Talks have been delayed until thursday. Diplomatic and trade tensions between australia and china formed the backdrop as the rba prepares its latest statements. Economists see no change. Shery we will start with breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the final Third Quarter gdp numbers. When it comes to the year on year numbers, a contraction of 1. 1 . This is coming in a little better than expected. The quarter on quarter numbers also rising more than expected, 2. 1 , and beating estimates of growth of only 1. 9 . We have seen some pretty positive ratings especially when it comes to the south korean export numbers. They have seen a lot of external demand, especially in china and the u. S. , despite the fact we continue to see virus infections accelerate in those economies. Again, thirdquarter gdp numbers for the final numbers now beating expectations and coming in at growth of 2. 1 quarter on quarter, haidi. Haidi lets take a look at where we are sitting when it comes to thi
The nasdaq above 94 on weakers trailing sterling. The European Council president had to quarantine because of a covid19 test. Pretty in europe and britain. Back here, jay powell and treasury secretary Stephen Mnuchin testifying before the House Financial Services committee with chair powell saying the economy has a long way to go and will likely need further fiscal support. Secretary mnuchin saying another round of stimulus should be targeted at kids and jobs. Joining me now is greg valliere, Agf Investments chief policy strategist. The secretary said there was bipartisan support for further stimulus, so why are we not getting it . Greg i think nancy pelosi and the democrats wanted at least 2 trillion, and that was too much for the republicans. Vonnie at the same time, there should be some kind of mechanism for getting to a neutral place. What are the obstacles for the republicans coming down a little bit, democrats staying where they are . Greg it is maddening to see this. Frankly, if
And the u. S. Keep talking trade, we dont know when this thing ends or how much further it goes. Sit back and enjoy the ride, today is august 25, the dow of 378, yesterday up another 150th opening bell today, the s p record high close up some more this morning. The nasdaq looks like its going to be down a few points. Were going to show you apple, premarket trading worth 2. 15 trillion and there is speculation that there is iphone production to mexico, more of that in a moment. At the convention the republicans attacked the biden harris ticket as a looming disaster. Dynamic speeches from tim scott and nikki haley and the president as surprise appearance and a vocal audience preview will see it. Day two, melania speaks tonight, rand paul, eric and tiffany trump, you will see that too. I gotta say this, our heart goes out to louisiana, mississippi, texas and neighboring states. Marco faded but here comes laura. Landfall probably tomorrow, could be a cat two or three storm the people of ga
Theres your picture the dow is added up 127 points about onehalf a percent nasdaq muted for the most part still in positive territory. Apple leading the way again. Its been up by more than 1 josh brown, apple is now the single largest s p 500 weight over the past 40 years at 6. 5 that in and of itself tells the story of how well this stock has done yeah. I mean its undeaniable. Apple would be the company you would pick i dont think it would be difficult. You could throw a lot of other names in there this should be the largest wagts. It makes perfect since given the success of the fundamentals of the company itself why wouldnt it be the largest stock . However, this is as extended as ive seen it since 2012. The stock is now 47 above its rising 200day moving average. Historically if you bought the stock at anything even above 25 or 30 above its 200 day moving average, that had typically been a period of consolidation to follow it may not be the best idea with fresh cash to go plowing int
Alphabet, the stock higher after reporting a quarter that is under way. We have full Team Coverage under way and gene munster is listening in on his phone, and lets start out with deerd deid bossa. Im sorry guys just on the call right now the cfo was just talking and i was listening so intently because she was talking about the Second Quarter and shes seeing some signs of commercial activity recovering and she said it would be too early and too premature to make any kind of conclusion or talk about how durable that may be. Going back to the results the ad revenues were hit and perhaps not to the extent that wall street was expecting and they echoed the comments that cfo made saying that it was a tale of two quarters, strong at the start and then ad revenue declined he also struck an optimistic note saying he had reasons to be confident. Have a listen. Let me just explain that to you. He said he was optimistic because as they saw after the financial crisis in 2008, one of the strongest