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After the bell, here we go again. Earnings its game on salesforce hp hewlettpackard enterprises. Guess. And gamestop all reporting tonight. Well tell you what to expect. A debate on whether gamestop can capitalize on the video Game Movement that stock has suffered mightily. A yield of 9. 25 right now unbelievable. Lets start with todays market rally all four major averages are in record territory the s p crossed 2,600 for the first time today joining our closing bell exchange, david kelly from Jp Morgan Funds peter costa from empire executions is at post 9. Rick santelli is at the cme in chicago. Peter, the engine keeps chugging along here. Oh, my god. Its almost unbelievable to today, this was a little unexpected i think we did have positive data this morning. To see the market open up 150 points without batting an eye and continuing to stay strong, you know, its theres a co ....
Impact that its products have on smartphone addiction in children cnbcs leslie picker has more on this story for us. Leslie hey, bill, thats right, its a twist on activist investing. Jana and california state teachers retirement system, sending a letter over the weekend to apples board pushing for changes there. In the letter, they say that apples ubiquity has created unintended negative consequences for children, particularly when it comes to their physical and mental health. They want apple to form a committee to study this issue and add more restrictions for younger users. Apple already provides tools that allow parents to restrict what their kids do on their phones, but jana and calsters believe there should be more thats done there. The letter was part of the firms announcement of their own social impact fund the plan is to raise money then use their activism knowhow to target Companies Like apple they they believe could do b ....
Now people are suggesting because of the weirdo incidents, cramer called them morons the vix is leading the market because people are selling to pay for positions they were in over their head on. Wouldnt be the first time the tail wags the dog. Is it the tail or the dog the answer is yes. Guys, take it away. Have a good couple hours. Thank you this is the closing bell, everybody. The final hour of trade has everybody focused on whether were going to go back and retest the lows weve seen this week. We have sort of, but is it enough thats the question. Is is it enough for the market another big selloff. The dow was down nearly 700 points at the lows midday, but we are well off those lows right now but that could change. Stick around as bill mentioned, we have higher Interest Rates. That could be one factor sparking selling another thing to keep an eye on, the u. S. Dollar hit a twoweek high earlier in the session before it gave back ....
Here the shares are down 8 right now. Thats not even the biggest point decliner in the dow. Which goes back to how low its share prices got. Exactly. At this hour the Senate Finance committee is beginning to mark up its tax reform bill well tell you whats at stake there and what could be the most contentious issues between the house and senate. Meanwhile, amazon is reportedly considering a freemium option for prime video. Wel n will netflix make a similar move lets get to our top story today, the big decline in ge shares Morgan Brennan has all the ugly details for us morgan reporter hey, bill, yeah, so ge cutting its dividend in half. Its only the third time since 1899 its cut that payout, this is the first time its done it notscenario. Thats only part of the story here big part of why these shares are falling 8 is the updated guidance new eps numbers for 2018 expected to be ....