Die. Thats the mantra so many businesses out here. The tsunami of invention disruption reaches far beyond this intense city and the valley that abuts it. The storm clouds darkening the fortunes of others in the inevitable riptide of creative destruction. The reverberations rattle whole industries with a wake so brutal they often determine the direction of stock prices in whole segments on a day where the dow dropped 55 points, s p lost. 16 and the nasdaq decreased. 24 lets just deal with the news. Take the biggest stock news of the day, the possible combination between shop and Td Ameritrade with the former buying the latter in a 26 billion combination that would create what might be an unbeatable 5 trillion online colossus these two companies have been sworn opponents ever since electronic trading became the way of the future more than 25 years ago. They have been in a battle for assets come on, its been incredible. And assets and commissions, the latter knowing no bounds with pervasi
If she becomes president mornings with maria beginsing right now. All right weve got a big show this morning joining the conversation Mitch Rochelle is here and president and pat centers the author of persuasion lee carter is here and entrepreneur great to see you thanks so much for joining us. Good to have you back. Kevin we want to talk about growth stories this morning but we have to kib this hour office on violence overnight police clashing with protesters at the Hong Kong Polytechnical University authority have tried to storm the campus. But were stopped by firessed a entrance. Police surrounded disool firing tears gas arresting those trying to leave. This is Hong Kong Court rules mask ban is unconstitutional. Joining me right now is found or of next digital and the advocate of democracy, jimmy advocate thanks very much for joining me this morning had. Good morning. Can you tell what you say went with on overnight a sense of what the scene look like today and whats happening in ho
The dow industrials up just a few points at the opening bell, 11, maybe, but look at that level. Back to 28,000. Modest small loss, small loss for the s p and also for the nasdaq. So look, everybody, sit back, you are going to watch financial history. History being made in hong kong, too. Sure looks like open rebellion. The street fighting has escalated. Police besieged one of the Main University campuses which they say was being used to make weapons. A Police Officer was hit by an arrow. Ominously, the Peoples Liberation army, chinese troops, in plain clothes, appeared on the streets on saturday. That was taken as a grave warning. Add all this up, it is beijing versus the people of hong kong, communism versus democracy. It is a bloody fight and it is not over. In the United States, the democrats want to remove this president from office because of a phone call. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart okay. Lets talk stock market, shall we . Dow closed in record territory friday, abov
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
Before but investors remain bullish. We are on record close watch for the three major averages, as we stand, the nasdaq and s p pretty comfortable. The dow just higher, though, by only 0. 1 . Industrials the only sector in the red. Consumer discretion. Joining us, josh brown from Wealth Management. Well done. What did i say . Im not sure. It was cute. I got close enough. Lets stay on track nasdaq, dow, s p. With almost nothing in the red at all. Its bigger than that 52week highs for the slf. Bank sector. Very, very key incredibly bullish Consumer Sector spydr. Look at the usual suspects, xlk. Off the radar things that are happening thats really interesting. This might be because enough tax law selling has already occurred or traders are anticipating the end of that. Some of those highprofile ipos that blew up this summer and fall are starting to make meaningful moves off their lows, looking like they could be putting in a sustainable bottom. Peloton, after a very disappointing debut. S