Dow is up 25 points. S p is up by 2. Nasdaq up by close to 7. Overnight in asia, better than expected Economic Data coming out of japan. Factory output rising. 1 gain to the nikkei up by 166 points. If you take a look at early trading and european markets youll see at this point thing, relatively flat. Red arrows across the board. None of these major averages down by even 0. 2 . A race looking at how european average, up on asia. They read articles like that. They dont last long in these websites. No, they dont. I guess thats the same way with print. Were going to talk about the top stories. Do you like a fourday week where you have a friday off or a fourday week definitely a monday. Its pay it forward, right . Pay it forward. You dont do anything for the friday off of the foreday week. But were youve put in five last week and get three off. Its already tuesday, everybody. Monday is gone. Its better. Its better. Among our top stories this morning, price of crude and the only markets we
Around, as you heard Kayla Tausche talking about so much on the table this week. So much on the table, and what do you think that the month is going to go, a nd what is the traditionally the worst month . Well, now that the earnings are over, we are macro focused an datadependent, so it is more volatile than we have been seeing, but i am encouraged by what we have seen so far, and especially for the consumers. And 75 of the gdp is consumer, and we have good numbers in spending and income, and jobs an wages, and fridays number is very important. And comps is not good. Well, it is spending with on the range, and okay. And volatile series, and the consumer sounds good to many, but what is bothering me is manufacturing. Maybe the oil and the gas bounce and maybe the dollar kind of stabilizingish, that should l help the manufacturing going forward, because that is the one piece that i am going to be watching particularly close ly. And pete, you saw as we come on the air literally on if mids
Are faring and as we do, given that employment number, the 10year note yield, Strong Performance for the equity markets in europe and there is a look at a yield that has come down a few basis points. Had been above 1. 6 yesterday. Crude up today reversing a slide recently. And well see how all the equity markets fair. The employment report ahead of the fed policy meeting later this month. Ladies . The Research Notes are flying in the inbox already. What are they saying in. Takes pressure off the fed, forget september, its not going to happen. Here we go again. Were in this perverse world where a disappointment on the economy, is very positive for equities. You see the rally, the dollar weakening, treasure yields go lower tells a tale of a fed that might not have to hike Interest Rates. Its not a total disaster in terms of the jobs report. If you break the report down it came in below consensus but were also coming off a strong stretch for june and july. Unemployment Holding Steady at 4
Mcshane this hour of markets now. Connell fried a lot of cool things and not so cool things to talk about. We are fired out about ben bernanke and a baseball hat and all these things. Danny dagen any reason to talk about baseball. Theres a lot to get to this hour. The first vote coming in the next hour on capitol hill to keep the government running, Dan Henninger of the wall street journal will join us to Talk Health Care and a lot more. Connell all these succession stories. No. One before you get to ben bernanke microsofts alan mulally of fort wanting to replace steve ballmer. And nice timing to take the job. Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and at the end of the year we talk about that because he was talking this morning. The president embarked with the format in 2010, and to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Cftcs near completion of the reforms shifting to a transported rat market place. And the marketplace with access, give investors, consumers and busin
Why the heck is that news . Cmon, man. Ever since the great bull market of 1982 began 15,000 dow jones points ago, investors struggle to digest fresh fears. Dow ultimately gaining five points, s p advancing just 0. 8 , and future were down last night, what truly is a shame is this kind of evergreen story is now a staple to so much business journals. It costs people so much money. These pieces have caused a steady departure of individuals investing in stocks, in large part because they dont understand the fears do get digested, and when they do, stocks can rally. So i want to use in as a chance to talk about how risk and how how risk and stocks per se are risky assets, but you cant get it any reward without some risk. There are many kinds of fear, but only some are actually worth worrying about. Sell sell sell. For example, 2008. Sell sell sell. We had true Systemic Risk, which it seemed like all of our basics were on the brink of disaster, Systemic Risk must be avoided even if it means