Today toe all of you extorting there news flow. An to an extraordinary news flow. An election in five days. Markets, there they are, and reversal. You see it in the futures of the s p 500. Jonathan we are down five on the s p 500, 0. 2 . The bounce in europe was never convincing, and the bounce in the United States has not held up. Eurodollar clinging to a 1. 17 handle. The ecb is getting what it once for all the wrong reasons. A weaker euro for a fourth straight session off the back of more restrictions in germany and france in the past day. A 1. 16 handle, that will be symbolic. Of course, distracted by the death in nice. Lisa abramowicz, what was so clear yesterday was that the bond market did not move, and that it did. Lisa to me, this is the story of the week. Weve got very hardcore risk off in response to very real threats of a widening pandemic. Treasuries are not the hedge they used to be. Yields rose yesterday, which is exactly the opposite of what they traditionally do when s
Prices decline. The asx down nearly 1 . We dont have trading in india either because it is mahatma publics birthday, a holiday. Futures are trading on the nifty in singapore down zero point 3 . The 10 year yield slipping back as anticipated. A slight move to the downside with regard to the futures contracts. You see the currencies and weakness creeping in into the dollar overnight. We have seen a reversal of that this morning. You have the yen a tad weaker. Sterling had rebounded to 1. 29. Seenis after we have brexitinduced losses. The aussie dollar unchanged. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines. Top white house aide hope hicks has tested positive for covid19. She traveled with President Trump on air force one to tuesdays debate in cleveland. The president says there is no indication he contracted the virus. Tested positive, National Security advisor robert obrien. He has spent as much time with the president as hicks has. Coronavirus infections continue to surge with the new yo
Its the call of the day. The Investment Committee is ready to go. Halftime report starts right now. Welcome. Good to have you with us on this friday. Our Investment Committee at the table. The ceo and portfolio manager. Ubs private wealth management. And tom lee is here, managing partner and head of research. Lets begin with the markets. Stocks are sharply higher. S p 500. Nasdaq is finally joining the party. Nasdaq 100 new high. What a difference a day makes. Were not questioning the economy today. But maybe we should. The ism disappointed. Lets not rain on the parade. I think the bigger question is where do we go from here youre saying were in a great mood here. We have tom lee. Heres my comment. You know i have been all over trade. I think at this point, the market has fully priced in phase one being signed. I think there is very little upside to that. If it doesnt get signed by november 15th, i think you have a problem. As far as 3,200 i think well reach that, but i think december
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