Investors are enjoying the ride. With just four trading days left in october, the s p 500 is on track to close out its best month in four years. But there are a number of challenges the market has to overcome during the next few weeks and months, from the fed to profits to data. And as dominick chu reports from the new york stock exchange, many of those challenges will unfold in the coming week. This is a week thats going to be chock full of possible catalysts, possible things that could either drive the market up or down. Lets talk about whats going to happen on the big picture Macro Economic front. Youve got a lot of data coming out. Youve got durable goods coming up later on this week. Thats a sign perhaps of what people are buying in terms of things that are built to last more than just a few years. Cars, airplanes, washing machines. Youve also got of course the second day of a big Federal Reserve Central Bank Interest rate meeting. Will they or wont they raise Interest Rates . All
Rally in front of the statehouse in opposition to a proposed natural gas pipeline. I m erin fehlau. The Kinder Morgan pipeline would hampshire before turning south into dracut, massachusetts. Pipeline would bring muchneeded energy to New Hampshire, opponents doubt that s case. Wmur s ray brewer is live at the rally for us. Ray opponents to the pipeline were aiming for 10,000 names on their petition. Instead, they will have nearly 11,000 names to present to the governor. Shortly before 10 30, those opposed to the pipeline began their march to the statehouse, accompanied by chants and the beat of drums. Kinder morgan says that the pipeline could mean a 25 to 35 reduction in electric bills. Natural gas could be used to generate energy. But those here in front of the statehouse fear that New Hampshire ratepayers would have to foot the cost of the an increase in utility bills. Opponents also say that there are other ways to meet the energy needs here in New Hampshire, and there are too many
Uncontinued unrust in the middle east and saudi arabia raised the official selling price. Oil closed 2. 5 at 60 a barrel and over 20 at the last month. Jackie deangeles has more at the prices and where they are heading next. Cruise proiss crude prices are deg gravity. Todays priek fueled by geopolitics. Concerns in the middle east as a libyan port was closed by protesters. Technically the crude oil market was showing strength but we needed to get above 60. When you look at the supply situation improving and the pryuia production flat lining in the u. S. That was the factor that needed to take it above 60. Crude had bee flirting with above the 60 level, before it got there it shut down and will that continue. I think that we are over 60 well stay there it will stay there. We get demand for that in the summer and that is demand in the summer for crude oil. I could see 65 to 67 by memorial day. With the start of summer driving season there is a lag of spike in crude and the price at the p
Company, about succession and more. Apparently that race is down now to two guys. Yeah. Well take a look at who they are and why they are potentially his successors. Lots of good questions there. Meantime, stocks are rallying on the first trading day of the month, and even though they are coming off the best month since october 2011. The big market story here is the nasdaq hitting 5,000. Remember, it was 15 years ago this month on march 10th 2000 to be exact when the nasdaq hit its peak. March 2009 when it hit its low. We Team Coverage for you. Melissa lee on why it is different this time around. Bertha coombs on what the fax 100 is telling us. Are first, dominik chew standing right next to me looking at the stocks that got us here. Dom, what are the names . I mean over the past year there have been stellar runups. Obviously, when were at 15year highs for the nasdaq a lot of companies have to contribute but its a market cap weighted index, and these are the stocks that have big market
Uncontinued unrust in the middle east and saudi arabia raised the official selling price. Oil closed 2. 5 at 60 a barrel and over 20 at the last month. Jackie deangeles has more at the prices and where they are heading next. Cruise proiss crude prices are deg gravity. Todays priek fueled by geopolitics. Concerns in the middle east as a libyan port was closed by protesters. Technically the crude oil market was showing strength but we needed to get above 60. When you look at the supply situation improving and the pryuia production flat lining in the u. S. That was the factor that needed to take it above 60. Crude had bee flirting with above the 60 level, before it got there it shut down and will that continue. I think that we are over 60 well stay there it will stay there. We get demand for that in the summer and that is demand in the summer for crude oil. I could see 65 to 67 by memorial day. With the start of summer driving season there is a lag of spike in crude and the price at the p