David faber at the new york stock change well talk about the move and impact on tech, media and m a. Feet futures are up well get housing data in an hour and yellen speaks tonight the Justice Department sues to block the merger with time warner saying it would hurt competition and result in higher prices for consumers at t says it is breaking with decades of antitrust precedent by blocking a merger of companies that dont directly compete with each other. Well talk to the lead attorney in just a few moments. As you heard stevenson say, the suit defies logic and erat cal departure from decades of antitrust precedent. It is surprising even now, that we have seen the lawsuit and weeks leading up to the possibility of it. Remember when the wall street journal first reported the possibility it could be blocked. Many people were like, what, really when this deal was announced frankly, action on the antitrust front was way down the list of potential risks and yet here we are with a case coming
Productivity washington helping drive stocks lower. Bitcoin boom, the cryptocurrency surging past 12,000 for the first time ever. And the buyback trade, home depot announces a 15 billion repurchase plan as congress looks on track to pass Major Corporate tax reform mute you futures moving lower three day losing street for First Time Since august. Data from adp, the private sector added exactly 190,000 jobs that was the estimate in fact. The year to date average now, 209, which is better than last years 181 well see what friday brings. Look, i think were in one of those moments when i used to trade professionally where you would come in and say it wants to go down i was watching will and morgan this morning japan is down. I said to you on cross talk, copper had a bad day you know, theres a belief that maybe tech is slowing down, which i cant find i ask everybody there isnt a big firm where is tech slowing down, cant come up with it. But the market wants to go lower and its okay. If we ha
Whole group. Well tell what you. First, the global selloff. Markets everywhere from europe to asia to south america all getting hit over the past month except for here in the u. S. , which despite the recent volatility is still up 1 in that time. We know its a small world after all. Is the u. S. The next market thats about to crack . Guy . The vix closed lower today, we mentioned that last night the warning signs are not there in the vix pete can speak to that the selloff in the hang seng index to me has been very interesting and something you have to continue to watch. I mentioned it because look at where we topped at the hang seng at the beginning of 2008, 30,000 look where weve traded up to and failed over the last couple of weeks the selloff has been pretty quick. Tenyear yields in china have gone up to 4 . Its clear the Chinese Government is tamping on the brakes you have to wonder is that causing some sort of cascade effect right now its manifesting itself in the hsi. You have to
Getting a nice boost from earnings well talk to the ceo in a cnbc exclusive, coming up another day, another record for bitcoin. The cryptocurrency surpassing 15,000 for the First Time Ever bitcoin has more than doubled in the past month its moving in thousanddollar increments now every day at this pace, the journal this morning says the it would end the year above 2 million, at this pace. Well, i think that people have to recognize that bitcoin is not created in huge amounts you can mine bitcoin using some nvidia chips or some advanced microchips but theres just not a lot of supply almost minimal at the same time, i have never seen a level of discipline of the buyers you obviously cant they must be afraid to short this thing. But the buyers are not letting things go. I mean, typically, you bring out sellers when you have this kind of parabolic move. Where are the sellers . I dont know. If were going to continue to have the same conversation every day, i think you and i and were going t
Of ours. Actually 10 00 we are looking up on all the major averages i guess, yeah, looks like we are. European markets, you ask, we answer what are they doing jim . We trade with the good ones now. Whats that we trade with the good ones. All positive. Other than spain 10 year note right around look at that over 58 this morning our road map as well it starts broadly with stocks on track to open higher boeing boosting its dividend shares rising premarket. The plan maker setting a new 18 billion stock buyback plan and a mega mall merger. Buying the World Trade Center mall and new jerseys nearly 16 billion overall. What . We should have 3m just preannounced. Lets get to that too. Remember the other day a fellow was telling you to sort it it was ill advised. You were on him. I was all over him like a cheap kmart suit. Those are cheap. That was my first thing that i wore to goldman. They said get out of that corduroy suit. A day in which the fed will hold its final policy meeting of the year