Industrial world. At 20 , we will be on the lowest side. We will be very competitive. We will be pretty much below the average and we will be able to compete. Despite all of that, and despite we get before we even get this massive injection, we have a stock market that has hit record highs 81 times since our election victory. It is at a new high right now. Unemployment is at a 17 year low. Shortly it is going to be at a 19 year low. We think the numbers are going to continue to go down. We are getting into the pool of the 100 Million People that is not working. We have a lot of people that want to get to work that will be working. Consumer confidence is at a 17 year high. We have created nearly 2 million jobs. 2 million jobs since election day based on Consumer Confidence , based on enthusiasm. Every enthusiasm paul especially for business enthusiasm and job enthusiasm is that a alltime high. That is why countries are coming back to our country. Toyota came back in. Many Car Companies
Were one hour from the close of trading. Julie hyman has an update. Julie we are attracting even more than we were earlier. The s p 500 were in records today but still some suspense in the air as to whether we will get there on a closing basis. We have seen a drop in volume today. Particularly when you focus on the s p 500 and the tightness in the trading range continues on a daily basis as well as we get this sideways movement. This looks at the daily average percentage range for the s p 500 quarter by quarter. This goes into the bull market in 2009 and it has and wonder link. This is the tightest range we have seen going back to 1993. That is another rough election of the volatility drop we have seen. Has the overall volatility dropped, the other big team is we have seen some sizable individual stock moves. Valeant pharmaceuticals internationals missing estimates that it stuck with its forecast for the year and said it sees up to 8 billion worth of asset sales. The court of technolog
Welcome everybody to power lunch. Im Tyler Mathisen. Glad you could be with us this afternoon. Lets take a look at the dow trying to break an eightday losing streak. That kind of streak hasnt happened since august of 2011. Right now the dow up 23 points or 0. 13 . Energy and financials leading the way. Oil back above 40 a barrel. Despite a surprise build in crude inventories. Brian. Hi, im brian sullivan, thanks very much for joining us. Heres what else is happening at this hour. Walmart reportedly in talks to buy web retailer jet. Com. Dow jones says the deal could have a price tag of up to 3 billion. Also, 33 u. S. Service members have been reportedly infected with the zika virus. All of those cases were contracted overseas. The magic apparently still alive. Scholastic says more than 2 million copies of harry potter and the cursed child were sold in north america in just the first two days of sale, melissa. Welcome everybody. Im melissa lee. Straight to the breaking news today in fac
Killed and more than 1,100 injured in crashes involving a distracted driver. It is a staggering statistic. Lives at stake. Now a report shows one possible solution isnt helping to stop the problem at all. Our question, how do you think distracted driving should be prevented . Arrests . Preventative technology . Selfdriving cars . Go to cnbc. Com and weigh in. First to sue who is here today. A big down day for stocks and been a volatile day, as well. Lets check in on the numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial average is off triple digits off 142 points better than 0. 75. The s p is down about 14 points. The nasdaq off 0. 75 . The russell 2000 off 0. 5 . The ten year note has been a recipient of much of the flight to safety today pushing the yield down to 2. 36 . We are watching it very, very closely. More on the trading action Morgan Brennan at the nasdaq following the big movers over there. Bob pasani from the floor at the nyse. We are essentially at the lows of the day. No bounce after the
And 401k 529, emerging market. Where should small investors put their money to work right now . We asked 20 of the very top financial advisored in the united states, and you have to hear what they say. First, though to sue who is across the room at head waters today. Hi ty. Very volatile day on the street. The dow rising as much as 94 points. Then wiping out the gains. Its a little bit higher right now on the trading session, as can you can see. The dow is up 49 points on the day. The s p is higher as well and the nasdaq composite in the green too. Were keeping an eye on the tenyear note, of course because we do have the fed decision a little bit later today. We have a whoyear note Auction Going off the board, and rick is going to handicap that for us in just a few minutes. As ty said the big stock story of the day is apple. Its shares are surging on the back of that blowout earnings report, as can you see. Apple it s now up almost 8 on the trading session. The tech giant posting the b