down 7 , at this hour next friday we will get a better sense of what the fed is thinking as fed chair jay powell will be speaking at the jackson hole central bankers conference a week from today. Many are hoping to glean more information on the fed forward and whether or not they will keep the rates higher for longer. That is the fear. In a rare move Cybersecurity FirmPalo Alto Networks is reporting after the close of markets today, the stock is up 1 , could a friday afternoon Earnings Report be an omnibus sign for palo alto yet market, there has been a lot of speculation we will find out soon enough lets get to the floor show to dissected all, joining me now to good friends keith fitzgerald. I think he is in beatable seattle in my good friend Teddy Weisberg who jumped off his yacht to spend some time with us. Thank you both for being here. Im just tongueincheek. Teddy, let me begin with you, you said we know theres a lot of headwinds, inflation, china, Interest Rates, it goes on and on. We are treading water right now, where do we go from here, if you look in your crystal ball how did things go for the rest of the year. I dont know the rest of the year but we need to get through the rest of the summer. On balance to the end of july its been a pretty good year if not a very good year. You had to have the right horses but you really have nothing to complain about in terms of the popular averages but the markets have simply run into a wall as we exited the secondquarter earnings which that kind of happened to the get through earnings and then the market quite frankly has to have something to focus on and in this case to maintain the positive something positive to focus on. Investors have a short memory, they forget that the first seven months of the year were pretty good, you get a couple of bad weeks and everybodys looking for the ages. Ashley that is so true, keith i looked at your notes, you said i love days like this when fear is palpable, we felt that this week but is it a buying opportunity for you . Are you kidding we had one of the busiest days that we had a long time. This is exactly the day if you are an investor, you want to see because otherwise great companies, remember this is a technical selloff, to teddys point something that happens every summer its like clockwork we know the playbook and we seen it before. If you know that is true by low sell high then you go hunting for the worlds greatest companies and thats what we did today. Ashley very good, the magnificent seven the big cap tech stocks led the way. They cant do it now so we dont have that direction. Who can pick up t the battle if tech isnt leading. Quite frankly we need tech to lead, i dont think its anything fundamentally with the text, they had a huge move just look at the move met a house made from 88 to a higher 325 just a couple weeks ago almost a straight line, technically these stocks need to rest and that theyre all selling off it tells me more technical than fundamental nature. In terms of where we go im not sure im as bullish i think we have plenty of troubled waters ahead of us. I dont know that were going back to where we were seven or eight months ago but clearly the market is going to trade sideways until we get something positive to look at. The very good news is for the folks that want to be riskaverse, you can get 5. 5 shortterm treasuries all day long and its a nice place to hide until the dust settles. Ashley that is a very good point, what do you say are you been a little optimistic to teddys point, theres a lot of headwinds, 5. 5 on the treasury, pretty good return. Theres no doubt about that, to be clear were not just bullish for the heck of being bullish were taking very cautious with quality companies, days like today you dont just way and all the ones you mice will go to vegas, better yet give me your money all go to vegas and have a great time, you change your tactics so you buy a little now, little tomorrow a little a week ahead. To teddys point you have to settle in at buying and selling because thats how the markets work they have to bleed out the access and get to week money shut out soon get the strong money back in, thats whats happening on todays like today. Ashley you could argue its Pretty Healthy but i want to ask you about china talking about headwinds, every piece of Economic Data we get is a little disturbing. When china struggles has ripple effects, doesnt it. Absolutely, china is clearly one of the 800pound gorillas and any level cannot be dismissed and if china struggles and get a cold were going to start sneezing. This is one of the big unknowns into get the World Economy going again clearly you need china to get better. Ashley to teddys point some analysts are saying that could have an impact on Global Demand next year including energy, i know you can see oil at 100 are you buying into the space, why are you bullish . Combine into cavities like chevron because im not so concerned about the commodity itself as a. M. About the ability to service that, they have been huge investments in a great Breakthrough Energy fund and on top of that heckuva dividend, on a low data stock big dividend a market thats down and i expect prices to go up its a logical invitation for me. Ashley very good, i have to finish on the fed, why not they meet in september data dependent, we have to wait for more data the common. What is your sense will we see higher rates for longer than we actually help for . Obviously the street wants lower rates but i think the reality is in spite of all the rhetoric i think the direction of rates is probably higher. For how long who knows, the fact is the reality in the economy continues to chug along in the high rates may be in the Real Estate Market having a negative affect, overall on the economy the economy is fine so that the fed is serious, recent got to go higher. It would be nice if washington was stop spending so much money because you have two people pulling on the same rope in opposite directions. Ashley very interesting, the same question to you, Interest Rates higher for longer, the economy is been remarkably resilient but how much longer cannot last if the fed keeps the rates higher. I maintain, the fed has a physical problem not a rates problem it was longest to washington continues to spend they can raise rates and not fix this problem, we have one or two rate hikes going and thats still going to go but that is because the fed has busted models they missed the crisis in formation and their still missing it now i think we should pause and be responsible and reconsider new information. Ashley do you think we will have a recession . People keep saying, sometime next year. I maintain we were in one year ago but we emerge from it whether or not we go into another one even though they dont call it that thats a subject for academics im going to focus on the World Best Companies in the great stocks, i dont care what the politics a are. Gentlemen, thank you for joining us, happy sailing to you, good to see you both. Backtoschool shopping helping to fuel walmart Second Quarter earnings, could the hunt for the discount fuel gains with the Factory Outlet centers, they are fun to go to, working as a ceo of the outlet operator of the backtoschool shopping rush. The closing bell ring get in at about 50 minutes or so, the claman countdown coming right back with the dow essentially flat. Dad, we got this. We got this. We got this. We got this. We got this. Yay we got this. We got this life is for living. We got this lets partner for all of it. Edward jones the day you get your clearchoice dental implants makes every day. A lets dig in day. Mm. A chow down day. 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Ashley as a summer is officially winding down backtoschool spending is kicking into high gear at the National Retail federation reports backtoschool spending could reach 41. 5 billion, that is up from 36. 9 billion last year as supplies close and tuition prices remain higher, all thanks to inflation, tanker outlets is a leading owner and operator of upscale outlets that sell highend brands of discount prices, joining me now stephen, great to have you here. How is business and how is backtoschool shaping up . First of all thank you for having be back. I would say business with the unofficial kickoff of backtoschool shopping is july 4 weekend and since that time traffic has been very good in sales continue to be steady and improving. Ashley we know the consumer is feeling the pinch from inflation, how would you rate the psyche of the consumer right now, theyre carrying a lot of debt we know that and theyre trying to pinch the pennies from your standpoint, how are the consumers customer. I was at shoppers last week six or seven centers in the south predominately and you pay the consumers carrying a lot of debt, we see the consumer carrying a lot of shopping bags believe it or not and a lot of these brands that they are carrying are the better price point brands so where they can get it edition to everyday value a lot of those brands in icu are showing some of them in the role, these are offering additional value what the consumers been shot Outlet Centers are on sale every day but for backtoschool some of the Better Brands are even more promotional. Ashley you raised your guidance for the year, based on what . Ashley most of the revenue are coming in the form of rent growth. What are the most impressive statistics that we shared in our last Earnings Call the one that we celebrated internally is our ability to grow on a quarterly basis so we had six consecutive quarter of rent growth, what that speaks to from a renewal point of view they are renewing their leases in a higher rent they were paying previously and they put a new player in that space, they are paying close to 25, 30 more than the prior tenant and a lot of opportunity to continue to grow rents on an organic basis. As youre probably aware most of our stores also have a percentage rent kicker when they achieve a sales threshold we share in the upside as well. Ashley that is interesting, bucking the trend, a lot of concern that commercial real estate sector is in big trouble, you obviously are not feeling that but that is a concern. I think retail right now is winning, this summer we seen traffic coming back, people are buying for backtoschool and we are in the value space, we often say were not selling commodity product at a discounted price so if the customer is looking for a key item like sneakers in the cheapest pair of sneakers they can get there is plenty of places for them to shop for the products. In our Shopping Centers it is name brands such as nike, puma, adidas, under armour and everyday value pricing, they are passing to the best possible prices to a customer in a customer is responding and we see a new customer because of the discounts. Ashley stephen i would play a soundbite from the interview from j. P. Morgan chase Business Banking ceo ben walter, i asked him about the rising crime and retail establishments. Listen to this, i will get your comment. You have an impact on small business, its been different most of the organized crime rings that weve seen in bigger businesses with a large amount of merchandise. Retail thefts even with a lot of concern weve seen across the country, have you been affected by . Nobody is immune to retail theft, we think it about it every day, security is a very important part of our Shopping Center, we sell experience were in the Shopping Center business it internally where in the experience business, it is our job to make sure that the Shopping Experience is the best it can be for customers because we rely very heavily on a return visit. For that reason we have a number of visible in not so visible security precautions that we take across the enterprise with very visible shows in the form of security and our partnership with local Police Departments where we get visited fairly regularly to the partnership, we also employ security on site in all of our Shopping Centers. That Shows Security really makes a different for a lot of the customers to shop at our Shopping Centers. Its very interesting until we to open till nine or 10 00 oclock depending on geography are centers philip at 7 00 oclock in the morning not only with the people that work there but for individuals that live in the community that want to walk in a protected environment. We see a lot of mall walkers walking the Shopping Centers early in the morning and it speaks to the fact that theres community and thats important and people are definitely coming out. I dont know whether you break it down better some region stronger than others, is there any trend there . We like the southeast, a lot of Shopping Centers are predominantly in the marketplace that we see in the southeast explode but i would say this summer between our Shopping Centers in long island in our Shopping Centers to the north in connecticut and New Hampshire we see traffic there as well. The southeast really came back a lot quicker particularly from covid and i would say most of the northeastern Shopping Centers have and that is a trend that is building. We see great growth coming from all sectors and a lot has to do with the fact that were on sale every day and her customer is responding to the Value Proposition that they get. Im a must out of time very quickly you were talking about a new mall in nashville, now your days away from opening. That is right we open on october 27 so we are a few short weeks away from the grand opening in the exciting part about that we are 95 leased, we talk about the deals that were talking to retailers about we have some of the best names in the auto business, brandnew names coming to the outlet and what will be most significant is the amount of food and beverage. We made a conscious decision as an organization to make sure that we have better experience for customers and that informs in the way of better food and beverage, shake shack will join us, tailgate brewery, crumble cookies, red bicycle coffee at the Shopping Center in nash nashville. Ashley i cannot have it, i been there for ten years i know what well. Thank you so much for joining us and continue good success in your business endeavors. Thank you we appreciate your time. A pleasure, Mortgage Rates hitting the highest level in more than two decades right around 7 . What economists are predicting could go higher we will get a report on how that plays out with the Housing Market coming up next as we head to the break, the closing bell and 37 and a half minutes with the dow, s p and nasdaq all slightly lower. Well be right back. The biggest ideas inspire new ones. 30 years ago, state street created an etf that inspired the world to invest differently. It still does. 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It is definitely looking grim they let me inside just for you we are in a listing which is a rare sight because inventory is so limited and part of that bid is because of the rising Mortgage Rates making it very expensive for the homebuyer and making us of the home potential seller does not want to sell the big problem is the Mortgage Rate number, 59 of homes in the u. S. Have a Mortgage Rate of 3. 5 or less. If they sell the home and have to buy a new home there going to say yes to a Mortgage Rate of 7 that is causing folks to hold onto their homes. Homes are at record affordability prices are up, Interest Rates are up that makes it very difficult for gen z to buy a home. What were going through instead is a lot of People Living in mom and dads basement were checking up with roommates than they normally would. Low inventory creates higher demand and that means higher prices, take this house that they somehow let me into for example. It is on the market and the sellers purchase for 360,000 in 2021. Two years plus a kitchen renovation later they are asking for half a million in close to closing on that. The problem is theyre not immune to the low inventory either they dont have a new home to move into so they worked out a use and occupancy agreement. Essentially the seller will sell the house to the buyer and then the buyer becomes a landlord and the seller rents it back for a period of 30 45 days while they continue to searching at their next house for the next place. This is my favorite thing to india report on a sour note things might get even worse, that is because the chief economist at the National Association of realtors they are anticipating that the rates in the decade high rate for mortgages could go even higher, their ego happy friday. 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Mitch, you have taken 23 years to put this collection together, do you really want to sell . Not particularly but thank you for having me on. It is very difficult. Its a very difficult situation to be honest. Ashley clearly, you believe you have no other choice. There is nothing else you have a value that you can sell, had to be the collection. I am selling everything i put my hands on i have a commercial jim that i built in my garage and im selling that off as well. It is tough times, the lockdown hurt me it crushed my business, i owned and appointed agency for 24 years and i had to close that, we fell into debt and is trying to come out of it now. Ashley i understand you have to do what you have to do, are you selling the entire collection, nothing that you are keeping. Im keeping one piece for myself because i like it a lot its not really the most valuable thing but it means a lot to me in the wall street journal they took a pick under picture of it, bugs bunny signed by the two artists that drew him when he was in a rangers uniform and it happened like that quite a bit, it makes me happy. Ashley i like that too, that is great. How are you going to sell the collection, ebay, craigslist, how are you going about it. I put it out all over the place, on craigslist it was on ebay for a while, its a marketplace, facebook. Ive had people call me from all over the country, i had all kinds of things, nothing to the point that it made sense to sell it, this is a reasonable piece that i have in memory and attached to things that might children ross and tori growing up and spending time with my wife pam. Its very emotional for me. It is not just like selling your car which ive had to do in this mess, it is what it is. Ashley in your mind what is the most valuable item that youre selling with regard to the rangers . It is hard to say but i have a 1994 stanley cup helmet that mike richter, a copy of mike richter that was signed by the entire 94 cup team i also have a goalie helmet signed by the 1980 olympic hockey team. I also have pox that were signed individually by the team in virtually you are looking at a picture, every member of the 94 cup team, and eight by ten those are a bunch of hall of famers and i have every goaltender that ever played for the rangers have an eight by ten that you see going up the wall its very precious to me every single one of these mean the world to me. You already got this collection out there, have you had any serious inquiries. I had some inquiries, some people they look to take it vantage of you they offer me ridiculously low money to take advantage. Im not going to do that this is my childrens life this is supposed to be an inheritance i never intended to sell any of the stuff but the economy and things have forced it, now i have no choice. Ashley im sorry you got to that point but hopefully you will get everything that you want for it or more i know thats of little comfort but we wish you the very best and thank you for taking the time to talk with us mitch beck. Thank you. Now this President Biden hosting a press conference with Prime Minister of japan, president of the republic of korea taking questions of the media right now, lets step in and take a listen. This matters try relationship as well as their future, this is something we need to continue to work on. Thank you for the question first of all at todays meeting the rules with International Order are inconsistent to rulebased International Order and activities has been shed in the rulebased free and open additional order must be defended and Going Forward the u. S. 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The chinese are upset warning the three leaders not to form a click, Senior Administration official tells her colleague Edward Lawrence that this summit is not about one country in particular like china or north korea but rather a response to measures in the region that are against u. S. Interest, three deliverables coming out of the summit today. A hotline will be established connecting south korea, japan and the united states, the leaders commit to meet on annual basis for a summit just like this one and they also agreed to unify reaction to security threats in the region as well as messaging that includes supply chain, here is President Biden. Were expanding our Economic Cooperation to build in indo pacific that is peaceful and prosperous, today we have committed to launch a supply chain early warning. To finalize the camp david principles as the president of south korea called them Senior AdministrationOfficials Say the leaders did a lot of work and what they called downtime were the leaders walked around the ground of camp david. By the way this is the first time President Biden has had a foreign leaders, to foreign leaders at camp david. Ashley it is history, grading tremble, thank you very much for that was get back to the markets the closing bell rings and nine minutes from now. The market turning ever so slightly higher, its been treading water all day, the ten year treasury yield lets look at that ezine after he rose to the highest level since october of 2022 down slightly 2. 6 basis points, fourpoint to 5 on the tenure, the upward Movement Following the release of the Federal ReserveMeeting Minutes suggested further Interest Rate hikes could be ahead as inflation concerns remain. Its rather sticky, the now on pace for the worst week since march, lower by 2 , the s p is headed for a Third Straight week of losses a week that hasnt happened since february down 2 and the nasdaq composite set for a third consecutive losing week for the First Time Since december, the nasdaq down 2. 5 . Its not turning out to be a great august for the market, little rocky this weeks decline adding to the losses for the month as you can see the dow off nearly 3 , the s p down for an half percent and the nasdaq down 7 . But having said all of that our next guest says any nearterm dip in this market as a buying opportunity. I love the optimism joining me now Wealth Advisor president brian, explained to me there is a lot of concern on their that high Interest Rates for the longer period of time in the inflation, china, you name it but you say jump in when theres a buying opportunity. Thats right at the end of the day what this market is trying to get back to is the fundamentals. In the short term the market is treading water as you said before because weve seen a great run and investors are trying to figure out if the market is overbought in some areas and we have important policy meetings coming up at the end of september with rates this month we have the jackson hole meeting an important Earnings Report with growth sectors next week. When you take a step back from everything it comes down to the earnings outlooks. Right now those outlooks for 2024 are looking expansionary, growth and profits should continue for the s p 500, i think what investors are doing, the thinking ahead and saying if we can get by the fed r rate increases which are coming to an end and if companies can still maintain profitability and expanded the profitability maybe some of the multiples are justified, that is why any major pullback on the market considering the constructive outlook could be an opportunity. Ashley are there any particular sectors that you like and would recommend. I think investors need to be selective, we know that the tech sector has run up in the valuations on their on a forwardlooking basis are above historical averages. If we break it down into the polls and of the Global Economy is not hit a deep recession that most people are fearing, you could take a look at global industrials as a sector to consider, also the healthcare sector is showing signs to play defense as well as offense we dipping about innovation coming from the biotech in the pharma names and lastly lets focus on small caps there smaller cavity stocks that trend down with a recessionary slowing economics, also the stocks that bounce back first and perform other sectors. If you break it down we can probably focus on a few stocks if you want as well. Ashley you like united health, i was going to ask you, do you think thats a good defensive play . I think in this environment the offense, defense and aging demographic in the u. S. , we see the regulation is still supportive of insurance pricing and also the medicare advantages and supplemental plans are continuing to grow that is an area where you can find value in a market that is really been high negative i think unitedded health care might be one of those names specifically. Ashley you also like a Company Called ferguson, its a u. K. Based company. What do they do and why do you like it . Thank you for bringing that the up. Trying to be a little bit different, trying to find value. Ashley yeah, thats good. Yeah. So fergusons based in the u. K. , but they have a big business here in north america focusing on infrastructure, hvac and other type of plumbing areas. Thats a business that you could say is recessionaryproof and produces cash flows regardless of how the economys going, right . So looking at valuations and a strong, expansive dividend, thats a places that might make sense. Plus if the dollar weakens, that also helps international stocks. Ashley so much is talked about, brian, about the tech sector, the magnificent seven. Theyve led the way for so long, but then theyve had this pullback which many argue is probably healthy because they were pretty overstretched. But, you know, is this the sector thats going to eventually lead again . I think, i think there will probably be a little bit of a pullback because the a. I. Innovation trend is definitely there. But its going to take 57 years to play out. So you want to look for names in the space that are going to be pervasive. And when i look at the overall tech space, you have a lot of Smaller Companies at a runup in value that are well ahead of their profitability or earning targets in the future. So stay with the wig boys, so to speak big boys but ill throw out one other name just to try to be helpful. Companies such as micron, for example, that play in the storage area of that space. You think about more and more data that needs to be processed, youve got to have a place to store it. Thats not as sexy as maybe a semiconductor name, but from a valuation perspective a little bit more attractive and also a having a chance to be more in the picks and shovels, so to speak, of that space moving forward. So again, in this environment when we see some quick moves in the market and some dislocation of price, the best advice that i can give to investors is to be selective and stay diversified and dont always chase the winners. Ashley what about the bond market or treasuries . You know, look, you can get 5, 5. 5 on a shortterm basis. I mean, thats kind of attractive too, is it not . Especially in this environment. Ash, thats e a great point. The bond market right now, i think, is really fairly valued. And if we look at where yields have gone recently this month, more supply coming to market, the thoughts that maybe the fed might raise rates in september which we still think is a jump ball, so to speak, bonds right now are really attractive. You can get some really high quality bonds on short duration with yields 5 or more as you said and even in the municipal space, taxfree bonds around the same. So we actually believe bonds is a great opportunity to bring that back into portfolios as a means to manage the risk on the equity side while picking up that income. And, again, to your point, at levels that we have not seen in a very long time. Ashley right. I mean, its, you know, it cant hunter, i dont think. A lot of people say, hey, thats not a bad deal. Ive got to mention the fed, brian, because of course theyll be coming up to jackson hole soon. Theyve said numerous times we are datadependent. Weve had some strong data, actually. July retail sales and industrial production. The economys remarkably resilient, and does that mean that the fed is kind of being forced to keep these rates higher for longer . I think the fed is going to continue to look really hard at the next month of data because i think, to your point, there is there are some inherent conflicts. Weve seen wage growth month other month still increase month over month still increase while at the same time showing a little bit of slowdown in the labor market and a little bit of a slowdown in consumer spending. But at the end of the day, the one thing that seems to be coming out recently is that economists are are taking up ticking up their forecast for growth this quarter. If all this continues to show that moving forward demand is still going to be there in the economy, then unfortunately i think the fed is still going to have to act and try to slow down demand with hopes that its going to slow down inflation for the year. Ashley very good. Brian vendig, masterful performance. Thank you so much for all of that information. The closing bell ringing, down across the dow essentially, well, there you have it, flat for the day. Kudlow is larry hello, folks, welcome to kudlow. Im larry kudlow are. As you know, i just sat down with former President Donald Trump in an hourhong economic