And thats why our trader likes it thats ahead in Earnings Exchange but we begin with the markets. Its red across the board as you see right there. The dow currently just about down one quarter of 1 similar for the s p 500, and the nasdaq 15,950, down one half of 1 meanwhile, its been a wild ride for bitcoin prices today, which currently stand at 61,000 and change its up about 7. 5 right now at one point, it topped just around 64,000, it touched that level before backing off below 60,000. A wild ride, but its important, because these are the highest levels going back to near record high levels that we saw back in november of 2021 that was just around 68,800 or so so keep that in mind as we watch bitcoin prices check out the stocks in that bitcoin ecosystem. Were talking names like microstrategy, which owns bitcoin. North of 11 billion at this point. Marathon digital is one of those miners out there, up big today and coinbase, up 2. 5 to 3 right now. Well start with fresh data on the eco
Equity markets and check out the futures this morning. At this point there are very sharp upward moves. Dow futures are indicated up. S p futures indicated up by 22 and the nasdaq up by 56. Of course september hasnt been so good but with one trading session left, the dow, s p is and nasdaq are all sharply lower on the month. Nasdaq is down by 5. 4 . If you check things out for the quarter to date returns all three major indexes are poised to hit their worst record. You take a look at declines of 9 across the board. Heres the stories you need to be watching this morning. We start with the job market. Forecasters say the economy likely added 200,000 private sector jobs last month. Adp viewed as a key indicator ahead of this fridays big monthly payrolls number. In washington the senate and the house expected to pass a stop gap funding bill that will avert a shutdown for now. In the meantime, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says Congressional Republican leaders will begin a talk on
Liz countdown to the countdown. Currencies gone wild. Just 24 hours after g20 ministers tell japan and other big missions, no currency wars. If a weaker currency helps their economy, plummet against the dollar and the euro. Wheres the trade for you . Top currency strategist helps you dig for the treasure. Are your mutual funds socking you in dividend taxes . A morningstar analyst teaches you how to countdown starts right now. Liz good afternoon everybody. Im liz claman. Happy president s day. Yes, the u. S. Markets are closed, but we are open for business. And good thing at that, breaking news in just the last hour and a half, the wall street journal reporting that office max and office depot are in talks to merge. Sources say the talks are fluid, could still fall apart, but an announcement could come as early as this week. Office depot is the bigger of the two with a market value of about 1. 3 billion dollars. While office max, about 933 Million Dollars. Both have pretty much skyrocke