Affiliation, so we have very interesting orderly process and, you know, i asked each person what they wanted to do and i gave them one minute each . Each. I wasnt interested in anyones life history, and it was really sort of what do you want to do, and we had a few options and virtually Anyone Running a Public Company was on that group could nod and deal with the pressure from their constituents and so i basically said, well, it seems pretty clear, you know, that i really didnt want to have a melting ice cube type of thing. People were under legitimate astonishing pressure you should have seen some of the emails that i got tell me you know i was accused by people of being a nazi i mean, im jewish struck you as absurd, right it was absurd and i got hundreds of these things and so it was pretty clear that the country itself felt like it was going out of control we had a logical meeting, and decided that there was just too much pressure for too many people all running public companies. An
Have you spend any time with us and talk about stocks. Thanks for having me. And the markets and Everything Else in between steve weis and josh brown. Youll see them throughout the hour as well a great collection of investors on the stage stage behind us giving their views on the market which are at record highs as were sitting here having this conversation give us your view on where you see the markets and where they are now. If its justified or not in your mind. Well, define justified. Well, why to you think were here i think were here because basically the Central Banks have todaysy theres the general view that whats worked will continue to work Monetary Policy will stay easy, and and well live with the valuations, so i think that kind of sums up the way i think most investors think. Yeah, youre not saying, and maybe its purposefully, that theres any sort of credit due to the president or his expected agenda is that purposeful that you dont think that hes responsible at all for wher
Its iphone 10. I want to know what theyre going to do in two years after the iphone 9 is introduced, what are they going to call the next one . Already have an iphone 10. Skip to the 11 . I digress we have all the details of all the new features on that. Plus Business Leaders are making news at cnbc and Institutional Investors delivering alpha conference. Well take you live there in a little bit. Jp morgan chair Ceo Jamie Dimon is about to take the stage any minute now that conference. Well bring it to you live as it happens. Hes already making headlines today saying the bank may no longer give intraquarter trading guidance and saying bitcoin is is a fraud wow that was thats gotten everybodys attention there. Equates it with tulips if you dont know what hes talking about, look it up, kids. Lets start with the breaking news out of apple there in cupertino at the new headquarters Brian Sullivan is there with details. Brian . Reporter hey, bill and kelly, thank you very much a lot to wrap
The dow and s p closing at record levels, the 32nd record close in 2017 for the dow, the first record close in more than a month. What is left to buy . Weve got some ideas we start with the breaking news, the biggest day for apple in the last ten years the expect unveiling its new iphones, lets get straight to josh lipton at apple headquarters reporter hi, melissa the new iphone finally getting revealed today, the iphone x ceo tim cook was on stage, he introduced the device right behind me here at the steve jobs theater in cupertino take a listen. We do have one more thing this is iphone x it is the biggest leap forward since the original iphone. Reporter among the new features, an edge to edge 5. 8 inch oled display. No more touch i. D. , instead facial recognition to unlock the device apple says that is more secure than touch i. D well wait and see whether consumers agree. New and improved camera system when you looked at surveys at what people were looking for, an improved camera wa
Indexes the dow, the s p 500, and the nasdaq closed at records. Financials rose. And there was optimism about tax reform. And that enthusiasm put investors in a buying mood. So here are the closing numbers for you. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 61 points to 22,118. Its gains were capped however by a decline in the shares of mcdonalds following a downbeat research note. The nasdaq was up 22. The s p 500 added eight. Ask anyone who invests in this market and they may have a different take on stocks and where they may be headed. The same is true of wellknown investors like omega advisers leon cooperman and tiger managements julian robertson, who says stocks are in a bubble. The market as a whole is at a historic basis, i think thats due to the fact that Interest Rates are so low that theres no real competition for the money, other than art and real estate. And so i think thats why the valuations are so high. The stock market has full valuation. That doesnt mean its overvalued, b