A new ceo at ford, what jim farley needs to do to get the stock out of the breakdown lane. And microsoft in talks to acquire tiktok. Why the videosharing app is so popular and what it means for microsoft investors. On the barrons roundtable, ben levisohn, carlton english and al rupe. Ben, before we get to the dollar and gold, i just want to ask you, were most of the way through earnings season right now. We knew it wasnt going to be pretty, but is we learn have we learned anything new about the health of Corporate America Going Forward . Its a lot better than people originally thought. 82. 3 of companies beat, which is a really amazing number. The last four quarters was about 71 . And historically, the average is around 64 , and they beat by 22 , so these are huge beats. But theres also worries that these numbers cant be sustained, that they were onetime factors that held to the fact that things were going to get tougher ahead. A lot of it is being explained away. Jack ben, you write i
Humidity as we start out this here for the station. Morning in the low 60s and the district says it would be regularly cleaning hightouch sunshine today. Were going to keep it a little surfaces such as door knobs and that is cool. Bit lower than our normal high would require social distancing temperature as we reach into the we have to keep it moving. Upper 70s. But its going to be cool and among staff. San jose unified is one of, if meteorologist kari hall with a look at her forecast because she drizzly in San Francisco as well not the only district in the as the coastline while some of is always on point. State so far requiring teachers break it down, kari. Our east bay communities reach to return to the classroom while into the mid to upper 80s. Students stay at home. Sanitize. Well talk more about this and now incidentally elementary were going to have a lot of where we may measure some rain School Students here in the bay changes here. I know, right, well be singing thats coming u
I say that with hesitation because you never know with these numbers anymore. Here is more. Is not highfrequency data. But they are coming in stronger than expected. 6. 2ory orders up by percent. The forecast was for 5 . Percentages dont mean a lot right now because data is always volatile. It is even more so now. We are seeing wide swings in orders for both factory goods, durable goods and nondurables. Durable goods orders, we already got a report on that. That gets revised. It is revised stronger. 7. 3 earlier. Tothe end of july, it is up 7. 6 now. These are june numbers. Orders, that is the one economists like to look at because it tells you what business orders are and what business spending is in gdp and that comes in at 3. 4 . That is up from 3. 3 . Not a lot of new information. Slightly stronger. The reopening started to bring rebound into the economy. At this point, we have no idea if that has continued. The new yorku that ism number which represents this 53. 5 four july. At le
You do. A new ceo at ford, what jim farley needs to do to get the stock out of the breakdown lane. And microsoft in talks to acquire tiktok. Why the videosharing app is so popular and what it means for microsoft investors. On the barrons roundtable, ben levisohn, carlton english and al rupe. Ben, before we get to the dollar and gold, i just want to ask you, were most of the way through earnings season right now. We knew it wasnt going to be pretty, but is we learn have we learned anything new about the health of Corporate America Going Forward . Its a lot better than people originally thought. 82. 3 of companies beat, which is a really amazing number. The last four quarters was about 71 . And historically, the average is around 64 , and they beat by 22 , so these are huge beats. But theres also worries that these numbers cant be sustained, that they were onetime factors that held to the fact that things were going to get tougher ahead. A lot of it is being explained away. Jack ben, you
A new ceo at ford, what jim farley needs to do to get the stock out of the breakdown lane. And microsoft in talks to acquire tiktok. Why the videosharing app is so popular and what it means for microsoft investors. On the barrons roundtable, ben levisohn, carlton english and al rupe. Ben, before we get to the dollar and gold, i just want to ask you, were most of the way through earnings season right now. We knew it wasnt going to be pretty, but is we learn have we learned anything new about the health of Corporate America Going Forward . Its a lot better than people originally thought. 82. 3 of companies beat, which is a really amazing number. The last four quarters was about 71 . And historically, the average is around 64 , and they beat by 22 , so these are huge beats. But theres also worries that these numbers cant be sustained, that they were onetime factors that held to the fact that things were going to get tougher ahead. A lot of it is being explained away. Jack ben, you write i