We did get japanese factory orders which were disappointing down 7. 8 in may they were expected to fall only 5 were down full 1. 5 as you can see in hong kong a little more than that in shanghai 2. 6 . European equities are lower, down around about 0 where do we look on the screens 0. 1 there we go, down 0. 2 in france, italy holding on to slight gains we did get some better than expected german Industrial Production data up 0. 3 in may. It was expected to fall slightly treasury yields back about 2 . Similarly the german yield is back above 0, negative 0. 4 and were up 0. 23 . Deutsche bank announcing it will pull out of Global Equity scales, scale back Investment Banking and slash 18,000 jobs as part of a Global Restructuring plan you have been following this story obviously throughout the weekend. And i thought your comments earlier with dom chu were interesting. You sort of term this as ripping the band aid off. Finally. Perhaps a little too late. Finally exactly. So 18,000 had cut
Launching its long awaited ipo after delaying that offering several times, and weve heard from major retailers this week, were talking walmart and target about how their customers are being impacted by inflation while dgas prices are pinching americans wallets and pushing them to roll back more on spending. And a boost to Electronic Arts, but is ea the best name in the video game industry, a top analyst weighs in, it is friday, august 18th, 2023, youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc. Good morning, welcome to Worldwide Exchange, im frank holland. Lets get you ready to start your day as always. B were going to kick off the hour, red across the board. The dow 5 points lower. The s p fractionally lower. T this follows the major averages extending their losing streak. There is the possibility of an increase in volatility today as u. S. Stock options contracts with a value of 2. 2 trillion are set to expire. If we dig just a bit deeper, take a look right here, the dow closing
It, where people arent going to say joe who . If you feel you can do it, you should do two. It gets you to the point where you need to be you will you are revealing i can give you a hint the average real heat feel was 115. And you werent out west . No. Thats a dry heat. This is a humid is that hot a place called the golden isle you have to google it. What state . Georgia heat index 115 . Yes you can fly into jacksonville. Why people go there in august . I dont know i havdont have an answer you have time coming up . It may be a good time of year to go to georgia quite the price to pay to get a couple months off. You have some experience dow is up 53 points right now. Continuing the snap of green after what had been more diff difficult. Maybe it is joe being back s p up ten points and nasdaq by 46 stocks sliding in asia lets mention treasuries this is what is interesting. Green in equities. Look what is happening with 10 and 30 the 30 at 4. 26 there are people who are concerned about the
And check out the nasdaq. Also at record levels, a whopping 44 this year. Did you guys all have your money in nasdaq stocks this year . As you know, were not allowed to hold individual stocks. But you can hold nasdaq and qqqs. Its on pace to have the best performance in 2003. You act like you didnt have it. I have a 401 k . You want me to ask. Where do you have europes, steve . In a boat, a couple of boats. Yes, thats right the s p, half a percent. That index is up just 24 this year. And, of course, you made some money in treasuries as well if you invested at the right time. Take a look at treasury yields. There we go. 4. 01 on the 30year, 3. 87 on the 10. 3. 87 on the 5, and 4. 29. I dont know. Do you think 2024 is the year when we disinvert . Thats a question we have to be watching. Yeah, definitely, absolutely. Do you think happens . Why has it been inverted for so long is the question . As the fed does its thing, you would expect a disinversion yield curb. Eventually. It may not ha
In the late 90s. Its a whole smatters of tech joy companies from not just france but throughout. I should also mention that elon milk has just been added to the program. Were going to be laering from elon musk. And also moe di tomorrow. Many have said they dont understand it. They cant see inside the box. This new research theyve developed can see inside the box to understand what ai is doing. They can look at the difference. Up until now thats been impossible. Thals what im doing in paris, and weve got a lot more throughout the day. Just in terms of seeing what it does, how will they do it . The imaginations they can cook up, can they track it down . Thats exactly what this research seems to suggest that theyre going to be able to do. That they ee going to be able to understand hall like i. It may explain why one model writes one sentence and another writes another sentence and whats driving the different understandings of the nils that its taking in. Well talk to dario about it in ju