Expected i think were going through a period of i hate to use that cliche, rational exuberance. People want to get back in the market and theyre being when you see this nickel you featured highly for the last couple days, people are just anxious to put money. Theres a lot of money on the sidelines. And i personally think that we should be concerned and be concerned about whats ahead for the economy. The rest of the summer and into the fall i mean, i think were living in artificial dream world at the moment i think unemployment is going to increase i think that businesses are not going to come back to work as fast as they have. On the other hand, on the other hand, and im going to be selfish, we have companies that are doing well in this environment. But they in special neariches. There are companies who are going to increase and probably certainly a company like facebook and apple and several of the others you mentioned are beneficiaries of this times were living, the Delivery Companie
Contest after the stock is up youre 100 right. We brought the stock high 40s and 50 and the stock went up to 80 and theyre pounding their chest on tsr that it all occurred from when we got on the stock, but they were taking credit for it. Now they have to take credit for it again. Are there areas that are just off limits for you guys . I never see you come in on a Tech Companies even though there are Tech Companies that are loaded with cash but seem like the management isnt that strong. Nothing you want to do . When you put 20 of your assets in a business you want it to be a stable, predictable business. Most Technology Companies are too dynamic. You wake up and theres a couple of guys in a garage or women and theyre starting a new business thats disruptive. If you look at the kind of businesses that both of us like we like businesses that can withstand the test of time. I try to stay away from things with things i cant control. We like businesses and i think it speaks to bill as well
Twitter. Shares down 11 premarket after showing the worst growth rate ever. I spoke the outgoing Procter Gamble ceo yesterday. That coming up. Some disappointing guidance but first up twitter taking a hit despite beating expectations revenue up 61 in the user growth quarter. Interim ceo dorsey last night expressing his dissatisfaction during the Conference Call. Instant time lines and logged out experiences have not yet had meaningful impact on growing our participation. This is unacceptable and were not happy about it. We need to do three things. One, we need to ensure a more disciplined execution. Two, we need to simplify our service to deliver twitters value faster and three, we need to better communicate our value. Stock closed at 5 . Ended up down 11 after hours. The quote of the day, we do not expect to see sustained meaningful growth until we reach the mass market and we expect it to take a period of time. Thats what i spoke to the cfo about before we came on. And i put that to
Facebook results beating sales, profits, user growth higher than estimated. The stock is lower in the premarket. The big story for cigna, david cordana ceo joins us whole foods des appointments for the second straight quarter. It is down double digits as earnings miss expectations the governments initial reading of Second Quarter gdp coming below consensus, 2. 3 . Stronger Consumer Spending a slowdown of imports and a hike in Government Spending driving those results. First quarter up to. 6 from a previously reported contraction. Construction not bad. It echos what yellen and the fed said moderate growth continues. I had sandy cutler on the ceo. He said, you look around we are the best in the bad neighborhood, the globe. We are the best performing company. He is including china. He this is the numbers are completely phoney saying that this kind of growth is sustainable. It is not great growth. The rest of the world is on the decline. I understand what yellen and company did. Frankly, y
In a defiling that it now owns 7. 5 of the food giant which makes oreos, ritz crackers and wellknown brands. Whats unclear is what the investor wants to do with the company. Ackman wanted the snack maker to grow revenue or cut costs or sell itself. Mondelez, for its part says they will welcome them as investors in the company. Ackman joins nelson peltz. His firm holds a 3 stake in mondelez. Well show you whats going on now in the premarket trading as a result of this and you wouldnt be surprised to see that they are sharply higher. What does he want to do with the company . He wants the stock to go up so he can sell the stock for more than he paid for. We were having a conversation off camera. Okay. Maybe he sees something thats not being optimized at mondelez the way that management is running things but what he really knows is i have enough money, 5 billion. I can make a splash and in all likelihood the stock will start going up just on that and then you agitate, you mess around, you