Nasdaq the dow also closing at a record high it looks like well open sharply lower. The dow losing 124 points right now, the s p down 13 nasdaq down about 44 what was weighing on the markets yesterday and probably today, the yield on the tenyear note 2. 584 right now thats the highest since march 15th a big move in the tenyear treasury yield thats challenging the equity rally today. The yen continuing its strength after the boj said it would continue its bond strengthening services the hang seng up by 0. 20 . Over in europe, right now at hope the dax down by 0. cac down by 0. 6 looking at the price of crude oil, highest level since 2014. Wti, 63. 43 breaking news this morning. Lets get to becky quick live in omaha. Good morning good morning. Theres breaking news from Berkshire Hathaway the company out with a statement saying that its going to be increasing its board of directors by two members to include two key members of its Operations Team who people have been looking at for a while
Lunch begins right now. Im melissa lee coming to you from miami it is the tech event of the americas with us on the show today forget walking into a bank, this company is completely disrupting the way consumers now get loans, instant loans. The ceo of green sky is with us. Plus our exclusive with the ceo of sprint. Well weigh in on merger speculation with tmobile. And personal final guru suze orman will be along as well. Lets take a look at the markets this hour. The nasdaq continues to be the story today. Right now the techheavy index is down about a full percent doing the worst of all three major averages apple is a big reason why. The biggest, down more than a percent more than the next weakest sfok, united health. The stock getting another downgrade today, the second in a week for unh netflix, microsoft among the big tech laggards on the day ge investors making more than 3. 5 today this, of course, after Ceo Jeff Immelt announced he will be stepping down after 16 years at the helm