Coalition has helped the average british consumer. We have seen disposable incomes increase so most families in the u. K. Are better off by an average 16 pounds a week and weve seen Consumer Confidence increase as well. He is to release his final as ceo. We speak to him about the numbers and who should win the u. K. Election in 15 minutes time. Bond yields continue to edge higher. European markets on the flat line in early trade following a broad sell off on wall street and in asia. And welcome to the show. So we have less than 24 hours until the polls open in the u. K. Its look too close to call this morning. It is looking too close to call. Theres an implicit feeling and ill say this on the record. The polls are wrong and actually the tourists are going to get in again and form some form of election. Maybe that was a majority for a coalition. I was wondering if that was come play senty over a benign outcome too. Lets face it. It may mean all kinds of referendum issues. An snp Labor C
The season, today, monday, november 25th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im David Gregory. Happy to be here. Matt is off today. Im here with al roker and Natalie Morales as well. Did you guys see the game . It ended after midnight. Yeah, 12 20 a. M. Horrible first half. Tom brady did it again. I woke up for the end. Perfect. Perfect timing. That was just an amazing second half. And weather, a big factor in the game. Always about the weather with you. Listen, the weather is already the top story this morning because we have a big winter storm that could impact tens of millions of Holiday Travelers. We have full coverage including dylan dreyer and tom costello on the roads and the airports. But al, we will begin with you. Before this thing is over it will effect 25 states, 40 Million People and of course it wil
Teaching you tonight. Call me. Earnings season earnings season i dread earnings season why . Because it is overwhelming with so Many Companies reporting at once and so much data being thrown at you. Because its hard to keep track of the expectations and to know what is better than expected. What the whisper, the real benchmark that must be beaten is. Nah, huhuh. Its because i have a bad back and i cant stand carrying all those printed out versions of the Conference Calls as a schlep from Downtown Manhattan where i do squawk at the street to the studio where i do mad money. Tonight i want to do something different. I got to help you this earnings season. I wanted to offer a new way to use earnings season, to put it in perspective. Most of you watching are not day traders that i think hijack a lot of the thinking. Youre not trying to game a given quarter, something i true to aschew. And reports arent accurate because of the things in europe or something involved with the election. In oth
Expected. What the whisper, the real benchmark that must be beaten is . No. Its because i have a really bad back and i cant stand carrying all those printed out versions of the Conference Call as i shlep from downtown to my office here in englewood cliffs. Tonight i want to do something different. I want to help you this earnings season. A new way to use earning season to put it in perspective because most of you watching the show are not these day traders that are hijacking a lot of the thinking. Youre not trying to game a given quarter. Its become so difficult to predict and often the initial moves arent even accurate because of the press coverage or because something nasty just occurred in the overall market because of europe or something involved in the election. In other words, other than for those who are shorting or going long stocks ahead of the quarter, these Earnings Reports need a context to make you money. They cant be relied upon anymore because they arent as predictive of
Recently at costco. Especially when you look relative to other retailers. This is something we have been seeing. Comparable sales up six percent. Especially impressive given what we have seen in the First Quarter given so many retailer said weekly results were due to the weather. Sams club is comparable sales, down half percent. Walmart down 2 10 of one percent. Among the big discount retailers, this is the only one that has seen an increase in comparable sales. Not only an increase, but a big increase. On the other hand, shareholders meet did meet estimates. It seems like a combination of different factors. Higher preopening expenses for some of its stores, accelerated some of its store openings. Fewer shares in the quarter contributed to some of it as well. Membership fee income, which may have been due large part to courtesy currency headwind. Areall, we see the shares down 7 10 of one percent. Commentary i have seen has not been that negative, saying essentially weak numbers are in