There say couple of people in some room in pennsylvania, i dont know who they are, i dont know if theyre working yet, maybe not up yet, maybe working 9 00 to 5 00, i dont know who are going to determine what matters the most, i can put a price multiple on bristolmyers better than anybody in the world unless you tell me there is a big sweep or something that is going to happen. You know when you deal with a lot of the companies were looking at, the price sharing multiple will be decided by the notch up or down by the president ial election. I think you dont think over the last two yesterdays trading session, potentially what were going to see today, the market is already making a decision in terms of who it thinks the president is going to be and what the composition of senate is going to be. Yes, it is. Youre talking about workers in rooms as though theyre make the decision, the decisions have been made, theyre simply doing an envelope, taking a ballot out and putting it in a pile so i
Election uncertainty poised to bounce from the worst week since march businesses are bracing for election unrest. Live in manhattan. Well take a look at how companies are preparing for the unknowns of this week ahead. And with no preelection stimulus lifeline, how airlines are now preparing to stem the losses and lure passengers back in to their seats. Carl all right, jim, what do we think is going on this morning doesnt sound like you trust futures at this level. We really sold off terribly friday until the last half hour. This is continuation of what looked like a short covered rally. I think a lot of people who are betting that no matter what happens it will be contested and therefore the market has to go down so, why not just come in short my problem with that is what happens if its actually not contested . What happens if its a landslide for either side. The reeason i point that out if youre betting on a contested election its entirely possible with our 24hour coverage its entirel
Amd to buy xylinx. Is there more room to run on amd . Well explore that one when power lunch begins right now earnings season is supposed to be a report card for companies. Lets go to bob pisani for more on this lack of guidance bob . Kelly, once again, the Fourth Quarter, another quarter with the lack of guidance its a bit of a problem because the analysts again having a hard time figuring out what the right numbers are. Remember, the earnings numbers have been coming in very well, generally weathering but again, big companies, no guidance from caterpillar, 3m, xerox, Stanley Black and decker. Others like Harley Davidson didnt give guidance either. Raytheon, corning. No guidance from companies. Analysts have a tougher time and theyve been very conservative and wrong so far fortunately wrong on the conservative side. Look at all these companies out there. 83 are beating for the Third Quarter and theyve been beating by almost 20 . Its an amazing beat and shows you the analysts have been
And your comments a moment ago to andrew, just sort of crystallize, not just what a job shes done, but how companies are placing their bets on looking through cycles, even though were a week away from an election and in the middle of a pandemic. You have somebody the quality of lease why isa su, best ceo i country, nonpromotional, re competitive thought this was maxed out. Youre in the personal computer and data center, it is not good enough she saw what happened to intel i dont say that with any prejudice. Just that she left intel behind. She is in the data center, who is she who are her clients . Azure, google, and, of course, amazon but it is time she feels it is time to branch out into auto, time to branch out into defense into telco when you look at xilinx, what youre seeing is a mosaic where there is some overlap in data center, but the rest is an attempt to say, you know what, we need a bigger total Addressable Market we have to outgrow our markets right now. And i think it is a
Employees. Weve got those details. But first we start with some breaking news. The electoral vote count stands right now at 227 for mr. Biden and 213 for mr. Trump. And we still have eight uncalled races. In wisconsin, which is still too close to call, biden holds a narrow lead of just 20,000 votes. Well within the margin of error there. Well within the drift that lets the president call for a recount. The Campaign Says they will immediately do so, request a recount. Another place biden holds a narrow lead, thats michigan thats where we find Brian Sullivan in grand rapids any update on this very close race reporter yes, and no how do you like that im like an economist on the air. Im going to give it to you both ways heres where we stand right now. Heres the reason i answered that way number one, heres the count 94 of michigan has come in. Its that last 6 that is the issue. Now, youve got joe biden who is up by about 45,000 votes right now. To your point, there are far more outstanding