But the 52 billion man, Mike Bloomberg, was not in the debate. All in all, it was rather subdued affair, especially sense it came just hours after another day of impeachment hearings. Oh, how different from the highly rated Republican Debate four years ago that featured donald j. Trump. Thats that. The debate. Lets get to the money. Macys profit went up, sales went down. The retailers very much in focus as the Holiday Season gears up. So far, Department Stores like macys have been struggling. They are largely based in malls and malls are getting clobbered by online shopping, amazon in particular. Macys stock will be down about 4 . Look at this. Charles schwab, number one discount broker, talking about a merger with number two, ameritrade. Looks like they will become a very big bank that offers free stock trading. The whole brokerage world, really shaken up. Both of those stocks up significantly. Overall, the market is still yanked around by trade headlines. The president says this, the
Where might it be signed . How about london in early december, when President Trump attends a nato summit . Theres a lot of speculation that xi might be there. Well, that is magic to the market. Stocks are going up. Look at this. The dow industrials will be up well over 100 points, maybe 140 points. The s p 500 is going to be up about 10. Thats. 33 . The nasdaq will chime in with a 30point gain. That would be about. 33 or more. Here come more record highs. All right. Now, how is this for a headline . Turmoil at one of the most powerful companies in the world. Google. The board has opened an investigation and hired an outside law firm to look into Sexual Harassment and misconduct. Shareholders and some employees are not happy with the big severance packages given to executives who are being forced out. At the center of the probe, andy ruben, who ran the android division, and David Drummond, googles chief legal officer. This is not a story about the stock. Its a story about relationships
The market, this is called a rally. Investors want that mini china deal and now it looks like they may get it. Stocks are going straight up. Look at this. The dow up about 1 , 250 points. The s p up about 1 , 27 points. The nasdaq, up better than 1 , up 78. That is a rally. We are also covering this. Violence and intimidation outside the trump rally in minneapolis last night. Oh, it was ugly. The trump haters attacked the police and Trump Supporters. Senator tim scott said people across the country are quote, consistently being intimidated. Watching what happened last night, senator scott said it sickens my stomach. Yeah. Theres a lot going on today. We are going to cover it all. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart happening overnight, a rocket attack on an Iranian Oil Tanker. It was near the saudi port city of jeda. Lauren, what happened . Lauren you had an iranian tanker attacked maybe by two missiles, caused a fire, oil leaked into the red sea. This was 60 miles from that Saudi
Sector, that is a slowdown. One hour from now, well know. Watch that market. Right about the same time, the president will begin his trip to florida, where he will make a speech, i think the title ought to be protecting health care from socialist disruption. Its probably not called that but im making free rein here. Usually when the president leaves the white house, he speaks to reporters. He may address the economy. Whatever he says, youll hear it and it will probably move the markets. Theres news on the president ial campaign. Bernie sanders is recovering from heart surgery and has canceled Campaign Events until further notice. Obviously, there are questions about a 78yearold facing another year of grueling campaigning. Joe biden is taking a hit in the latest polls from his son Hunter Bidens business dealings in ukraine and china. Heres my opinion. Its now Elizabeth Warrens nomination to lose. Heres another opinion. That should worry wall street and it should really worry moderate de
Rate of growth is slowing. Now, this hour, im going to ask the president s top economic adviser, larry kudlow, two questions. Are we going into recession in the next 12 months and secondly, what reverses this slowdown . Larry kudlow coming up on this show this hour. Heres the market reaction. Not bad. The dow industrials going to be on the upside to the tune of about 50, 60 points but its early going. You never know how we will close. The s p up about six. Look at the nasdaq, thats going to be up about. 33 . Nice gain. Interest rates virtually unchanged. The yield on the tenyear treasury, 1. 54 . By the way, a rate cut by the fed this month considered a probability. Another cut in december considered a strong possibility. All right. Time to take a look at the latest attack on facebook. Roll tape. What we need is a president with the courage to enforce the antitrust laws. Break them up. And yes, Mark Zuckerberg, im looking at you. Stuart all right. There you have it. Elizabeth warren, n