Election uncertainty poised to bounce from the worst week since march businesses are bracing for election unrest. Live in manhattan. Well take a look at how companies are preparing for the unknowns of this week ahead. And with no preelection stimulus lifeline, how airlines are now preparing to stem the losses and lure passengers back in to their seats. Carl all right, jim, what do we think is going on this morning doesnt sound like you trust futures at this level. We really sold off terribly friday until the last half hour. This is continuation of what looked like a short covered rally. I think a lot of people who are betting that no matter what happens it will be contested and therefore the market has to go down so, why not just come in short my problem with that is what happens if its actually not contested . What happens if its a landslide for either side. The reeason i point that out if youre betting on a contested election its entirely possible with our 24hour coverage its entirel
It seems very much that the department of justice are in the headlines about all whats going on in t the country, if its not the protests in portland or in kenosha, if its not issues about covid and restrictions and whether they should be followed or not, if its not about the election and concerns about the legality of the election at the procedures to the election, not to mention the number of cases that involve administrative officials and the dojs role as those cases go through the system. We have a lot to talk about today at of what to start with the big question, and the big question is, does this look different to you . Doesnt look like a different environment than would you,ik fr example, the two of you at department of justice, or are we just overreacting . Lets begin with you because you were there the longest time ago, josh larocco come seeking give us some recent history. And i have the gray hairs. Thanks, karen. Its good to be here. I thought i would start with come to ques
It is not right. They want to go to france. They want to go to determine germany, go to the uk where they came from. That is hair home. U. S. Is not their home. It is not fair were holding these people and that other countries arent taking because were bearing the cost. So i think that nato should be expanded. We should include the middle east, absolutely. We pay for a big percentage of nato. By the way, if you look at, speak to secretarygeneral stoltenberg, who is doing a terrific job by the way, he will tell you that i raised 130 billion more than they were getting. It was going down from past administrations every single year. It was down to a very low number. I came in. Got to pay folks, got to pay. Were working with you. Were protecting you. Were part of this. We dont want to be the fools like weve been some years. We raised 130 billion almost immediately. We had a meeting with the countries say you got to pay. I imagine they dont like me as much as obama and other people but you
I know. Alltime highs we have like, what, 39 trading days to go is that it . It is a tight time frame here the interesting thing around the market is it has shrugged off concern. One of the reason the market has gone higher is because of really light positioning. That mentality hasnt changed. That has fuelled the rally in the market you see the dow in the green but just barely. Nasdaq futures down by a point again, we are sitting at new highs after the gains we added on yesterday you look at the treasury market yielding 1. 85 xerox looking at buying hp. The company has an informal funding commitment xerox has a Market Company a third of hp. Both of these companies former technology stall waters. Xerox has had a couple of falls. Do people steel xerox things it is like faxing. Hp has tried to keep up it is like help me im drowning. Hp shares are up. Xerox somehow is the acquiring company. And there would be a premium to hps market cap. I just get depressed reading this xerox already scra
Downgrading most advanced economies. You can see right there, these numbers 3 for the world, 2. 4 for the u. S. , 1. 2 for your area, 6. 1 for china. These are all down you see there from the prior forecast and also mostly except for japan down from last year. The imf saying in its report, Downside Risks elevated. Brexit related risk to hinder confidence and growth. Theyre down on this trade issue. Very quickly, they do see something of a moderation next here in 2020 we go back up to 3. 4 it isnt the advanced economies this get there theyre looking for a turn around in emerging markets and developing countries four things the imf notes needs to be done theyre saying International Response may be needed if things get worse from here. They say Monetary Policy cannot do it all. There is a financial risk created from low Interest Rates there. Fiscal measures to help with the slowdown along with structural reforms. Carl that is big news, steve were going to dissect a lot of that with the ea