You are talking about, sir. Lets hear from cheryl in florida, the independent line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Very glad to be here. I would like to ask the guests this morning if he thinks the United States of america is too dependant on chinas money . Go ahead. Its true that the largest external creditor for the government is china. If china had not been able and willing to lend a lot of money to the United States, who would have . Somehow the u. S. External deficits had to be financed . Its just so happened china had large surpluses and the credit to invest in the u. S. Treasuries so thats an uncomfortable situation where china is the largest creditor. How much debt does china hold now . Of the federal treasuries, its according to the latest treasury information that i have seen, about 1. 3 trillion worth of treasuries, but thats not the sum total. Chinese hold significant interests in freddie may and freddie mac, and and they hold significant amounts of Municipal Bonds and
You are talking about, sir. Lets hear from cheryl in florida, the independent line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Very glad to be here. I would like to ask the guests this morning if he thinks the United States of america is too dependant on chinas money . Go ahead. Its true that the largest external creditor for the government is china. If china had not been able and willing to lend a lot of money to the United States, who would have . Somehow the u. S. External deficits had to be financed . Its just so happened china had large surpluses and the credit to invest in the u. S. Treasuries so thats an uncomfortable situation where china is the largest creditor. How much debt does china hold now . Of the federal treasuries, its according to the latest treasury information that i have seen, about 1. 3 trillion worth of treasuries, but thats not the sum total. Chinese hold significant interests in freddie may and freddie mac, and and they hold significant amounts of Municipal Bonds and
Quietly introduced yesterday and promises to be an in home assistant to respond to the voice commands. If you have sy ri on the iphone, do you need that . Stock continues to lag. A lot may be riding on the surprise new device. What its about and what it means and brings to the table here in technology. Yes. We will. And now market where markets stand in the final hour of trade. Back and forth today, up and down on the back of the payroll report. Right now, the dow off 8. Is weaker by about 1. Nasdaq off 13. We should mention, of course, yesterday at least the dow and the s p closing at alltime highs here and just slightly below the levels for right now. Musics like game of thrones, isnt it . Parallels, im sure. Lets get to the Closing Bell Exchange for a friday. We have jeff taylor with us today. Ken mahoney, mike laguni, heather loo mismis and rick santelli. Heather, what did you make of the jobs report . Pretty strong. I think it continues a long trajectory of pretty good trends on j
Its been less than a day and the ceasefire in ukraine has been violated but not yet broken. Both sides are blaming each other, but the president of john boehner isnt giving up hope. They say the path to peace is not yet derailed. The countrys east, it will take more than a piece of paper to bring peace. Harry faucet. The plains east of mariupol were quiet saturday. A day earlier, they had been a battlefield. It was a battle waged amid the villages of this contested territory, brought to the doorstep of a kindergarten. This, one of three Ukrainian Tanks that took up positions here. How can the ukrainian army, our defenders, hide in a kippeder garten. There was no warning. What if there would have been children inside. These her os come and hide in the kindergarten. Where are they now . Scared of our own destiny. The smell of burning metal, file that took place inside a school yard when both sides knew that a ceasefire was just hours away. Some lesson for the children who wont be coming
Oil, not military. Right. Which is a good thing, for sure. The debate over executive pay takes a new turn today. Maybe youve heard this. Coke reportedly backing away from that controversial plan after comments made by Warren Buffett on this program recently indicating that he was not a fan of that proposal, even though he abstained and didnt vote against it. But would buffett have ever spoken out if not for activist investor David Winters . He was the first to sound the alarm bells about cokes lucrative pay plan for top executives. Dare we call an activist investor a hero . Warren buffett does a lot of homework but not on this company. It was David Winters who brought it up. Thats when buffett went and looked at the proxy and decided he didnt like what he saw. Exactly. Well talk about that a little bit later. Also, he is widely recognized as the best boxer alive today. He is of course, Floyd Mayweather jr. Hell sit down ahead of his big fight saturday night. Well get into that. Bill mi