And i ended up writing a column about it. It began a conversation with chris that was part of his effort to develop this book and the arguments in it. Want to ask chris to take us all on a journey he has been on. He has shared some with me over the years. The book starts with a really chilling account of what would happen in the first hours and days of a war with china. Maybe that is a good place to people whyaining to we have a problem when it comes to technology. Chris thank you, david. I appreciate your friendship and guidance throughout this whole process. It has been invaluable. With the timens is spent on the Senate Armed Services committee, the better part of a decade supporting the committee and senator mccain, looking closely at the u. S. Military, how we were investing money and werent investing money and ultimately, how we match up against emerging great power competitors, first and foremost china. The reason i wrote the book was a concern i had then add have now that we are
Frontiers for that sector in the new decade and facebook being called the new cigarettes for our society by the founder of salesforce. Com his critical take on the social media giant as Worldwide Exchange begins right nowe to exchange im dierdre bosa in for Brian Sullivan the second to last day of 2019, take a look at stock futures right now pretty much flat they are on track for a block buster year as i mentioned the s p on track for potentially its best year in two decades if it can squeeze out gains of nearly 30 . 29. 6 is the gain that we are looking at dow jones and the nasdaq also on track for a record year. Moving on to the bond market, the yield on the tenyear note currently 1. 912 lets go worldwide now in asia, markets were mixed in the last two days of the years investors awaiting updates on the trade deal and increasing tensions with north korea. Japan wrapping up its final trading day of 2019, down slightly, but the nikkei, that was up 18 for the year and what a turn around
Welcome to barrons roundtable where we get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead. I am jack otter. What is the fitch rating downgrade mean for the healthy economy. Has the fed defeated inflation . Ill ask economist Jeremy Siegel remember the jetsons flying cars, we are one step closer as air taxis are set to kick off jovian beaver will tell us how it works. Later tupperware popped the lid off stop jumping 500 in one month. We begin as always with three things investors on a think about right now. Stocks were down for the week as bond yields search ten year treasury hitting the highest number since last november before pulling back on friday but cooler the inspected jobs report lifted spirits to end the week. Ship stocks have rallied on a. I. But rally from the biggest Semi Conductor disappointed investors. Amazon with a massive profit, will take a look at the tech giant stop what we learned about the health of the consumer. On the barrons roundtable carleton english a
Welcome to barrons roundtable where we get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead. I am jack otter. What is the fitch rating downgrade mean for the healthy economy. Has the fed defeated inflation . Ill ask economist Jeremy Siegel remember the jetsons flying cars, we are one step closer as air taxis are set to kick off jovian beaver will tell us how it works. Later tupperware popped the lid off stop jumping 500 in one month. We begin as always with three things investors on a think about right now. Stocks were down for the week as bond yields search ten year treasury hitting the highest number since last november before pulling back on friday but cooler the inspected jobs report lifted spirits to end the week. Ship stocks have rallied on a. I. But rally from the biggest Semi Conductor disappointed investors. Amazon with a massive profit, will take a look at the tech giant stop what we learned about the health of the consumer. On the barrons roundtable carleton english a
Welcome to barrons roundtable where we get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead. I am jack otter. What is the fitch rating downgrade mean for the healthy economy. Has the fed defeated inflation . Ill ask economist Jeremy Siegel remember the jetsons flying cars, we are one step closer as air taxis are set to kick off jovian beaver will tell us how it works. Later tupperware popped the lid off stop jumping 500 in one month. We begin as always with three things investors on a think about right now. Stocks were down for the week as bond yields search ten year treasury hitting the highest number since last november before pulling back on friday but cooler the inspected jobs report lifted spirits to end the week. Ship stocks have rallied on a. I. But rally from the biggest Semi Conductor disappointed investors. Amazon with a massive profit, will take a look at the tech giant stop what we learned about the health of the consumer. On the barrons roundtable carleton english a