Of course spain and italy, we always like to have them when im doing this part of the show. But we dont this morning. Italy a couple percent. Thank you, sara. As for the tenyear note yield still hovering around that 2. 5 yeah, there we are, 2. 54 we call it this morning and crude down about 1 . Lets get to the roadmap on this friday before christmas, and it starts with the Trump Twitter bomb. Defense stocks on the move after the president elect pits boeing super hornet jet against lockheeds f35. Investors are taking notice. Going nuclear, russian president Vladimir Putin responding to president elect Donald Trumps call for a nuclear arms race. And wheres the santa claus rally . Come on, its that time of year. Futures are plunging to a lower open as we see from dow 20,000. But the dow does remain on track to match its longest weekly win streak in two years. Well, Lockheed Martin shares are falling as you see right there in the premarket. This after president elect trumps latest tweet on
Steady, moderate losses in europe this morning. And Consumer Spending rises to the fastest in three months. Road map begins with ge confirming the deal to combine oil and gas business with baker hughes to create a new entity. Well speak with the ceos in an exclusive interview. Weve got a deal in the telecommunications industry. Centurylink to buy level3, totals a new record month for u. S. M a announcements. And the latest controversy over Hillary Clintons emails as the polls tighten just eight days ahead of the election. Well get you all the market impact. First up in that deal to create what both Companies Call a new baker hughes, ge will contribute 7. 4 billion to fund a 17. 50 per share special dividend for baker hughes shareholders. Ge will own about 62. 5 of the combined company. As we said, next hour an exclusive with jeff immelt, chairman and ceo of ge, and the ceo of germanwin oil and gas, i craighead. You said it would be the ultimate buy high, sell low. Thats not the case he
Colorado. With me here at post nine, as always, is john forte. Dow just down 9 points. Election day in the United States. Voting across the country. And the final real clear politics average has Hillary Clinton up over three points on gop nominee donald trump. Lets get out to kayla in boulder, watching the election from out there. Hey, kayla. Reporter hey, carl. Real clear politics has clinton ahead by three points in colorado here as well. The two candidates were tied as recently as last week. And it has been full core press for both of them since then. Trump has been here five times and clinton just three. Trump has spent half as much on Television Advertising and clinton has highprofile speeches from the likes of former Vice President al gore here just yesterday, referencing the 2000 election and how important turnout will be to this state. You live in a state that is right on the edge. The election is going to be decided by the turnout tomorrow. By the margin here in boulder. By th
Second best month of the year. Europe with some mild gains. Oils almost back to 47 on renewed optimism that the opec Production Cut will survive. Our road map begins with the next treasury secretary and Donald Trumps busy weekend, what the picks will mean for the markets. Plus, a mu bearish note on apple predicting a decades long malaise, quote, the risks to the company have never been greater. And facebook announcing a buyback, zuckerberg promising changes to combat that fake news problem. But first up, stocks looking to make more history after a week which saw the dow and nasdaq hit record highs. The s ps within 0. 6 of its own high. Jim, that russell, that small cap story continues to be intact. People just say where would deregulation really impact . It would be the smaller guys. Its so interesting that the analysts take their turn at downgrading and not believing. Last week we had multiple downgrades in the banks. Those stocks held up better than anyone thought. They continue to b
Solarcity official. Look inside the deal, plus, what elon musk has to said. And china urging with didi. Under the deal, theyll invest a billion. What it means for ride sharing competition. First up into the first trading session of august, s p looking to host its sixth monthly gain with a dow aiming for a sevenmonth win streak. Crude in yul, wti turn nd the worst month of the year, then goldman downgrading. The firm says ek pensive valuations and poor growth are to blame. We know they have not trusted this rally. No. Flat. And yet at the same time, its been a rotational strength. Technology was really strong last month. Now, i dont know if people realize how unusual that is. Technology is historically weak during the summer. You simply do not get the kinds of gains we got. European is supposed to go away. Look at what happened last week. Takeovers, unbelievable numbers from a bunch of the real big cap stocks. Semiconductor consolidation continues. Yes, its possible stocks do new york c