The Incoming Biden Administration i thought we should begin with kind of the big picture that you lay out in the book when people hear the title they might say of course. I think many people may not fully understand. Taking the time to talk about this book and thank you to cspan for having me here to talk about it as well. That isnt a surprise for anyone but what has been happening over the last several decades is our economy has been highly concentrated and theres been consolidation on an ongoing basis in every sector of the economy so we hear a lot about but not only are we talking about food or agriculture in the industry you will have a monopoly problem and im also talking about the duopoly is there are harms that flow from this that i want to highlight to help them understand what it means for their everyday life and how it affects them. As you write about, it is the Cable Service and industries. Can you talk about how we got to this point you sort of explain in the book that ther
Moo its biden versus trump trump stock, trump stock. Both of which are going in surprising directions. If you you thought the election is over, the president is trying to do an end run around the results and fighting tooth to nail today the dow lost 222 point [ screaming the s p 500 declined points at 8 . Nasdaq dipped 2. 2 hey. I know it didnt feel like it was so bad but if you were in the nasdaq except for a couple of names, wow. They crushed it. Why dont we start there with next weeks game olympian . On monday morning we are coming in and, sadly, im betting we pass the 200,000 mark. Thats right 200 thousa,000 thousand cases an the virus is hurting business. If not monday, tuesday, wednesday, a question of when, not if i know there is a sense that we have had a big vshaped recovery which is terrific. But our inability to stop the spread is putting a crimp on business orders and retail sales. Just yesterday, work day, reported a solid quarter we have the coceos on the show but they me
Lets milk this and go back and forth. We dont even finish each others sent answers it will be awesome this is the first time you are back at the nasdaq in a while. I go away and then im quarantined. I went away in july and finally got back here. I went away again and came back and been quarantined another two weeks. You got to start going away whachlt are you doing . I wish these states would drop off there is 57 states on the list no there are a lot of states on the list not all states i was in a county that was like an island, nobody was there i am glad to be back there is a big krispy kreme thing. Most lights ever i was looking and i was thinking about you. I got to stop thinking about you when im not at work thats not what i want in my life you may draw me back to time square but so will crispy cream. We were talking about this the last couple of weeks i havent been in there in ea while. He said there is no one around nobody on the streets. Is that the case there is people here. A
Live this hour. Plus records watch, the plus ive got it, carl the dow aiming to erase 2020 losses and the s p heading for the best august since 1986, kelly. Wow and cocacolas restructuring strategies amid plans to streamline the drink portfolio they are setting voluntary job cuts for thousands of its workers. David, it is friday, and kelly, friday and you just sort of think back to what this week has brought us, guys alltime highs, obviously news in sports in the nba, hurricane laura, the rnc and we will hear from what the president said last night tiktok, microsoft, walmart, oracle, you name it, david, but large discussion this morning about how the thing thats going to probably stick with us for the weeks and quarters to come is going to be that historic powell speech and we will have to decide whether this long end is bringing us noise or something more yeah, i mean, im glad kelly is here because im sure she was home studying every word after it took place, as you know, not my area
Hill. Where should your portfolio be positioned . Meantime commodities remain on fire. So what is the message for business, the economy and inflation. Weve got all the angles covered. Shares of kodak, yes, kodak, tripling after signing a deal with the federal government. Wait until you hear what its for. Consumer expectations plunge as more americans lose faith in the recovery. Big concerns whether washington comes through with more federal help. I will ask guy reschenthaler from pennsylvania if they will do just that. That and much more on making money. Charles so stocks sort ever sputtering today, right . But we did get a slew of earnings reports. The message to me, it is pretty clear for investors. Companies are profiting off the coronavirus lifestyle changes. That is one trend really working. D. R. Horton, sherwinwilliams, polaris soaring after they reported results surpassing wall street expectations. It is thanks to overwhelming amount of people looking at home, redecorating, pai