Maria joining the conversation, Dagen Mcdowell, former republican president ial candidate steve forbes. Im so happy that youre back, dagen. Dagen i was watching or trying to, i missed you immensely and i will leave it at that. Maria we will talk more about it. Maria steve, thank you so much for joining us, big day again. Consumer is still king. Maria we are wait on retail numbers, top story, markets hitting record high, futures on the way to another record at the start of trading, s p futures up 8 and nasdaq futures up 34 with a number of retailers to report quarterly earnings, home depot, kohls, tjmaxx among them. Lets get to home depot, Ashley Webster are the numbers. Ashley lets get right to it, home depot on the earnings per share coming at 2. 53 a share, that is one penny better than the estimate but revenue just a hair short, estimate for 27. 53 billion coming to 27. 2 billion, lets not forget home depot lowered guidance in last Earnings Report and reaffirming that, same store sa
Fbn a. M. Starts right now. I want to be your friday night street ride. Barefoot in the moon light. Wide open road. Cheryl great shot of new york city. Its going to get cold tomorrow. Lauren oh, boy. Hi. [ laughter ] cheryl telling you to bundle up. Welcome to fbn a. M. And good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren i brought some heat. Im lauren simonetti. Heat from the markets this morning. Cheryl were going to need it. Lets take a look at how your money is moving on this friday. We have got green arrows across the board, trade optimism once again. Its the story of the morning. Dow is up 91, s p up 10, nasdaq higher as well. Lauren hang seng is up just fractionally. Bad news out of hong kong, recession, first time in more than 10 years and with the protests and the trade war it could be even worse. Cheryl taking a look at europe peek markets, we have green across the board. That is the trade optimism story. Every market there is in the green. Lauren big rally last night, President Trump
Mosaic day where lots of stocks went their own way based on the whims of traders, not investors. The nasdaq climbed 0. 2 . Well start with the stock of kroger up 11 today for ages the market has been brutal to this Supermarket Chain writing it off but kroger had an Analyst Meeting and mercy mercy me it got up after its been guiding down for years just when everyone started to give up on this one, fleeing from the stock because of competition from costco, from walmart, from amazon, by ail dlalinddi they tell us theyll earn 230 to 240. The street was looking for 219 it makes sense that kroger stock roared higher. When i spoke to rodney mcmullen, a true gentleman he made it clear many of his longterm initiatives that hes talking about to win customers are working, especially the restock kroger brand i know it sounds simple but rodney said theyre telling the story about food kroger is food first he regards it as a distinct competitive advantage and had success with personal finance initiat
Lotus is able to want to have coffee ballots in the countrys tight as you mention it 50 good people day it will tell us what their expectations are. Kind of back to the ocean will be nice penguins bats theyre facing the exchange. Hello im kristie want to welcome to news africa its good to have you along doesnt that look like a grown mans well heres a question for you how do you get 43 African Leaders to leave the continent for 2 days well thats one russias right and recruited can answer because thats exactly what hes done the 1st of a russia africa summit is underway in the russian resort town of sochi and the attendance is remarkable. In this picture alone you see the president s off malawi egypt and saw the africa now the russians are said to be looking for money and friends also known as trade and allies and in this have pointed to an apparent vacuum with the u. S. And donald trump having been created from the continent. For more on the summit im joined by dr colby mensa he is an af
Tell us what their expectations are. Handed back to the ocean will be nice wins but theyre facing extinction. Hello im Kristie Wonderwall come to africa its good to have you along doesnt that look like bromance well heres a question for you how do you get 43 African Leaders to me leave the continent for 2 days well thats one russias right in my crew to count on so because thats exactly what hes done the 1st of a russia africa summit is underway in the russian resort town of sochi and the attendance is remarkable in this picture and you see the president s off malawi egypt and solve africa now the russians also have to be looking for money and friends also known as trade. And allies and in this have pointed to an apparent vacuum with the u. S. And donald trump having been treated from the continent. For more on the summit im joined by dr colby mensa he is an african political strategist based at the university of gun and he joins me now from across welcome to talk to mince of the attend