Its up about 0. 3 today the dow as we said up over 1 at session highs. The sara crazy to see the s p 500 just wiping out all the pandemic losses the todays show, clorox is a standout winner. Up more than 50 so far this year people stock up on cleaning supplies but can the company keep up with the huge demand for wipes and disinfectants . Were going to talk to the ceo plus, well talk renovations, Small Businesses and more with the ceo of Angie Home Services of that company reporting earnings after the bell. Along with iac, tilray and many more names lets focus in on the big stories that were watching in this final hour of trade mike santoli tracking todays market action. We have the latest on the increasingly complicated stimulus discussion in washington and kate rogers has the details on a scandal involving former mcdonalds ceo steve east easterbrook. Mike, start us off with the Broader Market and the gap were seeing. This is a good illustration of how a broadening out of the market be
Going to happen here and what are the contagion effect of these persistently high unemployment numbers on the economy. Could have been brought back to listen lets face it the numbers are great but the economy is slowly reopening and what youre really have is a political battle youve got the democrat the love trying to keep the economy shut so its hard to get people employed when 0. 25 are really still kind of shut down its not logical it makes no sense its a bunch of political crap that unless they resolve it is going to be like this in the elections over they do not want the kind of open they do not want to give president drop any type of victory so the jobs get to really at this point meaning us watch the markets we know that the economy and markets relate but theres plenty of money being invested and markets are making new highs and again we now understand that its the politics that are holding these jobs back not the economy christine i want to get you to weigh in on the. Quickly b
They discussed the protests in wisconsin, israel policy, and the 2020 president ial campaign. Good morning. I am anna palmer, coauthor of the politico playbook. Im joined by jake. Thank you for tuning into politico virtual programming as we count down to election day. This week has been all about the Republican National convention and President Trumps reelection bid. You can follow the conversations on social media and tweet us your questions. We will be talking to jared kushner, but first the senior politics editor and National Political reporter. Why the tar heel state is among the states likely to shape the electoral outcome. That will be followed by a Senior Technology reporter on President Trumps digital strategy. With that, lets get started. Thank you for joining us this morning. Great to be with you guys. Was a speech by the president. You are known in the president s operation as someone who is very focused on metrics. Much of the polling in many states doesnt look hot for the
Good to be back with you. You did mention very important piece, which is davids piece and hes a friend of the show. Talking last night i was reading it and thinking can we really go higher he has a piece that says we will blast higher that will be something that i think a lot of people would be suspect, little critical of because were going right into the election he doesnt seem to mind that davids work is high quality and i just really think that he is just saying, it is time. And wouldnt that be something if we have a big, big move here. Its fascinating. He does say, jim, as you point out, the election does remain a risk but 3,600 year end and 3,800 in 12 months is a 6 gain and earnings estimate, jim, for next year 170. I mean, i remember when they thought 150 might be a risk. I just have to tell you, i wish everyone could get goldmans research i was fortunate enough to get that piece because it is a very logical piece because how there are many parts of the economy that are good. Th
And individual names getting lower. That keeps it pretty much unchanged year to date we have a massive show coming up discuss the latest stimulus negotiations th thats any minute now its the key question for the markets today. And then as the heat gets turned up on big tech, well talk to the always candid ceo about the precious ceos facing testimony tomorrow and the stay at home trend a huge swell of tech earnings coming to day and later this week. Lets start with the broader markets. Mike, over to you. Thank you we have markets on pause for the most part today. Bond market is qui wet yields at the lows stock market, too, is hugging this very familiar area, basically flat on the day. That is an area of attraction. Well see fit lasts for now. It is the defensive factors. The ones that benefit from low yields that are up today, real estate, staples and utilities. Take a look though at a couple of indicators as we wait for the fed decision tomorrow. Whats going on and how quiet the bond m