Manager. John halfer ford income trust. Fedex blasting away that Earnings Report leading to a huge rise in the value of that stock. Very shortly well have oracle reporting as well. Dennis will report that. We also have surprise visitors coming in including ron paul by the way toward the end of the hour. Tim, i want to go to you first, if i may, talk about who bernanke, bernanke is always talking about the economy. Always talking about unemployment motivating his decisions but to what extent was the Market Reaction the basis for his decision . That is, do you get a sense bernanke was playing to wall street in his decision today . If i would guess, david, i would guess he is playing to the Housing Market, maybe not so much wall street. Were stockpickers, not fedwatchers, but i think he was really spooked what the backup in rates could be doing to housing because housing has been one of the biggest drivers in the consumer led turn around. I think he was placing to the Housing Market, not
Look at how its weighted. Theres a big move there with Microsoft Holding the gains. We hit the high of the session minutes ago. Much more on steve balmers resignation, but now, much more importantly, who gets the nod as his successor . If you got excited about a housing recovery, hold your horses for a moment. New home sales for the month of july fell 13. 4 to a 394,000 annual rate. That is the lowest number since last october. Rising Interest Rates, of course, could be the culprit with the 3 30eyear jumping but its important to remember monthly data are volatile and subject to large revisions. Remember, its just the opposite this week when we got existing home sales, totally opposite of new home sales, but that number jumped to the highest level since 2009 due to buyers racing to beat rising Interest Rates, but, again, we dont see that with new home sales. Interest rate on 30year mortgage nearly doubled since may to around 4. 85 , still low a fox exclusive with the ceo of the First Ho