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Center stage and treasuries weaken with the curve flattening after last weeks definitive move higher. Joining us for the hour, dan nathan a real Holding Pattern here today. Are we waiting for news out of washington heres the good news, right we had this big rip up off of the lows last week on optimism that there would be some sort of grand deal as far as trade is concerned. The fact that it doesnt look like that were going to get that at the end of the day, the fact that were not down in a meani...

Assistant secretary of state for middle Eastern Affairs discusses u. S. Middle east strategy and he talks about u. S. Relations in the region. Secretary of state, mike pompeos recent trip to italy and chinas expansion in the middle east. From earlier this week at the Atlantic Council in washington, its an hour and 50 minutes. Okay, everyone. Were ready to commence. Okay. We are joined with us here today to kick off the programming, a discussion of the u. S. Role in the middle east given all of t...

His presidency. Many hoping that the vietnam war would end soon. It did not. After a raucous 1968, a lot of people were optimistic that the economy was on the mend and it was all clear sailing ahead. That was then. Similar hopes today. A lot of it built on an unemployment report that shock ad lot of people, it was more like a goldilocks number. Very low Unemployment Rate. Even though the number of overall jobs gained. That was a little less than thought but it continue as trend of jobs that are ...

College players to make money. A former player tells players be careful what you wish for even though making money off your efforts is part of the american dream. All that and more on making money. So the markets erasing a pretty nice gain at start of trading. Ism came in, ism manufacturing numbers came in lower than expected. Factory activity falling to 47. 8. Just know that in september, that is the low evident reading since june of 2009. It marks the second straight month of contraction in th...

Own emissions standards. All that and so much more on making money. Charles well, we begin with the fed the day after and while most observers agree that jay powell did a better job communicating, yet confusion reins as fed members are all oaf the map where rates should bo from here. President trump telling fox news what he thinks of the rate cut decision. I think we should do more because other countries have done more. If you look at germany, if you look at japan, look at some others theyre cu...

Manufacturing was steady with 8,000 jobs added there. Adp numbers coming out at a time where some people are worried about recession. It Shows Confidence businesses continue to higher despite those recession fears. It was the best month for private sector hiring since april. It is interesting, because yesterdays ism manufacturing number was a little weak. It showed some contraction. People were worried about that. This counters it a little bit. I want to look at Mortgage Rates as well. According...

Money. Charles u. S. Tariffs on chinese i am ports set to increase 15 on sunday but some businesses are saying that they can deal with this, or impact will be nominal. Ceos of Companies Like big lots and Restoration Hardware saying in corporate filings, even the next round would only result in tiny price increases. Consumer sentiment now down for the Third Straight month, it is conflicting information. Get the read with someone with a little bit of skin in the game, former mcdonalds ceo ed rensi...

Whether you embrace or reject etfs, they are here to stay. The flows signal Broader Market trends. Lets check in with Eric Balchunas. A snapshot of the flows and the theme is risky assets like the stocks. Eric thank you, scarlet. Im feeling like a broken record. Every week, i am saying people are excited about the fed being accommodative. It felt like about two months. Another week of the same thing. 15 billion into etfs. We have spy, the cuse. You also have ibv and some vanguard funds. Both maj...

Ending lower. We have a lot of time to throw the blame around. Edward lawrence is at the white house. Deirdre, you get to go first with perspective for us. Dierdre 800 points down, we closed as you just said, at session lows. A wipeout day. No other way to say it. If you look at the Dow Jones Industrial average. The financials fell hard, goldman sachs, jpmorgan action. We have been talking about the inverted yield curve. Its showing brass tacks take away. Investors are more optimistic on the nea...

Rapidly closing. Breaking overnight, manhunt. A prison worker dead, an inmate on the loose in tennessee. Residents on edge. Very scary. We are latest with the desperate search to find the dangerous convict. All that plus Severe Weather outbreak, including a tornado near new york city and the new threat al is tracking today. Fighting back he had one job and couldnt protect us. Simone biles blasts u. S. A. Gymnastics in a new interview. The challenge she says she still faces every day. Way too clo...