Last couple of days. S p futures up about just over 8 points. That jobs report will be indicative of how we made the move to the day. We have Alan Greenspan joining us this morning. First, steve has this mornings other big stories. Thanks, becky. An american cameraman working for nnz news in liberia has tested positive for ebola. He was one of three cameramen working with nbcs chief correspondent dr. Nancy schneiderman. Hes been working in liberia for the past three years. Nbc is sending a charter plane for schneidermans entire crew. Schneiderman on nbc last night. An abundance of caution. We have selfquarantining ourselves, even going beyond the cdc guidelines. We recognize that there is a big story back home. Meantime in texas, the cdc contacting dozens of people. Meg turrell joining us from dallas with the latest this morning. Good morning, meg. Good morning, steve. That nbc news cameraman, our colleague was the fifth american affected with ebola and is back here in the United State
The iea also warning that weak demand raises the risk of social instability. But Goldman Sachs executive calls lower oil a blessing. There are a lot of positives to the economy from the Energy Situation to the resurgence of housing to the most important thing of having reversed all the leverage that was in the system and kind of reset the clock. So you can take something thats a blessing, lower price of oil which once you think of like a tax cut. Take a look at the price of crude. Youre looking at wti crude at 59. 33. What are you smiling about, joseph . How many times have you heard that Lower Oil Prices like a tax cut . I probably heard that a thousand times in my life. But i agree. But i dont know if thats the you know . I saw that yesterday, too, that he said that. I was like, thank you, but i knew that. Right . Like a tax cut. We know that. But its amazing how many people push back. There was even a guy tweeting this morning meaning yeah you pay 50 cents less for gas and lose thou
We were down three out of the last four days. Going away. Isnt it tuesday, or wednesday already . This is tuesday. Actually an update. A down day so far. Were off the lows of the session right now, but this could be nothing if you believe david leonard, and he says its overvaluations from the market and the headline in his column use the word bubble, and it lays out why stocks are expensive once again and david will join us to make his case on that. Yes. That is coming up. One stock that isnt nearly as expensive as it was at the end of the year is twitter. Its getting hammered today, down more than 10 . Just a few months ago, again, trading above 70 a share. Now around 32 and sinking 16 today, so what is going on with twitter. The lockup ended. Yes, indeed. Well find out for you. Talk a little bit more about who the sellers are and if theres any more value. We have a fleury of major earnings coming out in about an hour that could move the markets for tomorrow. Disney is the biggest of
Monday and mild upside in the markets this morning. Our road map with market highs, record close for the s p, futures pointing to that higher open. Caseshiller the data point today. How the sausage gets made, deals lost and launched. The latest, pilgrims pride unveils a 6. 4 billion offer for hillshire brands. And rosie the robot meet mac the computer. Apple set to unveil jetsonlike software for a smarter home. Your iphone coming soon as a Remote Control for your life. But first up, futures on the rise as each of the three major indices did enter the shortened trading week for the year. S p set to open at an intraday high closing above the 1900 level on friday as the u. S. Markets turned in their biggest weekly gain in over a month. After all the nashing of teeth this month, jim, dow and s p are on track for four straight months of gains. Were hanging on by a thread. Many people who came into this month thinking the earnings werent that good, a lot of fear built up, there were many siz
Frans 10year yields, spain is at 2. 88. Just to put that in perspective. Rates are way too high in this country. Im not kidding. Talk to frank blake, home depot. Look at europe at this time, kind of a mixed bag. Stocks started with small gains off the lows, about flat, lets call it in a lot of different ones. Not a lot of news out of europe this morning. Consumer staples, basic resources, health care lagging, financial services, banks, media and telecoms up. Our road map and it does start with the markets. Looking to make history, the s p aiming for another record high. Weve got earnings from Toll Brothers and michael kors, adding to what has been positive sentiment. Lots of buzz at the code conference surrounding googles driveless car. Carl is at the event and he is going to fill you in. M a also in the spotlight as it has been lately. Valeant increases its offer for allergan. Ge making its case to the french for why it should be allowed to buy al sted. Futures on the high after the s