u.s. equity futures now, we re looking at a positive open this is after four straight negative sessions for the s&p 500. looks like we ll be negative the dow is up by 6 1/2 points. the dow down by 13 the nasdaq yesterday broke a three-day losing streak. over in europe, italian bond yields came off a bit. that provided a bit of relief there. we will go to asia first, excuse me the nikkei up fractionally we have red arrows across the board. there is hope for a brexit deal, but the ftse 100 is down 2%. i would never say imminent for brexit deal. relatively imminent compared to past hopes, how is that no, i think a couple headlines over the past couple of days, encouraging narrowed their differences. yes next week is the crucial october 18th subject the tone since the last meeting in salzburg has improved, but there s a lot of differences okay. improved that you get to a improved that you get to a co coordinated exit agreement the thing theresa may is looking fo
good thursday morning. welcome to squawk alley. i am carl quintanilla with morgan brennan, jon fortt at post 9 of the new york stock exchange the s & p and dow hit some record highs, up 230 here. original record from january 26. we are higher by that by 20 points boeing, caterpillar, tech outperforming. joining us, henry blodget, business insider ceo talk about the action we are seeing what do you make of this took 8 months, we are finally back to the industrials. everybody loves a bull market great. valuations are getting more and more extended. as we know, can last for a lot longer than you think possible we had a year of multiple compression. are things expensive in your view the market as a whole is tremendously expensive on any cyclically adjusted metric nobody should be surprised by draw down, hope it happens way in the future and hope it is a new era of valuation steve, where are you? yesterday was an interesting day. price to sales ratio that just pa
worst kind of behavior from iran. generally it won t prevent all of their bad behavior. when it comes to the tough sell we welcome the scrutiny and even skepticism of everybody across the country and across the world as they consider this agreement. we continue to be confident, upon looking at the details once they have been released that we will be able to make a strong case about how the president haven t just achieved his goal but how the international community has achieved the important goal of preventing them from obtaining a nuclear weapon. when it comes to a tough sell i think the part will be on the part of the republicans as they try to take the deal. it will be a tough sell to say we should back away from an international agreement. why should we throw away the best possible avenue for preventing iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. that will be a tough sell to suggest we should undermine the sanctions that have been put in place thus far. it will be a tough a toug
backing of the hispanic voters. and this is kevlar 452-b. it s a planet that looks like ice. they re excited. the jam packed edition of varney & company is about to begin. john russell houser killed two others pat a lafayette movie theater and then killed himself. here is lafayette s police chief last hour. the vehicle had a switched license tag on it. it was parked right outside an exit door of the theater. it is apparent that he was intent on shooting and then escaping. stuart: john russell houser had a previous criminal record, but had not been in trouble recently. no motive known as of yet. let s get to the market. look, oh look at amazon opening at a new record. oh. ashley: that s $100. stuart: that s $100. amazon is making money, revenue is up the amount of money coming in. over 20% over the last year. come in ashley give us the numbers. ashley: a blowout of the estimates stuart. second quarter profit 23.18,.18, that s billion. sales of cloud computing. it s picke
and good morning and welcome to worldwide exchange. i m seema mody in for sara eisen. i m dominic chu futures are shaping up to be a little bit more on the mixed side of things right now we are seeing the s&p opening up just about flat if current conditions hold. the dow jones off by 4 points and the nasdaq up by 7 overall if you take a look at the equity picture, we are still hovering near those record highs. as a reminder the u.s. bond market is closed today in observance of the columbus holiday season. we will have a deeper dive first, to some breaking news out of washington overnight. president trump calling on congress to fund the border wall as part of any deal for the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. nbc s tracie potts live in washington with more on that good morning, tracie. hey, seema. good morning, everybody. it did happen within a matter of hours. not too long ago president trump laying out his immigration agenda for congress already overnight. democrats are sayin