Nasdaq edged down 0. 07 . It may be hard to follow Interest Rates or politics, its a lot ease yore the bet on great themes if you want to make great money i had the great privilege to interview dave coaty, former ceo of honeywell, now an check tif with verfiv. Its a special acquisition company. This guys a phenomenal manager, consistently crushed the s p 500 when he was running honeywell, but when he retired and turned it over, many people he might be done running business. I was thinking he might be no not for cody its too much fun. He likes business too much he didnt quit he raised some money, looked around for a business that seemed to have the wind at its back, a business thats growing much faster than the broader u. S. Economy, thats not hostage to global trade or politics or the federal reserve. He came up with the data center. In particular data centers that can deliver Digital Information at lightning speeds. Stha that was his path. Why was he interested in this particular comp
Trade, the president declining to provide more details on the negotiations with china this morning, saying, quote, well see what happens Broader Markets at the moment down about 0. 6 on the s p the dow is down 192 points the low of the session for the dow 250. So we are off the loan he lows t recovering a little bit in that final hour of trade. Joining us for the full first hour of the show is bespokes paul hickey. How you doing . Good. Do you think it makes sense well start on a soft footing given the great run we saw in november we saw a big strong run to close out the month of november here and dont put too much weight into the first trading day of the month. I dont know if you recall, but last december, we were up 1 on the first trading day of december and i think we all remember what happened the rest of that month. If we can get the opposite of what happened last december, ill take it fair enough lots to discuss with paul throughout the full first hour of the show. Lets focus in
And says it will support a slowing economy. Australia fights bushfires on two coasts as the fans flames are fanned. Hottest days since record began. Shery clicks check foraw the dow gaining. 8 the first time surpassing the 28,000 level as we had a broad risk on session. S p 500 being led higher by health care and trade sensitive tech stocks. More positive trait headlines and that helped boost the stock market. Semi conductors, the Philadelphia Semiconductor index at a record high after Applied Materials came out and boosted sales forecasts. Nasdaq also at a record high come up. 7 . Haven assets broadly falling. 10 year yield rising for the first time last week not to mention that the dollar also saw a weekly loss. We will keep a close eye on what happens in hong kong this morning as we are now Hearing Police are ready to storm into the Polytechnic University in hong kong. Lets see how things are shaping up in asia. Sophie hong kong certainly is a focal point this monday morning. We are
Organization can play a bigger openness andting development. So that the multilateral trading regime can be more authoritative and effective. Later this afternoon, the chain the china side will host an informal wto ministerial meeting. We look forward to candid exchanges that will lead to globalctions to improve economic governance. I am happy to note that yesterday, 15 countries taking part in the original comprehensive economic concludedp or are cep textbased negotiations. I hope the agreement will be into fourthntered added early date. At an early date. [no audio] applause] china will be happy to include free agreements with countries. China r. O. K. Fta and a China Cooperation council fta. Will stay actively engaged in cooperation within the united and , the g20, a pick, move economic globalization forward. China will continue the belt and road cooperation. Today, with 137 countries and 30 international organizations, sign a has signed 197 documents on belt and road cooperation. Ch
Mosaic day where lots of stocks went their own way based on the whims of traders, not investors. The nasdaq climbed 0. 2 . Well start with the stock of kroger up 11 today for ages the market has been brutal to this Supermarket Chain writing it off but kroger had an Analyst Meeting and mercy mercy me it got up after its been guiding down for years just when everyone started to give up on this one, fleeing from the stock because of competition from costco, from walmart, from amazon, by ail dlalinddi they tell us theyll earn 230 to 240. The street was looking for 219 it makes sense that kroger stock roared higher. When i spoke to rodney mcmullen, a true gentleman he made it clear many of his longterm initiatives that hes talking about to win customers are working, especially the restock kroger brand i know it sounds simple but rodney said theyre telling the story about food kroger is food first he regards it as a distinct competitive advantage and had success with personal finance initiat