As the stock plummets 11 and is now at just 10. 35, american is also offering voluntary buyouts to employees. That leads to this question. Are we looking at a Global Travel depression . The ceos of hilton, United Airlines and Royal Caribbean cruise lines all sit on the board of one Organization Called the world travel and Tourism Council. The ceo of that council is live in a fox business exclusive from london, where the famed tube, londons underground subway, is now closing down stations. Will london lock down and what does the future hold for travel . Despite americas troubles, the markets are bouncing back from yesterdays selloff. Weve got another volatile session. At one point, down 721 points at the low, the dow has now swung more than 1200 points, currently we see gains of 237 points. The s p climbing higher by 30. The nasdaq is up 254. Plus we are going to speak to the nations largest Medical Transport company about how it is preparing to move coronavirus patients from one place
The big market mover is gold, and this is a classic flight to safety. Its getting closer to 1600 an ounce. Thats a sevenyear high. 1577, up 25 bucks as of now. Price of oil, 63 a barrel. Can you imagine where the price would be if the general had been killed a few years ago, before america became Energy Independent . Got it. Here are the late news developments. The iranians threaten retaliation. Hundreds of thousands marched through tehran for the generals funeral. The iranians say they will no longer comply with Nuclear Enrichment limits contained in the nuke deal from which mr. Trump was already withdrawn. No backing down from President Trump. Oh, no. After the iraqis demanded the withdrawal of american troops, the president threatened to send them a bill for the bases we had built for them and he threatened to respond to any iranian attack by going after cultural sites. This has been hard line trump. In washington, Speaker Pelosi will organize a vote this week to restrict the presid
The first model 3 built in china rolling off the Assembly Line and elon musk tells his employees quote, pay no attention to the stock price, unquote. Im Ashley Webster in for stuart. Varney company about to begin. Ashley lets take a look at the gains for the major averages this year. Wow, oh, wow. The nasdaq, 35 . The dow, 22 . The s p, a mere 29. 25 . Joining us now, market watcher keith fitzgerald. Fitz, for big gains for next year . What do you say . Why not . Oh, i think weve got all the right things in play. Weve got record consumer confidence, great economics, companies growing. This is a great time to be alive and be an investor. There is always a possibility of shortterm correction but you know what, even a busted clock is right twice a day. Ashley more and more of those socalled experts are calling for that correction. Ten, maybe 20 . Whats going to trigger that . Well, you know, its the same old stuff. It could be a misplaced headline, could be a misguided escomputers. They s
Is quote, possible. China says it is willing to resolve the dispute through calm negotiations. All sounds fairly promising and the market likes it. The dow industrials, huge drop friday, back up maybe 200 points this morning. S p, same story, down friday, back up 18 today, about. 66 . The nasdaq looks like its going up. 75 at the opening bell. Caution. Mr. Trump holds a News Conference which is scheduled for 9 30 eastern time, just as the market opens. We just got word, however, that the president is running a little late. Be advised. It is likely to be a headlinedriven market all over again. Ive got to tell you this. Money is still flowing here. The yield on the tenyear treasury at 1. 53 . It was 1. 44 earlier. The yield on the threeyear treasury 2. 02 . It was 1. 95 earlier. The story here is not this inversion of the yield curve. It is the flight to safety, the safety that america offers. This is going to be a dramatic day for your money. A president ial conference is coming. You ca
Also weighing on investors, continued protests in hong kong. All remaining flights today out of hong kong have been canceled, as demonstrators are occupying the airport there. It follows a violent weekend of protests, including clashes between demonstrators and police, beijing officials condemn the violence and linked violent protesters to terrorism. A bad sign. Also, low Interest Rates affecting the market. Check the tenyear yield. Its 1. 69 now. The other big story of the day, the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Were learning that epstein was not checked on for several hours leading up to his apparent suicide in his prison cell. Attorney general william barr is furious and says there will be a federal investigation. Theres a lot of news to go at today. You dont want to miss a moment of it. Varney company starting right now. David a quick look at stock futures and they have improved a little bit from where they were. Lets go right to susan li at the stock exchange. Whats the buzz, susan . S