Candidates couldnting more different, and the polls are very close. So the level of uncertainty is much greater than if we had a runaway frontrunner. Does the fear make sense . Should the averages have been merciless . Frankly, i dont want to make any determinations because at the end of the day, this is a political question, and that means its up to you. My expertise is picking stocks, not politics. There, even for one evening. But i just cant ignore the elephant in the room because that would mean ignoring whats driving the market, and thats whats coming up at 9 00 p. M. On cnbc. The first of the president ial debates between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Im tuning in. I hope you do too. So where do we begin . Lets talk about what business thinks first of this election. As the wall street journal reported in an amazing story last week, and i quote, no fortune 100 ceos back republican this kind of tsunami support for clinton explains one of the major reasons for todays decline. It
Dow tumbling 167 points. S p sinking 0. 86 . Nasdaq losing 0. 91 today because the styles of the two candidates couldnting more different, and the polls are very close. So the level of uncertainty is much greater than if we had a runaway frontrunner. Does the fear make sense . Should the averages have been merciless . Frankly, i dont want to make any determinations because at the end of the day, this is a political question, and that means its up to you. My expertise is picking stocks, not politics. And im uncomfortable even going there, even for one evening. But i just cant ignore the elephant in the room because that would mean ignoring whats driving the market, and thats whats coming up at 9 00 p. M. On cnbc. The first of the president ial debates between donald trump and hillary clinton. Im tuning in. I hope you do too. So where do we begin . Lets talk about what business thinks first of this election. As the wall street journal reported in an amazing story last week, and i quote,
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Prior forecast. Exxon, show and show all trading lower. Because apple will not tell us about preorders, it is not stopping some other mobile providers from doing so. Tmobiles john ledger saying that preorders are nearly four times more than the iphone6 and the sprint says preorders of the iphone7 are up 375 , so apple. Hares up right 2. 5 it is not benefiting those other companies. Finally, the dollar is being watched, the dollar index gaining as racy see oil fall and the dollar benefits, up. 501 percent, part of it due to the drop in the british pound. Mark we are down because of oil, similar to you. Stoxx 600 down by. 50 1 . We were up earlier and down for the fourth day, longest losing stretch since august. The biggest gain since 2008, this is a swiss buyout firm, they rose more than expected. They say that first half was massive and the company will be able to pay significantly higher dividends going forward. The basic coastline is that down 14 ande, profits will fall below analyst