We continue to grind a little lower. Can i say that . Matt you may. Take a look at the Dow Jones Industrial average. The nasdaq, no, it looks like it is actually putting up some gains. That is interesting because apple has taken a hit. Apple stocks are down 2. 3 right now, almost three dollars. 115, 75 per share. Alix 104 million shares are trading in apple. A huge amount of volume youre seeing in that stock. Matt absolutely. Were headed toward a death cross on apple stock when the 50 Day Moving Average would come down below the 200 Day Moving Average. You technical traders, do not completely freak out. Alix i want to show you what is really moving right now. Aroundt big pop we saw 1 30. That was really dennis having an effect on the treasury market. He said in an interview with the wall street journal it could be appropriate to raise rates in september and that there is a jump in the shortterm yields that are very sensitive to any rate hike expectations are he did say there was a high
Concerns about growth in china weighing on investors after one report that apple had been replaced by xiaomi as the smartphone maker. It points to a lingering concern is that market share in china one of the most important markets is gn to the down side, not the up side. If you want to look at apples reaction to china, theres a couple of conflicting data points you have to consider. In the Conference Call tim cook said equity markets have recently been volatile this could create speed bumps in the near term. Then he said about the stock market, this worry is probably overstated. So were not changing anything, we have the pedal to the metal. Lpe penetration in china is only 20 . People are getting phones that can handle faster internet speeds, the middle class is growing. But at the same time hes saying in the short term maybe it does show up somehow in the numbers. Were still growing fast. Are we in a period where we dont know what the holiday is going to look like for these guys . We
Its up another half a percent. Well get disneys earnings after the bell today. Apple is thought of as sort of the lead dog. Its the Largest Company out there. I think disney is the company to watch these days. What a performance it has turned in. Meanwhile, aetna out with earnings this morning. Its getting a big boost from medicare and medicaid these days. We have a first on cnbc interview with ceo mark bert bertolini. Breathtaking consolidation in that industry. Really looking forward to that. Also rock star and actor Rick Springfield is joining us at the New York Stock Exchange. Well talk about his latest film with meryl streep and what he thinks about taylor swifts harsh words for spotify. Ring springfield has sold 25 million albums in his career. Thats a lot of potatoes. Im sure he has some comments about streaming these days and whether or not that is a way for a musician to want to get paid whether the compensation is enough. Taylor swift says its not. As soon as you said he had
Relationship. The compatibility of the dna troubles me. Youre an expert in molecular biology. I didnt even take it that far its just the whole idea. Lions and tigers dont go together. Frog thats this big how do you know . Structurally it makes it very difficult. I go back to the bee movie. I dont know if you saw when a woman fell in love with a bee with Jerry Seinfelds voice. That was not going to work. The husband was jealous and the woman was those cross species things dont work, as you know maybe you dont know. Lets get to our top story. The markets getting set for the opening act. Where did you grow up . Fridays jobs report is the big deal but today we get the adp employment report. This is the gauge of private payrolls expected to increase by 215,000 for the month of july. That is down from 237,000 hosted in june. Checking on u. S. Futures they suggest a positive open. S p by more than 4 and the nasdaq by more than 12. Jobs will be one of the many big topics well tackle later this
Again. Bob iger joins us in a few moments. Apple looks set to continue. But Merrill Lynch adding insult to injury. And tonight tesla and fitbit coming out. But first up disney reported better than expected earnings. But they were hurt by slowed growth at the International Theme parks but still up more than 20 so far this year. And well have an exclusive interview with bob iger in just a few moments from now. Jim, you were up very early reading through the quarter, reading transcripts, i assume. You said today is the bears day. Well, i think a lot of it is selfinflicted pi disney. They gave a prediction which was a high single digit projection for cable. Its about 42 of their business and they missed the projection. When you set a benchmark and you underperform, even if its not as important as other things, you have to take the pain. And theyre getting punished for that. But lets find out. I mean, he certainly knows more. And for joining us is bob iger, lets go to it. You gave us three