p. bell marsh in london. but is this the latest example of what we have been exposing were private surveillance for a decade? joining me now from reykjavik in iceland is where helix editor in chief christian robinson. christian, thanks so much for coming on. i'll get to whether i should throw my phone away in a 2nd and to your jail, co founder julian assange in a moment. but what do you make of all these journalists suddenly talking about an a . so group, when, when you, when you were doing this, i don't know a decade ago, was it? yeah, i mean, we did to point out the seriousness of this business to 10 years. almost. but i mean, i'm not going to say i'm important story and now i mean they do have evidence of wrongdoing. however, i mean, for those who have been following the industry for years and years and know that actually on december 1st, 2011, we can publish it internal documents, exposing the incredible scope for these privatized spike companies and the servers they were offering to this particular gm's

in h m p. bell marsh in london. but is this the latest example of what we're healing, korean exposing, were private surveillance for a decade. joining me now from reykjavik in iceland is where helix editor in chief christian robinson. christian, thanks so much for coming on. i'll get to whether i should throw my phone away in a 2nd and to your jail, co founder julian assange in a moment. but what do you make of all these journalists suddenly talking about and a so group, when, when you, when you were doing this, i don't know a decade ago, was it? yeah, i mean, we did to point out the seriousness of this business to 10 years ago. almost 10 years, but i mean i'm not going to say i'm important story and now i mean they do have evidence of wrongdoing. however, i mean, for those who have been following the industry for years and years and know that actually on december 1st, 2011, we can publish internal documents exposing the incredible scope for these privatized spike companies and the servers they were offering to this

p. >> [closing bell ringing] liz: 31st record for the nasdaq next week a lot going on it will not be a quiet end of august. so, that'll do it for the "clayman countdown." kudlow is next. larry: hello, everyone. welcome to kudlow i'm david asman in for larry kudlow. the nation is in mourning 13 american troops killed in afghanistan yesterday and officials are warning president biden that another attack in kabul is likely before the 31st. despite the risk the u.s. military continues evacuation efforts as that august 31 deadline looms. let's go to hillary vaughn at capitol hill for the very latest hi, hillary. reporter: hi david well the threat in afghanistan is not over the president was

[closing bell rings] it is a record for s&p 500. disney earnings after the bell. same for airbnb. we have wheels up tomorrow. don't go away. ♪. larry: hello, everyone, welcome back to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow. so, as we've said time and again, does anybody in their right mind believe that with an economic boom, a jobs boom, a consumer boom, an inflation boom, a stock market boom, that the right fiscal policy is to spend another six trillion dollars? does anybody really believe that? and does anybody in their right mind actually believe that with a three t

liz: okay, four minutes to go before the closing bell rings. s&p and nasdaq about to notch new records but it will be the very first time if it can hold above 15,000 for the nasdaq it ever closed there. it crossed it for the first time there today. fascinating moments with a couple minutes left. we have breaking news, popular i glass-maker warby parker filed for a offering up to 50 million a share, i'm sorry, up to, can i see this here? $50, what is it, guys? how many shares? okay, the company just filed the s-1. says warby parker going public on the new york stock exchange by direct listing under ticker symbol, wrby. and props to that company which started during the financial crisis and recession. gutsy and now they're going public. 15 million shares of class a common stock. i have a got a question for all of you. are you single stock kind of investor or etfer? you feel more comfortable with baskets of stocks? we have sam stovall heretofore both types. sam stovall, director of research and analysis and favorite stoke pick and etf. let's hear

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as we come up against the closing bell, we put in confetti for the dow and s&p. they opened the week at report highs. the 49th of the year for the s&p. 35th record for the dow. "the claman countdown" is finished for the moment but larry kudlow is next. he will have all the breaking news and the president's speech. [closing bell rings] >> hello, everybody welcome to "kudlow," i'm david asman in for larry kudlow. neil: i hope you can stay until after the president finishes. the talking points comb from pell lows's office. the administration knew there was a distinct possibility that ka

s&p 500 up 4479. nasdaq will close as an all-time high [ bell ringing ] >> we are well ahead of that technology is in charge today. along with energy, a big surge in oil stocks. communication services, consumer stocks, financials, and so do materials. that will be a record close for the nasdaq up 1.5% not quite there, i don't think we're kind of right around the level. >>> just fractionally below the level required on the s&p. welcome to "closing bell." i'm wilfred frost along with sara eisen and mike santoli, senior markets commentator record close for the nasdaq. the s&p 500 up 0.85%, just a fraction of a point or so energy, the best-performing sector, utilities the worst, down 1.3%. bitcoin rallied more than 50%. coming up -- as he get ready to -- initiates coverage of roy i want with a buy rating joining the conversation as well tom, i come to you -- the record close. a lot of the clients were very concerned about the economic outlook, as one that it was surging, and there's a lot of questions abo

are down as the bell goes, two record closing highs for both the s&p and the dow. the nasdaq is down 0.2%, sara. >>> a mixed market down most of the day, but there you go two record closes for the dow and s&p 500. welcome back to "closing bell. i'm sara eisen here with wilfred frost. at session highs you can see we were soft most of the day, open lower, some concerns about the chinese growth slowdown. bond yields were a bit lower, all of that points to slower growth, but then we climbed back through the session, ended higher at a record unitedhealthcare the biggest contributor to the gains health care led the way today. utilities, staples, all the defensive names, technology also had a pretty decent day. the nasdaq struggled, though names like tesla under pressure. invideo down lower, with recport on wednesday >>> coming up, boston fed president eric rosengren. >>> plus galaxy digital -- but first, president biden is addressing the nation on afghanistan. let's listen. >> the unfolding situation in afghanistan. the developments that have taken place in the last week

[closing bell rings] too close to call for the s&p. we're close to a gain of 35 which would make it an all time record. "kudlow" is next. ♪. larry: hello, everyone, well-come to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow. in washington the conversation about infrastructure and budget reconciliation is running hot and heavy. both the good, the bad and the ugly. right now nothing is really completely clear, not the outcomes, not the spending, not the scoring, not even the taxing though let me tell you, there is going to be plenty of spending, plenty of taxing and unfortunately plenty of weird scoring to go along with it. nowf

about 9.7% ouch >> just in the green for the s&p, so welcome to "closing bell." the dow did close, though, down 0.2% or 65 points, the dow was down 270 s&p and nasdaq both higher by about 0.1 of 1%. with the oil down 2% in march 2020, warned the coronavirus would be a black swan event for the market, and startups, and before it was labeled a pandemic we'll have more on whether the delta variant whether pose a similar risk to investors. the stock market stays so resilient. quite a few chancing from supply-chain sures, and talk of tapers >> yes today was a delta day, and it was done during a seasonally different month, with pretty low volume look, as everybody has continued to point out, we have had a market that's up 100% since its lows in march of last year, post-pandemic. it is even up over 30% over the pre-pandemic high in february, so, yeah, we have a bit of trepidation, we have some concerns about the speed of growth, as delta permeates this country and others and we have a very, very transparent fed, but one with a big meeting next week that will likely be v

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financials [ closing bell ] there wehave it. record closes for the dow and the s&p again. nasdaq, though, is lagging down slightly. >> the 46th record closing high for the s&p 500 this year. welcome to "the closing bell." i'm wilfred frost with morgan who is in w closing at a recorfd record close of the day. the nasdaq lower only 0.2% by the close had a decent late day surge. the s&p 500 up 0.25%, enough for its 46th record closing high of the year only one sector in the red, health care. down 4% for the one declining sector of the day. >>> coming up, ebay, lordstown, ebay and bumble are all set to report we'll bring you instant analysis of the numbers >>> also still with us is josh brown and liz young joins us from sofi. tom sosnos from tasty trade. mike santoli, i come to you. 46th or so record close of the year for the s&p 500 kind of relentless grind but also something was yields picking up a bit earlier in the session. essentially overall the markets shrugging off or welcoming that cpi data >> without a doubt at least it was no fresh reason to be overly concerned it w

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"closing bell" starts right now. >>> thank you. welcome, everyone, to "closing be bell." i'm sara eisen the s&p 500 hitting a new intraday high and small caps again seeing strength as we head into this final hour of trade. >> i'm wilfred frost let's have a look at what is driving the action today financials are in the lead as treasury rates move higher ahead of the fed's jackson hole meeting. the 10-year yield popping above 1.34%. big moves for retail on the back of earnings. dick's sporting goods is rocketing while nordstrom plunges and the meme trade cooling off after tuesday's frantic surge. we have 59 minutes left to go until the end of the session, sara >> coming up on today's show, nordstrom, the stock getting crushed today, despite posting what appeared to be better than expected results we'll talk to the ceo eric nordstrom in a first on cnbc interview in just a few moments. >> let's get straight though to the big stories we're watching today. mike santoli is tracking the market action. eamon javers and meg on booster shots for the j&j. mike, the s&p -- >> yeah, an

that is the closing bell. we have to run. [closing bell rings ♪. s&p down 25 points. "kudlow" is next. ♪. larry: hello, everyone, welcome to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow. okay two white hot topics tonight. the ongoing infrastructure saga, aka the electric vehicle fair state and senator bernie sanders chair of the budget committee released his long-awaited budget resolution agreement framework which will ultimately involve in 51 vote reconciliation instructions. first up, chad pergram, congressional

s&p and nasdaq set to close at brand new records. it will be the 50th record close for the year for the s&p, the 28th for the nasdaq and look at these three names, all about to close at brand new records, microsoft, google and nvidia, nice. perfect segue here, "countdown" closer really likes one of those names as we visibly enter what might seem early for autumn themes. we're talking about the pumpkin spice at all the places but the "countdown" closer who is with us today says you could be ahead of the game with three names that can keep your portfolio in the green as the leaves turn red, orange and yellow. john treanor, 10 billion-dollar man, peoples united advisors and one of those names, john, is nvidia. you like this one as a fall pick but it is hitting a brand new record. i think said google instead but it is actually nvidia. >> correct. nvidia has been a great stock for us. we have held it for a while. it had great earnings and follows through from last week. nvidia is unfortunately benefiting from from what intel is losing fro

closing bell ringing in about five minutes. nasdaq and s&p both on pace for record closes. the nasdaq is virtually certain. we just need to be up 60 points, we're up 104 right now. s&p is needs 20.4 points, we're up 23. so, yeah, we're there right now. and in a true frankenstein moment, the trading platform that helped create the monster of meme stock mania -- and we say that with love, monster -- now itself kind of becoming a meme stock of stocks although the wall street bets crowd might disagree. robinhood officially topping the wall street bets mentioned list for the second straight day, the same chapter responsible for gamestop and amc's meteoric rides, but robinhood at this hour losing 27% of the roller coaster that we saw. that's a sizable drop after a four-day rally that fueled its shares to double in value. as they stand at 50.98, $50.98, let us get to other volatile stocks this week. chinese video gaming stocks, they're down at this hour as china state immediate. >> throws it -- media throws its support behind higher taxes for the industry. this follows an all all-

"closing bell" starts right now. >>> welcome to "closing bell." i'm sara eisen at the new york stock exchange stocks mostly in the red following yesterday's record close. the s&p 500. the dow down around 300 right now. the nasdaq holding on to some gains. >> and i'm wilfred frost a much weaker than expected adp jobs number hurting sentiment. just 330,000 jobs added in july versus estimates of more than 650,000. though ism services did top

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[closing bell rings] folks it has been a wild session. s&p and nasdaq look toe eke out gains. dow so much. "kudlow" is next. larry: hello, everyone, welcome back to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow. last night we talked at some length about the catastrophic consequences of the biden afghan pullout. how biden should quit the blame game on trump, bush, afghan government, afghan military and how we should attack the terrorist taliban who are the root cause of this problem. by now politicians and policy experts in both parties acknowledge the biden disaster. by the way, ife

the opening bell of the new york stock exchange where the s&p 500 and the nasdaq hit record highs today as the stocks from tech stocks, well, they climbed. >>> now w who intends to vote in the recall election but you're not registered to vote. well, midnight tonight is your deadline to register. online you have until 11:59 p.m. to get that information and get registered. >>> here's a look at some of the key contenders seeking to replace the governor. out of the nearly 50 choices and here are some of the things the new governor would be up against. starting with what is still a heavily democratic legislature. that means barring executive orders a super majority would still be able to override most policy changes or budget plans. any replacement will also be up against the clock because next november california will elect a new governor. >>> and if you have any questions about the recall ballot, we have those answers for you. our scott mcgrew has already put it together to explain how to complete your ballot. to find it just go to nbcbayarea.com/recall, or you can click on newsom recall,

yields are slightly higher as well as the bell goes, are we there on the s&p just about at the close, by a matter of basis points we'll see where it settles dow with a record-closing high the nasdaq down 0.5% >>> welcome to the "closing bell." i'm morgan brennan, along with wilfred frost, also mike san toldi. you just heard it from wilf, but record closes for the dow and the s&p. the dow finishing up about half a percent, for 162 points. s&p squeaking out a record close, 4436 is the level there very narrow trading range today. we saw interest rates ticking higher, cyclicals outperforming, tech and some of those growth names underperforming day. the reason the nasdaq finished the day, down 0.5% as well the dow transports also higher on the day investors now counting down to coinbase's results speaking of an earlier investor about the stock's outlook. plus national economic council director brian deese on the senate's package of the infrastructure deal, and what is next on president biden's economic agenda. charlie is still with us, as is xi pou >> the pendulum has swung back in the las

"closing bell" starts right now. >>> thank you. welcome, everyone, to "closing be bell." i'm sara eisen the s&p 500 hitting a new intraday high and small caps again seeing strength as we head into this final hour of trade. >> i'm wilfred frost let's have a look at what is driving the action today financials are in the lead as treasury rates move higher ahead of the fed's jackson hole meeting. the 10-year

we are down about 0.1% on the s&p, negative six points. going into the opening bell a couple of hours away with an adp report in between, and shortly after the opening bell, at 10:00 eastern time, we hear from the vice chair of the federal reserve, mr. richard clarida. tom: it is going to be interesting. i was at the mcdonald's in paris after spending $41 on a martini. jonathan: needed a cheeseburger after that, did you? tom: i thought the people at amex would be upset, so we did a nombre deux. jonathan: you get that french out. i can rely on lisa to look at the bond market now. do you want to look at nominals or reals stateside, or do you want to look at europe? lisa: i want to look at nominal yields across the board because i think real yields are confused, looking at the chips, and the statistic that ira jersey throughout. the fed owns 30% of the chips market -- the tips market in the united states. but are we talking enough about the distortions the fed is creating with their ongoing bond purchases, and whether they can stop? what happ

record close for the s&p 500 welcome back, everyone, to "closing bell. i'm sara eisen with wilfred frost in london. the dow higher by 279 points we came back from a deficit, the dow was down 123 this morning, closed near the highs of the session. up 279 a strong day united healthcare biggest positive contribution on the dow with home depot, amgen and boeing s&p 500 closing at a record high, first time we saw that since i don't know a week and a half last week of july. the last record close. and it was led by a variety of sectors. energy, industrials, healthcare, financials, all of those sectors and materials closing up more than 1%. consumer discretionary strong too. communication services were lower on the day media companies a little under pressure the nasdaq closed up bymore than half a percent. apple the leader there moderna, strong day. some other healthcare names, amazon, microsoft in rebound mode google, good day facebook was down, so is netflix. overall strong day for tech. small caps rallied .4% as well the russell 2000, we reversed a decline fr

thanks for watching "closing bell," too it's up next. >>> thank you, tyler welcome to "closing bell." happy friday, major averages bouncing s&p 500 and the nasdaq both hitting record highs, the dow is up triple did you get. >>> let's look at what is driving the reaction

. >> closing bell ringing in four minutes. s&p 500 about to ring up its 53rd record close in 2021. 32 if you're counting for the nasdaq. the dow lagging today. as markets aim for new all time highs, today's "countdown" closer there is room in the defense sector that is standing out because of the tensions in afghanistan. we bring in steve sergeant guilfoyle. good to see you, steve. >> kratos. ktos, for those that don't know. one of my favorite stocks on and off for many years. only prices four times price to sales. three times book. trading 76 times forward earnings, but not that overvalued. what they do, they sell weapons for cybersecurity, not for cybersecurity, but for satellite, space, all kinds of cyber warfare. they provide drones, to the navy, to the air force, to the army and to the marine corps. that business alone is up 43%. that business is up little slower, 40.8% that drone business will be necessary now in a much bigger way than it was anymore. as boots leave the ground only way to keep an eye on folks to fight th

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yeah, the dow, s&p, five-day record run is over but so be it. [closing bell rings] it is a tiny percentage of a drop here. under 1% for the dow. about 3/4 of a percent for the s&p. that will do it for the claman "countdown." kudlow is next. ♪. david: hello, everyone, i'm david asman in for larry kudlow today. air operations resuming at kabul airport as thousands attempt to flee taliban control in afghanistan. more than 600 people were seen in this photo cramming into an american plane. the plane is h

point at the opening bell. as for bitcoin, it went back above 40 grand over the weekend and has retreated to 39 and a small change as of now. if you were out and about over the weekend, you probably saw more masco wearing. i saw wines at testing centers and dr. fauci says things will get worse. he says if you are vaccinated, you should still wear a mask because you can still infect others, so, he says, by your choice you are limiting the freedom of others, that's dr. fauci. dreadful crime stories reported over the weekend. 10 shots on a crowded streets in queens new york, 50 shot in chicago, five dead there where's the defund the police movement now? at the olympics raven saunders crushed-- crossed her arms above her head she took the silver. the news this morning, simone biles will compete in tuesday's balance beam event, that will be her off-- last opportunity for gold but the women's soccer team lost in the semi finals to canada ending their hopes for gold. it is monday, august 2, already. enjoyed the waning

"closing bell" starts right now. >>> welcome to "closing bell." i'm sara eisen at the new york stock exchange stocks mostly in the red following yesterday's record close. the s&p 500. the dow down around 300 right now. the nasdaq holding on to some gains. >> and i'm wilfred frost a much weaker than expected adp jobs number hurting sentiment. just 330,000 jobs added in july versus estimates of more than 650,000. though ism services did top estimates. earnings remain in focus with amgen weighing on the dow and gm taking a big leg lower and the meme trade is back in force. robinhood exploding higher and halted multiple times for volatility as it soars above its ipo price. 59 minutes left to go in the session, sara. >> we've got a great show coming your way we'll speak with target ceo brian cornell covering everything from back-to-school spending to covid concerns and a brand-new college tuition program they announced for employees just today. >>> plus, cvs out with strong earnings and guidance. a new $15 minimum wage cvs health ceo karen lynch joins

s&p 500 hit new records. disney shares rose nearly 2%. >>> school leaders east of sacramento are trying to explain a fight over masks that got out of hand. this is when a parent assaulted a teacher. this happened this week on the first day of school in aim ambalador county. the father no longer is allowed back on campus. he's banned. police are investigating. >> as much as i would like to say i'm surprised, there's a part of me that internally is not completely surprised that this has happened. >>> according to the superintendent, the teacher suffered cuts and bruises but has been released from the hospital. >>> baseball fans are still buzzing over the first ever field of dreams game. it happened last night in the same iowa cornfield where the movie was once filmed and it came complete with kevin costner and those players emerging from the corn. it was pretty much like a story out of hollywood with the hollywood ending for one of those teams. harry smith explains. it really was a night dreams are made of. >>

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the market shows a gain at "the opening bell," the s&p and nasdaq, david nicholas with us. wise the market up in the middle of these crises? >> the market loves stimulus. in the short-term the amount of spending the comes out of this administration. the market knows that, the market this morning. stuart: what about the vaccine mandates, the pace of infection slowdown, some investors looking to the other side of the delta panic so that is a plus. >> there's a lot the american people have concerns about, but i thought we would see by now, this comes down to what the government will do in the short-term. it is focused on what the feds will be doing, there's talk about taper, in november, it is self-interested over what is happening in the next 6 to 12 months. you don't spend trillions of dollars and not get markets that are supported. high off of the trillions. stuart: thanks for being with us, always appreciate it. the ceos of apple, amazon and microsoft head to the white house for a meeting with president biden. was the meeting about? >> fibersecurity, the pipeline pack and

as the bell goes, the dow slightly lower, the s&p 500 up for a record close, and the nasdaq up 0.9%, again with a record close. >>> it looks like the dow is poised to close marginally down. 19 points or just shy a half percent, almost a percent at 136 points gain. the russell 2000 is also closing lower, but to the tune of about 0.5% coming up on the show today, some alternative economic data, painting a pretty grim picture we're going to discuss that with david rosenberg from rosenberg research and we're minutes arm from earning of zoom video. we'll bring you those numbers as soon as they are rear leased we have jason still with us, and catherine is going to join the conversation mike, the first comment here in the end just four sectors closing down real estate leading by more than a% >> this was a day where the average stock a very norm at bout of modest profittaking. if you look at their contribution to the s&p, you know, apple, amazon, microsoft, facebook, tesla, basically the whole story. that doesn't mean it was not valid, points count, but it's more about the character of what'

thanks for watching "closing bell," too it's up next. >>> thank you, tyler welcome to "closing bell." happy friday, major averages bouncing s&p 500 and the nasdaq both hitting record highs, the dow is up triple did you get. >>> let's look at what is driving the reaction energy is leading the way, as oil prices move higher ahead of an anticipated storm in the gulf of mexico this weekend on the data front, another soft reading on consumer sentiment for august, though personal income topped expectations for july 59 minutes left to go in the session. s&p 500 up above 4500. >>> coming up on today's show, council of economic advisers member jared bernstein, with his read on the economy and imp flation. >>> and we'll hit the gym trade with the ceo of f-45 it's having a strong day in the market >>> steve liesman has the highlights of the fed speech today. >> et's tiptoe through the taper minefield. in an exclusive interviews fed vice chair followed up the speech, by saying he expects the economy this fall to meet the fed's conditions for tapering. >> we've had 800,000 jobs for the last three

stocks are flat but s&p 500 notch new records. since we're talking about money, let's talk about the growing economic concerns from coast to coast, inflation. oh, yeah. it has taken a big jump this summer, and as the economy tries to rebound from the pandemic, of course, if you ate, you drove or traveled anywhere you know you paid for it. the federal reserve also always looking to maintain the gridlocked economy, not too hot, not too cold. nbc's tom costello has a reality check for us. >> whether you're buying groceries, fill the gas tank, car shopping or vacationing chances are you're digging deep they are summer. prices rose a dramatic 5.4% in july compared to a year ago when covid had shut down the economy. >> prices are going every everywhere on everything. >> economists blame exploding president-up demand, fueled by vaccinated americans who are shopping and eating out again. a dozen eggs is about 24 cents higher and chicken breast 30 cents more. >> walking out with less and less groceries and seem to be paying more. >> since

welcome, everyone, to "closing bell." the major averages are mixed on this final day of august as the s&p 500 looks to wrap up its seventh strike month of gains. >> let's have a look at what is driving the action the nasdaq the biggest winner in august, but fluing the flat line chip stocks also taking a step back case-shiller had the biggest rise on record, and consumer confidence fell to a six-month low. we have 59 minutes left in the session, sara. >>> coming up on today a show, the ceo of fubotv as the company gets approval from the online wagers from the state of iowa. >>> plus noted value investor scott black on his outlook, as we head into a new month two value plays he likes. >>> and then president biden is expected to address the nation about afghanistan this hour. we will take you there live for those remarks. >>> let's focus, first of all, on the big stories we watching today. mike santoli is watching the action, and josh lipton is following apple today. mike, start us off, if you will, please, still set for a r

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new record high intraday for the dow and s&p earlier this morning. >>> earnings after the bell? lauren: we're getting a few. earnings season very strong. bumble, lordstown motors to name a few and these earnings reports show how companies are dealing with the higher pressures, the higher costs, how their margins are holding up amid all of this, what they say about the future and the delta variant. stuart: got it. listen to this one, high school students in oregon no longer have to show proficiency in subjects like reading, math, writing in order to get their high school diploma. we'll tell you about the woke reason. that is what is being offered here. why are they doing this? it's a woke reason. not sure you understand it. first, my next guest says the administration eviction ban, it is not illegal but a threat to the constitutional order. legal star john hu is here to make that case after this. ♪. [engine revving] [car horn and collisions] [tires squealing] just think, he'll be driving for real soon. every new chevy equinox comes standard with chevy safety assist including au

now the s&p and dow posted the fifth straight positive session yesterday. clawing back earlier losses to post both of them. >>> looking at the stocks in goldman sachs buyback portfolio it out paced the s&p 500 on a year to date basis alphabet, etsy, synchrony financial, anthem, sherwin williams buyback stocks perform in the late summer with the executions that follow the second quarter earnings report. some of the names to watch there and you can read more about it at cnbc.com/pro. >>> let's go worldwide julianna tatelbaum in the london newsroom with the early action in europe. good morning, julianna >> dom, the early action in europe has been choppy right now, the stoxx 600 is hovering around the flat line. we were trading lower at the start of the session positive momentum building the stoxx 600 down just about 0.06%. to put this in context yesterday, the stoxx 600 lost groundbreaking a ten-day win streak it has been a strong move for the stoxx 600. turning to the regional breakdown. this is the split. we have red for the majority of markets. the cac 40 i

today, the s&p new high friday afternoon come up about five points is morning and the nasdaq way above the 15000 level also up slightly in the early going this monday after bitcoin, down a little $47600 per coin. monday august 30, 2021, "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪. stuart: let me get straight to afghanistan u.s. officials confirm five rockets fired at kabul airport with intercepted by the u.s. missile defense system, lauren simonetti, good morning to you. lauren: the final hours and afghanistan might be the most dangerous yet for the united states, five rockets fired at cobbles airport and intercepted by missile defense system, no casualties tomorrow is the deadline of americans and allies the evacuation flights to continue but officials say they are slowing and coming to an end, court diplomatic staff utterly depleted, the administration says around 300 americans remain hundreds of students and their families from the american university of afghanistan tried to flee they boarded buses and waited for seven hours at kabul airport for clearance and they were sent back becau

s&p heading for its wealth all-time high in august. we are looking for zoom after the bell. the stoxx took the market are moving higher today. apple with an almost 2.75% gain. everything but energy and financials is moving higher today for the markets as we see treasuries stay pretty quiet. that comes at a time of interesting commentary. we know john paulson, as an investor, got a call very right. he spoke to david rubenstein about everything from crypto to spacs. he did get a pretty big call right one time. >> it is quite a bubble but clearly shows elements of a frothy market that is too much liquidity. i would say the spac market is overvalued. people that invest in spacs on general will be a losing proposition. >> what about cryptocurrencies, are you a believer? >> i am not a believer in cryptocurrencies. i would say cryptocurrencies are a bubble. i would describe cryptocurrency as a limited supply of nothing. so, to the extent there is more demand than the limited supply, the price would go up. but to the extent the demand falls, the price would go down. there is no intr

holding on to a slight gain. >>> welcome to "closing bell." i'm course any reagan in today for sara easen, along with wilfred frost and mike santoli the dow off by,ed s&p 500 down by just about four points. investors now awaiting results, one of the biggest names in the meme stock rally the stock is up 1500% for this year we'll bring you instant analysis, plus mobile gaming stock skillz was once hot, but the shares are down 40%. the ceo discusses the decline and whether the rapidly spreading variant could results in more users. steve weiss is still with us, and mike, welcome back we a business of a mixed ending it lens a creeden, but the other stuff didn't go along with that. i would just say we're holding near the highs, not to overthink it, but we're not necessarily totally through this idea that we'll have rougher, uneven patching in the economic recovery >> that's exactly what i was thinking, too, it feels okay right now, but it seems as if things could get choppy, and the delta variant -- variant will do what it does >> i think that's tru

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