Retailers feeling zeen netflix drops in earnings after mitting their mark netflix shares plummeting reporting its biggest earnings since it went public it was 19 short of expectations netflix all important was anticipated. Looking ahead to next year, netflix is looking at tough comparisons. Sorry hopeful ho a note the ceos saying in their letter to shareholders that they remain healthy and engagement per member household was up solidly. That was key that means they shouldnt see any downturn with a growing number of other players, including disney, net flicks has its video call and it starts in about an hour. Julia has the latest. With that call getting under way in about an hour we are in the zone we have the stock reaction, shareholder letter is all we have to trade on one highlight to me, tim, was that they expected it. They talked about it before, that there was pull forward from the back half of the year. Why are we so taken aback here because it is a growth story and priced to per
Deal reshaping the storied Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley Ceo James Gorman will join us in the next hour. A mega merger, increases the projection of expenses saved and the guidance which well get into, as well. Giving up control of victorias secret selling a 55 stake to siycamore and stepping down. Well start with the deal of the day. Morgan stanley agreeing to acquire etrade valued at 13 billion. 58. 74 a share three months after schwab and Td Ameritrade announced a merger deal a lot of discussion of why not robin hood an enwhat it means for the sort of the framing of their Wealth Management business, jim. It is kind of amazing about 5 million accounts, maybe more robin hood with 10 million accounts in no time they were land speed record for accounts their success is driving everything they have the millennials. They have a different orientation. They have the easiest site to use. All hand held. Theyre racking up customers i have had robin on a couple times. Theyre the biggest threat
Really hasnt changed from 2019. It is about technology, Communication Services the difficult decisions im trying to make when looking at my portfolio is how do i get alphabet into the port toportfo. Do i take out apple no. Which large name do i take out. Facebook is pushing right now towards its july 2018 alltime high id like to try and get involved in that in some capacity only thing potentially i could do is in the options market. So you are fully invested, you are watching it and understanding it is a technology story, Communication Services. That was the story of 19 and the story of 20 and all the talk about rotations and value, it is mega cap, big tech, it is faang and helping this run sure is we knew the consumer electronic show would provide a boost insights in to 5g and how important that will be that is clearly one of the big drivers for even from amd to apple to marvel. All of these stocks that are basically apple is not at ces, so being clear on that, but they are a benefici
The nasdaq is the leading indices and oil hitting a threemonth highly after military strikes in the middle east energy is the bestperforming sector today joining us for the hour is josh brown, ceo of Ritholtz Wealth Management josh, obviously seeing a little profit taking here is this a tax situation scenario or is there more to read into about losing steam and sentiment . If you see profit taking on the what penultimate the penultimate is that not an american word as well . It is, we just dont use it as much. And it doesnt sound as good when i say it. It doesnt, sorry when youre seeing profit taking on the second to last day of the year, thats not tax related, but it could be front running what others suspect might be fax related, meaning look at a typical investment portfolio this year, if they own sector etfs, for example, they have a ton of Technology Large cap tech has done unbelievably well this year. Or if they own individual names. If you own apple, youre up almost double. Now
The dow plunging 280 points and s p 500 down 6 and nasdaq down. 55 but that is not true if the trade war were really all important, the averages would never have been able to surge to record levels over and over and over again as tense as negotiations may be it is more of an issue than most people seem to realize if that is the case, what just happened over the last four days why is the action suddenly become to frightening . What does it mean for your future and your portfolio . You have to think about larry kudlow, the chief economic adviser and Steve Mnuchin and thought china would be willing to open up the economy to American Financial companies if the president would give them a stay of execution on the scheduled december 15th trade hikes. But the hardliners in the white house, no, they warned us. They warned that if the free traders kept talking up the prospects of a deal the Chinese Government with push for better terms. That is thur style weve seen this before every time trump