We did just get the closing bell on u. S. Equities, which have been trying to break free of the range they have been in for some time. 2971 is where we are ending the day on the s p 500 the nasdaq indices up 2 on the day. 2 . Russell 2000 gaining energy, financials, and Communication Services leading the charge. Twitter among those names. And along to Analog Devices also with an interesting rise. Royal caribbean loses a little ground. Scarlet i want to jump in with breaking news. The regulator of fannie mae and freddie mac has come out with a plan that calls for more than 200 billion in capital. The regulators proposing the mortgage giants be required to hold hundreds of billions of dollars in capital to guard against potential losses, and this could eventually have an impact on Mortgage Rates and the Trump Administrations efforts to basically free the companies from government control. We are keeping watch of this as are needed fors existing government control. Is ben still with us ma
Meaning less demand for oil. Meanwhile similar story in bond market, yield on 10year treasury below 4 tenths of a percent overnight. Now we are staying right under and it is down 28 basis points. Again, another indication of a recession at hand. The 30year following 1 for the first time in history. The 30year bond, the yield there at. 883 . Thats down 40 basis points this morning. Global markets reacting to all of this this morning in the stock market. Deep selloff in europe. The cac quarante down 335 points. That is 6 and a half percent and dax index in germany lower by 672. Overnight in asia across the board. Chinese experts tumbled in the month of january, more signs of trouble in japan as well. First quarter gdp lower in japan showing the economy contracted 7. 1 from the previous quarter. Thats a sharp contraction in japan. This on top of the Coronavirus Crisis, cases in the United States and abroad are growing. The white house looking into emergency measures. Overseas italy report
About 500 of you posting on her Facebook Page this morning on this topic. You can add your thoughts at. Acebook. Com cspan the gallup poll did a recent survey of americans and their thoughts about Climate Change is an issue leading up to the down bynd breaking it party. When asked about the seriousness of Global Warming, if its serious or generally exaggerated, in 2018 it was 69 of republican saying it was the case and only 4 of democrats weighing in on that. If they believe that the effects of Global Warming had already begun, 34 of republicans saying they believe that. 0 of independents 82 of democrats saying that. And when it comes to the topic and if theyrming worry a great deal or a fair amount about it. Republicans, 33 , 62 for independence, 91 of those democrats being cold saying that it was a great deal or a fair amount of worry for them. When it comes to the Campaign Issue itself it was during the last round of the two debates where Climate Change came up as a topic. Jones,rdi
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