Booktv continues on cspan2, television for serious readers. Next on booktvs afterwords, republican senator rand paul argues theres a new threat socialist thinking on the rise in america. He is interviewed by republican congressman matt gaetz of florida. Afterwords is a weekly Relevant Program with hosts interviewing nonfiction authors about their latest work. Senator rand paul, youre one of the most interesting people in american politics of the Republican Party. I was a fan of yours long before i got the chance to meet you and work with you in congress, eager to chat about your book the case against socialism but maybe first reflect a little bit about the role that you have within the congress, within our party is an independent voice and someone willing to strike out on issues that other republicans are not willing to strike out on . Sometimes i think im a lonely voice, keeping balanced budgets or believe we should spend less or have limited Constitutional Government really controver
Josh lipton joins us with a look at the incredible stock, the incredible year. Hey, josh. Reporter carl, thats right. As 2019 comes to a close, apple investors have plenty of reasons to celebrate that stock has enjoyed a remarkable run surging more than 80 this year. That means apple is on track now for its best year since 2009 another way, it added 530 billion in market cap this year. Thats the equivalent of two netflix, three teslas, with a few billion left over. The nasdaq is market cap weighted, given apples size, it helped to power the index to a record 9,000 level today, most Analysts Covering apple rate it a buy. Nearly 60 in part because they think tim cook with the current lineup of devices will be able to keep iphone revenue relatively flat the next few quarters, even as services and wearables continue to go strongly theyre betting that should be enough to drive Single Digits growth for the company what are the risks for investors to consider . I caught up with gene munster,
Public. Deciding that the scrutiny directed toward him had become too much of a distraction. The resiliency of facebook, despite the backlash over big tech. I get that. Im not the ideal messenger for this right now. We have work to do to build trust. What does the future hold as we head into 2020 . A special edition of Halftime Report in San Francisco, begins right now. And we welcome you to 1 market we have a great lineup today were going to be joined exclusively in a little while by snowflake chairman and ceo Frank Slootman as he prepares to take the Company Public in the year ahead. Frederick kerrest, the cofounder of okta, that stock up more than 90 this year were joined by Brad Gerstner who helped us take stock of whats happening in the valley throughout the year. Deirdre bosa is with us, covered the ipo and Venture Capital markets closely as anybody its great to have both of you here so brad, interesting year to say the least. Uber, lyft, they go public wework blows up. What do y
Out of congress. Europeanarkets stock markets under a little bit of pressure today, down 0. 5 . The senate bill regarding hong kong seems to have cast a little bit of a shadow over markets today. That is certainly keeping people awake at night as we approach december 15. The pound down earlier on, rallying a bit over the last hour or so, back to flat, 1. 29. Two basis points to the good on the german tenyear. We did see some quite disappointing ppi data out of germany, but i think betray narrative is generally more risk off i think the trade narrative is generally more risk off. Vonnie key testimony underway in the house impeachment inquiry , and major Market Energy a political reaction to a just atsed senate bill aimed supporting protesters in hong kong. We are joined by our chief correspondent on capitol hill. We saw life pictures a moment ago. Im curious as to what kind of reaction there is in washington today from the testimony so far. Surely whats been said doesnt help the republi
Talks could easily collapse. His bank being accused of the biggest breach of financing laws in australian history. We are here live at the Second Annual Bloomberg New economy form. We have big names coming up. Its a big moment in time. We are same economic power shifting from the emerging economies. One of the men at this crucial juncture when it comes to u. S. China relations will get you live pictures from austin, texas where President Trump is touring the apple factory. Imitated or try to copy my conversation, he made up went beforeon, congress, and made up a phony conversation just like he does every time he talks. He is a very dishonest very corrupt politician. The big upset as you folks know is when i released the transcript. I dont like doing that but you have to keep this very classified and confidential when you are speaking to heads of state. I released it because adam schiff and the whistleblower made of a phony deal. You should be ashamed of yourself. The press should be as