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Growth number for the third quarter. Giving our country the fastest growth backtoback quarterly growth, that we have had in ten years. Thats a monumental turn. And while i typically dont care about these numbers, as you know, on a day when the dow inched three points lower, s p down 3. 2 and the nasdaq advanced 0. 7 , this gdp number is so encouraging that i actually think its worth to take a few moments out to discuss it. First, when youve had a run like the one we have had lately, it better be backed by something. This isnt a fedinspired anymore, sure, these stocks are hanging in, but they a...

Every day bets on how companies will do and when the bullish bets overwhelm the bearish once, you get days like today where the dow gained 60 points, the s p climbed, while the nasdaq inched down. 2 , but are these bets informed . Or are they just guesses . It depends. Sometimes as we know from the confusing minutes released by the Federal Reserve this very afternoon, it is really difficult to get a good read. I couldnt make heads or tails out of whether the fed thought the economy was Getting Better or worse. Thats largely because the traditional benchmarks and toe tums arent making sense rig...

Sectors including the consumer from mcdonalds to chipolte. Breaking down verizon, dupont, and, of course, netflix. We sit down with the ceo, the presentation on the company slated for later this morning. First up, food and drink in the earnings parade. Mcdonalds misses with the second kwaurtd numbers, and flat with the period, up sharply on stronger than expected q 2 results and then theres coke with a slight earnings beat and revenue miss for q2, unit case volume up 3 globally, but flat in north america. The ceo was asked about results in the region earlier this morning on squawk. We were ple...

Crude continues to fall. Some americans can watch for 2. 50 a gallon gas. Can halliburton defend its oil business . Retail sales better than expected. Nordstrom earnings beat. A number of downgrades to contend with this morning. A Richard Bransonbacked ipo at the nasdaq, Virgin America. Well have the first trade and interview with the ceo coming up. Oil the big story, below 74. Baker hughes confirming it is in preliminary merger talks with halliburton. The journal story said motivations behind the talks were unclear. I think we know what these boards are thinking. Justice department is very go...

We begin with the markets looking to burn through more records. Plenty of fuel after Third Quarter Economic Growth gets revised higher. Results came in shy of the missed performance. Asia hurt by slowdown. The night of protests in ferguson, missouri, after a grand jury decided not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson. Economic growth was greater in the Third Quarter than the government originally thought. Gdp up 3. compared with 3. 5 . Latest results suggesting upwards revision of business and consumer spending. Data one day after the dow and s p closed at record highs. Apple finishing at an...