Index continued gains. The s p down despite several companies doing well today, the best of which is apache, finding success in suriname. The dollar index up 0. 4 . Weaker euro, weaker british pound. Really, the only currency that isnt weaker against the u. S. Dollar is the yen. Stronger, notvens a huge reaction to the continued anticipation of what might come next in the u. S. Iran conflict. Guy lets talk about what is happening in europe. Brent is on offer today, seeing a little bit of weakness when it comes to the oil market. Europe is a little better bid today on a slightly calm her market. At 1. 1141. Vonnie casting doubt on claims there baby powder causes ovarian cancer, talk about this study with Johnson Johnson. Reporter one of the issues with these cases, which claims that talc outer produced by j j talc powder produced by j j gave women touch of cancer is attending to assess what is the Scientific Evidence for whether or not this happened, and this is early hard to do. To try
Today. Our road map begins with Global Growth concerns. China posting the weakest gdp in 27 years aed my fallout from the trade war. Well wrap up the first week of earnings season, two names in focus, coke and American Express, both rallyi ining aheaf the bell. Rick perry set to leave trumps cabinet. He will join us live this hour going to start with that slowdown, china saying the economy grew 6 in q3 from a year ago, believed to be chinas slowest gain in nearly three decades. Markets here largely shrugging it off Industrial Production was up from the prior five to 58. Retail sales up from 75 back to 78 so kind of mixed. This one we can say, look, there is something for everybody. Fed can still cut. But im doing a lot of work on American Express this morning. Consumer is still strong consumer strong, business, corporate spend, as barry said, still a lot of negativity among ceos, extends to the election, negativity extends to china, european woes. Go back to the ibm call, we didnt talk
Treasuries are up in the pound is strengthening. Eurodollar, you can see 1. 10 52. As the focus shifts to Central Banks, a lot is coming up with news this week. We also have to look at renminbi. At seven. 08 7. 08. Some breaking news, a new chief executive at the royal bank of scotland. Alison rose will start at the position from november 1. And makes her the first woman to become one of the big for the over to hong kong, thats where Amnesty International is alleging the police beat be prodemocracy protesters. They also accuse the police of committing acts that amount to torture they would not comment, but say they respect the rights of people in custody. This weekend, demonstrations are expected to continue. And allout war in the case of iran in the country, thats according to the foreign minister speaking to cnn. She denies irans involvement and says he hopes to avoid a conflict and adds iran is serious about defending itself. Benjamin netanyahus days as Prime Minister may be numbere
Both sides claiming progress joining us for the entire hour, Karen Finerman, ceo of metropolitan capital welcome. Thanks for having me. This looks like a strong way to end what has been a strong week for stocks. What stood out to you in the rally . To me its the volatility that stands out to me. Volatility both up and down. Im always long bias, no matter what, which is a blessing and a curse. To me this is a scary time i think im a little more in cash than i would be and desk y definitely more protected. I want to be more hedged. So youve been buying puts . Yes over the last week i think the volatility i think it doesnt fully reflect the volatility that is out there, the tweet that could come at any moment. Why do you say its a scary time to me trade is really the issue here, not the fed. I think what keeps cfos up at night is not are we going to get 25, are we going to get 50 its what does our supply chain need to look like, how much can we pass on, how much do we need to absorb. Thos
Currency with benign neglect in order to function as the reserve currency properly. And this is something we really have to take seriously in this particular environment trump can say whatever he wants politically. Mnuchin can say whatever he wants politically, but getting into intervention has always been a failed tool its never worked. And the concept that the Federal Reserve would cause it not to work by sterilizing is probably incorrect. Its not going to work in and of itself because nobody is big enough in that market to really drive the size of that market enough to have a noticeable impact excellent steve, glad to get your thoughts on that. Well go back to jon fortt and the gang thank you, steve pleasure. Good monday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im jon fortt with Morgan Brennan and david faber live from post 9 live at the New York Stock Exchange carl has the morning off and we have to begin with this selloff stocks are falling across the globe, as china devalues its currency