Pandemic. Todyman continue if we start open up the economy . Can that continue with we start to open up the economy . And what is the recourse if you wake up in your robinhood account has been drained . Good news, Abigail Doolittle is here with us. Her account has not been drained, but she has been here with us all day. Risk on we had a nether that day. Not just a risk on week, but a second in a row. For the nasdaq, third. That september felt so bearish, and it was, but we seem to have really recovered from that. Today and this week after so many whipsaws around stimulus on and off, right now there is hope among investors that stimulus is on and a big deal could be agreed on. Nearly on the week up 4 . Nasdaq having its third up week time we have first seen that since august. A big driver for both of these indexes, amazon, up 5. 2 . There could be quite a bit of upside there. Nextf course prime day is week. Thats something investors are looking forward to. Wererming risk on, bonds down
Throughout the u. S. And the world with interactive maps. Watch ondemand anytime unfiltered at cspan. Org coronavirus. I am very delighted to welcome you to our event today. Its on a conservative case for class actions, a book written by professor fitzpatrick that galvanized this debate. We have three outstanding speakers, panelists i should say. Our first is the head of the class action practice here it gets indented coach rivera key has litigated in the fitted doubtless class actions including over 20 dismissals of class action cases. So you may have a sense of where his position is on that. He is a graduate of georgetown, undergraduate and the university of Virginia Law School where he was the long review and hes also the author of a chapter in the popular better guide series on 1702 and claims, so please welcome christopher. [applause] our next panelist is professed himself wrote the book. He is a graduate of notre dame where he was runnerup valedictorian, but he made up for that w
This calendar year 2019, the nasdaq composite has gone up a shocking 27 , that reflects the money flowing into americas giant Technology Companies that dominate worldwide. The average gains of the s ps 500 companies this year, 23 , the 500 Biggest Companies with an average stock price gained 23 in less then 11 months. Look at how stocks open this tuesday morning. The dow will be up 40 points, it will be up much more than that if it were not for home depot which is a dow stock, down sharply. The s p up another 7 points. Look at the nasdaq up 27 for the year going up another 1 2 , 35 points higher. What a day, what i year. Make no mistake, we think the enrichment of america is more important than the charade called impeachment and todays show will reflect that. We are asking dow 30,000, lets get on with it. Varney and company is about to begin. Lets get to home depot. It will drag on the dow today. It is a dow stock, reported its earnings earlier and the stock freemarket down 8, 3 . Ashl
And george mason university. Hes a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and has written regularly for the New York Times and contributes to a wide number of newspapers and periodicals. His previous books include the class and great stagnation. In his new book big business, he examines the tension between the lack of trust in big business snd big businesses in the American Economy. He argues that corporations despite americans ambivalence towards them are inessential and balanced, productive and Oppressive Society by spurring innovation, rewarding talent and hard work and created the bounty on which americans have come to depend. The Deputy Editor of Harvard Business review writes tyler cowen mounts a defense of big Business Finance and the tech industry. Both of their critics and defenders will benefit from b ts book. Cowen will be joined in conversation tonight by edward, u. S. National editor from Financial Times and author of the retreat of western liberalism. Please join me in welcoming eit
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