Welcome to countdown. I am anna edwards. It is 6 00 a. M. In london. Through what has been happening in the markets. We want to start with the chart we have here. The u. S. Equity market, the s p 500 over the past three weeks. Highlighting the roller coaster timeframe we have seen. Yesterday, u. S. Stocks were little changed. A with salt session. Whipsawtouched a session. The s p touched. Apple was a big lagarde yesterday. The dollar may be listening to the dollar may may be listening to the commentary from the fed coming through this month. General strengthening in the currency. That is not seem to be applied to all of the asset classes. Hawkish commentary yesterday talking about the risk of asset bubbles. Oft was the fed story another. Asian stocks are down for their third weekly loss. Corporate earnings disappointing. The boj has been speaking in japan. Dollaryen is at 108. 8. Heading for its second weekly loss against the dollar contrasting centralbank helices in japan and the u. S