Cfo about why all the m a is going on and how billionsof dollars vanished in hollywood as the screening giant shuts down completely it is thursday, october 22, and this is Worldwide Exchange. I think video killed the video star, answer that the anyway, welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. Thank you for joining us well get to that squibby story in a few minutes but right now here is how the Global Markets are setting up their day. Stock market, well call them done to maybe flat nasdaq a little bit in the green, all this after stocks closed down yesterday, dow slipping 100 Investors Holding out hope for a stimulus deal and also starting to worry more about the election more on that in a few minutes. Major indexes all on pace to snap their multiweek win streaks. Nasdaq down slightly more. And today well get jobless claims number out at 8 30 as they always are on a thursday. For the first Time Applications may be coming in at 875,000 like they did in the latest week. Las
Our nations capitol. Trade has been a looming source of uncertainty and this week a cloudy political outlook was thrown into the mix. Today the two combid. Ocks lifted lower after release of ae o whistleblower complaint that sparked impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Then came a report that the u. Unlikely to extend a temporary waiver that allows u. S. O Companies Sell supplies to the chinese tseom gnt huawei. By the close, the doungs industrial average fl 79 points to 891. The nasdaq was down 41. And the s p 500 slipped seven. Trars did snd muchraf the day watching the developments on capitol hill. The acting director of National Intelligence testified about that whistleblower complaint that alleges President Trump abused the power his office. Ylan mui has our story o from washington. It was another dramatic day inas washington. The acting director of National Intelligence testified before lawmakers amid dramatic new allegations surrounding President Trumps phone call to wit
Hitting issues that matter to the markets and your money and were always trying to make you money here on cnbc. That goes for the next generation of investors as well. Thats why we will reveal the highest paying College Majors on this wednesday july 31st as Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im Brian Sullivan we are calling this the stock of the day. It is apple. Results quieting the critics apple stock right now up nearly 4. 5 the headline is this, yes. Iphone sales are slowing but one other part of the business is beginning to shine. What that is and more on apple and the big move in a moment happy fed day. In nine hours the Federal Reserve is expected by pretty much everybody to cut rates for the first time in 11 years that cut will likely be by a quarter percentage point, which would take the official base borrowing rate down to just over 2 ahead o
That conference. A lot of optimism there. And well discuss why hundreds of millions of dollars are going into Alzheimers Research it still may not be enough to make any real progress. Also along musk discussing the latest spacex rocket failure right now. Well bring you the latest headlines soon as we get them. We start with our closing bell exchange. The major averages are in record territory. Territory. Mr. Willis whats moving this market today . This is another one of those days where we are hitting singles. No home runs but enough to put us over the top for the s p and the nasdaq in record territory today. The big cap, particularly the nasdaq are the story. Inside that story, you need to take a look at some of the rotation that we are seeing. Still taking profits out of the russell 2000. Some of the Health Care Stocks seeing profittaking. We are seeing money rotate into the consumer discretionary, particularly the restaurants strong today. Chinese stocks trade here also showing stre
Fox, too, has its losses but still at 6. Netflix is adding to its gains. Up 2 . Well tell you what the ceos have to say about the shift. Plus, the auto tech sector is beating expectations. Could teslas problems be hurting momentum play mobile eye which is a very interesting story. We will look at both of those companies coming up in a little bit here. Fitbit is falling. Many analysts are saying the earnings numbers last night werent so bad. Down 13 today. Well debate whether this is an opportunity to get in on a high growth stock. First, lets get to todays selloff on the nasdaq. Kate rogers is spending the day there for us. What do you have, kate . Hi, bill and kelly. It is an ugly day here at the nasdaq. The composites down 1. 6 . If it closes lower than 1. 75 it will be the worst day since june 29th. The biggest loser today Keurig Green Mountain getting absolutely crushed. Down 28 . It was down as low as 30 earlier. That after the Company Reported issues selling its coffee and brewin