And lockdown and new details to halt the ipo by the ant group and what stocks are seeing big time buying by their insiders well bring them to you, one big biotech you need to hear about it is friday the 13th, but nothing to be afraid of. This is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc i dont care if monday is blue, tuesday is great and wednesday too, thursday i dont care about happy friday and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. Im broo im Brian Sullivan thanks for joining us. Here is how your money and markets look right now stock futures are once again in the green across the board dow futures up 224, nasdaq up 105. The indexes did fall a bit yesterday, but all on pace for a very solid week and month. The russell 2000 up a stunning 11 . So far november, you dow up 10 and even the nasdaq that has been hit a bit hard is actually up 7 this month coming into this morning the real star though continues to be bitcoin. It is above 16,000 now and up as much as 20 just in th
Both sides in this conflict are criticizing the United States. Yousuf gamal eldin joins us from cairo with the latest. We have been hearing about the escalating numbers of those who have been injured and killed in the situation. It sounds like it is getting much more tense. Absolutely, becky. A lot of tension this morning here in downtown cairo as the Muslim Brotherhood calls for a million man march, basically, for their supporters to take up arms, to step up against Security Forces. Now, we have seen military activity as well in the morning, even though the curfew is over. Tanks have taken up position right below us. Four of them at least. And theyre blocking basically access road to Tahrir Square. The epicenter of the political changes we have seen in egypt over the last two or three years or so. Very symbolic part of the city, which they are now cordoning off, basically in anticipation of these large protests. We are currently hearing the preparations for friday prayers. Theyre abou
Stock . Take a look at what its doing right now. Its up nearly 5 . Of course, it already has a big buyback and the thought of it being bigger is something the investors like. Arguably the most successful of all of the activist investors going after one of the Largest Companies in the world and pushing it up 4 . Even apple responded. They said that, quote, we appreciate the interest and investment of all of our shareholders. Tim had a very positive conversation with mr. Icahn today. I tweeted out a little while ago that the translation of that is, simply, gulp. And to think this was one time a target of shorts. You had David Einhorn in there last year. Exactly. Shorting the stock. And now to think carl icahn is calling it undervalued. Certainly one to watch today. Much more coming up over the next couple of hours, im sure. Also, its called the hindenburg, and it has the Trading Floor buzzing, because the omen is back in play right now. So even as stocks are rebounding today, you can fin
Looks like almost a half a percent drop for both the ftse and the dax in germany. In the u. S. , a packed Economic Calendar today. At 8 30, weekly jobless claims. July cpi and empire state survey. Then at 9 00, tick data. 15 minutes later, july industrial production. At 10 00, the philly fed survey and the National Association of Home Builders survey. And the consumer is in focus once again today. Walmart and kohls among the names to show results before the bell. Well be hearing from dell. This is a little bit of a surprise because the pc maker was originally scheduled to report results next week. No shortage of numbers to be running through. Lots to do today. In other economic news, u. S. Home foreclosures on track for a sixyear low. Foreclosure listing firm realty tracks shows 30,000 homes last month, thats down 31 from july last year. Though up 4 from june. Demand for physical gold soaring 53 in the Second Quarter. The World Gold Council reports the jump was led by opportunistic buy
Looking for a fresh start after ugly trading days last week. Yields are rising as debate over who will be the next fed chair picks up steam. Sax seeing more markdowns for womens shoes, handbags and menswear but its not bad news for the consumer companies. Jpmorgan upgrading Dollar General. Entell upgrade over at piper saying pcs are not down for the count yet. Futures, as we said, slightly lower after the major indices posted the first backtoback weekly losses in june. Worst week for the dow this year, all going on amid encertaine encertainen certa uncertainty of the fed mens and jackson hole starting thursday, friday. How do you feel after last week . I work on charts every week. Show it to them. Too many look horrible. I mean, ive got to tell you, were in a key moment here. Industrials hanging by a thread. The Real Estate Investment trusts terrible, carl. Only group good, gold stocks. We dont want them as leadership. No. The miners, hated miners all year not going to lead us out of t