Have nuclear capabilities, it is nearing that milestone in the nuclear arms according to the pentagon. I want to get Market Reaction from abigail doolittle. We were much higher before this report. How are we thinking . Abigail we are right around where we were before those headlines. The s p 500 about. 25 . The risk on rally we have seen in august, the s p 500 in august up about 7 . Itre we are really seeing for tech stocks, the nasdaq 100 putting in another alltime high. At this point the nasdaq 100 up almost 1 ,. 9 . Not surprisingly, this has everything to do with apple, up 2. 6 . Yesterday climbing after it split, investors liking its postsplit facelift. There is a four for one split. Now the stop is around one hundred 30 as opposed to 500. The value is not different, but the optics may be more attractive to retail investors. Bloomberg put out an exclusive report about the fact the company is preparing an iphone blitz for this fall, targeting 75 Million Units to be sold. Perhaps th
A beautiful new york today. Good morning in washington boston. Early good morning out in san francisco, to all of you across this nation on sirius xm. We also say good morning to anna edwards in london. Why are we doing this . It is august. Ferro is off. From whats is off abramowitz is off. I said, i want anna edwards, and here she is. I am going to go optimism here with bob doll any moment, with home depot and walmart and all that. Explain to our american audience the place of Marks Spencer in the United Kingdom psychology, and what it means that one in 10 bodies will be shown the door. This isnt necessarily a very optimistic way to start the hour, but Marks Spencer, a huge retailer that was on every high street in the u. K. It is going to be getting rid of one in 10 of its staff, mostly through retirements and the like, but it is not just about covid19. This is a secular trend that has been affecting the retailers. Not only do they have to deal with the fact that a lot of their custo
Even home depot, which was great, is lower, as the whats next is the question that we have. With stacy witless, fw retailer advisors president. Also night one of the Democratic National convention saw democrats ripping it up President Trump with tough words from former First Lady Michelle Obama and bernie sanders. Let me be as honest and clear as i possibly can donald trump the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. But let us be clear. If donald trump is reelected, all the progress we have made will be in jeopardy. And its most basic. This election is about preserving our democracy. Alix joining me now for more is wendy jennison, Bloomberg Politics editor. What was your biggest pic for tonight and how does that set us up for the dnc tonight . The biggest takeaway from last night was the effectiveness of Michelle O
Unemployment rate over 10 , and that is nothing like what we see this morning. The mystery of what we see with this is absolutely extraordinary. Weve got the voices lined up to talk about it. The market standpoint, economic standpoint. What is missing, maybe we will get that from mr. Kudlow later, what is the view of washington on the American Labor economy . Jonathan and will the view change with jobs numbers falling apart . I never thought i would sit here and say it could be positive one million, could be one million. Quite simply, no one knows million. Negative one quite simply, nobody knows. Tom Bernie Sanders of vermont talking about the inequalities out there. This jobs report will show the start discerns between the stark difference between the haves and havenots. Lisa that has really been the hallmark of the crisis that has ensued. Theres a question of looking at the granular month we data, and the belief that looking at some of the corporate reports and the earnings that thin
Moment as we look at the labor economy of the united states. ,resident trump out front giving his strategy on the adp report to dovetail a big number for friday, with the reality of the adp report in 14 minutes. Jonathan i think we are both lost for words over this one. Adp report around 15 minutes away. The estimate, positive 1. 2 million. It continues with claims tomorrow and concludes with payrolls friday. The churn beneath the surface, we talked about this so many times. Claims only show you one side. We will try to get the net of things friday. Really unpredictable. Tom i agree, adp is a little squishy. It is likely john swann axios interview. Theres a huge margin of error on the jobs report. How do you see the bond market set up for the margin of error of fridays report . Lisa heres a question, are we already seeing a policy error with the delay of some sort of stimulus package . Are people going to be trying to find other reasons to take a move . I will say the bond market right