[inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. I direct the center for global liberty and prosperity here at cato the title and style of the book were featuring today, socialism sucks, is admittedly more irrev vanity than the typical more staid Public Policy books but i can assure you that the authors that we are featuring today are serious, accomplishments economyis whose decade of scholarly work inform the publication. Thesen title two economists drink the way through the unfree world gives a flavor nor unton generalizational approach. That subtitlele didnt surprise me. I tend to run into ben powell and bob lawson at economic or academic conferences around the country, and around the world, and inevitably they have drinks in their hands. Probably because we chat at receptions, hotel bars and the like. But the conversation is always interesting, informative and fun. And thats also true of this new book. This is a light book about a heavy topic so its fortu
Lauren s and why you may soon say goodbye to your bingewatching days. Oh, no. It is tuesday, october 29th and fbn a. M. Starts right now. The city never sleeps tonight. Its time to begin, isnt it. I get a little bit sick of the day. Ill admit im just the same as i was. Now, dont you understand. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning to you at home. Thanks for joining us. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at you how your money is moving. Futures are down a bit right now in the premarket. The s p at a record high at the close yesterday. Nasdaq just 4 points away and the nasdaq is up 7 this morning. Cheryl investors in asia reacting to the s p record, as well as positive comments on trade from the be president. As you can see, the nikkei can did gain some ground. At the end of the session for the hang seng, the kospi, they all ended up in the red. Lauren a lot of red on the screen in europe as well. Boris johnson going to try to push thr
Long time before it recovered september highs. How long . Try about 25 years. In other words, the highs we reached that year, at the peek of that bull market, september third, 1929, were not realized again until november 23rd 1954. You hear about catalysts and Hedge Fund Managers at time, were not called Hedge Fund Managers. Were worried about the giddiness building. It was too far, too fast a great comeuppance. Herbert hoover who was providing over roaring market. He came into office in 1928. Things were swimmingly two years later. He would not survive in the next election. Someone who was considered laughable shot rising to the white house, you might remember the name. Franklin roosevelt, Big Government spending liberal, who many said who would have no chance taking 1600 pennsylvania avenue in the middle of a financial crisis. Reminders that unexpected developments can change outcome of elections. We saw that in 2018, john mccain, fellow named barack obama were deadeven until the met
And will only be down a fraction at the opening bell today. The nasdaq, that is four points away from its high and will be up nine at the opening bell this morning. Across the board, stocks remain strong. All right. Now, im going to show you three wellknown companies that are big losers today. First of all, grub hub. Ouch. Down, what, 33 . Each day our planet awakens with signs of opportunity. Its forecasting weak sales in the future. But with opportunity comes risk. Beyond meat, down about, what, and to manage this risk, the world turns to cme group. 20 bucks right now. 20. 73, 19 , even though it we help farmers lock in future prices, reported a profit. Todays the day when insiders are allowed to sell. Banks manage Interest Rate changes google, thats down even though all so they can manage their risks and move forward. It brought in 40 billion worth of revenue in just three months. Its simply a matter of following the signs. That was up 20 . The stock is down, now its down they all l
News 24 7, channel 115, we are taking away time from maria bartiromo. Maria happy tuesday, thanks for joining us, im maria bartiromo, tuesday october 29, later this morning General Motors, investors are looking for the impact of the strike that just came to an end. We will have all the numbers and funnel analysis, google parent alphabet under pressure, profits were down, stock was lower by 1 and a half percent. Following yesterdays record run for s p 500, futures pulling back. Dow industrials down 55 points and nasdaq exactly where it closed yesterday. Fires are raging in california, strong winds fueling the flames in los angeles, bay area causing evacuations and massive amounts of damage, we will take you live this morning. 737 max crisis continues, boeing ceo this morning on the hot seat, he will have to answer questions about his testimony in capitol hill, thats taking place in the oneYear Anniversary of the deadly lion air crash, mornings with maria begins right now. Maria good mor