Look at the green arrows back this morning, even though the government could potentially be shut down. S p futures up by 4. 5. The nasdaq up by 19. Well talk more about that potential Government Shutdown in a bit. Overnight in asia, the nikkei higher. Up 0. 2 . Hang seng up by 0. 4. So was the shanghai in china in europe, at least right now green arrows across the board. Biggest gainer of the major averages is the dax, which is up by almost 0. 9 percent. The tenyear yield hitting 2. 64 yesterday. Thats the highest level since september of 2014. Again, concerns about the Government Shutdown really pushing things well see what happens to the tenyear when and if a budget deal is found. Right now it looks like its setting in at 2. 63 . Some big headlines this morning. Ibm returning to Revenue Growth for the first time in five years. Shares are down. Theres weaker than expected guidance overshadowing that news the company beating on the top and bottom lines but took a charge of 5. 5 billion
Conversation stay tuned. Which will continue for the next 59 minutes. I want you to be more vocal on fast money, certain people are saying whatever they want. When good men are silent, thats when bad things can fester thats like a history lesson. Thats when things can fester hes saying youre a good guy. Ill take that. Thank you, joe a look at u. S. Equity futures it looks like we would have been on track for a positive month of august well see what happens this morning. Dow futures up by 57 points. S p futures up by 7. Nasdaq up by 20 this comes after an up day for the markets yesterday as well. Overnight in asia, you will see the nikkei closed up by 0. 75 . Hang seng down by a percentage point. Shanghai was almost flat if you look at whats happening in early trading this morning, you can see across the board there is strength. It looks like the ftse is up by 0. 6 similar gains for the dax in germany. The cac is up by 0. 7 . Check out the dollar, too. Dollar weve been watching so close
Ranges i agree and it occurred to me again why the market went up yesterday, we just dont know how to enjoy good things, good times. I mean, it really looks like we have maybe progrowth policies, Interest Rates that will probably still stay low. Inflation that probably wont be a problem. Everybody is worrying about Profit Margins hitting peak because wage gains will start hurting Profit Margins its bad for income inequality, but in the meantime Profit Margins stasy sustained. Everyone is saying its overvalued, but are we missing the point that there is like a perfect storm . Yeah, and yesterday you were talking about Profit Margins and once wages go up, Profit Margins by definition have to come down. But i think and im guilty of this all the time. We make this more difficult than it has to be to your point, maybe it is this simple now and i think the intelligence i cant, they try to figure out ways where ty the market will go lower. I cant, they try to figure out ways why the market wi
Percentage point the shanghai up by 0. 4 . In europe in the early trading, you will see green arrows across most of the major indices. The dax is up by a half percentage point, the cac in france up by a quarter percentage point crude oil prices which were up sharply yesterday, are down by two cents. Wti about 47. A couple big stories were watching this morning. Shares of tmobile are moving higher the Company Reported earnings of 67 Cents Per Share beating estimates of 29 cents. Revenue Beat Estimates tmobile added 1. 9 million new cust nomers in the quarter. Facebook confirming its working on a subscription feature to let publishers charge for stories on the social media site this could take pressure off of them in terms of the battle with the news industry. The pay wall will be available through instant articles starting in october. It would likely kick in after a user reads ten articles in a month. Facebook shares up 15 . On the wall street agenda another flood of Earnings Report abb
Today. Thank god youre here. We have some news comcast is reporting and when you report on a company like comcast, there are many Different Things that people watch. Not necessarily the bottom line number but let me give that to you any way. Earnings per share, 52 cents that was up almost 27 year over year it was 3 cents ahead of expectations consolidated revenue grew 10 . 9. 8 to 21 21. 2 billion. That is above expectations of 20. 855 consolidateded revenue was one of the things that people might look at, but maybe more so is ebita growth Strong Revenue and ebita growth increasing by 10 . First half ebita growth the best in six years a lot of this, sorkin you see the main cylinder . Squawk box. Part of it. Film revenue up crazy Nbc Universal, outstanding quarter according to the company, grew ebita by 20 Comcast Cable delivered what the company is calling a great quarter is a strong balance between financial growth and solid subscriber metrics you watched this over the years. What do