Witch hunts in washington. All that and more on the jampacked making money. Charles markets edging higher in part to great economic data. Im sure you havent heard it today. Overall stocks moving in a pedestrian pace. Investors waiting for the next catalyst. We almost in fact pot got the catalyst from President Trump. He was on fox friends talking about the china trade deal. He said potentially were very close. Take a lessen. We have a deal potentially very close. He wants to make it much more more than i want to make it. Im not anxious to make it. Were taking in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs. We never took in 10 cents. Were not paying i told president xi, this cant be like an even deal. Were starting at the floor and youre already at the ceiling. Charles joining us four vision funds district tore, heather zumarriaga and. Jim ben. The vision group. Investors are saying wake me up when something happens for real. To a degree there is built in to the latest leg of the rally.
Official and we are on record high watch today. The s p seven points above an alltime closing high and the nasdaq trading in record territory as well today. Joining us for the hour is stephanie link from atiaa company. The market moved higher in the morning and weve sat there all day, upward bias because u. S. China trade headlines we have three reasons the deals that you mentioned early on, theyre positive for shareholder Value Creation but more positive in my mind because the ceos are showing they have confidence and they have visibility in spite of the trade tensions which to me is a very powerful statement thats one of the reasons for sure one area thats not getting a lot of attention, the german Business Confidence ticked up month over month its not back to july levels, i get it, but theyre making progress, right . And then of course the china talking about ip theft and being more friendly, more positive gesture. Who knows how thats going to turn out but those are the three reason
Briefing with acting commissioner of customs and Border Protection mark morgan from the brady briefing room. It was originally set to start at 12 30 p. M. Eastern. Its been changed to one p. M. Eastern. We will have in life when it gets underway right here on cspan2. Here to talk about education and campaign 2020, the Economics Department chair at tulane university. Also fell at Brookings Institution focusing on education. Thank you for being here. The director Mccabe Center for education, educational freedom. Thank you as well for being here. Lets begin. The campaigns and how much attention they are giving education and you think its enough . Its more attention than probably have been timid education especially a primary conversation. Is itro enough . I think it would be coming up in all the debates. I think the questions is what are they talking about and why are they talking about it . Whats different this time around, usually education is a state and local issue. Why is it going up
Appetite reverses the trend weve seen of late joining us, steven weis, managing partner of weis managing partners. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. I like the no tie look. I do that on a friday. Hes, i guess, getting the positive sentiment going here. Absolutely. Even though its only tuesday. When you look at whats really leading the s p higher today, its tech stocks its the Semiconductor Names what do you think right now . So, i own smash which is semiindex, ctf i owned it coming in today, bought more immediately when the news hit its not something i typically do i sold some in the last halfhour. Im not sure this momentum is going to continue. Its highly volatile, and when you have profits and positions that arent core positions, take them, be happy look at where the market is. The market is no further than where it was actually, its lower than where it was. Go back a year and a half, its basically flat core positions you dont necessarily touch unless the fundamentals chan
Ever so slightly, he can see the dow up 12, the s p downtown, the nasdaq down two tenths, Global Growth underway as chinas property evergreen files bankruptcy protection in a manhattan courtroom, shares of chinese cavities are feeling the heat seen declines across the board ecommerce giant ali baba njd. Com among those moving much slower today as well as ev maker nio, kneel down down 7 , at this hour next friday we will get a better sense of what the fed is thinking as fed chair jay powell will be speaking at the jackson hole central bankers conference a week from today. Many are hoping to glean more information on the fed forward and whether or not they will keep the rates higher for longer. That is the fear. In a rare move Cybersecurity Firm Palo Alto Networks is reporting after the close of markets today, the stock is up 1 , could a friday afternoon Earnings Report be an omnibus sign for palo alto yet market, there has been a lot of speculation we will find out soon enough lets get