Growth rate and job creation, now if you put the fed statement and higher jobless claims together, thats whats pushing stock prices down this morning. Look at it. The dow is off about 100, s p 60, nasdaq about 31, more on that in a second. All right, did you watch night 3 of the Democrats Convention . It was hate trump night. Speaker after speaker layed into the president in personal terms. He gets the blame for everything. Seems to me like the democrats have not gotten over their loss 4 years ago. The president was live tweeting all the way through. We will show you both sides of this, of course, but seems to me like all of the democrats have is hate trump. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart look at the red ink on the markets, first of all, down across the board but not that much. Lets get right at it. Larry kudlow, director of Economic Council at the white house. Larry, negatives this morning. More than 1. 1 million jobless claims, the fed says the virus is hurting growth, back
And see where they stand creeping up. Over the seven handle at. 713. Well see what kind of core relation that may have with the equities market. Melissa, welcome to the club this morning it is great to be here and start the morning with you guys. I say that with a hint of sa sarkasm. Shes a regular you are ready to play. Always, you got to bring it each time. No i in team. Theres only a me upgrading laura overnight and learned it is rapidly intensifying and bracing for great winds. A category 4 with winds of 130 miles an hour. More than half a Million People have been ordered to evacuate from these areas 84 of off shore gulf production has been shut in compared to 90 in katrina not only is this having an impact on Oil Productions and industries from this storm that could impact tonight salesforce shares soaring after the Company Reported earnings of 1. 44. More than doubling revenue is above estimates core sales of the cloud road by 13 . The company got a big boost on investments. Guid
Dom chu, the markets in particular you can see here 3385 is where were at on the s p. Were a stones throw, kind of spitting distance from there 3393 is the intraday record high, so those two levels to watch. The dow underperforming with the nasdaq returning to that leadership position almost a full percent today record levels of home Builder Sentiment to the upside. A far cry from where we were four months ago with regard to homeBuilder Sentiment. If youre looking for a marketplace for better days ahead, check out whats happening over the near term with etfs. They both track Home Construction and stocks. Look at the massive surge weve seen from those particular etfs just since the covid lows in march. Remember, a big deal responsible for a lot of jobs in the economy as well. Well watch that trade the stock of the day so far is nvidia they are up about 7 today driven in part by analysts in succesquehanna who have put it high, already up again 210 in just the last year nvidia raising tha
Profit increase as iron ore holds up amid the pandemic. Relations go even further. China says attacks on tiktok were bullying and rejection of fair competition. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. U. S. Futures opening flat after the s p 500 and other major indices ended the session mixed. We had a rally in Technology Companies with the nasdaq gaining 1 . Selling off sos the s p 500 was dragged a little lower. Still closing at the highest level since february. The third time in the past week that the index topped above its february closing record during the session, but ended below it. Still up more than 50 from its march low. We did get more positive ecodata. A gauge of Builder Sentiment jumping to the highest since 1998. Take a look at oil because that positive sentiment over the economy taking oil for a five month high, all the right now under pressure. Wti now headed towards 42 a barrel. See how things are shaping up, here is Sophie Kamarud
How apples shakeup is driving the blue chips plus the online surge, best buy notching is 242 gain in ecommerce sales in the Second Quarter but can it last . Trade optimism, u. S. And china officials reaffirming their phase one commitment, the s p is poised to add to its record run. Jim, i saw you last night mentioning those changes to the dow and your general point was dont be fooled in thinking there is as much money indexed to the dow as to the s p. We said that last night, its been the theme all morning and theres been no sellers. One of the reasons theres been no sellers are the people who are now trading stocks in early hours have tremendous conviction in the face of being wrong its rather incredible because the hubris of these people they must think dow jones has a lot of money to it and it has to come out of exxon and into salesforce david, you have been at the forefront of the network in explaining the nature of the dow and you see this, too. Arent you shocked that even after w