Course as tensions in the middle east are very high also new chapter for u. S. Cosmetics giant avon its not part of the brazilian personal care group nutura the groups new ceo will join us later this hour. Stocks are extending a selloff, oil and gold prices continue to climb. This is iran and the white house, trade threats following of course the u. S. Air strike that killed irans top commander. Jim, happy new year. Happy new year. Nice to see you, my friend. Good to see you, buddy, way too long i missed you. I know you feel the same but i havent heard you opine on this market and what risk there is in the geopolitics, in the backandforth, our viewers im sure are familiar with the president s tweets over the last lets call it 24 to 48 hours, sort of saying weve identified 52 sites that we would take action against if in fact you do something, and also notifying the congress, he said, as well, if iran should strike any u. S. Person or target wed quickly and fully strike back, perhaps in
We havent seen for quite some time i can deal with two, three, i dont know eight if it is going up for the right reason it has been good so far there is a lot of floating rate stuff around tensions in hong kong escalating overnight. A flash mob. More than 1,000 people wearing office clothes and face masks blocked roads in the Central District as police fired tear gas as well as at two University Campuses carrie lam said that the protesters are selfish well continue to monitor the updates as they come in. Thats after yesterday when she said they are her enemy. Enemy of the people i think i am as a member of the media. Although not comfort as a member of the Mainstream Media. Am i really part of the Mainstream Media yes hello. An update now on the controversy over the apple card. Goldman sachs denies gender bias but says it will reevaluate those who received lower credits lines to begin with. It may be because existing cards could be combined with a spouses account leading to lower avail
Plug on the internet in iran the authorities there impose one of the biggest blackouts anywhere and americans living under donald trump. Are yearning for the sound of silence war as the saying goes is politics waged by other means in israel war usually waged on gaza can be a means of destruction a political weapon and that context is often missing in the News Coverage last week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched airstrikes on the gas a strip what his government called a targeted killing of an Islamic Jihad commander 8 members of one gas and family were among the scores of innocent palestinians killed however in political terms those missiles werent even aimed at Islamic Jihad the real target was Benny Gantz Netanyahu is political rival gantz has tried to piece together a Coalition Government to replace netanyahu is one that would have included the support of israeli arab party. Netanyahu is fighting for more than his job hes just become the 1st sitting israeli Prime Minister ch
Investors, be good for both companies. A little off their highs now. At one point, td was up 24 . Interesting to note, e trade is down on this deal. Guy lets take a look at the stoxx 600 in europe, down by 0. 4 today. The pound is rising. We have the labour party issuing its manifesto earlier on, bashing billionaires. Seems to be fashionable on both sides of the atlantic. See,n tenyear, as you can we are seeing a little bit of movement in yields today. The big movement actually came yesterday. People are watching what is happening with this trade story, trying to figure out exactly how the whole story fits with the trade story. We are going to talk about that in more detail. Vonnie the u. S. China trade war weighing heavily on the minds of world and Business Leaders at the bluebird new Economy Forum in beijing the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in beijing. Have a listen. We are at the foothills of a cold war. Common,ould pursue comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, and reje
Yesterday, a headline said china planning to surprise trump and negotiators with a last minute plan for phase one to remove september tariffs this has never been talked about. Delaying future tariffs was the most we were going to agree on trump was getting traction because of the bite. This has never been on the table. China will get it done then i read it today it said these are now part of the negotiation. The way it was cast is that it was almost like an appeasement or throwing in the hand. Is it negotiations or are we backing down the deal is likely to get done each side wants to say we got what we wanted now, if that happens, the markets will be like that. Thats the big question, does the market care if it comes without any teeth. Do they just want a truce and no more ramped up sort. For phase one, do they want to give up what they were working to force them out of the table. I think what the market is really looking foreGoing Forward is if you are going to continue conversations.