In the equity markets on this side of the ocean, you can see the european markets as well have steadied to say the least but thats about it. After again a nice twoday rally there, although that ftse, a lot of people saying thats not the one to look at. Yeah, its back to where it was before brexit but thats because most of it is international exposure, not necessarily exposure to domestic uk. Lets get to our road map this morning. It does start with a big day on wall street. Its the end of the first half of the year. Weve got a look at the winners and losers and whos poised for perhaps a pop in the second half of the year. Lions gate buys starz, 4. 4 billion in cash and stock. I will give you the detailtss on how the deal came down and what it means for the companies and industry overall. The results are in, we will have a look at the Bank Stress Tests and what it tells us about the strength of the sector. We are heading into the final trading day of the Second Quarter and the first hal
We can see the s p looking some muted reaction this morning. Perhaps today will be a quiet day. How did europe do . Lets show you and see how it is doing. The markets wont close for a few more hours. There is a look at the uk. And germany and france. All of which are in the green. One week ago, a very different story, wasnt it, as you look, that still takes your breath away sometimes. 1. 419 on the 10year. Its 2016. Halfway through. Those people who get older, those ones, those guys who get in their like 50s and 60s have no place to invest. No kidding. No kidding. What do you do . Municipal bonds. Its a problem. Whats this we, you stuff . Ill be there soon enough. All right. Our road map this morning, starts with the first trading day of the second half where the market is heading as we turn the corner, oh, man, second half already. Hershey rejects a 23 billion takeover bid from mondelez. First we told you about that yesterday. The question now is, well what is next . What does the tru
Hasnt been as strong as we had thought. Getting obviously a little bit of relief after the announcements of all the buy backs and dividend increases. It doesnt seem as though anybody changed his or her opinion about the businesses themselves, whether they can earn a proper return in this environment. It seems still kind of a call on fed policy, but at least youre going to get paid a little bit along the way if youre a bank shareholder. Were seeing, this is the last day of the first half, last day of the Second Quarter. Coming off some pretty strong gains. I believe the best two day gain of the year on monday and tuesday but we are getting some of those headlines from the bank of england. Wets get out to wilbur frost outside of the boe in london with those headlines. Reporter thanks very much. Mike carney speaking right now. Hes due to say that there is need for summer stimulus after the brexit shock. This next line is a direct quote. He said in my view and im not prejudging the views o
The 100 billion beer deal has been brewing for months is closer now to being a done deal, sabmillers board will recommend that Shareholders Approve a take overby anheuserbusch inbev, boosted initial offer to the postbrexit drop in the british pound. Facebook could you up to an extra billion dollars, a transfer of assets to ireland in 2010 and new york fed is asking the Philippine Central Bank to help recover 81 million stolen by hackers back in february. That 81 million belonged to the bank of bangladesh. Roeuters reports the money was mostly laundered through the casino industry. All right. Tyler, im brian sullivan. Check on your friday, the s p 500 despite that disappointing gdp print briefly hitting yet another new intraday high, it has since pulled back. The magic number to watch for a closing high 2175. In the meantime the nasdaq is trading at a 52week high itself up by big gains in google, amazon, and much more on those names ahead. We are also all over this oil slide. Crude oil
Her meeting with bill tainted that investigation with conflict of interest. Damage control time this friday morning. Big problem for tesla. The feds launch an investigation of a fatality of an accident involving a tesla car being driven on autopilot. That stock will be down today. Lady and gentlemen, my message to america, get out there and drive july the 4th, gas prices the lowest in a decade. Varney company is about to begin. All right, everybody, this is where the dow closed yesterday. 17,929, one week after brexit. Armageddon, you know, the big selloff, it lasted precisely two trading sessions. Were now only 70 points from 18,000 and the dow is actually positive for the year. Thats how we start this friday morning. How about the s p . Yesterday, it closed right there at 2098, it, too, is now positive for the the year despite brexit. The price of oil down a bit. 47. 99. The individual stock story, the culprit story of the day is tesla. And theres a report of a fatal crash for model