Ahead. Im jack otter. We begin what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. Big tech acquisitions under scrutiny by the ftc about what it could mean for investors. Mortgage originations are the highest level since 2005 as housing finally back on track . And trouble at bed bath and beyond and under armour shows the turnarounds are hard to pull off. What to expect for other struggling retailers for on the barrons roundtable my colleagues al roots, carlton english, and jack howe. This story was a little underreported and i dont think anyone knows quite what to make of it federal trade commission made a pretty stunning demand to Tech Companies saying we want data going back ten years on all the purchases and acquisitions we did not look into. Thats nearly 500 deals for microsoft google and several others. And when is the right time for investors to panic because weve been talking for a long time about these guys having too much power there
Charles so today investors seeking caution and safety at onetwo punch, disappointing reports on the service economy, the u. S. Service economy and worries that the coronavirus the coronavirus developments now outside of china people monitoring that very closely, but those fundamental developments, they continue to be very good. Ive been talking about corporate earnings to Economic Data and manufacturing and housing, lets bring if right now to discuss ceo rob luna, martin, both of you guys, the last 2 or 3 weeks have been fairly cautious, disappointed in you. [laughter] charles scott, youve been pounding the table, gold first and foremost, grease place to hide out, what else do you see . You can call me gold member, i guess, charles, like the austin powers movie because i think thats where you have to be frankly. And youre right, its not been just like climbing the market or saying, hey, things are going to get bad, its just looking at the charts, looking at valuations and action just s
We will show you how to nancy pelosi warned that giving president obama credit is a losing message against trump, voters will not believe it. Also tonight, we have the latest on liberal of the New York Times and former top democrat senator harry reid joining alexandria ocasiocortez to join bernie that your medicare for all plan will never be enacted. As new internal republican pulling about again voters show they could give republicans back the house away from pellucid because of Bernie Sanders. More Elizabeth Warren hammering away at Michael Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg giving in, and he did it again, trump breakthrough giving the taliban to the table in the peace deal, we have the details. Reports coming in the pushback big time against the New York Times story that russia is interfering again to help President Trump as the news broke this afternoon, Bernie Sanders, the Washington Post, has been briefed that russia wants to help his campaign. Thank you for joining us im elizabeth mac
That sentence recommendation of nine years infuriated the president. As the story goes, the president directed attorney general william bar to intervene. The next day, the Trump Administration retracted the sentencing memo and suggested a lighter punishment. And then, the Prosecution Team withdrew from the case in protest. And all four of them left the case, wanted them resigned resigned from the department of justice. Since then, more than 2000 former federal prosecutors have demanded that at attorney general william bar step down. But that is not deterred the president. Yesterday he continued to fight for his buddy roger stone. Have you pardon roger stone . I have not given any thought but i think hes been treated very unfairly you look at roger stone for a tweet, somebody has to stick up for the people. Napolitano some yeses stick up for the people, political firestorm overshadowed the original case. But is the president correct in calling for less prison time . Here to discuss his
Hello. We live in the United States. British settlers founded the first colony in north america and this guy said this. You voted to make english the National Language. Do you know what message it sends in a multilingual state as nevada. They are as american as we are. [speaking spanish] trish seriously . Hes attacking her for having voted for making english the official language. And she backtracked on her vote. What alternative universe do they live in. When i go to colombia or mexico, i speak spanish. When i go to italy, i speak italian, and when im in germany, i speak german. Would i expect them to speak english in these countries . Up not offended if in spain they say we speak spanish if i was an immigrant to any of those countries . Absolutely not. Check out the instructions that exist right now. I guess the democrats would repeal these if they could. You want to become a naturalized citizen of the United States. The government website will tell you this. There are things you can