this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. stocks flip-flopped today as investors tried to make sense out of a new batch of reports that gave mixed a picture about the u.s. economy. tom, everyone s worried about recession so each new data point is important. tom: yeah, and can really drive the market. susie, here s what we learned today: a closely watched consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level in two years. the conference board survey said consumers are pessimistic about the outlook for jobs and wages. as for housing, home prices rose 3.6% in the case-shiller 20-city index during the second quarter- - the first quarterly increase in a year. but the index was nearly 6% below its year-ago level, and more than 31% below its peak five years ago. susie: then, this afternoon, the federal reserve released minutes from its august 9 meeting, showing that some pol
captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a banner day for blue chips. the dow surged more than 200 points, its best one-day performance this year. at the close, the dow added 202 points, the nasdaq rose 61 and the s&p 500 up 21 points. then after the bell, susie, apple did it again, posting stunning earnings. susie: tom, we re running out of adjectives to describe the amazing growth at apple. it earned $7.79 a share in its fiscal third quarter, crushing estimates by almost $2. revenues also came in better than expected, up 82% to $28.5 billion. and that growth comes as consumers keep snapping up apple products. 20 million iphones were sold in the quarter, more than nine million ipads, about four million mac laptops and 7.5 million ipods. as the company said today, it sold every ipad it could make. tom: they are impressive numbers, according to gba research analyst david garrity. these are phenomenal. these are stronger than we saw ar
captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a banner day for blue chips. the dow surged more than 200 points, its best one-day performance this year. at the close, the dow added 202 points, the nasdaq rose 61 and the s&p 500 up 21 points. then after the bell, susie, apple did it again, posting stunning earnings. susie: tom, we re running out of adjectives to describe the amazing growth at apple. it earned $7.79 a share in its fiscal third quarter, crushing estimates by almost $2. revenues also came in better than expected, up 82% to $28.5 billion. and that growth comes as consumers keep snapping up apple products. 20 million iphones were sold in the quarter, more than nine million ipads, about four million mac laptops and 7.5 million ipods. as the company said today, it sold every ipad it could make. tom: they are impressive numbers, according to gba research analyst david garrity. these are phenomenal. these are stronger than we saw ar
captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a banner day for blue chips. the dow surged more than 200 points, its best one-day performance this year. at the close, the dow added 202 points, the nasdaq rose 61 and the s&p 500 up 21 points. then after the bell, susie, apple did it again, posting stunning earnings. susie: tom, we re running out of adjectives to describe the amazing growth at apple. it earned $7.79 a share in its fiscal third quarter, crushing estimates by almost $2. revenues also came in better than expected, up 82% to $28.5 billion. and that growth comes as consumers keep snapping up apple products. 20 million iphones were sold in the quarter, more than nine million ipads, about four million mac laptops and 7.5 million ipods. as the company said today, it sold every ipad it could make. tom: they are impressive numbers, according to gba research analyst david garrity. these are phenomenal. these are stronger than we saw ar
captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a banner day for blue chips. the dow surged more than 200 points, its best one-day performance this year. at the close, the dow added 202 points, the nasdaq rose 61 and the s&p 500 up 21 points. then after the bell, susie, apple did it again, posting stunning earnings. susie: tom, we re running out of adjectives to describe the amazing growth at apple. it earned $7.79 a share in its fiscal third quarter, crushing estimates by almost $2. revenues also came in better than expected, up 82% to $28.5 billion. and that growth comes as consumers keep snapping up apple products. 20 million iphones were sold in the quarter, more than nine million ipads, about four million mac laptops and 7.5 million ipods. as the company said today, it sold every ipad it could make. tom: they are impressive numbers, according to gba research analyst david garrity. these are phenomenal. these are stronger than we saw ar