Intervention such as Circuit Breakers and bailouts now on the other far end of the spectrum of market intervention many are calling for the markets to shut down temporarily to prevent further selling and quote own the shorts the Philippine Stock Exchange has become the 1st to implement this and announce that its suspending trading until further notice after the market wiped out just over a 3rd of market value since the november highs. Is back below 30. 00 after opec canceled their technical meeting this week that was meant to mediate between saudi arabia and russia sources said that it will be hard for both sides to reach a compromise now and then i guess market warns that extreme oil surplus is possible Monetary Policy is now being discounted as cheap or money does little to restore confidence in the average consumer in the face of a deadly pandemic 0 percent Interest Rates wont make up for much of the massive loss of activity and income for companies and consumers. And were now joine
2,255 points. Right now we are down 2,003 points. At 1 00 p. M. , money started fluttering down, the Federal Reserve making a move to support the bond market amid the coronavirus collapse. The s p 500, by the way, had been down 240 points and of course, we had 689 points getting slashed off the nasdaq. Right now the s p is down 219 and as we look at the nasdaq its down 619. Despite the feds move, the s p and nasdaq joined the Dow Jones Industrials in a bear market. This as the 11year bull market is officially about to come to an end. The selloff kicked in pretty much right at the open and five minutes in, triggered once again for the second time this week the Circuit Breakers that halted trading for 15 minutes. Lets show you some metrics here. The oil patch. Take a look at this. It is playing a huge role in this selloff once again. Oil is crashing, folks. We do have it down to 31. 32. Thats a loss of 5 today. Much of this comes after President Trump announced a travel ban on flights fr
This busy morning and checking with steve on those temperatures. 40s and 50s with a lot of cloud cover south for central Southern California and eventually arizona but not for us there could be a little bit of the focus though looks to be monterey and fresno south, much of the north it just will not happen. But it will be a huge event in Southern California once it gets going but that might not be until tuesday. Highs in the 60s which is welcome back, ridesharing pretty close to where we should be this time of year, now over and Food Delivery Companies in the us are considering setting to allie. Up a fund to pay drivers starting on the east bay affected by the coronavirus. Where there is a couple new the wall street journal reports crashes, this is on southbound that doordash, post mates and 880 just north of west a street there is a crash and also uber are discussing banded together and pay workers have q southbound 880 blocking the left lane and circling back to is independent contra
Quote, dont go to crowded places. Look, thats going to slow the economy. We dont know by how much. Remember, friday, larry kudlow was on the show, told us that targeted stimulus is being considered. The fed is being urged to take steps, too. Were watching for any announcement. Heres the other big problem. The price of oil is tumbling. The saudis have launched a price war, promising to flood the world with a glut because russia wouldnt agree to production cuts. American drillers will take a huge hit. They cant make a profit at 30 bucks a barrel. 31. 89 right now. Look at this. Money pouring into treasury securities, pushing the yield way down to yet more record lows. Takes your breath away. We were down to 0. 31 at one stage. Now we are 0. 41 . Extraordinary. It has to be said, the United States is in a better position to weather this storm. That jobs report was a blockbuster. Look at italy. Its locking down a quarter of its population, locking it down. That lwill ensure a deep recessio
Banks and Energy Companies leading. The tenure u. S. Yield back up to 50 basis points. It was below that all morning. Nymex crude down about 20 . As you know, saudi and russia in a bit of a war here. 33. 22 is the price. The dollar and Oil Currencies are mostly trading with big ranges right now. Lets get to our second board to see more action. You could look anywhere today and see a lot of action. Highyield, that Circuit Breaker was triggered as well. We are down about 5 right now. Dollaryen at 1. 0240. All of thelooking at markets throughout the next hour. Guy the best way of doing that is to take a look at the gmm, the function on your bloomberg which will give you an idea of what is happening around the world. The brazilian markets halted, limit down. The ftse is off by 7. 25 . The dax down by 7. 1 . The s p now down by 5. 88 . The russian ruble, oil prices the center of this story, down by nearly 9 . Brazilian real off by nearly 3 . The euro catching a bid. The dollar on offer agai