[sneezes] gesundheit. Oh, thanks, mike. What day is it . Its wednesday. Were gonna get a letter. What . If you sneeze on monday, you sneeze for danger, sneeze on tuesday, kiss a stranger, sneeze on wednesday, sneeze for a letter. I never heard that before. Whats the rest of it . Sneeze on wednesday, sneeze for a letter, sneeze on thursday, something better, sneeze on friday, sneeze for sorrow, sneeze on saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow. What about sunday . There aint no sneeze for sunday. Sunday was a day of allerest. Ha, ha, ha. Sorry. Gloria, will you help me clear the table . Ma, im helping you set the table thats right. Ma me, keep secrets from you . [laughs] we better find out whats going on. Yeah. Ma are you in some kind of trouble . No, and i cant tell you what it is. Ma the letter . Is that what youre worried about, a letter . Well, since you guessed part of it, ill tell you the rest. Here. Look. Gloria wow look at all those quarters. You mustve been saving them for month
Coming out of europe. Right now the markets are relatively flat. Dax is flat. The cac is essentially flat. The ftse down by half a percent. The currency markets, which are going to key off this as well, if there is additional stimulus, it could very well weaken the euro and strengthen the dollar. Right now the dollar is up against the euro at 1. 0978. Dollar versus the yen is at 113. 46. Lets tell you about other storying were watching this morning. Square posting better than expected results in its first Quarterly Results since going public. Square Ceo Jack Dorsey sitting down on closing bell, responding to investors betting against the company. I think we need to constantly show that were focused on the right things. Were focused on building great tools for sellers and that they value them. We continue to see that growth. I think were not only a first mover in a lot of areas, an innovator in a lot of areas, but also we have the best experience. We certainly compete with a lot, but wh
Strong gains. But the major averages did manage to record their best week since late november. Volume was light on this holiday short and trading session and by the early close today the Dow Jones Industrials were off 50 points to 17,552. Nasdaq gained a wopping 2. 5 points and the s p 500 dropped 3. For the week, all the major averages rose about 2. 5 or more. Oil had a big week with prices for domestic crude rising roughly 9 . But be of good cheer there was some positive news today on the economy. Jobless claims fell to a near 42 year low. The number of americans filing for Unemployment Benefits dropped more than expected last week as the Labor Department continues to tighten. Initial claims declined 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 267,000 for the weekended december 19th. Well, Consumer Spending of course makes up a huge portion of Economic Activity in the United States and like wreaths, eggnog and carols last minute shopping is part of the christmas tradition. This year is no differe
Strong gains. But the major averages did manage to record their best week since late november. Volume was light on this holiday short and trading session and by the early close today the Dow Jones Industrials were off 50 points to 17,552. Nasdaq gained a wopping 2. 5 points and the s p 500 dropped 3. For the week, all the major averages rose about 2. 5 or more. Oil had a big week with prices for domestic crude rising roughly 9 . But be of good cheer there was some positive news today on the economy. Jobless claims fell to a near 42 year low. The number of americans filing for Unemployment Benefits dropped more than expected last week as the Labor Department continues to tighten. Initial claims declined 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 267,000 for the weekended december 19th. Well, Consumer Spending of course makes up a huge portion of Economic Activity in the United States and like wreaths, eggnog and carols last minute shopping is part of the christmas tradition. This year is no differe
Strong gains. But the major averages did manage to record their best week since late november. Volume was light on this holiday short and trading session and by the early close today the Dow Jones Industrials were off 50 points to 17,552. Nasdaq gained a wopping 2. 5 points and the s p 500 dropped 3. For the week, all the major averages rose about 2. 5 or more. Oil had a big week with prices for domestic crude rising roughly 9 . But be of good cheer there was some positive news today on the economy. Jobless claims fell to a near 42 year low. The number of americans filing for Unemployment Benefits dropped more than expected last week as the Labor Department continues to tighten. Initial claims declined 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 267,000 for the weekended december 19th. Well, Consumer Spending of course makes up a huge portion of Economic Activity in the United States and like wreaths, eggnog and carols last minute shopping is part of the christmas tradition. This year is no differe