Before the Bell 8/20/2008

[0:53]..." losses -- if you look at this earnings season you know even Wells Fargo was up this morning with the big one so they -- getting those losses I think you'd think he'd get those assets. Also their books and they go back the plan if you would of what the purpose was to be about but to be pretty good so. That we got a great -- second they have a job basically or maybe third the third day on the job. As so he's going to be at all political over the -- what we've got and I think the majority of financial stocks are really like infect most of the financials are very big this -- so. These are start it and he teaches at nineteen point eight. Does the 159. We that the NASDAQ up to 48 oil prices down around twenty cents a forty want to change in gold down to fifteen years and eight and seven. "...

[0:21]..." good start. To be the fourth day in -- world that we CBS and the -- advocates expect the -- Summers have been the scene looked something like that. I have -- against the there "...

[1:33]..." it's not been pretty so far but they they continue to come AT&T was up this morning and they were down 23% on the auditing company. But the good news is is that they had "...

[0:21]..." about the clutter so this morning we got the three popular names American Express DuPont to Texas Instruments. Not helping yourself all locked the American Express was 79% drop. For the fourth quarters but it took a lot of write downs and there about a -- behind expectations that a lot but again the financial -- some tough times. DuPont they have losses while they cut their outlook. The loss looks to be about seventy cents a share in the street was only expecting about twenty cents -- so. They also came out and cut the forecast and I agree when their Texas Instruments speaks semiconductor company that reported 86% drop in the profits so. They too were cutting about 3400 jobs and they warned -- "...

[1:21]..." we've been here it was something were to go to their. A Bristol-Myers also in the drug group most profitable point two billion dollars and are you that but this department of I think a "...

[1:47]..." David to the housing market a nice surprise on some housing numbers yesterday but today a different report. "...

[1:33]..." the 38 years. And don't even mention about a 137. Of the S&P 500 are coming out of their earnings so we got -- spectacular surprise about it at least a little bit of lift this morning know what we get disappear tent. A 1048 -- has -- nine point eight oil prices are down about 75 cents at 45 and change. And we also got that the -- booked August 11 has such six "...

[0:46]..." not so bright new year to date it has -- 8% the S&P down almost 8%. That's the extent six point 3% small cap Russell 2011%. Of we're so all those of you looked overseas "...

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