Hackett was brought in, he was a board member, previously he had done a great job at steel case the Office Furniture company in michigan and when he came in and he said, look, we are going to transform ford, get it ready for the future for Autonomous Vehicles, for electric vehicles. That hasnt happened ford has been mired in really not being making the move that its needed to make since 2017 they are starting to change that a little bit some of that because of the moves that jim farley has made as coo, he becomes the ceo effective october 1st and the marching orders are pretty clear. Transform this company, get ready for a future with electric vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles at some point, not immediately, but at some point, but, guys, this is the most interesting stat that i can find. If you go back over the last, what, 20 years, 19 years, only one ceo at ford, alan malaly posted a positive gain in ford shares there you see hacketts performance since may of 2017, down 38 , similar to fi
Also on the show child labor has risen among Cocoa Farmers in west africa in recent years can chocolate producers do more to stop the practice. Flow and welcome im seeing beers in berlin its good to have you with us its been a difficult 2 years for argentina which has endured a crippling recession worsened through the ongoing pandemic in may the government was unable to make a loan payment putting it in default for the 9th time in its history now when its out and says it has reached an agreement with creditors which could help avert a more serious crisis in the months ahead. The coronavirus pandemic has pushed on containers already struggling economy to the brink the country is in recession over a 3rd of the population lives in poverty since the outbreak the queues outside soup kitchens have become long. We were using what little we had to buy food sometimes my son who worked as a painter brought us some money but now he doesnt have a job either. We have no income so we are using his a
It was the big gainer. It closed at an alltime high. Tech has been leading the way. Sales force, facebook, taketwo and qualcomm at record highs you have to watch one stock in particular apple. After more than 10 gain on friday and thursday night, it closed up 2. 5 to an alltime high percentages away from hitting the 2 trillion market cap that 4 to 1 stock split is hit that price has to sit 477 not far off. Weve been talking about the pressure that has been put on yields in the treasury market. Right now, the 10year note at 0. 45 . Scott . Becky, im listening to you talk about tech and these companies. We have to get ready to talk nasdaq 11,000. As crazy as that would sound, we are on the doorstep. In spitting distance, basically. Unbelievable. Largy carri largely carried by these big five apple, amazon, facebook and alpha bes alphabet and microsoft looking back in march, would you have thought we would be talking nasdaq 11,000 by summer . No way. There is reason for it if you look at s
The auto sector. Ford and nikkola news coming your way just about to flat line with 59 minutes left in the session. We have a big lineup of ceos coming up on todays show. Dan rosensweig on the back of cheggs earnings it is a moon shot. Then the head oof another stock that has been on a terror, henry ji, ceo of Sorrento Therapeutics and its a huge earnings news, disney, nikola and well speak with the ceo of ww right after the numbers hit. We have 58 minutes left of trade. Mike san totoli is tracking act and phil lebeau. B mike, start us off with the Broader Market it is flat. We alternate the days between when the indices look better than the majority of stocks and days like today when the indices are doing nothing but holding near the highs take a look at the s p 500 here we are on a year basis. You have the pop and turn pattern. You pop above the highs and then chops around right now were above that june high 3350 or so would be a 50 rally off the closing low for from 23rd that is 19
And the markets say by gold. Global google searches for the phrase hit levels not seen in nine years as the yellow metal barrels passed 2000 an ounce. The cash trade is less than an hour away. Here are your headlines. The white house and democrats aim for a virus relief deal by the end of the week and bill gates tells bloomberg exclusively the u. S. Should help poorer nations get vaccines. Rocked by a massive explosion at its main port, killing dozens and injuring thousands. Authorities are yet to confirm what caused the blast. In fromcontinue to roll europes largest countries. Commerzbank anticipates a loss for the year. We will speak with a host of top executives in the coming hours, including from the frankfurtbased bank. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe and out in the u. K. Lets take a look at what futures are indicating. Green arrows across the board. For ures up the most, 0. 4 . We get a slew of earnings out of German Companies this m