Take a hit. The covid consumer, walmart, home depot and kohls among retailers reporting earnings today. Walmart says ecommerce sales up 79 . And elon musks billions, tesla getting a spot in the s p 500. It is among the highest valued companies to ever enter the benchmark index and musk is on top to become number three, that is the third richest person in the world. Indeed, guys. Well start with the retail picture this morning, jim, youve been vocal as to the investor response on home depot and walmart. I guess thats related to the news out of amazon. Look, by the way, those stocks do tend to run up in the quarter and sell off thats nothing new a more aggressive amazon is always something we have to Pay Attention to i remember when amazon bought pill packs, the drug stores got killed i also point out that walmarts online david, thats not going to go away you can argue someone is going to argue thats the peak i would argue that amazon and walmart have taken so much share in this country,
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Because the s p 500 is down a little bit more than it had been , down poured 4 . Earlier it had been down. 1 . Perhaps a reason for caution overall to think maybe the difficulties around the nearterm may continue to move ahead. If we look at havens on the week, we have the yen climate against the dollar and bonds higher. Some reason for caution, but small moves. David one piece of news overnight. Late yesterday we heard Steven Mnuchin had sent a letter to his friend jay powell saying please give us back the money we gave you for the emergency Lending Programs. He probably did not like jay powell do not like that much. Did the markets like that . Abigail we have not seen much of reaction. Bonds are lower which means yields are higher. What is interesting is we do have a reaction for the financials. The financials typically would climb on yields going higher, but they are not. There i be uncertainty around this bat and what it means. The lifeblood of this rally coming out of the march lo
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President ial and congressional campaigns in North Carolina. More on North Carolina with tim directorDavid Mclennan of the Meredith Paul at Meredith College. With four days to go before the election, we ask you this morning, which candidate do you trust on the economy . If you are supporting the trumppence ticket, there is a line. If you are supporting the bidenharris ticket, another line. If you are supporting another candidate or you are undecided, a third line. You can also text us with your first name, city and state. Or, go to twitter and facebook. Com cspan to post your comments there. We will. Get your thoughts in just a minute lets begin with the president yesterday in florida making his pitch to voters they are on the economy. [video clip] you will have a crippling depression the likes of which you have never seen if sleepy joe becomes her president. Themour 401 k s, throw out the window because you know what is going to happen. Our stock market has a big headwind. If he wins,