Airbnb expected to go public this week. Analysts saying it will surprise above its target despite all the headj winds the travel industry is facing. Well explaint iwhy ase xdp lunch starts right now. Thank you, ty the dow pullingqback but still above 30,000 only six dow stocks are higher right now. Teq apple is one of fthem the dow industrialso so far today as well as theee nasdaqe pos t composite and russell 2000 each have hit a record high intra day despite the fact the the dow is lagging, only up 5 and 13 gains over here for the Overall Index for the russell 2000 look at other parts of the market were also watching as well look at the semiconductor. Dze cord highsf pushing the semiconductors, possibly a leading indicators for the rest of the markets and another set of record highs tesla. Billion, would make it close to around the sixth biggest stock in the s p when it eventually goes in. That happens before the open of business on december 21ste1. And perhaps Short Co
Protests against a label law that was passed earlier this month that opponents say will erode workers rights and dismantle environmental protection. This is the dollar index on the way down. One week lows earlier on today. The euro new york crude moving to the downside. We had the report on inventories showing u. S. Stockpiles were indeed much higher than had been anticipated. Dollar weakness, golds gain. Tom lets bring you the first word news and a catch up on the pandemic situation in europe. Be amains and continues to coronavirus hotspot, with new daily infection records in germany and the netherlands. Ing a curfew in madrid. Manchester is being forced into the u. K. s strictest curbs. In the u. S. , new yorks governor blames President Trump for virus deaths in his state, calling him a liar and a super spreader. California is easing restrictions in San Francisco. By the u. S. Ing sued Justice Department for abusing its monopoly in search in what seen as the most significant antitrus
These tech heavy benchmarks doing better than what we saw on friday. We are watching hong kong closely after we saw them arrests made after protests returned to the city. Looks like they are shrugging that off. Pretty steady for the euro. That ecb meeting on thursday. A lot of questions about how to tackle this euro strength. This has been pretty volatile of late. We get another round of brexit negotiations. Your off to your offshore revenue will be continuing. They onshore rate has had the highest stretch. Bond markets have been falling. Pickuptreasury yields after the u. S. Job report. These are back to the prepandemic levels now. Hedge inll a good these markets. Brent crude still following what we saw with oil markets. Around 42. Lets get more analysis now. With eight Market Strategist. What is your assessment of what the key drivers are behind markets in this part of the world . Good morning. Thank you for having me today. I think we are seeing an interesting trend. We have the sit
Flight from siberia to moscow. What we know is he is one of the people that has been writing the most, accusing the government in charge of corruption. T we do not know what was what we dont know is who was behind it. This could be Vladimir Putin cleaning up the place. He had beenow if poisoned, we have to wait but there is speculation out there as it could have implications for investors. Tom one of the stories our team from moscow is looking at as they look west of belarus. Much more. Ritika gupta. Senatorthanks to Kamala Harris has accepted the nomination to run for Vice President. She targeted President Trumps lack of leadership. Lets fight with conviction. Lets fight with hope. Confidence inth ourselves and a commitment to america tobe the america we know is possible. The america we love. Ritika meanwhile, president obama told the Convention President trump has not grown into the job because he cant. The political fight over the post office make clear the way for congress to resum
Information from dan is taking these new positions in the Second Quarter according to his quarterly letter in disney, amazon, alibaba. Well focus on disney first and foremost josh, i just got off phone with dan who told me the following about why they initiated this position he said theres no close second to disney when it comes to an entertainment company. He says they have slate of tent poll releases. We know the titles they have he said some of the commentary,s the narrative of how disney plus is being thought of in the context with netflix its not a winner take all environment. They have to take market he thinks is easily split between those two and some other players. He also, which was interesting as well likened disney to microsoft 7 or eight yea8 years. You have a time old business and youre able in some respects to reinvent yourself. Much as microsoft has done we know how well that stock has done lately. He seems a similar scenario for shares of disney josh, let me get your ta