You can see were about two points, a little less than that, above that number right now. I know well be watching for the next hour. Yes, we will. Thats for sure. An hour from now, all eyes will switch to another batch of key earnings. Take a look who were hearing from, facebook, at t, qualcomm, all out with their numbers. And our Julia Boorstin will be speaking with facebooks chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg immediately after the earnings are released. Stay tuned to find out what she has to say. Leaning in with Sheryl Sandberg, coming up. Another twist in Rupert Murdochs efforts to buy time warner. We now may know just how high hes willing to go to win the bidding and reshape his media empire. Or do we . Could murdoch just be posturing . He named a number today. We have david faber with a brand new detail coming up on that in just a few minutes. Yeah, shares of that company, by the way, have been under pressure today. Yep. Heres where we stand across the Broader Markets. Moving
Rally. Disbelief in the prices where stocks are trading. And the moves that they have made. Moves like today. Dow gained 15 points. S p advanced 019 . And nasdaq claimed 0. 4 . The best percentage gain since august of last year. I think that this disbelief issue is the subtle undercurrent that accompanies so much of whats happening in the market lately. People they dont believe. They dont believe we can keep rallying like this. Without better job growth. After all, heres the subtext. How can the averages be making alltime highs when employment is still so much weaker than it was before the recession hit . That thinking is the reason why so many people are so mistrustful if not scared an frightened of this move. But theres a problem with this logic. Theres a problem with the idea that theres a positive correlation between job growth and stock prices. In reality as ill explain, there is a correlation. But bizarrely its an inverse one. Yes, less job growth can actually be good for the sto
Closing high. Tyler, just thinking about that, that was april 30th, our 25th anniversary and see if we can do it again today. I think the s p is trading at record high closing territory. Meantime, a heavy duty lineup on closing bell. Exclusive interviews with cant fitzgerald head and two friends who started with 200 have a brand worth millions. And will housing turn out to be a bad investment over the next decade . Kevin oleary says yes. Hes here to make the case that youre better off renting right now than owning a home and wait until you hear why. Heres where we stand in the markets. Tyler mentioned the dow is up a couple of points to 16,729. Still 15 shy of the record closing high. Take a look at the nasdaq which after underperforming for the last couple of sessions is trying to add 15 point today and the s p 500, keep a close eye on this one. The record high is 1924 just about, and were trading at 1926 right here with about an hour to go, tyler. Lets talk markets. Joining our Closi
Charlie gasparino has the exclusive interview. Lori the new ceo of General Motors and Many American women believe more needs to be done to get women in leadership roles. Adam turning an eyesore into an attraction. The Architecture Firm that designed googles headquarters is setting its sights on the keystone pipeline. Its proposal to build the 1300 mile long bike path. Lori sounds like an interesting idea. What else is interesting . Stocks selling off. The dow down 100 of the lows of the day but lets get some color on the action from the floor of the Stock Exchange, Nicole Petallides, we are heading for a third day of losses. Nicole the fear index to the upside, the dow industrials down 85 points. Nasdaq composite down 1 and the s p 500 dropping 0. 3 . We are to the downside and we will watch that after eight weeks of beans and in the meantime the vix has been jumping today. It is up 6 , almost 15, a level of 15 so we are watching that and heres a look at the dow laggers. The banking in
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