Markets with the best three months in decades. The dow saw the best quarterly performance since 1987 the nasdaq had its best gain since 1999 and ended the quarter up 30 take a look at the small cap up 25 since april 1 the best gain since the First Quarter of 1991. Because the First Quarter really stunk up the place the dow coming off the worst first haflt year since the financial kri sis. The s p still down 4 on the year yesterday was something to watch. We had all three major averages which did close for the month of june in positive territory you are looking at s p 500 closing above 3,100 and watching the nasdaq close above 10,000. Seeing a slight pull back. S p futures down about 10 points and nasdaq off by 25 weve been keeping track of the treasury market. The 10year has been below 0. 7 . Now sitting at 0. 684 . Crude oil prices were a huge point of concern earlier in the year up 40. Well see what could help the senate has voted to extend the ppp Bailout Program to august 8 giving
Pentagon says said that it is not yet. In other news the pentagons has said that it is not yet ready to release Video Evidence to prove that he killed the leader of Islamic State and sit ready to release Video Evidence to prove that he killed the leader of Islamic State in syria could be taking a look at how the worlds most wanted terrorist ties to avoid detection to syria could be taking a look at how the worlds most wanted terrorist ties to avoid detection of the. Legal to legal team of Donald Trump Team of. Investigators alleges Michael Flynns testimony was altered by the felt to get his alleges Michael Flynns testimony was altered by the fed federal bureau of investigation. The federal bureau of investigation. Plus the u. K. Is heading for a general election as parliament approved plus the u. K. Is heading for a general election as parliament approved Boris Johnsons bill this exact december 12th vote to break the breaks it in past sins bill d for 6 a december 12th vote to break the
United states . We have some great champions of Small Business on this stage. I want to work with them and with others to clear out the brush, to get the credit flowing again to get more people with those good ideas a chance to be able to start and grow a business. My dad was a Small Businessman, and i deeply respect that entrepreneurial spirit. Were also going to have to tackle the tax code with all of its inefficiencies and all of it unfairness. I know what a big undertake can that is, but right now, its really stacked in favor of the wealthy. All of the loopholes, the deductions, whatever it is that enables somebody to escape paying their fair share, the wealthy pay too little and the middle class pays too much and i have said, i think the middle class deserves a raise, not a tax increase, and i will not raise taxes on middle class families because they have to get back to where they were before they fell into that ditch of the great recession. [cheering] but you know, if youre thin
You are watching Market Makers on bloomberg television. I am Erik Schatzker. Ceo day. Brooks brothers is kind of an old dog. Here is the key. I took my dad shopping at Brooks Brothers a couple of months ago. Really . The new dockers. Kind of. I hope it is better than that. Lets take you to the top Global Business stories. The price of oil took another dive. This time, west texas intermediate felt 4 . Hello 45 before rebounding slightly. There may be pressure on prices tomorrow. A government report expected to show that u. S. Oil stockpiles have officially increased. A warning in greece about elections. The government says greece could stumble out of the euro by accident if the opposition syrz iza party wins. If the opposition wins because they do not have the knowledge and experience they have certain ideas of their own i think it is prudent for them to ask for an extension. It will give them some time to manage the negotiations and close the review. The greek election is this coming j
To take on the ipad mini, but instead the surface group. The new one costs 799. It is lighter than previous surface pro models. Microsoft faces an uphill battle with this tablet. Apple leads with more than 32 . Cory johnson was at this event in Downtown Manhattan and spoke with microsofts Corporate Vice president of are getting. Corey asks what has changed with the new surface pro. This is definitely a new device from the ground up. It will answer the question of tablet or laptop. We can honestly say both. Intel powered, all the power to use microsoft office. Superlight, incredible screen, and it is a tablet. The marketing is very different for this device. Tell me about that. Basically, what we have been trying to do is a Companies Find out how we bring a unique point of view to differentiate and address issues our customers have. 96 of people with an ipad also have a laptop. Part of what were trying to do is do something no one has done before which is created device that has this be