Dow only declining three points, s p advancing 1. 6 i totally understand why when employment, the primary indicator of economic strength, is at its best level in four decades. But so many other indicators are slipping, everything from housing to autos, retail sales and oil. In fact, someone asked me what i thought of the market last night after a Live Audience show i ended up saying i dont know if there is a market to care about now. Theres just pronounced sectors and rotations into and out of them that happen at the flick of a switch this week the Health Care Sector ral yesterday. Everything else took a dive. As well as some fabulous action in technology. Still, the debate over the economy will rage, because the fed is in tightening mode, trying to get back to normal rate keeping thats fine if youre looking at employment numbers but not so hot if youre looking at anything else maybe we need a little life support, which is why we start on monday with the durable goods orders if we get
A gain of 115 points expected if we were to open here s p is indicated up by 8 points. The nasdaq up by 31 points overnight in asia, youll see that the market theres also ended higher with the nikkei up a third of a percentage point. The hang seng up 0. 8 . The shanghai up 0. 59 . And the kospi up 0. 84 in europe this morning, you will see similar moves. Gains across the board there the dax is up by 0. 55 so is the cac. Ftse up by 0. 8 . If you check out wti, crude oil, 50. 27 wti for july broke a fourmonth losing streak. Had its best month since april 2016 look at the dollar index, the dollar index saw its worst month since 2016 dollar is stronger against the euro and yen trading at 1. 1813 and the dollar yen at 110. 34 fifth negative month in a row. Lets get you through some big stories. The s p 500 will start excluding companies that have multiple classes of shares. The move bars snap from the index. The Company Offering new investors a class of common stock with no Voting Rights. T
Washington. Senator Jeff Sessions heads to judiciary. Futures are steady. The tenyear, around 2. 39 . Small Business Optimism at an alltime high. We begin with the sprint of confirmation hearings. In minutes, what investors should focusing on. Apple is breaking to an alltime high, but is it a sign of a stronger year ahead . Carl icon on the quote of idiocy of over regulation. How he is pushing the Trump Administration. Chipotle warns it is putting out preliminary results. It is making a reversal, now in positive territory in the premarket. Of course. First up, stocks are looking to bounce back from a mostly negative session on monday. Nasdaq was a bright spot, hitting fresh, alltime highs. Apple one of the catalysts, rising to a new 52week high. Nasdaq is up five straight. Interestingly, it started december, up six straight, jim. Right. This is kind of a reverse. Apple being the last to really go. Look, theres a stock, i call it repulsive today, realmoney. Com article, about a repulsiv
Roadmap, eight years since the haines bottom. And aig ceo is out, what is next for the giant insurer . Ceos headed back to the white house. We dig into the return on a west wing meeting. The s p and dow looking to snap three session losing streaks which hasnt happened since january. We got that pull back in energy yesterday resulting in those losses. And as we said its been eight years since the stock market had bottomed. That of course was when mark haines made a very big call right here on this show. However, im going to step out on a limb here. This is the big hold on everyone. Weve been waiting for this. I think were at a bottom. I really do. Ever since what we call the haines bottom, the s p has surged more than 250 , the dow also more than tripling its gains. The nasdaq outperforming both indices up 360 . On that morning, which is actually the tenth when mark made that call, dow and s p closed up 6 that day. Well, mark was someone we all work with mark. I used to talk with mark a
Squawk alley. Morgan, thank you very much. Good morning. It is 8 00 a. M. At snap headquarters in venice beach, 11 00 a. M. On wall street, and squawk alley is live. Starting from the bottom, now were here starting from the bottom, now my whole team here startied from the bottom, now were here started from the bottom, now the whole team here good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Jon fortt, sara eisen with me here at post 9 along with Business Insider ceo henry blodget. Good to see you this morning. Good to see you. Eight years in and still going strong. The s p rallying nearly 250 since hitting that closing low of just over 676 on this day in 2009. This is the second longest bull market ever. Oil, on the other hand, falling below 50 for the first time this year. Of course, had the worst day yesterday in about 11 months. Just to put the rally into perspective, henry, would you have been skeptical of for a long time, more now than ever . Yes. The higher we go on valuation basis