We are inches away from the record. Futures steady as we wait for the fed at 2 00. Tech titans will meet with donald trump today at trump tower. Were going live to midtown manhattan, watch them as they walk in. Two new names officially announced to take a spot in goldman. More on the changes. First, 89 points, thats how much it will take for the dow to hit 20k. The blue chips coming off their 16th record closing high. S p and nasdaq hitting record territory. All aed head of the feds rate announcement at 2 00. Live coverage will begin right here on cnbc at that time. We will get the forecast. Well get the dot plots and the q a. I have to tell you that Interest Rates are down today. You can see how this market is changed. Oil is not up. Interest rates are down. The futures are not higher. The banks have a lot of people feel like that the banks are the ones for this rate hike. Even the rate hike is now baked in or maybe feel that some people feel the economy has peaked out for the moment.
The famous sexist paragraph, that will evidently go on my tombstone which, you know what im talking about . Its the one that gets quoted in every review, unfortunately. Completely out of context of course. Number three was a meeting with boggs who is the facebook guy who runs ads and we had this sort of weird mafia boss file meetings and the fourth one was the story where i blew up the plumbing so is there any other theme that somebody wants in the reading that youre willing to propose . One of the characters in the book are standing here. I just looked around. Your freak out yourselves or not. The british trader was there, my kids were there, they chose not to out themselves. The israeli with a face like a sheet of plywood. You can judge for yourself whether thats true or not. The former head of optimization for facebook who interviewed me and made the crazy decision that i assume he said yes because thats how i got hired but okay, anybody else have another passage you want me to read
Antiwar book. We can do with the other way around if youd like. Please stand up and wait for the microphone above you. What is your next book . Excellent question. I wish i knew. I am always open to suggestions. So if you have something, let me know because im open to ideas. You will be next. Whats the oddest thing you found that you wrote about in your book . What would be the oddest thing i found. I learned that maggots breed through their butt. Among their many features, they go down and immerse themselves in what they are eating kind of like some people at a buffet table, completely immersed their head and they breath through their butt. My question isnt as funny as that. I read several books and it takes a lot of research. Some of it takes time to do this research its not like you can just do it in one day. Did yoi did do do them simultany or one at a time . One at a time. I have a new topic for every chapter in the book and im always starting with zero. One at a time. I see a han
The stoxx 600. One week sterling volatility jumps to its highest level since early november after theresa may says she will outline the governments plan for brexit and the trump trade faces the earnings test as jpmorgan, bank of america, and wells fargo prepare to report. Morgan stanley casts a shadow, reportedly cutting senior bankers and bonuses. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. Lets get straight into our top story. Thats Fiat Chrysler. Well give you a check on shares because they have been rebounding in todays session. You can see theyre now higher. This after a major drop, though they are leading the way to the top of the stoxx 600 after shares plummeted thursday after the u. S. Environmental Protection Agency accused the automaker of violations against the clean air act. This rattled investors, but we did get a Strong Defense coming from Fiat Chrysler. The ceo, Sergio Marchionne saying we are not criminals and drawing the line under any comparisons to volkswagen. He wanted t
Sessions says he will recuse himself should the Justice Department investigate contacts between the Trump Campaign and russian officials. Reporter sessions now admits he did meet with the Russian Ambassador twice, but there was nothing unethical about the meetings, still, there is a growing call for congress to very long the ties with investigate the ties with russia russia. Reporter democrats say he directly contradicted the facts that he met at least twice with the Russian Ambassador while serving at Foreign Policy advisor to the Trump Campaign. My staff recommended they said since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. Reporter sessions will no longer getting briefing into the probes of hacking into the Campaign Email account. Democrats say he lied under oath during the confirmation hearing. I have been called a surrogate a time or two, and i did not have communications with the russians russians. Reporter sessions said he never