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Hi deborah. Hi kathy its nice to meet you. I enjoyed your book. Thank you. Lets start this interview talking about you but also like the audience to hear the story which honestly frankly is in your introduction. You got a note from a professor he would never be a political scientist. Can you say more about that . [laughter] when i was in college i struggled with what i wanted to major in and i was torn between science and humanities or social sciences. I finally decided on social science with Fi...

Exam but it was really just a taped interview with the president at the white house and it looked like an unofficial. Telehealth visit. It was fox newss medical expert doctor marc siegel that asked the questions to the president about his symptoms. His time in the hospital and all the medications that he has been taking the president said that he feels good and strong and then he knew something was off last week when he have low energy. At times he said he had a sore throat but he felt better af...

Election story, and whether the market is saying we want to seek some safety and the dollar is the place to do that. The yen was trading lower against the dollar a little bit earlier on, but eurodollar now trading with a 1. 17 handle. What youre seeing in germany, u. K. , canada, and the United States is quite a sharp curve flattening, pivoting around the tens. The 30s are down quite hard in terms of the yield, so a big bid at the back end of the bond market. Alix all part of that is the virus s...

Throughout this conversation, you have been talking a little bit about the housing market. It was interesting that the university of Michigan Survey actually now says that about 64 of people think it is a good time to buy a home. Fannie mae came out with a survey today. They are showing a nine point increase, to now 76. 5 of the survey respondents would like to buy a home, that now is a good time. A lot of that in part is due to valuations. Then the low mortgage rates, as you assume lower for lo...

Restrictions on low risk activities and thousands of restaurants are on the verge of shutting down for good. Yeah, how the new normal will not be enough to keep some businesses afloat. Reporter any given night before the pandemic, restaurants said they had to fill every seat to make a profit. They have four tables outside, four inside and four at the bar. So reopening cutting that number in half to meet social distance rules, reopening is impossible. With the stay at home order through may. Ther...

Well in a country is still beset by mass unemployment, grinding poverty and rising crime 26 years after the end of apartheid. Signs of separation are everywhere. Africans have to stand and wait for their bossesin to stand and wait for their bosses in the sun. An empty seat may be a few yards away. They cannot sit on it. The violence last october in johannesburg was one of many periodic flareups in the last decade or so. In 2008, 62 people died when mobs beat foreigners and set buildings alight. ...

Of december and november was a very strong month for stocks, even though you did see some declines on black friday youre looking at the best returns we saw since june for all of the major averages. Last week again, you did see some big gains too right now the dow, s p and nasdaq are still less than 1 to 2 of the intraday highs with these gains, youll see them challenging that as tom mentioned. Although, i also remember last the first trading day of december last year. Not quite as much fun. I st...

Sentiment in about an hour our road map begins with amazons rough quarter, reporting its first yearonyear profit decline in more than two years. Shares down 6 ahead of the bell is now the time for investors to get in plus, turnaround for the chip makers intel delivers a big earnings beat demand far outpacing production. And the case for wealth taxes. What lloyd flablankfein says he be willing to pay higher taxes for. Lets start with amazon, though. Earnings miss, disappointing Holiday Quarter gu...

Huawei parts and various particulars there. That will freeze up fast. No more extensions. That is the push and pull on stocks right now. Meanwhile this issue of the on going hearing right now, inspector general, many others on capitol hill, whistleblower i should say, where all this is going, sentiment built to the conversation with the ukrainian leader that the president had back in july. A lot of people are looking at this 1998 feeling all over again. House democrats are pouncing on the whistl...

Cancer awareness month. Man, he wants you to know you should get checked out. Go to the doctor, get your tests. Because its better if you get in early and get checked. That was what he did. He said it was Early Detection that made a big difference. S thatwhat every doctor will tell you. There is a hassle, i dont have time today. But someone like rod stewart says, people might listen. Right . Raise awareness for sure everybodys doing well. Back to politics you. Later this morning really just a co...