Nasdaq the dow also closing at a record high it looks like well open sharply lower. The dow losing 124 points right now, the s p down 13 nasdaq down about 44 what was weighing on the markets yesterday and probably today, the yield on the tenyear note 2. 584 right now thats the highest since march 15th a big move in the tenyear treasury yield thats challenging the equity rally today. The yen continuing its strength after the boj said it would continue its bond strengthening services the hang seng up by 0. 20 . Over in europe, right now at hope the dax down by 0. cac down by 0. 6 looking at the price of crude oil, highest level since 2014. Wti, 63. 43 breaking news this morning. Lets get to becky quick live in omaha. Good morning good morning. Theres breaking news from Berkshire Hathaway the company out with a statement saying that its going to be increasing its board of directors by two members to include two key members of its Operations Team who people have been looking at for a while
Sort of analogous to portfolio insurance in 87. Stuart not like you to engage me in conversations in the first minutes of your show but i will tell you neil im kidding. Im kidding. There is always sort of a monday morning quarterback that comes back to look at weird things prior. You and i can remember the whole portfolio insurance thing of 87. Just me, just me alone, all these Creative Products that are meant to sort of cushion the blow of just Market Forces end up creating the crisis to begin with . Stuart all i will say is, neil, dont ever come on my show with that stuff, you will get the buzzer throughout. That is a fact. I should have taken your question seriously. I got a car waiting for me right outside. It is warming up. Neil lizzie would appreciate my curiosity on this. Liz yes i do. Neil talking to the wrong person amounts soon as the papers were cleared, thats it. Thank you, my friend. I think stuart is absolutely right to say im obsessing about something so arcane. We didnt
Stocks getting slammed the dow falling more than 400 points locking in its worst twoday selloff since brexit the dow hovering around 26,000 these 1 selloffs are a rare occurrence since the last one on september 5, its up a whopping 2 20 . Just in case you got selloff amnesia. Merriamwebster define passeloff as a usually sudden sharp decline in Security Prices accompanied by increased volume of trading. This this be your best chance to buy the dip . Doesnt this feel good . This is something that a lot of people have been asking for. Youve heard the stats, we havent done this since brexit bottom line is the base i think remains very much intact in terms of the Global Economy, in terms of earnings that have been largely extraordinary. An upgrade cycle that would have existed even without a tax deal. Were going to get 12 , 13 ep growth on the s p. Now weve upgraded three or four bucks when well probably upgrade 15 bucks based upon taxes. But do you have to jump in and buy tomorrow i dont t
First we start off with words that moved the markets all over the world. Take a listen. We are doing so well, our country is becoming so kickly strong again, and strong in others ways, too, by the way, that the dollar is going to get stronger and stronger. And ultimately, i want to see a strong dollar. President trump speaking exclusively to cnbcs joe concernan in davos swirtserlands. And the dollar took notice it moved for its largest insupraday move of the year. And the s p 500 at a record high the question here between secretary mnuchin talking down the dollar and President Trump talking it up, is this a risk to the rally . I dont know if it is a risk to the rally i do think they are playing a dangerous game maybe im oldfashioned, but i dont think her sitting president and the treasury secretary shop so pine on the strength or weakness of the dollar historically they havent done it maybe its changing. I dont think they should. Frankly, though, they should get on the same page februa
Seeing across Asset Classes that are seeing the stocks lower. It is the biggest oneday goinge for the s p 500 back to august. We saw that earlier in the week as well, and we are also seeing simultaneous at least 1 decline for each of the major averages. This has become increasingly uncommon until the past week or so, when we see volatility returned to the market. Scarlet mentioned what has happened on the week as well. As well,500 down and you have to go back to february 2016, or depending on the lowest today, maybe even january 2016 to find this kind of magnitude of a drop. It is being felt in a lot of different ways in the market today. We are watching media stocks among the groups that are selling off today. Are both trading lower, Discovery Communications as well. Analyst who covers media was on bloomberg earlier, and he says he believes the cbs ceo is reluctant to go ahead with some sort of combination between cbs and viacom, something that has been talked about recently. In other