Sitting right on the 18,000 mark on a day when were up 288 points on that index, or about 1. 6 . That also makes it the outperformer of the session. Look at the s p by comparison. Up by about 1. 3 adding 23 points. The nasdaq having a decent day as well adding 53 points. Almost back at 4950 as it continues, bill to climb towards that 5,000 mark. And can we see wti oil for one second . A late, very late rally here after the state Department Said that there was a 5050 chance that we would have a deal with enron by tomorrow. I love this. When kelly and i heard that you said oh gee, only 50. Only 50 50. At least we got 50 50. So half full half empty. Either way, oil rallied, and about a one dollar day on the closer comeback really is what it was. Because it finished down. Well talk to our guests about what that means. We have energy reacting to that move. And we have the financials leading the way today. Notably jpmorgan after that barrons Weekend Edition with jamie dimon on the cover. I h
Bullard tells ft the end is overdue. The 300 point drop for the dow, euro tumbling to 12year low. Will the trend continue . How much cash will banks be allowed to return to shareholders . Results coming from the fed as investors wait to see which banks capital plans will be improved. Changes in google. A new Branded Store in london a potential acquisition. Futures higher a day after the selloff on wall street sent the dow and s p back into negative territory for 2015. The euro falling below 1. 06 after the ecb kicked off qe earlier in the week. Talk about parity and the last time it happened how long it lasted. Even you writing about the time you went to paris. 90 cents is where it came when it was 2002. I went to paris in july of 2008 it was 1. 59. It was the exact top. I remember thinking this Hotel Room Cost an absolute fortune. People forget weve been there before. We have been there before, it was okay. We decided to debase the dollar. So, even though this is historic, its histori
Fido and friends. Were down to two dogs. Were thinking about it. Another German Shepherd . Possibly. When you get door stops or something you always get bookends. His and hers. So they can sit by the edge. Id like to get a brother. Of zara. Yeah what a dog. All right. Well talk a little bit about the Second Quarter. It begins today and the bulls are hoping it starts better than the First Quarter ended. It was a rough session yesterday down for the year by closing down about 200 points yesterday. This is the first down quarter in the last four for the dow. But they ended up. It was slightly higher. The nasdaq is on a nine quarter winning streak. Thats the longest winning streak ever going back to its inception in 1971. Check out the futures this morning and at this point they look like there are green arrows. S p futures up marginally and the nasdaq up by over 7 points. The stories, the big ones were watching today the deadline with the talks for iran have been extended by a day. Were s
The u. S. More american aid workers being pulled out of western africa where officials call this a Public Health emergency. This morning dr. Nancy snyderman is answering your questions. Ending the itching, the app that promises to keep the mosquitos away. Well find out how well it really works today, thursday, july 31st, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Nice to have you along on a thursday morning on today. We have another busy news day today. Thats right. The crisis in the middle east continues. There are new signs this will not be coming to an end any time soon. The Israeli Military is calling up another 16,000 reservists, that brings the total to about 86,000. The death toll in the threeweekold fighting is huge. More than 1,300 palestinians, 50 israelis, 50 soldiers. This morning, israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to destroy the tunnels with or without a
How theyre doing at the end of year. I have to tell you, the bubblicious crowd, they were at the top of their game today. Top of their game earlier this morning. When the market looked really soggy only to work its way back on the strength of some better than expected earnings. Allowing averages to rebound before pulling back at the end of the day over worries about a step up in syrian strife. Finish in the red. Dow dipping 73 points. S p sinking. 3 . Nasdaq declining. Im not going to say the market is too high. Thats not the way i think. Thats not the mad money ethos. See, the market is made up of stocks. A ton of stocks. Some of which can be very overvalued and be bubblicious at a given moment. And others, well, they actually may be undervalued at the same time. We witnessed whole markets be completely skitso. Look, take 2000. While the nasdaq was riddled with dotcom bombs and going from 5,000 to 2,000, whatever, kept plummeting, the zch excluding tech turned out to be cheap. Same ma