the dow is the level to watch.t would be a new all time closing high today notching the first record high in almost eight months. january 26th is the last time it happened two companies have hit a trillion in evaluation it would be apple and amazon both up since january 26th the treasury yield is up 17% since the holding above the 3% level. the u.s. dollar has strengthened by more than 60% and the peso by 97%. not everyone joining the party >> we mentioned him because he is closing the joining bell exchange today steve, let's come back to the u.s. >> i concur with sarah it is stabilizing. new highs. what should people with doing? >> usually buying new highs not selling new highs. if you go back to january where they were sold and the market traded off it was a different state of affairs we are having right now. funds are trying to make up their performance. whatever they had or didn't have they are chasing materials, chasing staples and i would say stay in technology why because of earnings? >> because of earnings

the dow up about 230 points.as the european close. >> behind me, a lot of greenon the screen european markets are higher, driving a fifth straight day of gains. longest win streak since a six day run for the stocks in late july bank and mining dominating the headlines there, doing all of the heavy lifting. brexit and pound are front and center for investors as european leaders continue meetings in austria. donald tusk saying key parts of theresa may's brexit plan will not work, saying it risks the underlying market. the uk prime minister hitting back, saying her plan is the only serious, credible proposal on the table she also reiterated the british government is prepared for a no deal scenario and will not accept a second referendum on the issue. uk is set to leave the block next march >>> and shares of nestle are higher after they put skin care health unit up for sale. the deal could fetch $3 billion. that unit is important, it includes tsome brands. run by dan lowe. back to you. >> thank you very much >>> we g

stocks surging the dow hit agnew record. thearket sentiment changed perspective of the tariff story and it should have in the first place because tariffs amount to only about 0.4% of world gchd minuscule in the larger scheme of things. the market has been able to shrug it off. a tariffs aren' the bull market is looking past. the 10-year treury yield is convincing over 3% with most increase happening around the riff news prompting many economists to raise the inflation forecast. along with higher rates with become higher probabilities of fed rate hikes. markets nowee a 100% chance of a quaoner opioint rate hike in september and another in december. the first 2019 record hike will come two months earcher in m i understand of june which ig near the headwinds. >> as along you have the good macroeconomic drive you have am ured 10-year rise. there is good news. >> and plenty of news investors nog ago thought was bad but have now decided is either outweighed by good new ors babe maybe not bad news at all. >>> so where do stocks go

the dow and s&p 500 on the dow, credit jpmorgan chase and goldman sachs.fact if you look at kbw banking index, that is up almost 2% today. all 24 of the banks in that index to the upside. banks obviously beneficiaries of higher interest rates. we do expect the fed to hike once again at its meeting one week from today. we're seeing the 10-year yield pop back up against 3% today. that is highest in about four months. bottom lining this for you guys, still gas left in the tank here amid prospect of higher interest rates and potential trade war with china. if we get both of them, maybe investors tap the breaks. we're not seeing that at least for the dow and s&p. neil, back to you. neil: lauren, thank you very much. we're watching s&p and dow, all averages here. tesla is getting sort of a raised highbrow look. this is not typically what you think would happen, a lot of people breathing down your back. or exactly what would happen. charlie gasparino with the latest. what is going on? >> stone called cavuto is your name now. that is your name, stone cold cavuto.

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dow is up 188.e herera good morning, sue. >> good morning, carl, good morning, everybody here's what's happening at 24 hour >>> south korean president moon and north korean leader kim visiting a sacred volcano in north korea on the last day of their three day summit later moon said kim told him homes a second summit with president trump included as soon as possible. the co-founder of alibaba says people should make preparations for 20 years of a u.s./china trade war. jack ma making the comment at the world economic forum in china today. >>> ukrainian parliament overwhelmingly supporting the president's bill to join nato and the european union that bill will be reviewed by its highest court which will decide on whether the ukrainian constitution can be amended to allow parliament to hold a final vote >>> back at home, a security breach at orlando melbourne international airport forcing a lock down of that facility an individual boarded an empty commercial jet parked near the maintenance facility the

cheryl: possibly higher today the dow and s&p shrug off trade worries. lauren: s&p 50 gaining 22 yesterday. cheryl: here we look, another strong kick tiewf market, the dow up 64, nasdaq up 16 and a half. lauren: three quarters of percent gain across the board in london, fa ris and frankfurt. women accusing supreme court judge kavanaugh of sexual assault, laying out terms for her testimony, but are senators going to go for them? cheryl: amazon not stopping with food or shopping, the company is ready to take care entire home. fbn:am starts right now. ♪ ♪ lauren: good morning, it is 5:01 a.m. in new york. lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, cheryl casone, what is alexa going to do? lauren: christine blasey ford claims supreme court brett kavanaugh sexual assaulted her decades ago, laying specific demands for senate judiciary committee hearing next week. cheryl: meanwhile president trump telling sean hannity that the delay has lasted long enough. >> let her have her say and see how it all works out. i don't think you can delay it any longer. >> you very

the dow gained 185 points yesterday. cheryl: today, taking a look at futures, pretty flat start to your wednesday. the dow up 2, s&p down 1 3/4. lauren: this is how stocks in europe are trading at this hour. they opened higher. markets in london are down 15 points, the paris and frankfurt markets are up. cheryl: stocks in asia are mostly higher. they are higher by more than 1%. is america sick of hearing comments like this? >> the only white people that thank jesus are republicans and ex-crack heads. lauren:.lauren: hollywood pacee price for insulting americans. "fbn:am" starts right now. lauren: it's 5:01 in new york. it's wednesday, september 19t september 19th. good morning. i'm chery cheryl casone. lauren: i'm lauren simonetti. a major escalation in the trade fight between the world's two largest economies. president trump threatening to impose tariffs on more chinese goods after beijing announced new tariffs on $60 billion of u.s. items. cheryl: blake berman is standing by with details. >> reporter: tit-for-tat or t

that's a record sale for the dow jones industrial.her the session was a gain of 290 plus points. we are at 256 to the upside, when we come back charlie and will we see these amazing records? oh, that's great sarah. let's talk about this when we meet next week. how did edward jones come to manage a trillion dollars in assets under care? jay. sarah. so i have a few thoughts on that early retirement... by focusing our mind on whatever's on yours. by focusing our mind on whatever's on yours. and now you know.ed- jardiance is the only type 2 diabetes pill proven to both reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who have type 2 diabetes and heart disease... ...and lower a1c, with diet and exercise. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration. this may cause you to feel dizzy, faint, or lightheaded, or weak upon standing. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. symptoms include nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, tiredness, and trouble breathing. stop taking jardiance and call your doctor right away i

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dow 42 in the premarket taking a look at europe. stocks opening mixed as you can see the flat and higher. stocks asia they rose in japan ingaing one and a half percent and shanghai composite in china gaining 2%. >> and we have a winner elon musk and spacex announce name of the first civilian passenger they will get into space. fbn:am starts right now. >> it is 5:01 a.m. in new york and tuesday september 18th good morning everybody. i'm lauren simonetti. >> good morning everybody. i'm cheryl casone, and any interest in space travel, lauren? >> spacex warning how dangerous this is, so no. [laughter] let's get to china in the news overnight china vowing to retaliate now that president trump announced tariffs on additional 200 billion dollars of chinese goods. however, the new tariffs exclude some key products including apple smart watch. china reportedly planning to reviewen plays for new trade talks in washington. >> we are going to get more on new tariffs owned edward lawrence. >> well good morning cheryl, and lauren president donald

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the dow is up maybe 7% near to date nasdaq is up 16% year to date. i would expect that gap to close. >> look at some of the gains quarter to date out of the dow it really tells the story of how broad the rally has been, not just relegated to tech pfizer is up more than 20%, walgreens, merck, j&j, visa, cisco, amex. >> you needed that if you continue with the year the way it had been going, the s&p was up 2.5% for the first six months so for this rally to continue, we had to broaden it out and that luckily is what happened of course we have the numbers to go with it >> this is everything you wante to see if you're thinking the market could take another leg higher this is the case you would want to lay out. >> it is a very good scenario for u.s. equities because to your point before august was such a strong month for momentum and more specifically for the f.a.n.g.s and the technology names. now a moderation in the appreciation rate for the momentum technology names. what's going to participate? you have energy and some of the other sectors of the names

the dow is up 164. we're off session highs. we're up over 200 on the dow.gher for a second straight day. second straight day for these markets. nasdaq under pressure. [closing bell rings] i do want to point out. jewish holiday today. volume down today. volume might be a piece of it but we'll take it. that's it for me. melissa francis and david asman, take it over. melissa: near record territory, the dow edging closer to the all-time high. david: wow. melissa: ending up 160 points. off session highs but let's not get greedy. the biggest names in tech dragging nasdaq slightly into the red, just barely, six points. i'm melissa francis is. david: when you think how nasdaq performed over last couple months, it ain't bad to have a slight down day. i'm glad you could join us. i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." here is what we are covering for you in a very busy news hour. the commander-in-chief is on the ground right now in the

dow has not hit a new high since january. the dow is ready to hit a new high.bitcoins and social media. actually the industrials and so forth, consumer staples, they are participating. people are ignoring the so-called trade skirmishes. yes, jamie dimon, thank you. focusing on those fundamentals. ashley: yeah. stuart: we're up 23points. 26,640. right from the opening bell which is only three minutes ago, we jumped up well over 200 points, new record high for the dow industrials. let me talk to you about amazon. as we have said, they are considering opening up to 3,000 cashierless stores by 20 defend one. seems to -- 2021. this seems like a game-changer from the company that is the ultimate game-changer. what do you say. >> amazon is king, changing the game, aren't they? they can pretty much do whatever they want. i'm guessing this will be successful. that's why we own amazon for ourselves and our clients. they opened one downtown in chicago which i plan to go into by the end. week, if you look what they're doing in their stores, even all the way back, ancient h

we are pushing session highs, the dow is up to 71. magic number on the dow, 26616 and change.ow, do we keep rolling higher? do we keep pushing these new level or do investors say enough is enough. >> for right now, we're an hour from being six days from the end of the quarter. it would be very unusual to have the market be hit hard next week, the last week of the quarter. as we get into the last quarter of the year, i think the reality is the market is actually cheaper than it was in january the last time we had new highs on all major averages because earnings have gone up strongly. the pes are down a couple notches. >> it's interesting. if you look at these markets and why the markets are not were worried about this trade war is that that corporate tax rate cut that we got protects corporations from what is now becoming a very uncomfortable situation with the chinese. two again, i don't believe the trade wars are to be up problem. i think we are in a position of strength and power in a think all that president trump is trying to do is to get fair and free trade. i think when

the dow is getting close to 27,000. the s&p is not far away from three thousand and the nasdaq ailed past 8,000. all three on the rise when the opening bell start this is morning. the market is going up despite cavanagh chaos. the judge's accuser will not appear monday as requested. maybe later. if certain conditions are met, namely, no questions from lawyers. judge kavanaugh cannot be in the room. he must testify first. how can the judge respond to charges he hasn't seen or heard? those are i'm possible demands designed for delay. this story will play out as we're on the air. this story will play out. >>> "wall street journal" has a blockbuster employ e. google employees where political manipulation was talked about. nothing was implemented. google is accused of stifling conservative opinion. it is leaders were in tears when trump won. thankthankfully we have the maro talk about. "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ we'll start with something a little different. amazon surprised us all releasing 70 brand new product

the dow catching up with other benchmarks.uggesting there is more threat to the market than some people might have thought. or are we getting ahead of ourselves? >> there is a little bit more breath. point about not being allowed to roll over in major markets despite the imposition fearriffs, the generalized we may be coming to the end of the cycle in growth has been potholed at the moment -- put on hold at the moment. tradeimposition of the tariffs, it seems there is good news coming out of his markets. investors will bid up on that basis. >> the growth we have seen in the first half is going to start to moderate and we are not going to see that pace looking at the second half going into next year. is this really the opportunity where you want to be buying, because this bull market might come to an end. >> the growth in the first half we may not see in certain places. certainly maybe not in europe. i would pick out emerging markets. i still think china will have a good beginning of next year's bite what is going on with the t

off the dow which is off 115 points.ish is the fed being regardless what financials are telling you. there are predictions for growth are upped a little bit as far as gdp, liz. i don't know if they're extra hawkish, if anything a little dovish. that is hurting growth and that is hurting financials. liz: they predicted federal reserve in the statement, would see by 2021 gdp median 4.4%. we hit 4.2%. we're expecting revision tomorrow. we'll see what happens tomorrow. got to watch fox business. stay up all night and watch us. dow industrials down 114. s&p down 10. nasdaq down 18, significant swings on the news coming out of the federal reserve. goldman sachs is one of the lag guards here, charlie. it is down about 1 and 2/3% at moment. >> nothing to do with this story. we're talking about what -- liz: financials are getting hammered. not hammered, they're getting hit which is interesting because a rising rate environment is supposed to be good for financials because it means they get to charge more for money they lend. >> n

is the dow better or worse than the s&p?i'll get it >> it had been lagging >> outperformed last year, i think for a while. >> but what is the total return? >> year-to-date? >> since the election. >> 42. >> say that louder >> 42. >> okay. apple's newest iphones and watch hitting the stores today let's get to arjun kharpal standing by in london this morning. good morning >> good morning, guys. we've been here all morning talking to people lining up since last night and they're excited about this, the iphone xs max, starting at $1,099 they're excited but of the new features, oled screen, improved battery and improved processes many people we spoke to are upgrayiu upgrading from the iphone 8 or 7, and they missed out on the x last year. so those are the people apple is targeting. if people are buying these higher priced iphones, that will be positive for apple. wall street is looking at that key average selling price figure which they hope will get a bump from these devices the question is how many people will be buying the xs a

the dow jones industrials down 103.en't really seeing any improvement, with the markets 15 minutes away from the closing bell. we know what's coming after. the president said, $200 billion in tariffs on chinese goods. stand by. we are coming right back. - [narrator] at athene, we think it's time for the financial world to stop acting the same old way. in today's complex world, you need a partner that is driven to provide you with better solutions for these challenging times, one that is willing to disrupt the industry, and break free from conventional thinking. (thudding) we are a different kind of financial company. we are athene, and we are driven to do more. liz: at any moment we understand that republican senator susan collins of maine is set to come out of that office where you see a live picture of reporters gathered. she is set to discuss her position on brett kavanaugh and his nomination as supreme court justice, and whether in light of a sexual harassment claim by a woman who says kavanaugh attempted to assault

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the dow finished lower while nasdaq higher, the dow giving a quarter percent, the nasdaq up a quarterent. in europe this morning markets look like this, taking a cue from wall street, cac quarante down a fraction and the dax index in germany down a third of a percent. in asia overnight, the nikkei was a stand-out in japan, the others down across the board. sitting out the anthem oakland raiders running back not standing for national anthem during season opener last night, we have all the reaction. new colin kaepernick jersey goes on

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then we saw the dow tumble as much as 19% by mid-march. after that it began to roar back like a lion to hit, yes, another new high today. since the last record back in january, these three stocks have led the runup. apple, nike, microsoft. let's get to the floor show. we have traders at the new york stock exchange and cme group. at the stock exchange, matt. at the cme, chris and scott, gentlemen, good to see you today. >> how are you? >> good to be here. >> matt, to you first. are we in a new normal type of environment right now where we get record high after record high despite higher interest rates and despite a potential trade war? >> as long as the market goes up it's the new normal. that's what everyone talks about. everything is good when it goes up. you know, right now the economy's doing well. this is the place to put your money, not in bonds or emerging markets quite yet. that's why this is the new normal. until that changes, and it could change as we get to midterm elections, it could change toward the end of the year where we st

dow futures up by 21. nasdaq down by 3. >> we're also watching oil closely here as live crude crossing 72 dollars barrel that is the highest close since july. >> and yield on ten ewe treasury up six of the past trading delays as they meet today. >> rising energy prices boosting that sector right now of we have a mix there as well. those are the asian markets. there are european market theirs all high or. put up 8 cac 40 up 4. >> you can see chinese stocks are up into effect yesterday shanghai composite down half of one percent. ok as you can see markets in hong kong and south korea are closed. >> and starbucks telling employeeses to get ready for changes including layoffs. fbn:am starts right now. >> it is 5:01 a.m. in new york tuesday september 25th good morning i'm lauren simonetti. >> i'm gerri willis in for cheryl casone. start with the breaking news this morning from judge brett kavanaugh he says i'm not going anywhere. he said that in exclusive interview with fox news martha as he firmly denied alleg

david: the dow reversing earlier losses to end in a gain. the dow is up about 21 points. sound like a lot but could have been -- melissa: absolutely. david: good comeback. tech driving nasdaq lower. s&p 500 closing in the red. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we have more on on the big markt movers, here is what else we're covering in this very busy hour. drama and grandstanding continue on day three of the senate hearing for judge brett kavanaugh. new jersey democrat, senator cory booker under fire now for vowing to risk losing his senate seat in order to release what he claimed were

dow's down 32. over to scott. >> dpood afternoon good afternoon if the economy continues to boom, why have stocked this ws continued to swoon it's 12:00 noon and this is the jobs report. >> wage growth kicks in. will this be the ticket to lift stocks higher? a big call on a key airline. jim and sarat unleash their ultimate portfolio >> tobacco and marijuana in there? it's all it is >> and next chapter for tesla up in smoke the halftime report starts now >> here to debate and trade tod today's biggest stories, we are joined by jim, steve, sarat, jon and schwan the chiefme investment officer t boston private wealth. today, stocks mixed. despite better than expected jobs report. nice rise in wages hardly great reaction on wall street jim, why >> first off, i think it was expected i think overall, the economic activity and profit numbers right now are not on people's minds. i think the bigger picture is trade with these potential china tariffs coming out then of course politics, which seems to be the gi

the dow jones gained 22-point. lauren: the dow jones continues to build today up another 57 looking at the premarket and nasdaq up eight. cheryl: europe stocks opening lower, but that has changed direction. lauren: we have a sea of red in asia on fears the trump administration will impose $200 million in tariffs on chinese products in china says it will retaliate. cheryl: and a domino's promotion for pizza for life goes horribly wrong for the company. "fbn:am" continues right now. we are coming up on 5:30 a.m. it is thursday, september 6, good morning. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: we have a big story. the explosive op-ed in the "new york times". president trump demanding to know the name of the author who wrote the scathing essay including inflammatory statements like this one. quote given me a stability many witness they were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th amendment, which would start a process for removing the present, but no one wanted to precipit

the dow is now positive. it's up 45 points.er, down 0.3% the nasdaq is down meaningfully low, but it was down over 1% a few hours ago. >>> the hotel industry announcing steps today to improve conditions for workers after a backlash in light of the me too movement. representatives from major hotel chains like marriott, hilton, windham gathering today in washington to announce several new safety features across their hotels including deploying panic buttons for their employees. our own seema mody joining us now from washington with marriott's ceo >> thank you for joining us on cnbc today >> thank you glad to be here. >> new announcements from ceos like yourself unveiling these new safety features. talk to me about the timing. why now when employees have been complaining about harassment in the workplace for quite some time in. >> we're constantly evolving as an industry, a company, and that includes technology. which is becoming more and more accurate and more and more efficient. one of things we've been wrestling with the last c

but look at the dow intraday. around 11:15 a.m. eastern time, the dow popped, climbing 174 points at session highs on reports, "wall street journal" reported the united states is now reaching out again to china for a new round of trade talks, but the dow then dropped back into negative territory on perhaps a couple things, maybe there wasn't any followup from the administration, but there's weakness in one dow component we need to tell you about. minnesota mining and manufacturing, 3m. currently, it's coming under pressure, down about 2% after chief financial officer said he sees the industrial giant's organic growth at the lower end of its 2% to 5% guidance. they cite higher commodity and logistics costs and headwinds to profit from those two issues. can i just point out, higher costs mean inflation but also, maybe it's the tariffs. we don't know yet. 3m is a big international company based here in the u.s. they probably source some of their materials from elsewhere. snapchat, let's get to that, snap dropping again to a new all-ti

the dow on pace for another record close details are coming up. i'll have all of the details the state trying to recover from florence as it faces trade head winds. i'll have more on that coming up >> welcome to the closing bell we'll get to all of those stories. the dow and s&p on pace for another record day >> and both up for the week versus the nasdaq which isdown he warned the latest round will hit the company's margins the cost of mitigation of those that is underway right now is also included in the gross margin guidance and that cost of mitigation has certain impacts over the course of three to four quarters you'll be able to mitigate thiseffect >> we are joined by jimmy from the american enterprise institute. if i start with you, bill, how much impact have we seen on broader but specifically walmart pricing and when is it likely to start to impact things more meaningfully >> i think walmart has been able to absorb the pricing. the question is whether they actually should the costs are mitigated and passed through some start thinking about

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despite the historic week for the dow and s&p stock finished for the week. the market rally came despite news that the trade war between the united states and china is intensifying. this week the white house announced a new round of 10% tariffs and $200 billion worth of chinese goods. the chinese had back 60 billions of us goods. experts are saying right now that hurricane could be one of the costliest dorms to ever hit the us. the storm swept through the mid-atlantic last weekend resulting in the deaths of more than 30 people. experts think the damage cost for the storm to be well over $20 billion. maria, back to you. maria: the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates to more times this year. the next meeting is september 26 with its next meeting only a few days away, 2018 is entering the home stretch. investors are exciting to be listening closely to the bed action almost will pay attention to the impact on stocks. you can expect them to be thinking about the broader economy and real estate. he oversees a real estate empire cheering stock excha

dow futures up 49.&p and nasdaq futures up as well but oil continues its march higher crude here and overseas up again. wti turned down here, still at 72 bucks wti, brent crude trading at 81.88. up over 82 earlier today we'll keep an eye on the oil market also keeping a close eye on treasuries remember, we get the fed meeting and rate decision and press conference today the benchmark yielding 0 3.087% mike, what is the most important thing you can hear from our federal reserve today? >> i think it's pretty much expected that we'll get the rate rise coming through. the attention will be focused on shifts in terms of the forecasts for 2021 so i think there's going to be a lot of interest on whether we get move on the long-run estimate of the natural rate of unemployment and whether they will forecast that the unemployment rate can continue to go sideways at 3.5% by 2021 that's likely that they do forecast it going sideways over the next few years i think that's where the key uncertainty is in my mind it's

those stocks can all fly >> dow is up 22.et's get to bob paisani. >> hurricanes and concerns of many things going on of the semiconductor sect semicondusem semiconductor sector >> oil stocks and negotiations going on healthcare have been a big mover. banks, sideways for months semiconductor have been down, you heard the guys were talking about it lam research, that's a new low for lam. western digital had a new low aside from the semiconductor moves down is the whole situation of tariffs jp morgan, hard to put a number on how this is going to affect earnings jp morgan tried to do it today if they put in the entire that's being talked about including china tariff and everything, it could not $8 or $10 off of the s&p. they had of 165 or $1,808 of the full year. this is all the tariffs, you throw them all in. i think this is important. the corporate emphasis has been shifting from tax cuts to trade wars they mentioned that in the recent conference. they brought up tariffs as a potential issue down the road. this is why the marke

l rating shares of the dow component up 5 cents to $46.15. guggenheim raisedcehe p target on netflix to $420 from 360. analyst cited the growth opportunity in ind in particular. the firm maintained its buy rating. stocks however felio a fra to 366.96 today. and etrade wasedupgr to buy from hold at jefferiys the analyst says thats etrade a takeover candidate. he says the valuation is a o. attractive price target, $65. that stock rose more than 3% today to $55.78. >>> and still ahd, why retailers have $era 1 trillion reasons to rejoice this who will tai season. >>> european regulators want to know more about how amazon uses its data. the competition commissioner launched a preliminary look whether amazon uses information from small retailers to help increase its own sales. >> it is very early data. and this anti-trust investigation into amazon's business practices. we are gathering information on e have sentand quite a number of questionnarres tot participants in order to understand this issuen full. >> the european union recently fined alphabe

: third day of selling in the tech sector in particular really hurting the nasdaq yesterday but the dow rose another 20 points. lauren: looking at selloff this morning as august's job report will take center stage this morning, dow futures down by 23 points. cheryl: dax in the red. lauren: green arrow in china as common period of new chinese tariffs expire. company company one company is looking to hire a company for the gig of a lifetime and pays big bucks, fbn:am continues right now. ♪ ♪ lauren: we are coming on 5:30 in the morning, good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. we get paid to work in paradise every day. cheryl: yeah, we do, right here at fox business. we celebrate every friday of the month, first friday of the month. lauren: payday. cheryl: job's friday, yesterday was payday. economists forecasting 1,991,000 jobs were actually added last month, that would be up from 157,000 in july, let's bring in pwc partner mitch rochel, hopefully you got paid this morning. >> i think i got paid a couple of days ago. cheryl: a lot of people are getting paid. 191,000 is the estimate. if we get

dow is still down about 69 point. administration may be fighting tooth and nail with china, but exxonmobil could be doing the opposite. with the closing bell ringing in 36 minutes, the oil giant at the top leading the dow 30 on reports it's discussing a $10 billion deal with china to build a liquid natural gas terminal in china's guangdong province. >>> electric cars is falling as elon musk and his radio pal drink whiskey, smoke pot and play with samurai swords? this is not something you want to see billionaire ceos doing, at least not in public. already proven hazardous to his and tesla's investors financial help. the stock is down. charlie gasparino on the impact next. nah. not gonna happen. that's it. i'm calling kohler about their walk-in bath. my name is ken. how may i help you? hi, i'm calling about kohler's walk-in bath. excellent! happy to help. huh? hold one moment please... [ finger snaps ] hmm. the kohler walk-in bath features an extra-wide opening and a low step-in at three inches, which is 25 to 60% lower

all-time highs for the dow and s&p earlier today. >> this is the 100th record for the dow since donald trump's election. >> loosening regulations the way he did, massive loosening of regulations, cutting the corporate tax rate, cutting some individual taxes. he's unleashed the economy. >> we could have a sizzling rally to the end of the year. >> if the market is worried about a trade war, it sure has a funny way of showing it. >> it defies everything else. >> the u.s. is doing better than protectionism, saber rattling with china. this economy is strong. people are doing well. inflation is contained. earnings are growing. it's good. john: all-time highs on wall street. the dow and s&p closing at record highs. the 100th record close under president trump. now we discuss the economic boom, how it shakes out, d.c. confirmation fight and unresolved trade wars. >>> also tonight, the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is now set to testify after all. her attorney is currently negotiating fair conditions. this after the senate judiciary committee gave her un

a little pressure on the dow.bigger issues worry investors and tax cuts an inflation s there anything that worries you right now that you're seeing out there? >> one of the things we're keeping a close eye on is the yield curve. this is the spread between the 10-year treasury and federal funds rate. we're not close yet where we have to start worrying. maybe a year or so out before we worry about the markets. cheryl: we'll hear from the fed couple weeks, with the fed rate decision. that seem as little baked in. how much is question mark now. >> we expect them to keep raising rates. the economy is speeding along. the job market is doing well. their job is to tighten when the economy takes off. that is something we need to keep a close eye on the fomc meeting. cheryl: session lows on the dow. [closing bell rings] the dow falling near session lows as we head into the closing bell. s&p and nasdaq higher. nasdaq rebounded after the biggest weekly decline since march. that is it for "countdown." david asman, melissa fran

apple is the second worst performer on the dow jones industrial. iphone giant among the biggest drags on the dow 30 as those fears immediately heated up on the impact of what could be 200 billion to start in chinese tariffs, however while we were in that commercial break the dow turned positive and then negative again we're down just five points and it's the end of an area, parent company l brands closing all 23 of the luxury chains brick-and-mortar stores, including its iconic fifth avenue new york city location. the company also says it'll shutdown the e-commerce site after the holidays. well investors of l brands like the move up for that stock right now. discovery finding gold in the deep blue sea, sharks apparently grace their business, that and more coming up straight ahead on today's fox business brief and oh, yes, how will bitcoin end a wild week? countdown is coming right back. ♪ hawaii is in the middle of the pacific ocean. we're the most isolated population on the planet. ♪ hawaii is the first state in the u.s. to have 100% renewable ene

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stock futures indicating the dow will rise slightly at open the magic number for the dow is 26,616 soe have to rise about 0.8% today to break the record we set back on july 26th. you never know the ten-year yield down a bit, 3.06 european stocks following our lead and they are moving up generally. a couple of their markets like france also inching back towards new highs. joining us now is mark avalone, president of potomac wealth advisers are your clients -- i'm sure they love it they have 401(k)s, 529s, they want things to go up is anybody calling you and saying, mark, what the heck is going on how much longer can this last? >> you're right on point people are calling often the ghost of 2008 are still out there. i don't think a week goes by without somebody telling me they're worried about a crash. that's totally rooted in emotion. when we look at the underlying fundamentals, we have almost 25% year over year s&p earnings. that's not a formula for a stock crash or correction. but the emotions are getting in tune with these headlines. the headlines are tariffs, trouble out of washingt

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minor lust for the dow industrials as a secret the dow has down 80, 90 points for now 13.on. it will double the number of prime subscribers over the next decade. that's a big deal and the stock has turned around. it was down nine but now it is up nine. have a look at tesla. we have an investment bank in the united states suggesting that they change the price target and they lowered the price target and that is not helping. it's down $5. that's 2% down. sonos makes smart figures and sales are down after their first earnings report as a public comedy. oh deere. filtered down, stock is down 16%. to the economy. more business optimism at a record high. hiring plans at a record high. capital spending, best in 12 years. marketwatch scott is willis now. i see you back in america. welcome home, young man. >> i've said this time and time again all president trump has really done is what you and i would've done and what larry kudlow keeps talking about. we've taken commonsense measures less circulation, tax cuts and that has been a big reason why we got the ceos to change their mind

we're up 60 points on the dow.n the s&p. 11 points down on the nasdaq. >>> the cave diver who was called a child rapist by elon musk says he plans to sue. what more do we have on this, susan. susan: it is about time, some would say. lawsuits are launched in three countries by vernon unsworth when what he claimed. u.s., uk, thailand. the thing in thailand if he is convicted on charge of defamation, it carry as prison sentence in the country, in thailand. this is something to watch for. elon musk reigniting the food, emailing the buzz food reporter, calling him a child rapist. a lot of expletives. the man, elon musk need to stop. stuart: absolutely. how many times have we said it. and he doesn't stop. susan: twitter, email, just get off, off. someone needs to tell him. stuart: we have nike's controversial ad featuring colin kaepernick. it debuts tonight. i think this is bad for football. i think it is bad for the country. i think it is bad for the players. i think just about everybody loses. my take on that is next.

it was the dow's 12th record close of the year. s&p is 19. oil is highest since today since july copper, 6th weeks highs. >> the euro being strong really helps a lot of the companies i think that oil going up believe it or not is regarded being positive and people feel the economy is morre robust there is a believe that china stimulus is in full force, pretty much going up and up. the banks, what can i say? the same time long-term rates go up and there is a good story to tell which i hope jaime dimon when i talk to him on sunday >> all of this is in the face of many would call trade war with china or the spring. going back when we are wondering how far tensions would go or hod bad things would get many thought the market would not be particular friendly place. that ended up not to be the case at all >> i was doing some work on c caterpillar yesterday. you just figure okay, the penalty box, they're out it is like a 10-minute major and they're done i think what's happening is people are saying boeing and another one that's crucial to this rally