Of bonds versus stocks. We know that as stocks has been rallying, so have bonds. That is interesting because because the correlation between them has been declining over time. The correlation is at the lowest going back a year. But and actually might still be attractive to be buying stocks over bonds. If you look at the chart here inside the terminal, when looking at the dividend yields about the 10 year yield, dividend yield is still offering more return than the 10 year treasury yield. So even though bonds and stocks are high, actually still might make sense to buy dividends over treasury yields. Lets bring volatility and the vix into the equation. What we are looking at is the vix curve. Up, it is this melt at super low levels. The lowest levels we have seen in about a year. Beneath the surface we are seeing the curve steepen. The steepest in three years. Basically what this tells us is even though volatility is low right now, the implied volatility going out further is steepening t
Grandmother in west bank on humanitarian grounds. On twitter, the michigan Lawmakers Said silencing me and treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me. Israel said today that it will let her visit her family one day after refusing entry along with fellow congresswoman ilhan omar. Trump administration has informed congress it plans to sell f16 fighters worth a billion dollars to taiwan, a move that issue to escalate already high tensions with china. Two u. S. Officials and a congressional aide says the administration have informally notified lawmakers of the proposed sale. The deal would behind the controversial because china loosely opposes all arms sales to taiwan, which it regards as a renegade province. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im ritika gupta. This is bloomberg. Live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, i am vonnie quinn
Needs more bases the route the Indo Pacific Region because of what he called chinas significant technological advancements. Meantime, china says the Iran Nuclear Deal is irreplaceable and says the agreement is the only way to resolve issues with the countrys nuclear program. The Chinese Foreign ministry blamed the United States or the tensions with iran. Last year, the u. S. Pulled out of that deal and we imposed sanctions. Reimposed sanctions. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 in london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Welcome to bloomberg markets. From bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, here are the top stores on the bloomberg and around the world we are following. Retail therapy. Retailers post broad gains, flexing the muscle of the american consumer. Can a strength continue to drive Economic Growth . Inv
Swing of 70. 5 points, the lowest in at least three months. Caroline down 12 on the dow. Romaine lets dive into the action with our markets reporters. Abigail, get us started. Abigail i am on amazon watch because it is the first day of the annual prime day sale event for amazon. Im watching the 1 trillion mark with amazon almost there, similar to earlier last week when it be fluent above 1 trillion. Same thing last september. This year, a huge run up. Now about 7 billion away. It will be interesting to see as reports come in whether it will be enough to push the shares above 1 trillion. Emma i was watching oil tumbling below 60 a barrel and suffering the worst loss in about two weeks. A couple of reasons for this, hurricane barry moving inland allowing drillers to restart production in the gulf of mexico but also the longterm outlook for prices was brought into focus with data from china. Economic growth slowing to a threedecade low. The trade dispute continuing to weigh on sentiment.
The u. S. Team may ahead to beijing for new facetoface negotiations if talks over the phone go well this week. Shery later in Bloomberg Technology global link, we take a look at all the concerns around the facebook crypto push. Why analysts say libra is fanning the flames for critics. First, lets get you started with a first check of how markets closed on monday the u. S. We have equity markets fluctuating between gains and losses, just the finish slightly higher. Investors pretty much focused on secondquarter earnings. We had tech stocks leading the rally with the nasdaq up 2 10 of 1 . Steel stocks gaining ground after white house advisor Peter Navarro talked about an executive order to have Companies Use more domestic steel and iron for federal contracts. Pressure coming from the Energy Sector and financials. A mixed bag of earnings for citigroup which plans to kick off the secondquarter earnings season. Trading revenue dissing estimates. Citigroup leading the estimates. Every member