Gap, set to speak again and the fate of a preelection aid package could come by the end of today. And the race for a cure, moderna saying its experimental covid19 vaccine could be ready for emergency use in december. Carl jim, just crossing the wires now, doj has filed the suit against alphabets google, and heard you talking to becky a moment ago, reiterating what you said for a long time, this lawsuit essentially is a strange kind of value creator. Yeah, look, i mean, arguably theyre saying there are ties to exclusionary business deals that google has done. Look, google has opened the books time and again to the government it is not their first rodeo. They have understood this. If theyre trying to break up google, all theyre trying to do is exactly what ive been hoping for, which is that to bring out the value in google, you have to break it up. So if the department of justice is going that route, theyre a great investment banker. I joke with david, there is situations where the sum o
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I say that with hesitation because you never know with these numbers anymore. Here is more. Is not highfrequency data. But they are coming in stronger than expected. 6. 2ory orders up by percent. The forecast was for 5 . Percentages dont mean a lot right now because data is always volatile. It is even more so now. We are seeing wide swings in orders for both factory goods, durable goods and nondurables. Durable goods orders, we already got a report on that. That gets revised. It is revised stronger. 7. 3 earlier. Tothe end of july, it is up 7. 6 now. These are june numbers. Orders, that is the one economists like to look at because it tells you what business orders are and what business spending is in gdp and that comes in at 3. 4 . That is up from 3. 3 . Not a lot of new information. Slightly stronger. The reopening started to bring rebound into the economy. At this point, we have no idea if that has continued. The new yorku that ism number which represents this 53. 5 four july. At le
Theres your picture the dow is added up 127 points about onehalf a percent nasdaq muted for the most part still in positive territory. Apple leading the way again. Its been up by more than 1 josh brown, apple is now the single largest s p 500 weight over the past 40 years at 6. 5 that in and of itself tells the story of how well this stock has done yeah. I mean its undeaniable. Apple would be the company you would pick i dont think it would be difficult. You could throw a lot of other names in there this should be the largest wagts. It makes perfect since given the success of the fundamentals of the company itself why wouldnt it be the largest stock . However, this is as extended as ive seen it since 2012. The stock is now 47 above its rising 200day moving average. Historically if you bought the stock at anything even above 25 or 30 above its 200 day moving average, that had typically been a period of consolidation to follow it may not be the best idea with fresh cash to go plowing int
Coming up, in a few moments, Global Investor mark mobius will join us. Chinese equities see a big week of gains they slipped a bit this morning. Shares of carnival jumping after they gave an update on the state of its business. Well speak with the Ceo Arnold Donald in a cnbc exclusive and Major League Season starting the season in florida. Well speak with the leagues commissioner about the risks and reward of taking to the field. We look forward to all that. Sara, up 0. 7 on the s p 500 lets start right there with the markets. The we have seen a big swing intraday futures starting off in the red. Hopeful signals then coming from gilead about the coronavirus treatment. Helping turn things around early. The company saying it was associated with an improvement in clinical recovery and 62 reduction in the risk of mortality compared with the standard care. Lets get to mike santoli tracking the moves in the names and sectors today. Yeah. Sturdy Performance Today solid week you would have tho