Dom . How many of us wish we had more time, not just 48 hours but more time in general anyway, the markets right now are in a Holding Pattern thats what well call t. Marginal losses in the s p 500, dow and nasdaq, as you can see there. Just about a quarter to a third of a percent across the board here, but we were positive at one point today so a lot of that uncertainty playing out, but not a lot of reason to wholesale buy or sell so thats what were seeing in markets. One place where were seeing a good amount of positivity today is in the internetrelated names. Social media specifically. Check out this First Trust Dow jones internet etf ticker fdn is off the highs of the day, off twothirds of 1 small of the smaller social media ones are there as well helping to power this particular move remember from the lows up to here, it was up about 96 , and then it fell about 15 here and then up another 12 from there, so thats a move there for the social media stocks that were watching as well, a
It is monday october 5th, this is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc well, good morning, afternoon and good evening and welcome from where ever in the world you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan i hope that youre having a good start to your week where ever you may be its a very light data and earnings week on wall street that wouldnt matter much anyway all the attention and focus of the Financial Markets remain firmly on President Trump and the first lady and their help as well thats the key question on wall street right now the help of the president. So that is where were going to have our focus and futures, they are higher by about 141 points the polls right now have swung wildly in joe bidens direction and agree or disagree with the validity of polls and their accuracy, investors see reduced chances of the possibility of a contested election which as we have shown you can send stocks sliding. Theres also more hope for another round of stimulus perhaps closer to the 2 trillion nu
Fed kicking off its meeting today. For more on what investors are watching, sarah hunt is here from alpine woods capital. What could the fed due tomorrow that would most upset the markets . Give i think they did not a lot of detail about how they were going to make sure when it was time for them to change their inflation standpoint, when was too much over. If they narrow the window and say we are looking for a tiny bit of on the inflation side. I think they are expecting inflation to run hotter if they get there for a longer time. And if they do something to narrow that window, that would make people more nervous. Newsbut in terms of the flow, have we already had it . Central banks have been dominant this year. It seems to me as if politics is beginning to take over as the key narrative, in london with brexit, and weve got all kinds of trouble in the mediterranean, we have got tension with china, and of course we have the u. S. Election coming up. So does this narrative now takeover fr
Lisa hurricane laura is moving rapidly toward a category four hurricane, possibly inflicting billions of dollars of damage on the gulf coast. Interesting to see how that evolves with respect to oil prices. What else can 2020 bring . Tom it is going to bring a lot of challenges in academic growth. Futures red and green on the screen. Lets get right to the Business Review this morning. Ata what we are looking for 8 30 a. M. Is the july durable goods numbers. Interesting to see what this tells us about Capital Expenditures at a time of such uncertainty for companies. The u. S. Is selling a record 101 of a record 151 billion fiveyear yields. See viceing to president mike pence headlining day three of the Republican National convention. Look out for his 2024 that form, also expected money 24 platform, also expected to be his 2024 platform, also expected to be a potential candidate in the future. Tom we need to stop and explain jackson hole. It is a beautiful place with mountains that only M
The show. A oneday day holiday on monday. We have seen initial gains of 85 , but still a healthy debut. A big ipo in hong kong. Smic is picking up 3 despite reports earlier. Gaining and alibaba is also up, close to four points. Currencies it onto in terms of cnh. It is around the level that it was fixed at. Pound, between brussels and london, increasingly concerned. It is currently down. 4 . 39, 1. 7 . Yvonne how they are going to reopen is still the key question. More than 4 incline. A rallyting a blip for reversal. Thisrine, we have seen text selloff just for a bit. Thisthat it can lead market at the moment or i looking too tired at the moment . On one side, you see the market really being driven with a lot of liquidity and strong retail participation, also in the u. S. , so i know it is contrarian, but when you look at the sectors, some of these companies are delivering on earnings. Fundamentalsat the and these companies that can achieve earnings growths. What kind of correlation ar