Off your day, an historic launch for nasa and elon musks spacex after months of delay. It is monday, november 16th, and youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc well, good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. I am brian sullivan. Thank you very much for joining us and speaking of good mornings, a hearty congratulations to new masters champion Dustin Johnson for his recordbreaking performance at augusta, georgia, securing the green jacket, you know, just 20 under par. Wow. Much more on his big win in a moment but first, investors winning in the stock market lately as well and more may come today futures, they are up nicely again. Look at that higher across the board. Dow futures up 300, nearly 1 . Nasdaq futures up about half a percent or 63 points remember, the dow is now just 1. 5 off a record high the s p 500 coming off a record breaking session friday. The nasdaq just 2. 3 from its own record but its really
How much commitment is there . We have china announcing a net zero target. We have japan leading in hydro. Can asia lead the way in clean energy . Yeobee yin i am very optimistic about this because of the size of the market. I think with china, making that type of commitment, it helps for countries to make the same type of commitment. I agree with president jin. I think china can reach the goal because of the market. Aen you have the market and government that says you have to reach this, what will happen is innovation. As we innovate, the price will go down. I am very optimistic. There is one thing i think how do you open up to make it competitive to drive Competition Among prices . We are quite regulated. Can we make it more deregulated . To make this a competitive market, that is when you drive innovation. Some of the things policymakers in asia should think about, how in oururther liberalize own way to drive innovation . I am very optimistic. On this very important issue of the fin
When you listen to the reasons, theyre dumber than a bag hammer everyday we hear about stimulus talk even if we pass the deadline, i wish they stop talking all they do is creating false hopes. Both republicans and democrats see no deal as a win for them even as the rest of the country loses. I am confident that well get the stimulus package eventually. There is no stimulus coming any time soon, certainly not before the election get a game plan for heavens sake how about covid19 we have been predicting the spike for months here. Why did we start the mask competition . We knew it was temporary reprieved and it would get worse once the weather gets colder i totally understand it seems like an in efficient way to stop this thing we dont have much those case numbers have been creeping for more than a month now. The only thing more incurable than covid is the market i have been recommending the bull market created out of control pandemic without a stimulus now it is happening. We are taking
Utility. How we may be soon making our own power. And sugar rush halloween candy flying off the shelf. This is Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning, good afternoon, good evening welcome to wherever you may be watching lets get now to why you are probably here. Your money and the markets Technical Levels are barely holding up they are holding up in some cases. Futures are mildly in the red for the dow. The nasdaq futures are down 58 something to watch we will throughout the morning broad based indices. It was the fifth drop in six sessions here is truly your nasty stat of the morning. Nasdaq posting the fourth drop down 10. 55 this month why are we so precise. That makes the nasdaq 100 on base for the worst month since november 2008. The nasdaq 100 now officially doing worse than it did in march when the pandemic and lockdowns first hit. It wasnt just stocks. Also watch the medal gold cratering more than 2 . Gold down about 18. 57 per ounce. It was silver that stunk up the joint
Barreling toward the location where the Oil Production goes on. Energye about the oil space, what the 2020 policy has to do with that. We are going to turn our attention to the fed, the big event this week. The markets are watching the annual market symposium in jackson hole tomorrow. It will be virtual and the theme is navigating the decade ahead. The kansas city president Esther George spoke with michael mckee. I will offer you from my perspective this has been a useful process, process that really asks of ourselves to look at what we have learned over the past decade, to try to think about how the economy may have changed, and think about how we communicate to the public. The process in and of itself has been a useful one, and i will leave to the chairman to talk. Michael you have been considered an inflation hawk. Where are you on average inflation targeting . Is to bee my focus true to our price stability target, that our 2 really has to represent what is happening in the real eco