Treasury market. European stocks are down by 1 . U. S. Stocks are up i. 2 . I also want to bear in mind what is happening with the chinese currency. This is important. 6. 6 four, below key levels. The dollar continues to weekend. The dollar is important, the euro is important, but the chinese currency is potentially very important. Jump inaly reporting a new daily virus cases to over 15,000. The other part of the story, we are talking about trade talks, the u. K. And the eu are ready to sit down immediately with the goal of finding a deal by midnovember after positive contacts between the two sides. Our bloomberg is european politics reporter. Ian, a great way to talk about itting the deal, getting done, was that Boris Johnson was getting his way and getting it done. Ian in the past five minutes, the chief negotiators have gotten off the phone after about an hour long discussion. We have not heard officially what they have agreed to do, but as you were saying, we have reported in the l
Earlier bonds had been higher, as was the case yesterday. Yesterday i was speaking as that is one side of uncertainty. Even though stocks have been higher, bonds higher. On this news around President Trump said to have approved a broader stimulus plan, bonds are now lower. This tells you investors have some confidence a deal may get done sooner rather than later. We have heard so much back and forth on this narrative you will have to believe it once you see it, one something is agreed to and signed if that happens. David it is a little like lucy in the football. It feels like that right now. Thanks to Abigail Doolittle for a report on the markets. We have been looking not just at the polls but at Market Metrics showing how investors are pricing the outcome of the election. We welcome david hunt, president and ceo of pgim. Lets start with the breaking news. We just heard abigail say investors are getting their hopes up, maybe there will be a stimulus bill. Does this get your hopes up .
The stock up close to 100 this week. Is that a squeeze or a fundamental reevaluation . We have seen travel stocks really rising quite sharply this week. Lets take a quick look at the european markets. Theres a bunch of factors i want to focus on, plus a global view of what is going on. You can see what is happening with the chinese currency. 0. 5 ,an stocks up around pretty much matching the gains in the united states. We are watching stimulus pingpong. Italian 10 year, there it is. Some pretty big moves over the last few days. Then weve got what is going on with the chinese currency. China back today from golden week. A huge bid in terms of equities and the currency. Will the pboc squash that one . We will wait and see. Europe focusing on what is happening with the lockdown story and what is happening with the bond markets. Lisa the pandemic ongoing, leaders stepping up to contain the surge in virus cases across the continent. Bloombergs maria tadeo joins us with more. What do we know
Europe and other parts of the world that are not encouraging. Clusters in new york. As folks worry about the possibility of a second wave, or even a second wave that is seeming to be starting, you see those parts of the market hanging back. That is exactly what happened in january. In addition, the bond market in the u. S. Is closed for the holiday. Japanese yen, the up a second day in a row. Over the last two sessions, the dollar against the yen down the most since the middle of september. On the surface it is risk on, but below the surface there are nuances to keep in mind. Taylor thank do bloombergs abigail doolittle. Investors have been watching for ,ny signs of fiscal stimulus but any chance for a deal looking less likely. President trumps time to spark negotiations on of the round of virus relief falling flat with House Democrats and republicans on capitol hill. For more perspective, i want to bring in ed mills, washington policy analyst at raymond james. I am curious. It seems l
The pandemic. Attacks and interruptions. That is what most of the audience remembers from the first president ial debate between President Trump and Vice President joe biden. Now the commission on president ial debates is calling for a new format. Senator blackburn will be my guest. Stocks finishing higher on hopes of a new stimulus bill, but it was a choppy day. Abigail doolittle joins us from new york. Walk us through the ups and downs. Abigail certainly fitting it was a choppy day because it was a choppy quarter. And following the pattern we have seen over the last few months. Redad the premarket in the after that debate, the chaos, investors not liking it. The s p 500, up more than 1. 5 . Afternoon news that a stimulus agreement had not been reached, stocks really nosedived, not into the red, but the s p 500 only up about 3 10 of 1 . Day, windowf the dressing to the third quarter, it was the mega cap stocks that did save the day. Apple and microsoft, both up about 1. 5 , again not