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The nasdaq on track for a 5th week worth of gains here and the dow is erasing its losses for all the year at its highest level since late february, its also having its bests august since 1984. We turn to the Investment Committee for this we have just been seeing green, green, green for it seems like weeks, if not nonts months at this point it is surprising the markets have marched higher the way they have over the last several months since the pandemic lows its not all surprising all the factors...

The fda approving a 5 15minute rapid test the ceo will join us thats a biggie as power lunch starts right now thanks as august comes to a close, its been a stunning summer rally the dow up 13 the s p up 15 and the nasdaq up 25 . Bob has more for us. Bob. August is usually a nothing month. Not this much. Usually august is typically flat to down. Were up 6. 8 so far best august since 1980s. April, may, june and july have been pretty good monthly gains five months in a row. Why is it happening . Ev...

Steve smith. Good tuesday morning, everybody. It is 11 00 a. M. On wall street and squawk alley is live good tuesday morning, everybody. Deirdre bosa with us we are kicking off one of the toughest months for stocks getting a nice start here as the s p hit an alltime high we continue to watch the large cap tech names that include stocks like zoom and percentage gains that make your jaw drop. Absolutely, carl. Speaking of zoom, i have been calling it the consult of zoom, we have been talking about...

Nasdaq up more than three quarters . The industrials also back on track today. Is there any reason for worry apart from the fact. I worry when i dont worry. I think because you change months doesnt really change the na narrative. There are pockets of the economy that are doing well and recovering housing, auto, parts, consumers, manufacturing. Did you see the numbers . The new orders jumped 5 the ism was the best number since november 2018. Manufacturing is recoverying i would argue is in a v re...

A new emerging of a possible buyer of tiktok. More challenges for boeing as it continues to deal with the fallout from the pandemic and the 737 max woes it is tuesday august 18 and this is Worldwide Exchange. Good morning. Good afternoon good evening perhaps that song will get you, you know, jumping. Why not . Global markets are setting up their tuesdays stock futures slightly higher right now. They are in the green investor focus on the dow remains on the s p 500 a half a percent from the allti...

Its up about 0. 3 today the dow as we said up over 1 at session highs. The sara crazy to see the s p 500 just wiping out all the pandemic losses the todays show, clorox is a standout winner. Up more than 50 so far this year people stock up on cleaning supplies but can the company keep up with the huge demand for wipes and disinfectants . Were going to talk to the ceo plus, well talk renovations, Small Businesses and more with the ceo of Angie Home Services of that company reporting earnings afte...

Month high and europe a different story. The economy lost momentum unexpectedly. Michael is here for the breakdown. Michael the narrative in europe playing out as europeans forecasted. They are now seeing a covid come back and slowing Economic Data. Indexes, thetiment pmis, is this month better than last month or worse . The consensus is it was not as good or worse. You can see all of us the euro zone in france, germany, they saw declines in the manufacturing and services pmi and france taking a...

Bk says if you want to know where the market is headed, Pay Attention to this one chart. Your chart of the week, a mystery as well. To quote the song, weve got a long way to go and a short time to get there. Lets start with the biggest of the big, the big apple no were not talking about new york city, all due respect, frank were talking about the worlds Biggest Company getting even bigger today apple shares rallying more than 5 apples move adding nearly 104 billion to its market cap. Thats equal...

Can you see. T the Housing Market continues to thrive in the u. S. , Manufacturing Activity is recovering it jumped to a 19month high comparable data out of the eurozone and japan. Familiar names leading us up apple is up 5 market cap just hit 2 trillion earlier in the week. Its more than onetenth of the way to three trillion already. Incredible move for that stock with 59 minutes left in the trading day. S p 500 as we just showed you, up 0. 4 on pace for a record closing high speaking of apple,...

National security and tiktok says it is pure politics. And the official nomination of President Trump at the republican convention. He says his opponents want to steal the election. Haidi we have again u. S. ,arkets with fresh record highs a little relief given expectations of the fasttrack process when it comes to vaccines and therapeutics as well. The s p 500 notching another alltime high, there is optimism the virus will not hamper growth. We are seeing a muted session on it comes to the futu...