And throwing a little excitement into the game. Bonds are higher. That supports the bigger decline we had for the s p 500 earlier. At this point again we are seeing for bonds, the decline in yields probably more outsized than the pullback we have for stocks. Perhaps there is some volatility, but not today. One place there was movement was in Prescription Drug sales. Amazon has decided they will come to that business. Higher on then news they are opening an Online Pharmacy where they will sell drugs on a digital basis. Discounts to prime members. On this you have the likes of sourcelgreens, amyris from anything involved in the drugstore supply chain down in a is way as the commerce giant getting into the business. This has been thought it would happen for a while, but now that it is here come easy the big selling pressure in the health care chains. Amazon off the highs but in a hohum day is up. 7 . David thanks to Abigail Doolittle for that report on the markets. The ceos of facebook an
A live report from that region is apple making the best for october . What it is saving for the fall wednesday, september 16th, this is Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever you are watching thanks for joining us. Here is how your money and local markets are opening. Maybe you cant because you are driving. They are higher. Dow futures indicate they are opening higher futures are up 97. The decent day rises on tuesday. A positive breath day. About 70 of all stocks rose the third positive session in a row for the dow and s p 500. Small caps continue to be a rising star. The russell 2000 adding to the mondays 2. 5 gain from the recent 52week high. Small caps, again, a group to watch. Another one are the transports a new 52week high a leading indicator. That is the transports highest level. That record set almost two years ago today but something to watch. This morning, oil is rising on concern that Hurricane Sally will not begin production. We are
Firmly in the red here nasdaq is up 104 . Up 3 this week alone. Only tuesday coming up on todays show kraft is trading higher. Of they outline two billion in cost cuts and selling off part of the cheese business not all of the cheese business and some confusion as to which cheeses go and which stay. Well find out why the companys president about those moves will join us to discuss whether lack of fresh stimulus can impact and speaking of stimulus, former treasury secretary jack lew will join us and his article calling for more than 2 trillion in government spending. We begin with breaking news on apple. It is much anticipated event unveiling a new number of products we have the latest josh so a lot of news in that 60 minutes of apples show today. Start with the new hardware. That new ipad air. It is going to start at 599 available next month 10. 9 inch display with a huge boost in performance we know the ipad is a hardware line clearly benefitting from that work from home trend apple w
Because there is some, not a lot but some cautious optimism starting to trickle out around both the markets because they ended their day and they ended their week higher as well. Perhaps some hope on the horizon about america getting healthy and getting working again. But tim seymour with 22 million filing for jobless benefits in just the last three weeks wiping out a decade of job gains, no doubt some very hard Economic Times for millions of people still to come. Is there really any good reason for markets to be rising like they have been i think its a liquidity squeeze. Its been a skepticism trade that has squeezed markets higher it has been a combination of the Federal Reserve expanding its Balance Sheet to 6. 1 trillion. Its been all of this well ahead of the recession frankly its been a dynamic where i think the positioning of markets allowed markets to push on higher it doesnt change from where we are but obviously we started all this on covid19 as weve gotten more clarity on cov
Also take a look at whats happening in the treasury market 10year is yielding 1. 816 counting zeros here four commons 12 zeros Google Parent Company alphabet now has 12 zeros, also four commas becoming the fourth u. S. Tech company to reach a 1 trillion valuation joining apple, microsoft and amazon, amazon has since dipped below that mark cramer last night talking about another member is microsoft. Weighing in on the controversy on apple and how much it should aid Law Enforcement by opening locked e locked iphones or maybe creating a backdoor for Law Enforcement you cannot be cool. You have to be cool on your own. You have to take pride on the digital capability you have built. No press release with us or anyone else will do it you will need to build your dig call capability and by the way trust. There is a conversation about privacy already. We have to engender the trust. You as retailers are the keepers of the most important data you have to build trust. Whether importance or privacy