Halting max production plus, iff is merging with duponts biosciences and nutrition unit it is a deal that will create a new consumer giant valued at more than 45 billion. Iff ceo and duponts executive chairman will be joining us to discuss the deal in just a few minutes. And record rally, the iss p and nasdaq new highs lets start with boeing, moving lower in the premarket, the journal is among those reporting that the company is considering suspending or cutting production of the 737 max. In response to the story, boeing issued a statement to cnbc saying it would continue to assess production decisions based on the timing and conditions of a return to service for the max. And as we know, guys, faa last week through cold water on that return happening before year end. Right i think that this is something that some people say it is a foregone conclusion. And that the reason why you didnt see this before was that the way that accounting works, something i think a great cfo would understan
Slowing economy. Joining us for the hour, stephanie link great to have you. What do you make of this market right now . I have fatigue over trade i really do. Its impossible every day it changes. So im trying to ignore it and focus on fundamentals. Today i thought we got some good data on the economy. The philly fed better than expected vince were better than expected meaning he they went own maybe were bottoming. Lets see the flash pmis tomorrow existing home sales up 5 yearoveryear good consumer, lets talk retail earnings have been very good Minus Department stores and some one office. I think that bodes very well for the consumer fatigue over trade but excitement over m and a. Very much so. Im still excited by trade. Im more excited about bristolmyers closed earlier than expected. Thats a great story for 2020. So theres a lot underneath the surface to this market of whats going on and thats what im trying to focus on versus trade. Lets get straight to that big story, the potential c
Operation twist, where we just had a liquidity dynamics last time i was on we talked about Earnings Growth bottoming and reaccelerating of course the rate of change is what boosts the multiple so were this one of those periods where it should extend not just through end of the year, but into the beginning of next year as well. So if you think about when those rallies stalled out after qe2, that was the point where everyone realized all that liquidity didnt really boost earnings all that much and by then stock prices were ahead of fundamentals but between now and then, i think that the path of least resistance is still higher lets take a quick look at treasury yields. The fed operations is a large part of why. The ten year is yielding 1. 73 and meanwhile Chinese State media, remember on sunday the pro democracy candidate scoring a landslide victory winning almost 90 of the district down can still seats. And now beijing is calling the election a setback for hong kongs Democratic Developm
Squad, 2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren vocalizing her support for the pop singers battle with former record label, swift has been cleared to perform older music at the American Music awards, thats this sunday but warren has used the bad blood to slam all private equity firms, lets go straight to grady who has been all over the story for us, grady. Hey, david, you took all my taylor swift song intros there. It was sold earlier this year the Carlisle Group, senator Elizabeth Warren apparently is with swift chiming in on this, taylor swifts work is being threatened by privateequity firm, they are costing jobs and crushing entire industries and says its time to rein them in. Alexandria ocasiocortez chiming in as well, predatory practices actively hurt millions of americans, leverage buyouts have destroyed the lives of retail workers across the country scrapping 1 plus million jobs, in this case the private equity firm involved the Carlisle Group isnt commenting but worth noting the data from
Street stocks set to open at new records once again the stock market just hit another all time in history high, meaning 401 k s and jobs everybodys getting rich and im working my off. Shares of deere sliding, ahead of the open. Issuing a profit warning for fiscal 2020 as trade tensions persist. The toys r us come back, after shuttering all the stores, the new Companies First toy store set to open in new jersey this morning as stocks look to set some new records on optimism about trade, Economic Data today is also in the mix. 3q revised up. Business investment up 1. 2 proxy for investment, that was not a good number last month making up for it now. In tune with what the market has been trying to say, which is that we had this soft patch, were pulling out of it, i think there is a real willingness by the market by investors to look through any near term kind of softness in the incoming numbers because they feel as if we kind of escaped the greatest risk i think these numbers would confir