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Noted when i came in here, a lot of them are talking about the fact that the prior month had been revised lower. The prior month which seemed like they were good news, in fact, were not as good as they seemed. They take these numbers with a grain of salt. The dow, nasdaq and s p are mixed today. The dow is up about one third of 1 . What is interesting, this will be our third wedding week in a row. They have not been dramatic moves, but last week was pretty slots. Jpmorgan and bank of america are some names on the dow that are holding on pretty nicely. The tech heavy nasdaq down one half of 1 . Adam a lot of people watching that jobs number. Thank you very much. Dennis according to todays jobs report, the Unemployment Rate is down to 7. 7 . The lowest level it has been to since 2007. 23 billion people are out of work or underemployed. Is this a Real Recovery . Michelle girar ....
Seismic action . And get this, two anchors under the same roof, sue. I know, who knew, who knew. Its great to be with you up here at headquarters. Lets focus on the dow. We had a very strong morning. The dow up triple digits earlier today. Right now, up 82 points, 16,330. The s p also had a firmer opening. Right now, the s p up almost 11 point, better of that. 5 . The nasdaq is the winner on a percentage basis. It is up almost a full percent on the trading session. As for Interest Rates, weve begun of course the twoday fed meeting. Right now, the tenyear yield is at 1. 674 . One of my favorite things to watch, the transports, up at 50 points to the upside. And comex gold with the market rallying, well, some steam coming out of gold, down about 11 bucks on the day. Big question for inest hafst ve and traders alike today is a plan to change the rules on highspeed trading. Would it make the markets more fair or would it make it worse ....
Americans 85 and older, our oldest old, are the Fastest Growing segment of our population. And this is the very population that is most at risk of the multiple and interacting Health Problems that can lead to disability and a need for longterm care. At the same time, declining birthrates mean that there will be fewer Family Members and paid caregivers to care for our nations growing aging population. Today, there are approximately seven potential caregivers for each person over 80, as this chart indicates. By the year 2030, there will be only for. And by 2050, the number drops to fewer than one in three. Fewer than three. As a consequence, more people will have to rely on fewer caregivers. What does that mean . What are the implications for the quality of care that will be given . It is clear that we have to do more to ....
Help me understand, because my perspective on our entitlement today is we cant afford the ones we have. The construct we work with is forget the multiple debt. The real challenge we have with our Pension Plans are underfunded, our health care weve are already exposed to come so were talking about a couple hundred trillion dollars of unfunded liability. I just dont know how thats a great question and im glad you asked because i will tell you, again because my professional background, the last thing you ever imagine myself doing as a budget analyst is suggesting we needed a new Government Program both trying to control the ones we had. But after looking at this for many, many years, and truly the idea ive been a pretty big fan, theres got to be a way we can add to work with the private longterm Care Insurance market to ....
And in a speech be he delivered on the 10th of december this year, so a couple of days a he said there is no excuse for 750 billion u. S. Dollars in food waste per year. When we only need 80 billion u. S. Dollars to feed the hungry. And this comes from a businessman, one of the biggest businessmen there is. So he is really sincere. Im very convinced he is. Nevertheless, roughly i onethird of our food is waste, and i think others you will have better figures of that, but lets say in kilograms or pounds or whatever measurements, but onethird lets keep it at onethird. And it gets lost or it gets wasted. This washington causes emissions to the environment, pesticides, fertilizers, methane, and that is 23 times more potent greenhouse effect than co2. Than the food leads to loss of amounts of labor income, water, you know, agriculture uses loads of water. Its the first user of waters which, fresh water we have lack of in the world as well. Fertile soils get lost. In developing countries, of ....