Are closing, and we have some direction, unlike yesterday. Bithe dow was a little lower, now it is a little bit higher. All three in the green at the moment, with Technology Leading the game at. 5 . We are still seeing low volatility, well, not still, but the return of low volatility after it reared its head, particularly in technology. It has gotten call once again. Take a look at the mix. We are seeing a 6 drop fix vix. And a seeing a 6 drop, drop in some of the performers in s p 500 today. Bed, bath, and beyond touching his lowest level in five years, and one guggenheim analyst says it was the worst quarterly operating performance in recent history. The share is down 12. 5 . Cisco, the Food Distribution , the food sysco Distribution Company sliding. Is there anything at this point amazon is not getting into . Cisco down 5 and whirlpool is down as well after it revealed one of the companys refrigerators appeared to have deadly tower fire in london. Whirlpool iseath continuing to inve
Are closing, and we have some direction, unlike yesterday. Bithe dow was a little lower, now it is a little bit higher. All three in the green at the moment, with Technology Leading the game at. 5 . We are still seeing low volatility, well, not still, but the return of low volatility after it reared its head, particularly in technology. It has gotten call once again. Take a look at the mix. We are seeing a 6 drop fix vix. And a seeing a 6 drop, drop in some of the performers in s p 500 today. Bed, bath, and beyond touching his lowest level in five years, and one guggenheim analyst says it was the worst quarterly operating performance in recent history. The share is down 12. 5 . Cisco, the Food Distribution , the food sysco Distribution Company sliding. Is there anything at this point amazon is not getting into . Cisco down 5 and whirlpool is down as well after it revealed one of the companys refrigerators appeared to have deadly tower fire in london. Whirlpool iseath continuing to inve
Professor Darren Dochuk teaches a class about mid20th century Oil Interests. He describes the expansion of he describes the east Texas Oil Boom and the expansion of u. S. Oil businesses abroad to places like saudi arabia and alberta, canada. He argues that religion played a significant role in the worldview and Business Practices of Global Companies and individual prospectors. This class is one hour and 15 minutes. Prof. Dochuk good morning. Welcome back from spring break and welcome back to our history of oil in american life. Today we are going to look at a critical phase between the 1930s and 1950s. A moment in which some important turns take place in the life of american oil. Two sectors we have been looking at, major oil and independent oil. This is a period in which the nation itself is kind of awakened to a new role in global politics. In 1941, it was famously stated that the u. S. Was entering a new era of global leadership. It was the American Century dawning in the early 1940
Largely in the red you can see other than spain, lets call it even for the uks ftse crude oil also important to keep an eye on, given the moves last week the tenyear yield came off. Still working off a big employment number on friday. Well see if theres follow up to that and theres wti hanging right below 44 lets get to our road map this morning. And it starts with stocks. They are coming off a volatile week that ended in the green were going to take a look what to expect this week ahead of fed chair janet yellen appearing on capitol hill wednesday and thursday and secretary Steve Mnuchin said a plan to raise taxes for the wealthy to pay for middle class tax cuts is not being considered were going to discuss what should be expected, if anything, from the administration when it comes to tax reform. And amazon prime day is upon us. The deals start at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, but will they be big enough to boost the bottom line . Do they really need anything more im gearing up 20 , up 20 . Wha
President trump staying on his manufacturing message, hosting Auto Industry leaders for a breakfast at the white house this hour. Well take you there live. Plus, an eye on earnings. Five dow components reporting results this morning, including verizon, j j and dupont. And alibaba reporting Quarterly Earnings and raising its guidance. How investments, cloud and Digital Media are paying off for the chinese giant. Yesterday at this time, Industry Leaders were meeting with the president. Nowceos of auto makers. The president tweeted, will be meeting at 9 00 with automobile executives concerning jobs in america. I want plants to be built here for cars sold here. Big piece on the cover of the journal this morning. Auto makers in the cross hairs. Mark fields of ford saying hes reread part of the deal to better understand the president. Theyve assembled task forces to monitor the president s twitter account. They should monitor phil lebeaus twitter. His note today is the one that has a lot of