Thinnest of reeds which is why the averages were able to war today. The dow which gained 470 points, s p advancing 2. 28 . Its hard to find a positive button house of pleasure the nasdaq gaining 1. 72 . All right, what happened okay, this morning President Trump told us hes brokering a deal between russia and saudi arabia so theyll stop flooding the world with oil that will help the price of crude to rebound back to the 20s and trigger a short rally in the stock market. One that couldnt be taken down by the shroud of gloom even as the shroud kept trying to take it down. Intermittently until being ripped from the markets rarely bullish face buy, buy, buy yep, we live in a bizarre world where wall street can momentarily overlook the fact that 6. 6 million americans filed for Unemployment Insurance last week a mindblowingly horrible record breaking number. Instead, we briefly able to accentuate the positive. It might not collapse, saving billions of bad loans and preserving Energy Indepen
Nasdaq declining. We have entered the heart of earnings season. These moment where is the reports are fast and furious with the headlights blaring and free markets all over the place are among the most challenging times for all investors. What makes dealing with this cacophony of earnings so tough . Its subjective. I view the companies as being similar to the way teachers grade tests. We do have the occasional true or false quiz, sometimes multiple choice and the essay. The subjective essay that needs to be read beginning to end. You want to figure out how well the company did. While you often hear that such and such a Company Reported a good quarter i reserve judgment based on the kind of test being administered. Sometimes the answer is obvious. Johnson johnson delivered a monster quarter with a terrific top and bottom line beat. As stellar sales of all the new drugs stole the show. It was unassailable. Therefore, j js quarter was a true or false test. Im checking true to the line tha
Higher. Up by a quarter percent. The cac down by half a percent the ftse down slightly. After the friday night release of the European Bank stress tests, they were not nearly as stressful as some thought they should be. But you did see a lot of concerning things that came out of it. You can see unicredit is down by 7. 5 . Well find out how much it could impact the u. S. Markets in a few minutes. Lets check out crude oil prices because each though crude was up on friday, if you looked at last week, it was still down by over 2. 50. Oil sitting right around 41. 60. This morning, wti under additional pressure. That september contract right now is trading just above the 41 mark at 41. 07. Brent crude at 42. 93. It may be august, but things arent slowing down. Earnings and important Economic Data, all this as the dow starts the month on a sixmonth win streak. Today, we get the july ism Manufacturing Index. Tomorrow, june personal income and spending and your auto sales numbers. Wednesday it
Last two weeks. The yields on debt that comes due in one month have risen to levels higher than yields for maturity thats dont secure for six months. Thats a big deal because normally an issuer would pay to borrow for longer periods of time. The institutions want to avoid being stuck with debt in the event of a default. Citigroup has told clients it would rather not take treasuries on october 24th as a sign of collateral. Andrew, this a sign your money is no good here. Weve got more on the situation in washington in just a few minutes. I dont know if people are going to be taking paengz or not, but i think we should see a number of Companies Set to post Quarterly Results for today. Before the bell, well hear from the follow. Citigroup, cocacola and johnson and johnson. Intel and yahoo are among the other we will be hearing from. Burberrys ceo is leaving the British Fashion house to move to, guess where . Apple. Angela ahrendts is going to take up a newly created position at apple with
Meeting. New gdt shows the u. S. Economy slowed on an annual basis in the Second Quarter. Okay. Welcome to the program. Plenty to get through today. Plenty to talk about. Coming up on todays program, indias biggest private bank reports. Find out if the financial giant is weathering economic head winds in its home market. Well be in mumbai. With the countdown to the feds decision under way, well hear from one gold bull who says ongoing qe could support the precious metal. J. J. Burn will join us from the states. And gdp growth, fred hawkman will be with us 11 40 cet. French carmaker peugeot, well have expert analysis from paris at 9 45. All of that coming up. Well start off with earnings. Bnp paribas slipped by 4. 7 from a year ago. The drop smaller than expected. Stock is flat in paris. Lets get more on that. Stephane is with us, hes been speaking to the ceo. Stephane. Good signal for the earnings season in france. Bnp, the first bank to report for the quarter. Expectations 1. 8 billio