Macro picture is not looking good today. You get the costs of labor the moment coming in higherthanexpected and overall confidence from the consumer plunging. Meaning that we are not looking pretty heading into a Federal Reserve meeting that its tomorrow. The 10year yield is pushing higher, of course, with borrowing costs rising. Thats usually the trend. The dollar, stronger versus the yen, a complete verse from yesterday, it looks as though japan indeed had intervention into the markets to try to prop up again. Weaker against the dollar, bitcoin along with other risk assets on the downside, 60 1000 wrapping up to be a poor month of april, the worst since the ftx scandal, down some 16 and seeing a pretty poor month for stocks overall, nasdaq having its worst month since october. What do you think of the micro . Ed a lot going on, real quick, tesla is down. Mondays session, biggest jump since march of 2021 on fsd. We will dig into that later. Amd after the bell, how well above or below
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Presentation of the colors that will be followed by the singing of the national anthem. [inaudible conversations] poco [applause] [applause] [applause] please be seated. Thank you to the West Covina High School and rotc honor guar guard. I would like to recognize some special guests with us this evening. Please welcome to members from the board of directors of the Richard Nixon foundation, john and sandy quinn. [applause] Orange County supervisor. Members of the city council including the mayor, and mark blown. [applause] Close Friends of the Richard Nixon foundation and ruth b shannon. The National Archives and Records Administration director for the Nixon Library and his associate left wallace, director of education. And our most important resource that is the envy of the other 12 president ial libraries represent 150 volunteers, thank you. [applause] the Nixon Foundation is largely supported by its members. Membership support Educational Programs and opportunities for our youth to e
Bestselling author, tom friedman. [inaudible conversations]. From the failing New York Times, the truth is, that the times succeed on some fronts. And the central reason is that it is home to outstanding journalists, a standout among them, is tom friedman. [applause] you may have noticed in the program that there is a photo that purports to be tom friedman. You know, tom is young but looks like he is accelerating in reverse in that photo. Tom has spent his life getting out into the world doing thorough research and speaking to people in every station of life, and walk of life around the planet. The result is something quite different from the cynicism and snark and aggression we encounter so often in todays media universe. What we get instead is a pair of rarities, insight and wisdom. They are the products of real reporting and serious reflection, themselves, all too rare. Those qualities can be found, could be found in toms previous bestselling books, you can find them in toms latest.
To begin our program this eek, please stand and welcome the West Covina High School jrotc honor guard for the presentation of the colors that will be followed by the singing of the National Anthem by alisa, cilario. Oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ore the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave ore the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] please be seated. Thank you to the West Covina High School our r. O. T. C. Honor guard and alisa i would like to recognize spernl guests guest te with us at the Richard Nixon Foundation John barr and sandy quin. [applause] Orange County supervisor john spitzer. [applause] members of the Yorba Linda City Council including mayor Peggy Hernande