For keeping employees you know in in their job up until october 1st and theyre using that as a way to get some more free money but here warren buffet was like he was outbid by the fed and he said hes throwing a temper tantrum saying well dumping all his Airline Stocks immediately the entirety of it a huge loss dumping his bank shares again because the fed is the biggest player there hes not going to he knows that this next crisis thats coming hes not going to be able to do Goldman Sachs sort of deals again where he got a huge preferable you know return in exchange for bailing them out in 20082009 so here hes doubly shorting the dollar but he cant like hes Warren Buffett he doesnt want to get in trouble with the authorities i say he cant just openly short the us dollar they openly kick in a stand on their face but what hes doing is by going along japanese conglomerates and including one of them by the way which is. Called the itochu and it was founded in 858. 00 but among Japanese Tradi
Infections. Reported more than 200 deaths today. In the markets, we turn our attention to trading volume. It was pretty light but finished up. Momentum has been fading as we near record highs. On any indication of a new Coronavirus Relief plan coming from the white house. On the day, two words sum up today, summer friday. Slow with low volume. The major averages barely moving. In the middle of the day, there was some volatility. At the end of the day, the s p 500 down just fractionally. Bit. Aang index down just a we saw a little bit of weakness in biotech. That is one of the only indexes down for the week. Beneath the surface, it is not quite as dull. Lets highlight two of the big earnings movers. Semicap Equipment Company quarterly Beat Estimates and raised the outlook. They make the equipment that makes chips which suggest there is demand coming from the chips companies and the companies that use chips which is probably every company out there. That might be a longer healthy tell on
Anna good morning from london. Manus cranny is in dubai. These are todays top stories. It is a mixed monday for Global Equities as coronavirus cases and u. S. China tensions threaten risk appetite. Mike pompeo suggests action to protect National Security will not stop at tictoc. Shares did as earnings missed the mark. The group says it will accelerate cost cuts. More to come from our exclusive interview. We will hear from sociogeneral after a surprise sociale generale after a surprise loss. Task force head says the pandemic is in a new phase. It has just gone 6 00 a. M. In london. It is 9 00 a. M. In dubai. Normally it is yusuf and i this time. They were very clear, the single worst economy is the u. K. It is one of the weakest economies globally. They have taken a hit. They gave us a global perspective, a wide range of losses. There has been a big shift in the global economy, but it is not going to be enough to steady the ship. The next three to six months will be critically important
Debates backtoschool, voters are not allowed to see or hear him say those words. Almost immune. We have a lot more on this, believe me. Lets get straight to your money. An economic indicator, here it is, 1. 19 million new jobless claims. That is the lowest number since the economy tanked. It is very good news for the recovery. The trend in new claims is flat out down. The dow industrials taking a little heart from that. We were lower, now were going to be up maybe 30 odd points. Not much of a gain. Theres a lot of green on the lefthand side of the screen. The market story is the march to new highs. The techheavy nasdaq already hit several records this week. The dow is at the 27,000 level. Thats up 8,000 points in four months. Theres a lot of very positive news in the background. Positive vaccine news. That helped. Dr. Fauci says well have tens of millions of doses of the vaccine available early next year. Heres another plus. If congress doesnt come up with a virus relief package, the p
That Summer Vacation today, youre losing money, particularly if you are a tech investor. On this first trading day of august, the nasdaq aiming for its 29th record close of the year as tech giants from apple, like we were talking about, to microsoft and a whole host of other names, lead markets higher. We have the nasdaq up 176 points right now. Dow is up 274. Youve got to watch microsoft in this final hour. It is hitting a record high after confirming charlie gasparinos report that the og Software King is indeed in talks to rescue viral video platform tiktok from President Trumps threats to ban the chineseowned favorite of dancing teen agers. Of all the chinese apps, why ban this one . Charlie breaks it in just moments. And if the president does ban tiktok, will that be a shot across the bow aimed at china . We have team fox business coverage of the brewing tensions between the two superpowers. Our tech panel is here to tell you if we are on the verge of a high tech cold war and why t