Basement which i would have done anyway, and which i did. I have to tell you, i feel fantastic. I really feel good. Maria we will get into all of that coming up. First, the stage is set this week for judge Amy Coney Barretts hearing on capitol hill. Shell read her opening remarks later today. Senator Lindsey Graham telling me, laying it all out on the schedule and when he thinks shell become a Supreme Court justice. I believe she will be confirmed no later than tuesday, a week before the election. Thats my hope. Maria markets are fractionally lower this morning, its a mixed story. As you see, the dow industrials down 21, the nasdaq is up 111 and the s p higher by 8 andahalf. Investors preparing for a major week of earnings along with more talks on stimulus. Markets posted a gain of more than 3 last week. Take a look, we are lac lookingt momentum in stocks on the heels of a week that sent the nasdaq up 4 andahalf percent and s p 500 up almost 4 . Peter navarro here this morning, live at
Sometimes inflammatory, he has won the support of mainstream republican policymakers and voters alike, so what are we to make of this presidency . Have President Trumps policies been successful . If so, to what degree does populism deserve the credit . What should politicians learn of this recent rise of populism on the left and right . We will be discussing the issue with our guests, a professor of economics at university of chicago who served as chief economist for the council of economic advisors in the Trump Administration from september 2018 to august 2019. His most recent book released just last month is youre hired untold successes and failures of a populist president. And the director of Economic Policy studies here at aei, the author of the American Dream is not dead but populism could kill it, released in february of this year. To start off, casey will speak for about 10 minutes, and then mike will offer a 10minute response. After that, we will have a Panel Discussion for a w
Joe, its these mnuchin headlines getting something done in terms of stimulus by the election, he says, is tough. That caused a bit more of a selloff in stocks and it underscores why the nasdaq continues to have a bit under it yes, it does clearly and youre also seeing a little bit of a fallback in yield, scott. The tenyear is pushing back towards 70 basis points, somewhat troubling, i would think the market needs a little bit of some of the Forward Momentum that its been carrying in the last week or so to really cool off a little. I think we were getting a little too vertical in the way we were appreciating so the negative news that youre getting on the stimulus aligns with maybe a much needed little bit of pause in that rate of appreciation im not overly concerned by it. Yeah, rates are falling you see it there 71 basis points is where we are on the tenyear, an issue to deal with, tiffany, or perhaps the message in the fall. Everything is coming down on the mnuchin comments but its mo
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Worsen, suspending imports of australian coal. Disney jumping a late trade on a management shakeup and a focus on streaming through a newmedia unit. We hear from the ceo. Check of howget a the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures coming online pretty much flat. We saw u. S. Stocks climbing to an almost sixweek high we had a rally. The s p 500 gaining ground. We also had financials pretty strong, gaining more than 1 ahead of earnings season. Jp morgan and citigroup reporting tomorrow. It was really about this years trade that really led the rally. The nasdaq composite gaining more than 2. 5 . Amazon soaring ahead of its prime day. Apple also jumping. The product unveiling but its price target was raised by rbc Capital Markets. Take a look at what oil is doing, reversing some of those losses it saw during the u. S. Session when it fell below 40 a barrel. Gulf operations restarting after hurricane delta. Sourcesention, libya saying we could see output there doubling within 10