Vice chairman and theyll share what to do with your money amid this massive selloff. Lets have a look at whats driving the action the major averages falling into correction territory as the global brought yaoutbreak grows Goldman Sachs is warning that u. S. Companies may generate no Earnings Growth in 2020 based on the elevated uncertainty from the virus and oil prices are plunging on the fears with crude dipping below 46 per barrel at the moment the s p is down 2. 9 , dow almost 800 points. Joining us today is cnbc contributor stephanie link and senior markets commentator mike santoli. Ste steph, youre always looking for the bright side, the growth and optimistic picture we were talking earlier, both of us were talking earlier that this feels like december 24th, 2018, when we got the big swish down and it was really hard to buy then its really hard to buy now. But i can understand where we were selling off we were coming off of a much higher level now than we were in 2018, but it does
Eeked out a two basis point gain but it could have been worse and it should have been worse and was at one point in the day very ugly but the nasdaq rallied in the close taking the market with it. I kept from the very beginning, from the opening bell, where are the sellers. Where are they why arent they reacting to that ugly warning that we got monday from apple why is everything no matter how negative treated as a buying opportunity. It is like there is always something to be said for instead of and i think i know the answer. I think it is the index funds. 60 is coming in via index funds and they buy everything, including the stocks that should be getting hammered by bad news. And they buy in waves and they are in control of this stock market not mutual fund or Hedge Fund Managers either. Yes, index fund buyers i know people call this market a bubble and blame an easy fed but maybe, just maybe, listen to me, there is no one toblame. You simply have Many Companies doing well and compan
We will talk predictions for Tech Companies in the new year, as well as what tech trends we will see in the next decade. The battle for tech privacy in 2020. Wednesday marks the official start of the California Consumer privacy act. This law is meant to give users transparency on what Data Companies collect about them, as well as the right to Block Companies from selling that information. For a look at what to expect this year, in the battle to protect Consumers Digital lives, i talked to reece hirsch, a partner at morgan lewis. Also with him, eric newcomer, who covers the intersection of tech and government. You know, this is probably the most important privacy legislation in the United States today. It is an economic powerhouse. We dont have a federal privacy legislation, so this is important for California Companies and users in california, but also all over the United States. It means that companies are going to have to disclose what data they collect to users, and then let users d
Alphabet. We will have details. Wework went from one of the most anticipated ipos to a floundering Coworking Company just trying to survive. We will look at what it faces in the new year. But first, our top story. Bloomberg was the first to report the iphone maker has a secret team working on a satellite technology, striving to find new ways to beam data directly to its devices. This is all according to people familiar with the matter. The company has about a dozen engineers from the aerospace satellite, and antenna Design Industries working on the project with the goal of deploying their results within five years. For more, i want to bring in bloomberg technologys mark gurman. What do we know so far . It is topsecret. It is operating like a startup in apple. It has the right funding. It has the ear of tim cook. It has a bunch of Aerospace Engineers and executives working on a plan to let iphones and other apple devices receive their data directly from apple developed antenna towers, s
Dissatisfaction on the streets. Abigail can the u. S. Continue its expansion in 2020 even if the fed stands fast . Experts examine indicators and offer insight. Fundamentals for the economy are good. There is potential slack out there. There is still a lot of people who could work. Im happy with where policy is at the moment. Abigail it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. Im abigail doolittle. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important Business News, analysis, and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. Lets start with a look at the top headlines. The final week of a volatile year for the Global Economy began with encouraging signals of a return to stability in china. Chinas Economic Performance improved in december for the first time in eight months with early indicators showing production in the worlds secondlargest economy accelerated as domestic demand stabilized and meanwhile, Chinas Central Bank has ordered lenders to a