Thanks, simon. We begin this hour with trading troubles in the market. The three big areas were focusing on macro, fundamental and technical, and dominic chu will lay out the bull and bear case for each. Dom . Theres strong and theres a lot of them on both sides of the equation. Sure. Lets talk about the macro Bigger Picture scale first. First of all, you have at least whats perceived to be some economic strength or resiliency. Maybe not robust growth. Still, in the eurozone and the u. S. , yes, i know the eurozone is stepied at best and may be slipping back to recession but its holding in there and the u. S. Holding it better than most economies out there. Thats kind of the bullish case if you want to see it that way. Take a look at china though. Slowing growth there. Growing faster than any of us out here, but, still, that slowing growth may be a huge case for the downside of chinas economic woes really deepen as the market it your miles condition. Lets take a look at whats happening
Again. Bob iger joins us in a few moments. Apple looks set to continue. But Merrill Lynch adding insult to injury. And tonight tesla and fitbit coming out. But first up disney reported better than expected earnings. But they were hurt by slowed growth at the International Theme parks but still up more than 20 so far this year. And well have an exclusive interview with bob iger in just a few moments from now. Jim, you were up very early reading through the quarter, reading transcripts, i assume. You said today is the bears day. Well, i think a lot of it is selfinflicted pi disney. They gave a prediction which was a high single digit projection for cable. Its about 42 of their business and they missed the projection. When you set a benchmark and you underperform, even if its not as important as other things, you have to take the pain. And theyre getting punished for that. But lets find out. I mean, he certainly knows more. And for joining us is bob iger, lets go to it. You gave us three
Those blasts sent massive fire balls into the nights sky. The initial blast erupted at a warehouse for Hazardous Materials and triggered other explosions at nearby businesses. Those explosions could be felt miles away. The cause at this point not immediately clear. Lets take a look at some live pictures this morning from tianjin china. You can still see the smoke cloud billowing. We heard from hyundai. Well take more of a look at whats happening with china in a bit. About 4,000 imported vehicles were destroyed by that blast. Heres the big stories today, China Central bank holding a News Conference in beijing overnight arguing theres no basis for continued currency depreciation. Earlier in the day they set the rate below yesterdays close. Well have a live report in a moment. Athens wants to see a vote before a euro zone identifinanc meeting tomorrow. It argued it lacked clarity on the direction of policies. Here in the u. S. A busy day on the data front. We get jobless claims, july reta
Getting too expensive. Well, weve got a money manager who thinks theres still room to run. Hell make his case, coming up. And disney still one of the big dow winners this year so far. We will be live at the companys socalled d23 expo to look at how the force behind the Star Wars Franchise could affect that stock. Jane wells, who else but jane wells, is on site for us. Our own princess lea. And its the company the New York Post said provided something close to legal Insider Trading. The ceo of media radar, and you may remember his name, will tell us how his ad tracking software is now helping hedge funds. Im very excited to talk to him. I may have interviewed him back in the day. Would that we had the footage. Its a story, those of you who have been watching the market for a number of years will remember it. Its a great story. First, lets start with Jackie Deangelis at the nymex with these gasoline prices spiking in parse of the midwest despite this slide in crude oil. Weve been talking
His speech to the General Assembly tomorrow. After slamming the u. N. For years when do you see the United Nations solving problems . They dont. They cause problems. How will he be received by World Leaders . All that, plus another Fraternity Pledge killed in a possible case of hazing. What needs to change. A special live event this morning. A ferris wheel worker survives a terrifying fall. And must see tv. All the highlights from the emmys. The big winners, the hottest fashions and a spicy surprise. Today, monday, september 18th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on this monday morning. Its 7 00 on the west coast. We thank you for joining us. Its one of those morningings where al is in the center of all the headlines. Theres a lot for him to be watching at this hour. Hes all over our top story. Three powerful storms churning in the atlantic. Including hurricane jose