Lamb weston, that was one of our stocks of the hour. Down 11 . I dont know what is going on over there in the 209. Taylor i am never going to live that down. That is good to know. On a more serious note, some of the industrial companies, 5757. R at a spot intraday basis down to about 31 basis points or so. Keyink 54 will be the next resistance level. The flight to quality we have seen, given the fed and some of the weakness we have seen in earnings. Shawne still with us, matthews. It is earnings season and we are getting into it with some of those large mega cap Tech Companies. There is high expectation but also a general sense that given their size, given their market dominance, they really cannot lose. They will have the Revenue Growth and have Margin Expansion there is really not a reason to be afraid of what they will say or report. Do you buy into the i guess teflon nature of some of these names . I think it can last for a while. If you look to the nifty 50, that lasted for quite
Hundreds of demonstrators are outside the us embassy in baghdad for a second day today, theyre protesting the us strikes against militia targets in iraq and the Embassy Security forces they were firing tear gas and rubber bullets some protesters tried to climb the compounds exterior walls, others were throwing rocks and trying to set fires. Reid binion reports. At some of the great warriors come. As job and they were there instantaneously President Trump responding to the tuesday attack on the us embassy in baghdad that attack following us air strikes on iran backed Militia Group in iraq, trump blaming iran for the Embassy Attack issuing a threat against a country tweeting in part quote iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost or damage incurred any of our facilities. They will pay a very big price. This is not a warning she is a threat the us military response to tuesdays attack was swift. Apache helicopters flying over the embassy in a show of force defense officials sendin
The dow industrials up just a few points at the opening bell, 11, maybe, but look at that level. Back to 28,000. Modest small loss, small loss for the s p and also for the nasdaq. So look, everybody, sit back, you are going to watch financial history. History being made in hong kong, too. Sure looks like open rebellion. The street fighting has escalated. Police besieged one of the Main University campuses which they say was being used to make weapons. A Police Officer was hit by an arrow. Ominously, the Peoples Liberation army, chinese troops, in plain clothes, appeared on the streets on saturday. That was taken as a grave warning. Add all this up, it is beijing versus the people of hong kong, communism versus democracy. It is a bloody fight and it is not over. In the United States, the democrats want to remove this president from office because of a phone call. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart okay. Lets talk stock market, shall we . Dow closed in record territory friday, abov
A bounce in the eyes and Services Data out today in order to save the market but today the i sense that his readings on the u. S. Services sector fell last month to its lowest level since august of 2016 coming in at 52. 00 expectations of 55. 00 Service Oriented companies employ the vast majority of americans and registered the weakest growth in september in 3 years business production new orders grew more slowly and employment levels were essentially flat so between the 2 numbers now the param surveys clearly point to a sharp loss in momentum the Services Side is much larger than manufacturing accounting for about 80 percent of the u. S. Economy manufacturing only makes up roughly 20 percent so many analysts came out and they didnt place too much emphasis on the manufacturing numbers earlier this week and they were overly dismissive of the weak reads these said that the market shouldnt panic yet manufacturing doesnt amount to much and Services Matters more. More and thats actually sti
Maybe 50 odd points today. Its a down day, at least at the opening bell. Caution, tomorrow we get the big report on the Service Sector and friday, the big jobs report. If either confirms the manufacturing slowdown, im going to say watch out below. And this, too, may be a negative for stocks. The hong kong shooting tuesday night, an 18yearold High School Student goes down. It is urban warfare. No other name for it. More protests are planned for right now. Dont ignore this. The National Day Military Parade in beijing on display, a series of very modern weapons including carrier killers. That is missiles capable of knocking out an American Carrier battle group. That would change the military balance in the pacific. Thats the asian backdrop to the trade talks, not that encouraging. We are invested in you and we will take you through what may be a nailbiting day. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart this market is likely to open this morning on the downside after a fair sized drop yeste