S p 500 essentially flat year to date nasdaq up some 19 59 minutes left in the session, sara coming up on this friday afternoon, weve got a series of great gifts for you. Red finns stock was on fire the stock selling to have day on the companys cautious outlook as the ceo says the bottom codrp out on the economy were going to talk to glenn kelman in a few minutes. And then apple once again, the Biggest Public Company in the world, surpassing saudi ramco. Continuing the historic run. The market cap now sitting above 1. 8 trillion. Its up over 8. 25 well talk about what an investor should do with this stock next lets focus in on the big stories that were watching. Mike santoli looking at the market and the tech stocks surging to day kayla is looking over the next stimulus package first to you, mike. The story from the morning was that Great Results from the big four of tech did not really lift all votes did you have weakness. Sold a strong open the market firmed up in the last hour or so
Asset management lets go to wall lets check the major averages they did jump following the release of the jobs report the nasdaq 100 and some big names within it. Amazon, microsoft, netflix among those hits new milestones today. This incredible ability for the market to shrug its shoulders at the spikes in coronavirus cases around the country i mention some of those new highs. Everything from amazon to netflix to square and twilio and tesla and docusign what the you make of that ability of the market to stay focused on whats ahead . I think this is really difficult time right now for investors because you kind of have to keep three things in your head at all times the first thing is that we are having this resurgence and the data from some of the biggest cities is getting worse and worse and now out in the suburbs and in some of the states that had not been touched by this before, so you have to keep that in the back of your head at all times. Maybe it chasens you and calms you down a
We want europe to take some of necessary prisoners, they came from several countries well, none from greece, so far. Good. Youre lucky youre lucky we have a lot of people right now in prison, isis fighters, that are tough fighters, and they are where they should be. I think we have done a fantastic job, but eventually, we want to be able to let iraq run its own affairs. Thats very important. At some point we want to get out, but this isnt the point. If we do get out, weve spent a tremendous amount of money on building airports, one of the largest embassies we have in the world, mike, and we want to be reimbursed for the various costs weve had. Well work something out i talk sanctions, but im only talking sanctions if were not treated with respect we have to be treated with respect. Ill tell you what, with what we did excuse me, wait wait wait one second with what we did with isis, and this was done during my administration, because it was a mess before we got here with what we did with
Backdrop for good couple years. Only now are we seeing it pop up. Am i missing something in the president s poll numbers . I think youre right, neil. Always been there. The economy is in good shape, right . Not spectacular shape as many some of the president s defenders would say. It is in good shape. Unemployment seen recently down 50year low. Market likes it. That is a pretty good backdrop from president running for reelection. I think what making it particularly powerful for him, he is up against candidates of a party seems not to just be replacing the president , seems, democrats have been going through this process, talking about replacing nature of the u. S. Economy. They are proposing many of them, pretty radical transformation. Some more radical than others to be tear. Medicare for all, wealth tax, significant regulation. Neil least among them has dramatic plans to raise revenue. Were talking even in joe bidens case, 3. 2, 3. 4 trillion over 10 years. So the challenge i think f
Also in the programme two big australian firms stop buying cotton from china, over concerns about mass human rights abuses by chinese authorities. And squabbling staff and bickering bosses. Theyre bad for the business and team morale. We hearfrom one boss whose found an honest solution to keeping the workforce in top gear. And well be getting the inside track on a plumber turned purveyor of fine tipple. How a chance discovery of a century old illicit distillery led to a business making Award Winning gin. And today as hollywood celebrities admit they are hypocrites for backing extiction rebellion despite jetting round the world, we ask, does it matter . Is the Climate Crisis too big not to back. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. A warm welcome to our new business show, and we start today with brexit. As in the last hour there are fresh doubts about an agreement and this has sent the pound tumbling. Britain and the eu are locked in di