Bit, there you go, we turned around, we are up about a point. Remember, please, big rally yesterday, big rally friday. The dows going to open virtually flat. It is almost completely recovered from last weeks losses. Its only tuesday. The s p will be down maybe a point. The nasdaq down maybe a point. I will call it flat at the opening bell. In politics, its all about the boycott, divest and Sanction Movement known as bds and designed to destroy israel. The visit by Rashida Tlaib and ilhan omar, both muslim women in congress, is off. The ball is now in the democrats court. Will the party try to sanction israeli diplomats in america . Or scale back the tenyear, 38 billion aid package for israel which was signed by president obama . Its a dilemma for democrats. The party now has an active antiisrael wing that is clashing with democrats who support the jewish state. Great to be back, by the way. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart again, let me show you the futures. This is how we are
25 of the jobs in america and close to 25 of the nations gdp. Right now, they are feeling good about the economy. A brt survey came out which suggested the rating right now in terms of how they feel about the economy climbed 11 points to85. That is a little above the reading83. Feeling good about the capital sales. Those are up double digits from the last quarter. Plans for hires have particulared higher. They sent out a survey asking ceos and if they think Government Policies are undermining American Free enterprise. 75 of ceos think that. Of those who answered yes, 92 partly s92 cited over regulation. We will talk to the ceo as and what they would like to hear from the administration and what they feel is most important to growth policies in the United States. Thats what we are talking about with the ceos today. I can forecast whats coming. Some buyback stuff. They dont like those. Corporate ceo compensation stuff. A lot of different populous rhetoric coming out of it. What is weird
Bitcoin hitting record highs, the continuation of a rally that has been building for a couple of months. There are a couple of factors the mainstreaming of bitcoin. You may recall earlier this year regulators in the us open and investing opportunities attached to crypto currencies to more investors, and since then funds have been pouring into that. There was a report that huge figures have been raised. That has definitely increased things on the demand side. On the supply side, there is a 0n the supply side, there is a process called halving, part of the bitcoin protocol, only a certain number are issued, and once every four years, a reward for bitcoin miners, that number decreases. That may also have an impact on what investors think the supply will be. All of this i think you can safely say is leading to that craze for laser eyes, the meme that bitcoin fund is used when they are feeling optimistic about it. ~. , they are feeling optimistic about it. We will come back to it. Michelle.
A homeless encampment, and the push from neighbors to have it removed. Also, a bombshell move. The sudden decision selfdriving car Company Cruise is announcing, coming just days after california ordered the company to stop operations in the state. This is today in the bay. Good friday morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. 5 00 right now. A lot to get to on this friday morning. First, were following breaking news that is impacting the commute in Mountain View. Mike is following it. Lets show you live pictures. Theyve been giving me updates as the situation changes. The flares are forcing folks off before they can make the connection onto 101. Behind the camera, theyre working on this burntout shell of a vehicle involved in this crash. They hit a barrier on the side of the road and spun around, theyre facing the wrong way. There was a fire and one person has died. The tow truck is on scene and they are able to hook this up from a flatbed and remove it hopefully in the next 15, 2
Ashley thank you very much, charles payne. Great stuff as always. Hi, everyone, im Ashley Webster in for liz claman. The dow is off 179 points and back blow that, i guess, psychological mark of 40,000. It breeched it in the final moments of trading friday but pulling back today. The s p 500 and back below 500 and so far so good and s p 500 will be a squeaker and needs five points for the 24th record finish of the year and tups 5. 87. Could be interesting. Reports from lowes target, tjx and big key events on wednesday, nvidia earning ands, yes, the fed minutes. Vice chair Phillip Jefferson saying cautiously optimistic about inflation fight but its still too early to tell if the slow down of inflation is long lasting. Very noncommittal. Itll take awhile to be confident on inflation. Take a look, 2year yield hit ago oneweek high in the session today. Two year at 4 hadnt 48 and 10 year up slightly at 4. 44 . By the way, the 10 year holding above that 4. 4 ever so slightly for the second da