Personnel. Were taking steps to make sure we can defend our people and respond decisively if we need to. This is not what we want, not what were looking for. We dont want an escalation. We dont want to see a second or third front develop. We dont want to see our personnel come under fire, but if that happens, were ready for it. Thats Secretary Of State Antony Blinken on the expected provocation from iran connected to the israel hamas war. It comes as Israel Defense forces are expanding significantly. Air strikes in gaza. Well get the live report from israel straight ahead. Plus an update on the hostages still being held by hamas after the Terrorist Group did release two americans on friday. And also coming up, well go through the nine republicans now running to be House Speaker following jim jordans failed bid to lead the lower chamber. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 23rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And well beg
discussed many times has plummeted in recent weeks, we saw it rise more than 3% yesterday. tesla had the most positive impact on that index. so investors, despite increasing their expectations for rate rises in the year ahead, they are continuing to put money back into the market. and it wasn t just the nasdaq that rallied yesterday. we also saw the s&p 500 close nearly 2% higher. so closing out the month of january, on a high note. now, this week, attention is turning to the tech sector, alphabet reporting their quarterly results, also meta, coming up on wednesday, and amazon on thursday. so a big week for not only nonfarm payrolls but tech earnings. sony has agreed to buy video game developer bungee for $3.6 billion, it comes on the heels of microsoft with a huge video game purchase so it seems like that industry, the video game industry is booming. should investors be getting in
good evening, brett. so far most companies have done better than expected in a positive earnings season but today two bad report cards sunk the market. first it was construction machinery maker caterpillar. the most in at least a decade. then it was gaming chipmaker that prepares the market for much lower sales than anticipated. both companies blaming china s slow down and issue u.s. policymakers they can be addressed with better policies. that s going to help china s economy and it s going to help our economy. we will get an even clearer picture when apple announces results tuesday. we also have an interest rate decision on wednesday, the same day u.s.-china trade talks kick off. also earnings on tap for facebook on wednesday, amazon on thursday. then we cap off a very busy week with the december jobs report. monday also marked the official start of the tax filing season.