Thoughts on apple and the hot investments that he missed. Its a merger monday. Comcast and charter, theyre not merging, dont worry. But they have an announcement. Kate spade and coach, yeah, they are. Plus other deals brewing. And france has decided what the new president means for the u. S. And the global economy. First up though, Warren Buffett sharing his latest views on investing this morning. This is what the oracle had to say to becky earlier this morning on squawk about stock valuations. The most important item over time in valuation is obviously Interest Rates. I mean, if Interest Rates are destined to be at very low levels, not necessarily as low as they are now, but very low compared to the 100 year averages or 50 year averages it makes in i stream of earnings from investments worth more money. Buffett said bonds is a terrible choice relative to stocks. Take a listen to that. Anybody that prefers bonds to stocks is making a big mistake. I have been saying that year after year
I mean, up or down. Lets just see. The european markets have been open for some time. There we can give you some actual answers. Also, well, largely down other than the ftse in the uk which is up. But no great moves there. Thank you for italy and spain in the control room. I like to see a broader picture other than the big three. As for crude oil which we go to next, 2. 276. Wti back above well above its kind of a stealth move there a little bit. Thats all talk ahead of the opec meeting. Hot air . Yeah. The saudis have cut back by 500,000 barrels because the u. S. Is increasing by that much in if next four months. So interesting. Well talk oil during the show but lets start with retailer. Two are falling sharply. Tiffany with a surprise drop in samestore sales and lowes also missed on its top line. Plus, were awaiting a new outlook from the fed. The u. S. Futures are more or less flat after the longest winning streak is extended. Over in china, a downgrade. Moodys lowers its rating on
Alibaba came public in 2014. Snap, and it went off like a snap, without a hitch. Believe me, it could have been dreadful. It could have been like the facebook deal. Boo which caused tremendous concern about the entire underwriting process. It could have been like twitter, which was way too hot, too soon. It could have been like zinga or groupon, two deals that spiked as only a small amount of stock was offered, socalled sliver deals and then cost aftermarket buyers loads of money. Instead the snap deal went off pretty much like clockwork. Congratulations, New York Stock Exchange. Causing nary a hiccup for the rest of the market. Dow sinking 113 points. S p backsliding 0. 59 . Nasdaq declining 0. 73 . The stock of snap, the company that has pioneered social picture messaging opened up at 24, a pleasant, not too hot, not too cold, gold i locks like 7 premium to its 17 ipo price. It went smoothly and while you may regard the stock as hopelessly overvalued, it could have played havoc with
Working are downright toxic. Specifically the banks, the restaurants, and the retailers should be on fire right now. But instead they are houses on fire. And theres no letting up in the flames even as the averages rebounded hard today. After opec announced it might cut back half a Million Barrels of production in november. I think this is more of the same where they rumor the price high, which worked again, and then kind of do nothing meaningful. Nevertheless, as i have said over and over again to you, anything that drives oil higher takes stocks higher, and thats sure what happened today with the dow ultimately gaining 111 points, s p climbing. 53 percent. The linkage remains that great even as i urge you to be skeptical of any socalled deals when there is such a worldwide glut of oils. We need millions of barrels to be cut, not less than a million. This means the amount will not give you a lasting impact. I want to talk about whats happening with these beleaguered groups i mentioned
Should be on fire right now, but instead they are houses on fire. And theres no letting up in the flames even as the averages rebounded hard today after opec announced it might cut back half a Million Barrels of production in november. I think this is more of the same where they rumor the price higher, which worked again, taking oil up almost 5 , and then kind of do nothing meaningful, which is also what keeps happening on these kinds of deals. Nevertheless, as i have said over and over again to you, anything that drives oil higher takes stocks higher, and thats the dow ultimately gaining 111 points, s p climbing 0. 53 , nasdaq advancing 0. 24 . The linkage remains that great even as i urge you to be skeptical of any socalled deals when there is such a worldwide glut of oil, one that would need millions of barrels to be cut, not less than a million. This means the amount will not give you a lasting impact. I want to talk about whats happening with these beleaguered groups i mentioned e