Signing. Breaking even on bare sterns all of that as Worldwide Exchange begins right now good morning and happy boxing day welcome to the show. After having the Christmas Holiday off, stock futures are indicating the dow may open a little bit more. Still 31 points on the upside to the dow. S p up by about four points. We want to turn attentions briefly to technology. The nasdaq composite has done something for the First Time Since the. Com bubble era locking in the ninth consecutive close the first time it has happened since its ending days. The bond markets showing some signs of movement. The tenyear note yield ticking slightly lower the twoyear yield 1. 67 we are still trading those bonds. Lets go to worldwide movements. Take a look at whats happening overall. Up about 1 . The hang seng in hong kong is closed today the nikkei is up one half of 1 . Markets in australia are closed in observance of boxing day. Lets look at some other top stories today. New this morning, china says it is
Maria joining the conversation, Dagen Mcdowell, former republican president ial candidate steve forbes. Im so happy that youre back, dagen. Dagen i was watching or trying to, i missed you immensely and i will leave it at that. Maria we will talk more about it. Maria steve, thank you so much for joining us, big day again. Consumer is still king. Maria we are wait on retail numbers, top story, markets hitting record high, futures on the way to another record at the start of trading, s p futures up 8 and nasdaq futures up 34 with a number of retailers to report quarterly earnings, home depot, kohls, tjmaxx among them. Lets get to home depot, Ashley Webster are the numbers. Ashley lets get right to it, home depot on the earnings per share coming at 2. 53 a share, that is one penny better than the estimate but revenue just a hair short, estimate for 27. 53 billion coming to 27. 2 billion, lets not forget home depot lowered guidance in last Earnings Report and reaffirming that, same store sa
Maria joining the conversation dierdre bolton, lee carter and chairman of forbes media former republican at candidate steve forbes, great to see you this morning. Good to be with you. Maria thank you so much for being here, a lot of fireworks on capitol hill, thats our top story, House Intelligence Committee Holding First hearings, lawmakers grilling acting ambassador to ukraine William Taylor and george kent, both sides making their case, watch. Because it is discovered before it is fully consummated, the Security Assistance had been delayed so long it would take another act of congress to ensure that it could still go out, ambassador taylor and mr. Kent; i like to welcome you here, id like to congratulate for passing the democrat star of chamber additions in the capitol, seems like you agree witting or unwittingly to participate in the drama but the main performance a russia hoax has ended and youve been cast in the low rent ukrainian sequel. Following the call with President Trump,
In the star ship program. Guy how far are we now to the star ship program . Its a big piece. Matt talking 30 rockets instead of the nine on the falcon. Its really adding complexity to the program and you see them thinking of technology that allows you to get it all the way to mars as complexity, too. Hellon elon talked about the physical issues of getting to gravity and when you get to that size rocket, you Start Testing technology, physics, or our understanding of it as we know it today. Vonnie theres no particular regulator for these type of missions but the International Telecommunications union coordinates the allocation for frequency of communications, matthew, so in a sense space x is given a lot of freedom and seems to be using the freedom pretty well. Lets talk about the satellites and go up in the tower and then one is at the ch lower orbits and they have to push their own solar panels to survive in space. Its very ingenious. Matt theyre using a lot of technology though its go
Happy friday. Maria big story and the top story right now this hour 2020 shakeup, new york city mayor billionaire Michael Bloomberg to enter the 2020 democratic race, hes expected to file paperwork to do in alabama. You heard it here first, white house chief strategist steve bannon and former adviser to the Clintons Mark Penn told me last month. I think that bloomberg and clinton are still there as biden is in fourth in iowa, second in New Hampshire, dropping to third. Hes losing steam everywhere. Maria do you think Michael Bloomberg or Hillary Clinton will enter the race . The two representatives of the centrist party. Maria who are you expecting to enter the race . Im not sure exactly who is going to enter, if youre a Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, john kerry or Michelle Obama, youre probably sitting there saying, i could take this field, maybe i should get in, maybe not, i think all four of them are possibilities. Maria thats why we love our guest so much because you heard it h