July's Consumer Price Index released, Justice Department considering breaking up Google

Starting before the bell and elevating our flagship newsletter, Morning Brief brings you insight into the latest market-moving news, empowering viewers with actionable information to build their investing roadmap for the day ahead. Join us for key insights and commentary about the day's top tickers and stories to help build wealth. Following the release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, the major indexes have been seeing gains in their five-day moving averages since last week's sell-off.

Takeaways:

• The July Consumer Price Index report showed prices rose 0.2% from June, which was in line with estimates, and 2.9% from a year ago, which was slightly better than the Bloomberg consensus estimate of 3.0%. 
• Potential plan to break up Google: The Justice Department is considering breakup as a remedy after a judge determined the company has an illegal monopoly in search 
• Inflation data comes in line with Fed numbers to cut in September.

Key Moments: 

00:00 - Intro: CPI, Inflation, and Google

2:45 - Inflation Breakdown

5:35 - Treasury Yields

6:00 - Mark Sandy Moody Analytics Chief Economist on Inflation, Jobs, and a Fed rate cut with the election

12:30 - Will Google be broken up

16:15 - Mars acquisition of Kellanova

19:10 - Elliot Investment vs. Southwest Airlines

21:20 - Intel layoffs and divestment

23:15 - Market open, CPI stagnation, and the major indexes

27:45 - Ryan Detrick Carson Group Chief Market Strategist has market optimism

34:30 - Brent Thill Senior Analyst at Jefferies on Google's antitrust debacle

42:50 - Trending Tickers

45:00 - Looking forward to tomorrow

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