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
The shares fell for the Third Straight year to the lowest level in 30 years, this all according to the National Association of real tors annual survey. Just 32 of buyers were firsttimers and historically that share is about 40 . Firsttime buyers surveyed said all forms of debt had delayed their saving for a down payment by a median of three years and for those who had the hardest time saving, more than half said it was Student Loan Debt that was the culprit. Another change in buyers, the realtors found 30 of surveys found the primary reason for buying was the simple desire to own and thats up from 24 in last years survey. When you break out firsttime buyers, the jump more significant. 64 said it was that desire to own up from 53 a year ago. The desire for a larger home or a job relocation were a distant second and third reasons for buying. And this comes as the nations Home Ownership rate still sits at the lowest level in half a century. There was no change in the share of Multigenerat
In 2015 on a separate payment that will not be paid. However, the vast majority of the more than 700 million that the island owes on monday by midnight on the 4th will be paid, including importantly the general Obligation Bonds that amount to about 330odd million dollars. Widely held by many mutual funds, Something Like 45 of mutual funds that invest in munis around the u. S. , melissa and brian, are exposed to some of that paper. And thats why were following the story. Kate, thanks so much. Well keep you posted on whats going on in puerto rico. This is power lunch. Im melissa lee along with brian sullivan. Oil is getting knocked around today, no surprise. In the last six months, crude is down almost 40 . What a tumble. Also, natural gas, did the nat gas trade just run out of energy . Its had a huge week but it is down again today. What is going on, melissa . And a year ago brian made some pretty brave and bold predictions about 2015. Today we will show you what he got right, what he g
Declining. 23 . And the nasdaq dipping. 17 this session . Frankly, theres no one answer that explains why stocks are so resilient here. This is a complex and complicated market. Instead, there were a number of important factors at work. Lets get to it. Lets go over the reasons why the market hasnt been absolutely destroyed despite the crash of the Malaysian Airlines plane over ukraine and the ratcheting up of the antirussia rhetoric by president obama and his people this weekend. Pretty much, the markets decided for now that whatever sanctions we put on russia are not going to hurt the earnings of u. S. Based companies. Now, im not so sure if the conventional wisdom here is correct yet. Its certainly right if the west, including the United States does nothing more than what weve already seen against russia. The current sanctions arent going to hurt any companys earnings because i dont believe that putin is going to shut down, nationalize, or kick out the companies of any western countr
The nasdaq jumped 1. 14 , its worth remembering that companies can and do change their stripes. Actually improving the business all of the time. Sometimes the moves are revolutionary and sometimes theyre evolutionary. Today, we heard from a cavalcade of companies and the results are remarkably positive and they made you a ton of money. Why dont we start with the most obvious one, Green Mountain coffee roasters. Which after today should rename itself Green Mountain coke refrigerator. Thats because last night cocacola bought a 10 stake in the company and are going to partner with them to develop a cold soda maker, a keurig, yep, for soda. Until last night Green Mountain had clearly peaked with slowing numbers. And the two high valuation. But bryan kehly, Green Mountains chronically underestimated ceo saw the weaknesses and thought big, partnering with coke to have a disruptive machine from the looks and the sound of it will be much easier to year and therefore better than soda stream. Pl