Down days for the markets. Right now s p down by about 11, dow by 96, nasdaq off by about 47 we were so close to you dow 30,000 earlier in the week, but that seems to be slipping away a little bit 29,400 and change is where the dow is right now and again, down two days in a row, down again this morning and after yesterdays declines, all three of the major averages are in negative territory for the week a lot of things happening with covid and well talk more about that in a moment, but some of those concerns creeping back into what you see in the markets. If you are looking at the treasury market, the yield on the ten year right now is sitting just at about 0. 852 and the vix also spiking yesterday, probably a little bit on concerns about what happens as we go back into some of the lockdowns. The seesaw of good and bad news on covid. And well give you a bit of good news that happened overnight in the vaccine wars developed by the university of oxford and astrazeneca found to be safe. An
Day of trading, but the Broader Market was done a bit for the week. Disney plus blew away expectations, can they give netflix a run for its money . And a wave of celebrities are getting into spacs. My colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, a tale of two markets. Everyone was so excited about doordash and airbnb x then the market slud a little bit. Finish. Thats right, jack. Ipos got so much attention, it was almost as if the rest of the market didnt exist. I know i had to go check to see how we were doing on the week. Airbnb, as you said, more than doubled on its first day, doordash gained 86 . There have been 19 ipos that have doubled on their first day this year, and thats the most since 2000, the dot. Com bubble. Despite all that, the market did finish down just a little bit, the dow was down 0. 6 , the s p was off 1 . And its really bad data, jobless claims, but i think it was really more about political fear. Jack so stimulus, i know those negotiations are s
Day of trading, but the Broader Market was done a bit for the week. Disney plus blew away expectations, can they give netflix a run for its money . And a wave of celebrities are getting into spacs. My colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, a tale of two markets. Everyone was so excited about doordash and airbnb x then the market slud a little bit. Finish. Thats right, jack. Ipos got so much attention, it was almost as if the rest of the market didnt exist. I know i had to go check to see how we were doing on the week. Airbnb, as you said, more than doubled on its first day, doordash gained 86 . There have been 19 ipos that have doubled on their first day this year, and thats the most since 2000, the dot. Com bubble. Despite all that, the market did finish down just a little bit, the dow was down 0. 6 , the s p was off 1 . And its really bad data, jobless claims, but i think it was really more about political fear. Jack so stimulus, i know those negotiations are s
Day of trading, but the Broader Market was done a bit for the week. Disney plus blew away expectations, can they give netflix a run for its money . And a wave of celebrities are getting into spacs. My colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, a tale of two markets. Everyone was so excited about doordash and airbnb x then the market slud a little bit. Finish. Thats right, jack. Ipos got so much attention, it was almost as if the rest of the market didnt exist. I know i had to go check to see how we were doing on the week. Airbnb, as you said, more than doubled on its first day, doordash gained 86 . There have been 19 ipos that have doubled on their first day this year, and thats the most since 2000, the dot. Com bubble. Despite all that, the market did finish down just a little bit, the dow was down 0. 6 , the s p was off 1 . And its really bad data, jobless claims, but i think it was really more about political fear. Jack so stimulus, i know those negotiations are s
You for coming on to discuss monopolies suck. Its a very timely book because the issues you write about in the book, the power of dominant companies in the u. S. Economy and the impact on workers and consumers and citizens is really a very hot topic in economics and policy making right now. And we will see but could play a big role in the incoming Biden Administration. So i thought we should begin with sort of the big picture about, that you lay out in the book. I think when people hear the title they might say of course, no one likes monopolies, no one likes dealing with monopolies. The religious book is about a bigger issue. You are warning about a warring trends across the economy that i think many people may not fully understand. I think you could maybe first set the scene for us and describe what you see happening. Guest first, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me today about this book, and thank you to cspan for having here to talk about it as well. We all know mon