Power lunch starts right now lets get a check on the markets which are fluttering close to record highs. Slightly higher today well off the lows the dow was down about 100 points early this morning. The s p still just 1 away from record highs as it gains about 5 points take a look at a pair of housing stocks hitting new highs d. R. Horton is at its highest levels since january 2018. The doctor is in we begin this hour with new dovish comments from st. Louis fed president. We know he was the guy who dissented from the last meeting. Now he says a sharker than expected slow down is possible it will determine that on a meeting by meeting basis he does not expect trade uncertainty. Its not going to go away any time soon. In addition to trade, bullard highlights these downside risks, slower growth. That could feed into the u. S. Economy. Second, contraption and global and u. S. Manufacturing and third slowing u. S. Business investment hes worried about the inverted yield curve that suggests
You very soon. Theres this. Another College Cheating scandal. It seems some wealthy people transferred control of their children to other less wealthy people so they could claim Financial Aid from colleges. Again, big story. Full details coming up. The market heading lower after a series of china trade tweets from President Trump. Hes disappointed that china has not yet bought our Agricultural Products and hes speculating that china is waiting to see who wins in 2020 before making a deal. Not a good idea, he says, because when he wins, it will be a very tough deal or no deal at all. So look at this. We are going to be down, what, over 100 points on the dow industrials, down about 16, a half percentage point on the s p, and the nasdaq getting close to a 1 decline. We are off all across the board. Then theres beyond meat. Okay, sales quadrupled but investors were shocked that the company will issue another 3. 25 million shares that dilutes existing shareholder value and down goes beyond
[inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus head of libra at facebook. On may 9 senator brown and i sent a letter shortly after it was reported that company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using a social network. We asked space bar for more information how the system would work, access and use of Consumer Financial information and facebooks access to use of information on individuals or group of individuals for credit or insurance or housing i appreciate facebooks response last week. Shortly after the letter was sent facebook formally announced its intention to launch the Payment System libra and issued a white paper providing information on the project. Since then us and Global Regulators have taken notice including the Federal Reserve, reserve, Uk Financial Conduct Authority and a stability board, g7 and others for the last week during the Federal
[gavel] this meeting will come to order. Will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus head of libra at facebook. On may 9 senator brown and i sent a letter shortly after it was reported that company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using a social network. We asked space bar for more information how the system would work, access and use of Consumer Financial information and facebooks access to use of information on individuals or group of individuals for credit or insurance or housing i appreciate facebooks response last week. Shortly after the letter was sent facebook formally announced its intention to launch the Payment System libra and issued a white paper providing information on the project. Since then us and Global Regulators have taken notice including the Federal Reserve, reserve, Uk Financial Conduct Authority and a stability board, g7 and others for the last week during the Fede
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