Entire u. S. Workforce taking an unplanned 2 month vacation now in an effort to support the economy china added more stimulus via rate cuts major lenders reduced the one year loan prime rate by 10 bits to 4. 05 percent in an effort to ease Lending Conditions as n. P. A. Now warns that banks face a surge of up to 1. 00 trillion dollars in bad loans but chinas banking regulator and nouns that it will allow the countrys lenders to raise the tolerance for bad debts during the outbreak bad loans created during the crisis should not be counted as nonperforming loans as factories were prevented from reopening and workers were quarantined at home. Now apple i phone maker foxconn is cautiously restarting production at its main plant in china and warned on revenue guidance plans and vietnam india and mexico will continue operating at full capacity with expansion plans underway as it seeks to minimize the impact of the virus and now to give us the latest on the macro impact. Todd horowitz chief strategist trading so we know already that apple rescinded its march Quarter Sales guidance and that the i phone 9 will probably be delayed so do you expect these issues to be transitory are will they continue to plague china 34 quarters down the road given its high exposure both on the demand side and on the supply side. Were going to have to do it thanks for having me back you know look i think that we kind of knew was coming and it really depends on you know how this coronavirus expands i dont think it will be much of an issue i think this is just another way of saying hey we might be small but because of that i dont know how much their production is actually being affected right now by this and i dont know if theyve got it in madrid ready to go so i think that it should why should sell fall out as Everything Else does and i think what youve seen especially going to apple they tend to try to get ahead of bad news 1st to get out of the way so they can all their stock to continue to rise kind of like you know under delivered over or over report under a new report over delivers what they try to do i think. Thats an interesting point because i feel like weve seen quite a bit of this and weve kind of heard similar analysis from different and analysts is that you know Companies Like under armor are already trying to get ahead of that corona Virus Outbreak and say oh this is going to hurt our supply chain its going to hurt our bottom line but in reality there were struggles elsewhere i mean do you agree with that whole sentiment across the board. I couldnt agree more i think that this is you know ive said for quite a while that were in the very early stages of a recession so i get a krone virus isnt helping the thing but i dont think it has as much effect as we want to believe but i think youve got different motives behind saying whats different places are saying for example you know apple youve got. Or you know and you be there and you are preparing to slow down their sales so that doesnt hurt your stock too much or youre praying to maybe raise prices if you hear from the retailers much that things are costing so again the whole thing to me is really a nonissue and of course that really tells you that as i do is look at the stock market is making you know high even today after being down almost 400 came back to close to you know somewhere near on change about the russell was up today well and its interesting too because when you look at tech and you look at apple and and you look at how the nasdaq is hitting record highs and really all 3 indices the major benchmarks here in the u. S. Are hitting those record highs pretty much every week at this point but it does bring in to the point to as you see that the micro chip sector theyre still doing great and you would think they would be hurt because their supply chain in china is hurt as well. Well again this is you know i think what happens is you just you get into these these ruts of trying to make sure that you stay ahead of things and i think that of again you look at whats going on you know where it comes from and we know that theres an effect but but how really big effect that is and what areas does that affect all the plants affect all of china you know again theres a lot of things that we dont know because we dont get a lot of great reporting out of china to begin with but again you would know if there was a real problem the market would have a major sell off not you know not a 300. 9 ryback they would go and they wouldnt stop for a while if there was a major issues but the market is not recognizing that and for today. The market is the best sense of whats going on in the economy but in the Business World because were going to eventually we know the economy of the stock market split offer is that i think they are going right now are saying you know more delinquencies but also higher stock market now retail is the other sector that has been struggling very much this year with the outbreak but victorias secrets problems actually began way before the corona Virus Outbreak so al brands is finally selling a majority stake to a private equity firm for one by 1000000000. 00 so whats the story there and how will the secrets the brand evolve from here. Well i think i think 1st of all you look at the retail space itself the burger more is dead as far as im concerned and of course were going to kill again theres so much competition now you know victorias secret at one time was very special right it was a it was a big brand whether you were you know looking for it or you could afford it you know they were a little bit higher price and i think that is become the bigger issue is that now you know you can you let your fingers and walking and you can do all the shopping you want in 5 minutes ok and you can find maybe no label its exact same thing for less money so now we come back to a money issue and with people having the flexibility i mean theres a good amazon right you get to break buy anything on amazon so you can now have. More competition and theres nothing unique about many of these products which i mean again victorias secret was a big name but its become not a unique name anymore now lets talk about another major acquisition taking place right now between Morgan Stanley and today for 13000000000. 00 in all stock deal this deal comes right on the tail of the other merger between tall suave and t. D. Ameritrade so now at the margins in need to tire trading and equities business becoming increasingly slimmer as p. S. Dropped nearly 30 percent last quarter why is Morgan Stanley choosing to invest particularly in this line of business. These guys are all doing the same thing this is a classic theyre trying to buy assets are trying to. Humiliate assets which is what schwab did and what Morgan Stanley is are now because what they really want is that they want debt money thats on deposit because even though Interest Rates are. Low right now and some days are no up again and the big with the brokerage business ok their money is made more on the overnight rate ok so they want to accumulate assets it creates more business thats why they can give away so to speak true trading and things like that because again their big ticket is that money on deposit and the way continue to turn over align them to also invest for you through them to get other things and get parts of the game but the you have the bottom line is its the money on deposit who they want to be bigger and bigger which youre going to see more and more of these small little boutique firms get bought now including put it all going to be consolidated very much like the banks are today. And i want to move to something a little more fun here Virgin Galactic is looking like the new tesla now more than tripling in value over the last 7 weeks despite being profitable and is expected to continue to lose money this year and in 2021 so just like tesla the short sellers are ganging up with Short Interest up 3100000. 00 in the last month or so is this going to be the next cult stock or do you just follow the momentum at this point and throw fundamentals out the window because i want to remind you of something they said they were going to be in space theyre going to have these commercial space flights by to in 2013 and now its 2027 even dunnit. This is very familiar and i get im not saying the markets are 99 and all over again but these 2 companies right now the way that theyre trading are obviously trading and bubble territory you have the same pattern repeat which is what happened through the original bubble was that you had short sellers trying to push the market out because it could be of making money and then all of a sudden theyd force them up and theyd run him up and that forces you get these ridiculous valuations ok i mean listen Virgin Galactic i mean you know Richard Branson smart guy great businessman got a lot of good things going on so i cant fault him but again you get that the street gets on momentum and they start chasing these thing and theyre like the mouse running after that right so i get i think again they were they were both the well overvalued at this point so either the markets in the gulf or theyre come back to make the market i think they both come back at the market some point but again when that happens i cant say todd horace taste i just love the trading thank you so much thank you. Will invest more than 1000000000. 00 in mexico over the next 5 years the companys c. E. O. Said in a video released by the Mexican Government on thursday. You know every aspect of all look in life is being transformed by computing the precedent and opportunity to apply Digital Technology to create new opportunity in mexico as part of this investment creating a new Data Center Region in mexico to deliver a comprehensive intelligent secure all and trust Cloud Services to help if you organization really get an advantage and drive the Digital Transformation mexican president Manuel AndresLopez Obrador spoke about the investment in its daily morning address saying it proves the country is ready for more Foreign Investment now the president has faced criticism for his economic policies not attracting that investment in the countrys economy contract by point one percent and 2019 the 1st annual decline in more than 10 years. Now this is really interesting that microsoft is assigned to invest in mexico because right now in america there is this huge shortage of skilled workers even though unemployment is currently at 50 year lows all the companies are actually complaining that the reason why theyre not hiring as fast as because theres no skilled workers there are no people that are up to do Software Development for High Tech Companies these days well and it seems like maybe theyre just trying to increase their market share by region get more in mexico as well as maybe get a little bit of cheaper labor not very cheap labor because youre still here skilled workers but a little bit cheaper labor than you had previously but it does look like they are expanding their their footprint into data centers all over mexico which means cheap labor and cheap real estate as well time now for a quick break just on the other side has taken a dive but whats behind this long were going to delve into the dive and break down the outlook for the pin tag Going Forward and as we go to break here the numbers at the close. 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And i think thats what hes facing. Just to. Put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. So when you want to be president. Who some of them want. To go on. This is what the 3 of them would be. Interested in the war. Were still in an era of resource colonialism again this is a big risk and the one big thing that could really inhibit the kind of electric vehicle revolution that a lot of us want to see is if we can resource the battery components in a sustainable ethical way and its not going to be a successful revolution. And welcome back the Trump Administration is continuing its Pressure Campaign against the youve got u. K. Regarding their decision to allow weiwei equipment in a limited capacity as a nation builds out its 5 g. Infrastructure u. S. President Donald Trumps acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney spoke at the oxford union on wednesday saying the us is very much concerned about that decision mulvaney warned about the situation with regards to sharing sensitive security data adding we are very much concerned that the integrity of that information is hardwired into your Computer Systems and if you folks go forward with the decision to allow while way it will have a direct and dramatic impact on our ability to share information with you period end of story earlier this week we were joined by andy purdy the chief Security Officer with wildly technologies usa and he had this to say about why the u. S. Has been advocating against the telecom giant. U. S. Is worried that china wants to take over the world so the us is basically pushing back and part of this is related to the trade talks phase one so far but other phases perhaps will will come about so the u. S. Is basically trying to hurt china in terms of the competitive race rather than concentrating on how to help strengthen the u. S. Which has the best technology the best innovation in the world but is not on a pair to really drive forward and continue to increase if you missed the interview be sure to check it out on the portable t. V. App or youtube dot com slash boom bust r t joining us to discuss this story is hillary for which board member of the British AmericanBusiness Association hilary thank you so much for being with us today because now 1st off i want to go talk about this because the u. K. Is going to eventually get annoyed with us i mean we continually keep telling them youre making the wrong decision so you need to do what we tell you is that going to be a problem i mean just this overall demeanor that the u. S. Is going to having towards the u. K. Well you know it reminds me of the movie on 2003 actually you know hugh grant played the Prime Minister member it was a scene in there which was like to think like oh yes here were not going to be bullied by the u. S. So yeah youre right brand this paternalistic attitude does not go well in the u. K. And of course theres the insinuation that because the policy palm and the Intelligence Committee did a very deep dive in terms of investigating huawei and those backdoor methods and they ruled that it is safe now one thing i will say the cabby out is we know that while way has only been stored in what are considered to be non essential places theyre not considered in terms of any of the networks in the u. K. They havent been installed there they have not been stored in terms of any military bases and have not been stored in terms of any nuclear so i think theres a middle road to the middle road is the u. K. Is trying to appease china obviously has a trade partner and that is using huawei in these nonessential sections of the Telecommunications Industry in the u. K. And yet theyre trying to. Try to not alienate the tribal ministrations so i think theyre caught in the middle but its almost insulting because the us is almost like saying like hey you guys didnt do your research or Due Diligence enough so its almost like a little bit demeaning at this point yes a journalistic absolutely to say yes sir do you see any scenario where these 2 nations wont be able to share security and Intelligence Data together due to disagreements over i think youre right kristie if it isnt solved it definitely could escalate i think one thing thats an indication is of course as the 5 eyes agreement and that is the sharing of intelligence information between the u. K. Canada the us Australia New Zealand and just recently very recently the Australian Government cancelled a group of their polman tyrion that were going to be visiting the u. K. And instead directed them to the us so i think youre beginning to see a crack in that 5 eyes relationship if this isnt solved it will escalate yes and if we see any other movement from those allies within the 5 nations who have made moves towards us throw you know them or not not not none that i know of except the Actual Council of the polish meant ariens absolutely i want to move on to germany because theyve been also. In this holds that while we situate us president officially named Richard Grinnell who is the currently the ambassador to germany as the director of National Intelligence grinnell actually recently tweeted i think was on sunday that he spoke with the president and any nation who use unsavory Telecom Equipment huawei is what he didnt say but thats what he meant what he said any nation i believe in germany so where do you think see this situation going now in germany especially now that goodell who is the former ambassador to germany is now with the d. N. I. Here in the us well a couple of things that i think that michael is in the same situation in the Boris Johnson is which is shes caught in the middle she sees the china as a great trading partner and she also wants the us is a big trading partner so shes caught in the middle i do think one thing about going well though i think that all this sort of insinuation that that he isnt qualified doesnt know what hes doing a lot of that comes from the left where you know hes the 1st openly gay male to be appointed to this position i think if hed been. A sort of if the democrats have appointed him he would have been considered a darling but he has alienated markel and i remember her saying for the in a wall street journal interview she did Say Something like he has a challenge to deal with so hes ruffled feathers before and hes not going to stop i think hes putting his foot down with regard to what way and now a search over here talk about google for a little bit the European Data protection were warned that googles acquisition if it could pose a privacy risk they said that quote the possible for the combination and accumulation of sensitive personal data regarding people in europe by Major Tech Company could intel a high level risk to security and Data Protection so it appears that european regulators are continually taking on tech giants so what are the concerns and where do we see this Going Forward 1st of i think with the e. U. Is doing what they do best which is regulating more regulation any other regulation anything to. Control Global Companies bought in all seriousness i think the 2 things that are being overlooked in number one for the 28000000 users of fitbit theyre already having the information that google could have access because its on their Android Devices so its already been their number one number 2 or google has actually stated theres absolutely no way we will be betraying the Sensitive Data of our users and using it for any commercial purposes or using it for any advertising and i think the 3rd thing to consider is that the google has very stringent encryption standards that unless accessed in Parson Google can access the information so i do think this is a lot a lot of hot air by the European Union over really not so much and this still took place in november why theyre coming up with this now is a little bit surprising really for which board member of the British AmericanBusiness Association thank you for your time pleasure to see a big point of its biggest daily fall in 3 months on wednesday setting up a tough day for big balls prices were respected near the 10300 mark but then fell by 800. 00 to just about 9300. 00 in just 30 minutes it was the single biggest one day drop since november. 1st of last year on thursday the price has been hovering around 1500 so did you expect this. So i what i saw was that i saw getting rejected at the 10500 mark before so we always expect a little bit of pullback because that is where a huge line of resistance is so when you have that line of resistance you expect it to kind of puncture through with enough volume but since we didnt get enough volume and then couple that with the unexpected fact that by and decided to go offline for about 5 hours of trading yesterday that also contribute to a shortage of liquidity so that i believe contributed to the drop but i dont think its anything to worry about in the long term so ive been told that we have been back so we can bring about and swung back into this. If you heard answer but well go into the next where were going with that i mean what happens were going to see big fall below 9000 again or were going to see these balls push the price back up because i remember this and this was maybe about a year ago you told me not on the air but you said were going back to 20000. I dont think well get back to 20000 i think that it will eventually happen but i also said i believe its going to take a long time to get there it was not going to be as quick and thats actually a good thing if prices rise the way that they rose d at the end of 2017 that was a positive for the market it was a lot of people trying to get in not because they actually saw a big coin as a sustainable currency or as technology they saw it as a quick way to make a quick buck and thats not what its there d for look i think right now do we see it actually drop further than then 9000 its possible the question is going to be how does the bulls react to all of this some of them kind of got caught off guard by this latest drop where they when they thought they were going to push it above 10300 it didnt happen but i think the question becomes do we have this new floor of around 9300 or do we drop lower than that to around 9075. 00 we dropped in 1075. 00 its going to be difficult to stop it from dropping back down into the mid 8000. 00 but if the bulls react positively to this its a we can push it up higher. And they can get above that 2300 number if they push back and do that i think we kind of have a new floor for bitcoin around 10000 that would be a Huge Positive its going to take time to get it back up to 20001 of the reasons why the drop actually happened so suddenly was because there were a lot of big bulls who were leverage up to the help so as soon as they come in dropped a little bit all of them actually got stopped out and had to unwind their positions very quickly so typically as big point goes so do other crypto so what happened to all the other all kind of dropped. Yeah well we saw the same thing happened wednesday which is big drop in the never when i was dropped as well so you had a theory of dropped about 19 percent. Drop about 9 percent like what it was down 12 percent so cash was down 12 percent is a huge drops for all those all coins and thats not surprising unfortunately today you know because it is only come back up about 200. 00 from where to drop and it looks like in the short term its starting to drop again and they actually go as you know kristie down to around you know 910201 this latest one but again you have to look at and i know im kind of the optimist if you have to look at the historical trend 9000. 00 is being kind of the new floor is a very high floor for big corning which just a year ago was sitting around 3000 right before started climbing again so its a significantly higher position than what it was and of course as we talk about this thing that sounds like its coming out of the stephen king novel the have the which is on its way all these it would drive prices up even higher than that so very excited for that to come up cryptocurrency analysts emblem bus cohost spence one thank you so much because things. So now it seems like jocks and the north can be friends after all as Italian Soccer Team to ventus is going block launching Digital Collectibles of all star players on block chain enabled fantasy football platform so rare so rare provides a soccer Team Management game with digital cards created on a theory and representing players that fans can collect and trade these cards are non fungible tokens and certain players such as Christiana Rinaldo will be made digitally rare and thus more expensive and desirable to own this is the latest in the trend where we see companies trying to bridge the Digital World with the physical no kristie ive noticed theres a lot of black as a gamer myself theres a lot of block chain games and a lot of them are like these card collecting style games though this one is both card collecting and it relates back to the real world because you get points based on who. Your real world players react like you would see in fantasy football but why do we see the card collecting style games actually mostly in boxing because this is actually the one type of game that is actually you can play online because weve seen become very popular the entire gambling crowd and then also the collectible crowd you see the case of the case became such a boom it was because you were collecting the best genetics between kiddies and the mashing them to go is the same thing with this because these things have inherent value well that is fascinating thats it for this time because boom bust on demand on the brand new portable t. V. s available on smartphones through google play and the Apple App Store by searching portable t. V. Or stream is to your t. V. By downloading the portable t. V. On apple t. V. And online a portable t. V. Or able to be is going to be available on more of devices very soon. On you tube. The next time. You kind of good intentions which i think. 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