To,h mcconnell doesnt want nancy pelosi and Steve Mnuchin do. They dont see much closer. I think theres a political question underpinning the market, are people secondguessing their dismissal of a contested election. Interferencee raised yesterday, possibly increasing the chances of a messy elections these in election season. Jonathan may become im just not going to get excited on an 11 point move on the s p 500. Lisa we could try. Jonathan heres what we look like on my heels coming down a basis point. 118, we have replaced this weakness with Dollar Strength in much of g10. Johnhe news overnight, ratcliffe saying that iran and russia are meddling in the United States election. Heres the u. S. Director of national intelligence. That some confirmed Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran, and separately by russia. This data could be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to register voters. Jonathan John Ratcliffe on attempts on iran and russi
It is hip to be square used to be at least. Lets check out u. S. Equity futures. Things are relatively flat and that isa good thing. A bit of a difference after the big swings weve seen. Right now dow futures up about 3, s p 500 up about 2, nasdaq up by 13. Of course this is after a done day for the m down day for the markets yesterday. Treasury yields are something to start paying attention to because we did see a pickup in treasury yields to the highest levels weve seen since june the ten year is yielding 0. 813 . And i know it doesnt seem like a lot, but it is the highest level weve seen in a while and there is so much that rides on that including mortgage pricing which has been a key part of what has been happening in the housing sector, a strong point in the economy so far. Lets get over to washington. Well talk about id call it a soap opera, but really it is a reality show and means a lot to so many millions before nancy pelosi says she is now optimistic that democrats may be abl
The u. S. Cases approaching seven million. A new round of stimulus remains a major question mark in washington weve got 59 minutes left of trade for this week. Were up 2 for the nasdaq its been a roller coaster of a day. Coming up, well ask the billionaire investor where he is finding opportunities amid the renewed volatility on wall street well get his thoughts on the red hot ipo market and, of course, the spac craze the plus, former National Security adviser mcmaster will join us to discuss the latest news on tiktok and simmering tech cold war with china well talk about the many battlegrounds for the United States and to mcmasters new book which is out this week. Lets get straight to the big stories. Mike santoli is tracking all of the market action. Julia has new developments in the tiktok saga. Josh lipton is covering more on the facebook fight mike, start us off on the Broader Market thank you very much we have a little bit of follow on rally here in the afternoon we have a little
Yesterday. It ended with new records for the s p 500 and the nasdaq, check out this nasdaq, up 86 points, three quarters of a percent, s p 500 up 12 points at 34, 43, unchartered territory. Violence erupting in wisconsin for a third night in a row, the gun battle in the streets leaving two people dead. Weve got the latest. Hurricane laura a category 2 storm, it is gaining strength, barreling towards texas and louisiana. Well take you live to the gulf coast this morning. How far did it go . New details in mcdonalds investigation into steve easterbrook, examining if he and other employees covered up misconduct. Peloton ready for the ipo, giving investors a look at its finances. Finding your happy place, the surprising spot more americans are going to relax. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets this morning are mixed, take a look at the fq100, down 9 points, the cac is up 8, the dax in germany up 60 right now, about one half of 1 . In asia overnight markets were split,
Andrew is out, so i have to find a way to annoy you what you asked for. Your birthday is tomorrow, right . Tomorrow, not today tomorrow. Its friday. Everybody deserves to be embarrassed. Well do it anyway this is the last day youll be 19 23. Exactly. Anyway, lets check out the futures this morning as joe mentioned, youll see the dow down slightly by about 26 points s p down by four s p off by eight getting ready to wrap up another week the dow up by 2. 5 over the last four days. S p is higher. On track for a Third Straight positive week. A little different story for the nasdaq tech has been on an incredible run. Many of those names have pulled back not by a lot nasdaq down by 1. 4 this week. If you are watching it, the index is up nearly 17 for the year thats about 58 above the march 23 low and above the march intradate high we hit on monday. We are continuing to watch that. The 10year is the one we watch so closely it looks like the 10year is sitting at the 0. 604 . The bottom level o