That you were giving bad dad jokes in honor of fathers day i hope that you had a very good fathers day. I hope that mat did as well all the invites. We were waiting we had the drinks ready, the smores ready, the whole operation. Did i mess up your address or something . There was nothing at that location it was like. Its hard to find on google the google maps they send you a little bit of an awkward direction. Its the wrong address. Like the phone numbers that i used to try to get. Exactly must have written the number down wrong lets start with markets this morning. The major averages are coming off their fourth week of gains the last five weeks. This is something that we have been watching closely. If you have been watching the markets the dow is more than 10 from the all time high the nasdaq as joe mentioned was closed up for six sessions in a row on friday and the nasdaq at this point is less than 2 from its all time highs we are been watching these very closely. Theyre the only ind
And gossiping about President Trump. The other main stories at 11 facing impeachment proceedings back home, the Panel Investigating President Trump says evidence against him is overwhelming. Carbon dioxide emissions have risen slightly this year, despite a drop in the use of coal. And coming up, a wildlife Success Story the uks population of atlantic grey seals hits 120,000, from just a few hundred last century. Good morning and welcome to hertfordshire where the 29 leaders of the Nato Alliance are meeting at this luxury hotel, set amid 300 acres of grounds and well away from any protestors. Its the 70th anniversary of the alliance founded after the second world war, but there are more recriminations than birthday celebrations with bitter arguments over how much Member States spend on defence, over turkeys intervention in syria and over the french president s remarks that nato has become braindead. Donald trump has said that claim is disrespectful and insulting. Well, the leaders are t
Disney leaps in late trade with quarterly profit topping estimates as the lion king roars at theaters and theme parks stay strong. Kathleen lets take a look at how asian markets are opening. The asx 200, a little bit higher beenthe 6726, which had the biggest advance in three weeks on the market close yesterday. Now to nikkei futures, a fractional move higher. There is uncertainty about the trade war deal getting done. That will weigh on japanese stocks. Stocks had risen for a third day yesterday, but there could be a fourth, the kind of company that could benefit from this u. S. China trade deal. Stocks are looking about a half point higher, a little bit of hope there, and of course, the s p 500 why is it down . Because it was up so much today. The s p 500 hit that alltime high. From here, we will have to wait to see some fresh impetus for stocks to continue to rally. Lets get to first word news now with jessica summers. Jessica thanks, kathleen. The french president has attacked nato
Lets get into these results from samsung. What was the offer . Not as impressed as the shareholders are. They seem pretty impressed. I think there is a lot of concern they need to be aware of. First of all, the chip business really fell off a cliff. Operating profit really fell a lot. The other thing is the smartphone business had a good quarter. It was the secondhighest sale on record for that division. Incomecompare operating versus a couple of quarters ago, operating profit was a lot lower. Margins a lot worse than it had been in the past. They said themselves this quarter, the fourth quarter, they would see a deterioration, not only in shipments, but also a have bees. What they ship will be the cheaper phones. Not the flagship stuff they had in the first quarter. The cheaper stuff. Those are the landmines investors need to be worried about as we go into the next. Components are weak and their products are week as well. It definitely is downbeat, a column this morning. You sum up by
You, Procter Gamble Ceo David Taylor will be here to weigh in on what was the best quarterly organic Revenue Growth in years. Joining us now for the hour, though, charlie baa brinskoy from aerial investments. Industrials are an interesting standout today given lowered expectations for u. S. china trade hopes. What is that about low expectations. We had some people report and they were better than peoples fears. We had big companies, the big maker of drilling rigs people were worried about that, they beat, and the stock was up almost 15 Zebra Technologies makes scanners, and that business was better than expected, the stock up 15 . Low expectations, you think, which are easy to beat on earnings, but not on the fed you think maybe only able to cut in the shortterm . Yeah, that is the consensus prediction i happen to agree with it, which is one cut, 25 basis points. I dont think theyll pull a baitandswitch. I think they would not want to mislead the market i think that will happen, but it