Hackett was brought in, he was a board member, previously he had done a great job at steel case the Office Furniture company in michigan and when he came in and he said, look, we are going to transform ford, get it ready for the future for Autonomous Vehicles, for electric vehicles. That hasnt happened ford has been mired in really not being making the move that its needed to make since 2017 they are starting to change that a little bit some of that because of the moves that jim farley has made as coo, he becomes the ceo effective october 1st and the marching orders are pretty clear. Transform this company, get ready for a future with electric vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles at some point, not immediately, but at some point, but, guys, this is the most interesting stat that i can find. If you go back over the last, what, 20 years, 19 years, only one ceo at ford, alan malaly posted a positive gain in ford shares there you see hacketts performance since may of 2017, down 38 , similar to fi
Technology back to the 19th century, yesterday was a bellwether announcement. Applean the idea that made 26 billion worth of iphones and a shutdown is unbelievable. Tom that is a granularity job lisa job. Something on instagram, researches it on google, and buys the iphone. Jonathan you are describing yourself and projecting onto lisa what you are doing. Lisa [laughter] jonathan it will be about the nasdaq and big tech. Rumor, and it is not just us, it is our kids at home. We are trying to give them a screen and throw out parenting guidelines. As we look to washington, d. C. For guidance, there is none. Jobless benefits will expire without benefits past at the end of the day. U. S. Personal income and spending down over the month of june, but it will give us a sense of how much did ulster the saving and spending capabilities of americans bolster the saving and spending capabilities of americans. The university of Michigan Consumer sentiment speaking about a rollover. Jonathan keep your
Forecasts. The top lines are up. Revenues up 4 if you look at the activities. Despite the impact iag luke to raise 3 billion euros and klm unveils an operating loss sending both shares into the red. Six years of growth wiped out in spain as gdp drops in the Second Quarter but the French Economy shrinks less than expected down 15. 8 . Happy friday welcome to street signs. Weve got a lot of earnings to get to lets talk gdp first weve heard from france and spain. Now numbers from italy preliminary q 2 gdp slank quarter on quarter less expected a value. Theyve advised their q 1 estimate of 5. 4 contraction quarter on quarter and 5. 4 year on year. Slightly worse than anticipated. Q 1 marginally worse but q 2 better than expecting. An unprecedented slump for italy but the takeaway better than analysts had feared. Not quite as grim as the market had been bracing for looking at the euro gaining ground currently trades around 118. 77 we have the france and spain numbers. Spains economy shrunk
Hear from mike roman later on today, july has been very good i think you will continue to get a positive from housing, this horton number is the number people should be focusing on because it was stellar you will get a lot of people talking about how there is a lot of good news in anything involving personal fun, polaris, but just were just in such dim tidings when it comes to aero space thats what im focused on greg hayes, 2023, oh, my. You were just talking about that and then iata, the International Air transport association is saying 2024 for precovid traffic levels they also point out that airlines are adding capacity, jim, ahead of demand which is coming back slower than they thought. Personal travel, people want toful tra, we know that. Great Conference Call by American Express on friday about what people want to do, but the Business Travelers is where they make all the money and the Business Traveler is zooming they just arent going i dont know what its going to take to bring t
O odssey capital we see stocks higher into a pivotal week for your money. I said one third of the s p reports. You have the big tech hearing on the hill you have a fed meeting you have stimulus negotiations whats on the line i think anything to go wrong with the next trillion, that would be a huge problem. Thats so done deal. Hopefully most of us hope it will be more focused effort. We dont money into zombie companies. We decide on what sectors will survive and try to support those. I think the earnings will be pretty good. Anything to do with consumer is still buoyant and will be intact tech remains the favorite of investors. It continues the grow and allow the economy to function and continues to digitize not just here but globally. Doints see a lot of downside going into numbers i dont expect any intel surprises nap was bad management im hoping the whacking stick will be coming out there when it gets back below 50 bucks, its buying opportunities. Those are the kind of surprises you