One minute youre yelling at them to get off their loins and then theyre taking over the world. I like them back home and youre yelling at them. Thats what happened today. Dow dipping 24 points and s p dipping and there are changes underneath. They are about the millennials. What do i mean when i say the kids are taking over . Theres a group of consumers that simply dont behave like any other. Im talking about these millennials. Many of the people who run companies these days, they have not a clue what the Younger Generation is up to or what they think is right or how theyre different from their parents. These millennials frankly, might as well be aliens clever, tricky aliens who arent bound by any of the traditional ways most people believe. Even if you can think like the millennial, it may not matter because of structural issues that prevent you from making changes at your company to please them. You may see the train coming but you cant do anything about it if youre tied to the track
Nike on a downgrade from jpmorgan after those layoffs yesterday. Apple getting serious on content hiring two big time executives from sony. Well go live to miami ahead of the president s expected announcement on cuba this afternoon. We are getting some breaking news on whole foods. Holy cow. I heard you gasp just now. This is such a game changer amazon to buy whole foods. You know yesterday was a day for kroger that was tough today will be an even tougher day. This is a game changer this is it this is what everybody thought could happen they will now dominate food within the next two years. Wow. Just yesterday we were reading a piece in texas monthly, john mackey, basically going after activists saying theyre not interested in the long term. More interested in the short term stock was halted i would say about four or five minutes ago for news pending but this this is wow. A day well remember for a long time. Yes, we will. I guess mackie had enough of them hes one tough hes a tough guy,
Europe largely unchanged the 10year just below 3. 5 road map begins with the second half of the year kicking off in high gear, what to expect for the rest of 17. And north korea launches a missile with the capability of reaching alaska. This as President Trump heads to europe to meet with world leaders. What the growing geopolitical tensions may mean. Is the job of ceo not what it used to be many top executives departed in the first five months of the year than last the look at the changing face of the suite. Heading into the first full day of the trading half the dow off an intraday high, nasdaq looks to avoid a fourday losing streak, wall street awaits the release of the fed minutes at 2 00 p. M. Eastern and investors will be interested not only in comments in future rate hikes but perhaps the timing of the feds planned Balance Sheet reduction. Jim, welcome back first of all journal today suggests they may talk about some timing of Balance Sheet but might get indications of a decembe
Giant. Plus, courtroom grilling the Trump Administration defending its use of executive power and the travel ban before a federal Appeals Court. Social medias in focus. Facebook and twitter getting some upgrades ahead of earnings tomorrow. First up though, a bunch of earnings to get to, time warner a beat on both the top and bottom line. Alaska air also beating the street announcing an increase in the Quarterly Dividend ahead of the meeting with airline ceos at the white house tomorrow. Big report focused on is disney, revenue falls short of consensus, rising costs as we said, declining viewership at espn weighing on the results. Here is bob iger last night talking to our Julia Boorstin. I think theres way too much pessimism about espn because espn is still in demand from three constituents you want to be in demand the most from, one, distributors, two, consumers, and three, advertisers. And the reason its in demand is the brand is still strong, the product is still good. Weve invested
Nasdaq declining. I think that will tackle a major trend thats shaping this economy, maybe the major trend at this moment. Our time, our schedule, it has been disrupted and we simply arent doing what we used to do anymore. The problem is that our habits are changing so fast, so quickly, unbelievable that businesses cant keep up, and these radical reorganizations of what we do and where we go and what were occupying ourself with are playing havoc with the stocks we focus on regardless of what President Trump has to say tonight in the big speech. Usually its not all that stark. We cant spot it because we have so many data points and examining so much information all at once, its a vortex. Today, though, we got the most violent contrast i have ever seen. Im not kidding, in one day. Im talking about the perfect storm of dominos versus target. What does a pizza delivery chain have to do with a mass market merchandiser . In this case, everything. This morning dominos, longtime cramer fav sin