Consumer statement is breaking right now. Let us get the details with mike mckee. Little bit better news. Consumer sentiment is up a little bit from last month. The preliminary michigan numbers come in at 72. 8. There was an expectation that it would slip given everything that has been going on. We have seen an increase in expectations and the current level. Is 80 2882. 5 and that 82. 8 and better than what was expected. Level rises, and it had sharply declined last month but people are feeling better about the economy right now. Sales . Hat about retail we are still spending a lot in certain areas especially on ecommerce. Guy nice shoes. Alix thank you, i am glad somebody notices. Compared to last month it does not look as good. Mike the numbers did not come in as expected, but the trend is dead, a slowing during the month of july of 1. 2 after an eight point 4 rise the month before. 1. 9 down,mber at the retail control group, 1. 4 after. If you look at the june numbers, and retail sa
A day. Yesterday that was a big head wind as the market did get up the s p just to the cusp of those old highs. We did it without the help of technology, of the big Growth Stocks everyone is talking about this rotation the nasdaq has had yet another of its fairly routine pullbacks so far it has bounced to maintain this up trend today yes, tesla helping it, but really it is the old favorites as well, just picking up the slack and the s p is right back to yesterdays afternoon highs before we had that shake out going into the close. Julia, david faber mentioning last hour the passing of Sumner Redstone, a legend in the content world. Coin that phrase content is king. Has a bit of feeling the end of an era, of course, he lived well into his 90s but what are your thoughts on what a figure like Sumner Redstone meant in his prime and who is defining this era right now. Well, certainly, jon. He was the ultimate media mobile of that raera. He was responsible for the consolidation of so much con
Oil, 41. 40 we talked for a long time about mike pences hawkish speech on china from a year or two ago but pompeo yesterday oneupped that and this consulate news from china is weighing on sentiment too. Yeah, he upped the ante jim did focus us at the time on Vice President pences speech because it was quite truck lant would be a word to describe it at the time but it continues to go up in terms of the tensions, carl weve talked about it pretty much every day, whether its a backandforth over huawei, whether it has to do with conversations about closing down the app tiktok in the United States, whether it is the closing of consulates here and the response from the chinese. This is not going in a direction that many, who at least are invested in the idea of global trade, certainly, mike, would wanting to see. For sure. On the one hand the market is not necessarily overly focused to this point on these relationships and not really counting on anything to come out of it. Its not quite like
Going. Well start off with game called market jeopardy the final market jeopardy answer tonight, the most important event for the markets next week. Now, remember, the rule is you have to phrase your response in the form of a question or it might not count. The stakes are high here bk, set the tone. Ill set the tone, alex how do i play this game . I just blurt out an answer i say whats the most important thing . Yes thats how it works. Have you not seen jeopardy. What . No i mean, i havent seen it in a while. Im more of a wheel of fortune guy. Its a lot easier game what is the stimulus bill . That is my answer, melissa ill tell you why. I think a lot of people are kind of writing that off, okay, were getting this back and forth, this is how the sausage is made. Ultimately theyre going to come to an agreement. Theres not much incentive for democrats to come to an agreement on this given this Election Year. That could be the wildcard in this. What happens if we dont get a stimulus bill,
Information from dan is taking these new positions in the Second Quarter according to his quarterly letter in disney, amazon, alibaba. Well focus on disney first and foremost josh, i just got off phone with dan who told me the following about why they initiated this position he said theres no close second to disney when it comes to an entertainment company. He says they have slate of tent poll releases. We know the titles they have he said some of the commentary,s the narrative of how disney plus is being thought of in the context with netflix its not a winner take all environment. They have to take market he thinks is easily split between those two and some other players. He also, which was interesting as well likened disney to microsoft 7 or eight yea8 years. You have a time old business and youre able in some respects to reinvent yourself. Much as microsoft has done we know how well that stock has done lately. He seems a similar scenario for shares of disney josh, let me get your ta