Great to have you with us ahead of the Labor Day Weekend the final trading day of august, another volatile one, between gains and losses, the dow had been higher earlier in the session, but right now we are just barely higher by 14 points, s p and nasdaq has turned negative this is the second losing month of 2019. Investors got more defensive, utilities, real estate, consumer staples, the only sect aro finances down 5 , energy down eight. So the question going into september is do you stick with what is working . And implicit in that question is, do you remain defensive going into what has historically been a very tough month for the markets . It has been a tough month you look at it and say its probably going to be volume tiff were going to see more responses on trade from china. What im doing is, yeah, probably more defensive in my style, which is to look for Companies Generating good cash flows. How do do i know theyre returning it to me dividends, maybe theyre increasing dividends,
Move are good . Espn, a look at that and thats a big negative. All right, now look at this. Look at this thats a hover board. You want to see more of this the full story and you will see more of it. Youll see all of it. Varney company is about to begin. This is Varney Company right from the get go were covering the money thats in your pockets. The price of oil still cheap, 46. 22 this morning, but here is the real money story. Look at that sound effects. And gas is down a penny, were down a penny a day consistently. National average, 2. 63. The price is down and thats what we like to see. South carolina the cheapest gasoline states 2. 25 is the average 2. 25 in average in some states for regular. Despite disneys drop despite apples drag the futures, thats an indicator of how the dow is going to open looking pretty good. Up 88 points at 17,500 despite the drag from apple and from disney. Now, we had a fed governor say they are on track for rate increase next month. Then we got a negativ
I think the horrible attack in manchester reminded all of us why we have to do this. The president said that in remarks today. It just reminds us why we have to win this fight and we have to do it. We cant leave it for someone else to do. Maria very latest developments this morning. Airport lines may be getting longer. Transportation Security Administration testing procedures including separating all electronics and food. Obamacare on the brink. The Congressional Budget Office now with a score in the Gop Health Care bill say that will lower premiums than the deficit. This after another insurer said it will pull out of the exchanges next year. Weve got the latest. Earnings season wraps. If i had to be uanabout giving us the latest book. Overall earnings have been strong. Futures indicated they will open like this trademark is right now pretty strong opening this but we expect that 77point. Nasdaq, s p 500 also in the plus power. European indices. Take a look, higher across the board. Ca
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Looked at me and she said, ok, we have insurance now, where do you want to start . Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill charges and counter charges flew back and forth today over the stalemate in the syrian peace talks. Secretary of state john kerry accused the Syrian Government of stonewalling after negotiations broke off saturday. Kerry spoke in indonesia. They have refused to open up one moment of discussion legitimately about a transition government. And it is very clear that Bashar Al Assad is continuing to t