Starwood. Well talk to marriotts ceo, arnie sorensen. The president in cuba raises questions about Economic Opportunity there. And were hours away from apples highly anticipated event. Well look at what to expect. Valeant has been halted for the past half hour or so. As becky pointed out, mike pearson leaving the company. Ackman to the board. Predictable or not, jim . No. But there hasnt been much that is predictable. Theres a mea culpa note from Lehman Brothers taking the price target from 135 to 134. Taking numbers from 10 the reason i point this out is because the numbers are all of the map. No one knows the cash flow, what the company is really do. Ackman joining the board is a sign he cant dump the stock. They couldnt dump the stock. This is a great mystery, carl. When you have a company where you have to idea what it will earn, where its dermatological business is being carved up aggressively by allergan. Ophthalmological being carved up by j j. All this stuff. This is a company,
Economies theyre watching closely. Well get you the latest from the crown prince and go live to saudi arabia. Perrigo ceo joe papa is out, hes heading to valeant. And surprising sales number from the apple watch on its first birthday. Well break those down and get a preview of apples earnings tomorrow. The three major indices in the green for the month the dow leading the pack up. Saudi arabias cabinet approved a plan laying out economic reform priorities for the next decade and a half aiming to reduce the countrys reliance on oil, a partial ipo of the stateowned oil company is part of that plan. The saudi deputy crown prince expects to be valued at more than 2 trillion. And then they argue by 2020, guys, country will not be as dependent on oil as it is today. I question the whole notion of dependence. Because if you go over the slumberje quarter, talks about how theyre really the only country that has swing capacity. No other country in the world has the ability to put out another 2 M
200mileanhour winds and its heading right toward mexico. Were tracking this very dangerous situation. We begin with the rally on wall street with another big rally. This time its thanks to a rate cut by china and also some very good earnings right here at home. For the technicians out there, the dow, the s p, and the nasdaq have crossed above their 200 day moving averages with the s p now going positive for 2015 joining the nasdaq in that camp. The dow is still negative yeartodate. Were on watch for that as its up by 106 points right now. The s p is gaining by 0. 8 and the nasdaq is the clear winner, tech is leading the way up by nearly 2 for that index. Lets get more trading action this hour. Mary thompson from the nyse floor, but first Morgan Brennan, you have the big star at the nasdaq. I know. Its really the nasdaq has been soaring today, up almost 2 , 1. 9 , 94, almost 95 points to 5,014. This is First Time Since august 19th weve seen the nasdaq trading above 5,000. Thats when we
Premarket. The company forming a special committee to review allegations about its business relationships. Analysts call going on now. Mixed review for yahoo first ever live stream of an nfl game. And trump speaking out in a town hall today on the today show. First up, the dow, s p, nasdaq each aiming for a fifth consecutive week of games. The s p up more than 8 this month, vaulting back into positive territory for the year. As we said, a busy week ahead. A lot of earnings including results from apple, pfizer, merck, exxon, dupont, starbucks, twitter. The twoday fed meeting, on wednesday, right here on cnbc, the republican president ial debate. Coverage at 5 00 p. M. Eastern time. As far as stocks go, jim, october remains the best month since 2011 for all the major indices. We have seen an incredible rotation out of health care, out of retail after the vf corp numbers last week. Into industrials. Into technology. The financials have held up fairly well. Not great. Not bad. Insurers hav
Is mediagetton still upon us. Disney posting mixed results. The details of squares ipo are out. And alibaba buying the youtube of china for 3. 7 billion. The story of the morning is the strong jobs number, including 268,000 private sector jobs added last month. 5 unemployment is the lowest since 08. Average Hourly Earnings up 0. 4. The numbers coming out two days before fed chair yellen indicated a hike in december was a live possibility. Earnings year on year, 2. 5. The biggest since july of 09. Weve been waiting for that number for a long time. Remember earlier this week i sa switched my posture and said bring the rate hike dollar. The dollar will be stronger than it is, and that will hurt the industrials. The banks will soar. Thats a huge part of the s p. It will be mixed for people who own stocks. Healthcare should go down here. The bank stocks, wow, they could carry the whole thing. Does it mean that 70 is being priced in for december . If they dont do it we keep talking about the