We got a boost from the bank of england a little early around. We will hear from the governor in just a moment. The cable rate, 1. 31. Keep an eye on the critical lines in the sand as we come through tomorrows session. We are starting to see yields a little bit higher here in europe today. A little bit of stabilization may be in the bond market after yesterdays big move, but a much flatter curve. Lets dive into the bank of england decision to boost its bond buying program. 150 billion, a little bit of a surprise. The market was expected 100 billion to be added to the program. Why the bigger number . That was the question i put to the governor. Gov. Bailey i think that was what we learn from our earlier experiences with covid. It is important that we act both quickly and that we act clearly in scale. That was an important consideration for us. The second thing is that we have to meet the inflation target sustainably over time. So a lot of work we did on our forecasts, employing the pers
Hsbcs turnaround picks up speed. The bank surges in hong kong as speculation grows around a return to Dividend Payments. Good morning, everybody. It is wednesday morning, just over an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. Lets look at futures. European equity markets, u. S. Equity markets of by more than 1 . And, of course, we have touched the levels key levels. The dow at 30,000, and the s p touching an alltime high at the close as well. Real strength coming into today, in futures suggest we have some upside to play for. Futures all point higher. European futures also to the upside. Ftse futures up by about 0. 3 . Broadly speaking, it is the same as the last couple of days. We are talking about vaccine optimism. The news about janet yellen picked up the appetite. It is into just stocks. We can look at what has happened through the asia session. Some of the markets in asia have turned increasingly negative as we have gone through the session. Parts of asia now retreating. Th
Youtube segment. The coronavirus remains front and center the u. S. Reporting more than 90,000 cases in a single day for the first time ever. 59 minutes to go in this session, the week, and the month. We are down 3 on the nasdaq today. Ahead on todays show we will speak well break down all of these moves and speak with dan niles and see if he is buying any of the tech nims names on the dip. Lets get first to the market. Mike santoli is tracking the action for us. What stands out . Just in the last hour or so, the s p 500 did go back down and test this level everybody has been watching. We have been pointing it out all week basically the september lows, 3,230 and change we did hit it on the nose. It was a little bit of a tag and then bounced off that. Thats what a test looks like. You dont pass every test. Keep that in mine. It is also the june highs. Also the break even level for the year so there are understandable reasons why people are clustered in this area and decide whether thats
If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position. Promising stynes leader to have u. S. Coronavirus Vaccine Program says astrazenecas shot could halt severe covid. Welcome to the program. Futures in europe pointing higher. Futures in the u. S. Pointing higher and a number of uncertainties removed from the markets thinking over the last 24 hours or so. One of them is who is going to be treasury secretary. Somebody the that market knows ery well in the shape of janet yellen, somebody that has considerable monetary experience and fiscal experience. The other uncertainty is the transition at the white house. That seeps to be looking a little smoother given the headlines we have seen over recent hours. The asian picture benefiting from all of that removal of uncertainty i described. Something more complicated happening to the japanese market which had been doing well prior to being closed. It seems the Trump Administration in its last days still has some tough time to be toug
And another retired plumber had brought up in the place last february, just one month before the pandemic. 46 days in we found that we had a close and we were devastated. They wouldnt give us a pp loan because we werent in business long enough. Starting friday, a return to tighter restrictions. We are seeing cases connected to social gatherings as well as those indoor businesses where large number of people gathered together like restaurants. Reporter the county Health Officer says thats why theyre returning to restrictions. Outdoor bars without food must close. Retailers just returned a 50 capacity. Shopping mall courts, 25 . Gyms and Fitness Centers 10 and bowling alleys, Entertainment Centers and pools must close. Concerned there is some amount of coded fatigue going on where people are getting tired of the restrictions, tired of staying home, tired of wearing masks. That may be contributing to things as well. I think its a very sad thing we are back to red tier. I think people cove