Even as the Student Movement rises, gun manufacturers are targeting young people. Well speak with the intercepts investigative journalist lee fong. We will also talk about how the Supreme Court would deal with t courses key coursesnd to the kochrothers. E haveade more progress in the la five years than i had in the previous 50. Amy then it has been six months since Hurricane Harvey flooded houston, the most diverse city in the united states, home to the nations largest refining and petrochemical complex. You talk about the invisibility and you talk about where the population lives and not only a disaster in terms of the flooding. You talk about a disaster in terms of the environment, pollution, the health threats, the potential for the kinds of impacts that we will see for years to come. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with dr. Robert bullard, the father of Environmental Justice, and the sierra clubs bryan parras about andthe executive director Goldman Environmental Prize winn
We will also talk about how the Supreme Court would deal with t courses key courses and to the Koch Brothers. We have made more progress in the last five years than i had in the previous 50. Amy then it has been six months since Hurricane Harvey flooded houston, the most diverse city in the United States, home to the nations largest refining and petrochemical complex. You talk about the invisibility and you talk about where the population lives and not only a disaster in terms of the flooding. You talk about a disaster in terms of the environment, pollution, the health threats, the potential for the kinds of impacts that we will see for years to come. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with dr. Robert bullard, the father of Environmental Justice, and the sierra clubs bryan parras about andthe executive director Goldman Environmental Prize winner hilton kelly. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Syria
Weekend. Greece wants the bailout talks to be done by early tomorrow at the latest. The key date to watch, folks, august 20th that is when greece has a repayment due to the ecb. And gloomy data on trait inflation. Investors show that beijing is about to roll out more stimulus. And watching oil. Prices falling for six straight weeks. Oil slightly low again. The latest lundberg survey shows gas prices down 11 cents over the past two weeks. That puts the National Average for a regular gallon of gasoline at 2. 71. Gas down 81 cents a gallon from last year. The dow and oil have gone in the exact same direction so thats why stock investors should care about oil. You know, its interesting because weve talked so much about how this is a huge tax cut for consumers. You just mentioned prices at the pumps down 11 cents at the pump over the last few weeks. You keep wondering when that payoff hits. We know what its done for highpaying jobs but its been less likely to show up in some of the weaker s
Is europe close. This often happens. We just had a horrible day in europe. Worst day of the year really. A lot of markets down 3 . You see just right after europe closed, closer to noon, the market came up and moved into positive territory. As for china, the etfs in china very heavy volume today. Doesnt matter what etfs, ashr, thats mainland china, the a shares. The second one is hong kong shares. All of them are down though not as much in hong kong as you can see. This is spilling into the emerging markets. A lot of activity in emerging market etfs. For example, indonesia has moved down in the last few days. Those are new multiyear lows for indonesia. The same whats going on in other emerging market etfs for example, br zale. Ewz is very active. This is a 10year chart. We just broke below the 2009 lows in brazil. That was widely commented on trading this morning. With Interest Rates moving down, Interest Rate sensitive groups, particularly banks and insurers are weak. Banks understand
All the major averages are in the green and hanging onto gains. We have seen price swings pickup. That was anticipated. September can be a volatile month. It is the most volatile month of the year by far if you look at the bloomberg. This is the average percentage change for the s p 500 did you can see september is the highest this year. It is still lower than december and last year. We have the biggest swings of the year, it is dwarfed by what we saw a year ago. We still have a few weeks ago in this month. It is the most volatile we have seen, not compared with any volatility thus far this year. We will keep an eye on that trade retail is relatively strong area that we are watching. The gap is leaving the game. The old navy unit is worth 30 more than the total Companies Enterprise value. He said the divisional margins are being disclosed for the first time. About 75 ofrating the profit. Also one, l brands are the rise. Macys and nordstrom are trading higher. The latest Johnson Redbook