Would it be a mistake right now . And we do expect big news from tesla during power lunch. It could move the stock. Mandy is off today but were happy to have melissa lee join us from the nasdaq. Well get down to her in just a moment. We begin with the big story on the American Housing market. Some really bullish new data but how bullish are they really . Diana olick in washington with the startling numbers. Di . Reporter well, tyler, its bullish depending on your take. Home construction took a big leap in june up nearly 10 from may but it was all driven by the multifamily apartment side. Renter nation rocks on. Singlefamily Housing Starts were down just under 1 in june from may, up 10 from a year ago but thats not really saying much given where we were a year ago. Multifamily is where the party is at. Starts up nearly 29 for the month, up 55 from a year ago. Thats where the good news is because weve been talking so much about skyhigh rents. More supply should help to ease that burden f
Yields are higher as well today. There you see the twoyear note at its highest level since january 14th. But we begin with a bombshell of a story in the energy world. Former Chesapeake Energy ceo Aubrey Mcclendon charged by the Justice Department with conspireing to rig bids. Chesapeake putting out a statement saying it has been actively cooperating in the investigation, end quote, and does not expect to face criminal prosecution or fines related to the matter. Mcclendon responding on his own behalf saying, quote, the charge that has been filed against me today is wrong and unprecedented. But mcclendon left chesapeake three years ago and is one of the owners of the Oklahoma City thunder basketball team. Joining us, the reuters reporter who is part of a team that first broke the story, hes been working on it for a number of years and joins us now. Josh, thank you very much for joining us. Get to heart of the matter and what i find most interesting peculiar about this, that generally in
Pashakokis, both cnbc contributors. I start with jared bernstein. Good to see you. Hello, michelle. Yesterday, president obama touts this change by treasuries as a great thing, citing understandably one of the great things about america is its rule of law, but apparently missing the irony that by changing the rules in the middle of the game he has undermined the rule of law. How on earth can this be justified . Laws change all the time when there is a problem. I think the government this is not a law. This is just a regulatory change that has gone around congress. These are new rules on the books that have to be followed. If people dont follow it, they will be in violation and there will be actions. I think the important point here is that there are two very significant problems afoot. One is tax avoidance by industries who just moved their tax mailbox, not the operations, over to foreign markets in order to avoid the tax bill, and the other is a group of a small group of advisers who
First day. Different story for valeant. The pharma giant taking it on the chin on a report by a short seller. Western digital buying sandisk. The tech stocks that could be next on the chopping block for the next to be acquired. And scott wapner just talked with carl icahn. Hes taking his activism to a whole new level and realm targeting Corporate Tax reform. But we begin with the red hot ipo of the day, shares of ferrari are revving higher on their first day of trading. A bit of a rally in stocks overall. Were sitting at 12,290 but just earlier today we cracked above that 17,300 mark for First Time Since the august flash crash. It seems like were tracking for the best percentage gains since october of 2011 for the dow and the s p, bob. S p is up 6 for the month. A little bit of a stealth rally. Really tina there, is no alternative, no other places to put your money right now. I want to start with the ferrari ipo. 48 to 52 was the price talk. It priced at the top at 52. It opened at 60.
Thanks very much. We have a puzzle here. I have the rapid update of gdp in the Fourth Quarter but the data which leads to a downgrade also makes economists optimistic. Here is the data. Q4 tracking 2 . That is down 0. 3 because of the data this morning. Q3 gdp 2. 1 . Thats tracking right now. Here is the Fourth Quarter outlook. Bank of tokyo mitsubishi at the high end at 2. 8 . Goldman sachs, barclays at 2 . Atlanta fed gdp, 1. 8 . Morgan stanley at 0. 9 . Here is the data that brought down the growth forecast despite the down grades though some see reasons for optimism for the Holiday Shopping season. Jobless claims ticking down 12,000 to 260,000. Thats back in that low range weve had before making people optimistic about consumers have jobs for the Holiday Season. Durable goods up better than expected, 3 , and here is the big numbers here. Personal income up 0. 4 but spending doesnt keep pace. Up just 0. 1 which can only mean one thing. The savings rate ticks up. 5. 6 . So whats the