Scorcher of a session. Instead, the market itself got scorched. Dow dropped 196 points. S p falling. 93 . Thanks to concerns, some say justifiable concerns, over the solvency of Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in germany. These concerns had ripple effects all around the globe. Whenever we start worrying about theres always going to be negative pin action. The stock is down again today. Its going to play out, and none of them is good. People will fear this huge banks problems will spill over to others as banks are always lending each other money, and theres a presumption that you shouldnt be lending any money to Deutsche Bank right now because maybe you wont get paid when you look at the bank collapses from the recent financial crisis, they were caused not by classic bank runs that depositors are pulling out all their cash, but because their credit was cut off by other large institutions. We heard there were news reports that was happening today at Deutsche Bank. In fact, the markets su
In the might be team take a look at what happened overnight in asia. Right now, asia closed up just slightly. The shanghai comp was down slightly. The hang sang up. 30 . Europe in the the early trading right now. See red arrows across the board. These are declines. Pretty mad rat. Basically a quarter percentage point decline across the board. If you check out crude oil prices big thing to watch yesterday. Crude oil up jed yesterday. Biggest jump in five months. After we saw that confirmation of the drawdown that had been suggested the night before, you see right now wti giving back a little gain. Decline of. 51. Breaking news out of north korea overnight that could be ralting markets this morning. The country claiming to have successfully tested a Nuclear War Head in what may have been most powerful detonation ever. South korean said it was the fifth test and had the impact of a ten killton explosion. President obama was briefed on that test aboard air force one. He said any provocativ
Dropped. We need to roll up our sleeves and figure out what can be bought now that were having a pullback from the monster rally weve had for the past three days. For the dow and nasdaq, its the best since august of last year. Were far along in earnings season so we have a real good feel now for how companies are doing. Which means we can figure out what stocks are going to become appealing as the market comes in for profit taking as it almost always does after real rip snorter of a rocket rally. You may ask why is it worth bothering giving there are so many real problems out there. Why not say we missed it, sorry . First, the problems are a little less problematic than they were. For instance, the Federal Reserve is more on our side than we thought. Last night, james bullard, the hawk to end all hawks, the st. Louis Federal Reserve president who was so optimistic back in the fall is now openly questioning the need to even discuss more rate hikes because of all the turmoil out there ma
Europe relatively soft. Those uk and eu talks continuing. And watch the shortterm move in bonds. Oil, as joe just said, back below 30. Our road map is like this. Apples deadline extended. They have until the 26th of this month to respond to the court. Twitter and facebook both chiming in siding with tim cook as the security debate marches on. Yahoo forms an independent committee of its board as it formalized a process to review the sale of its core business. What is the next move for Marissa Mayers . Deere and nordstrom poised to open lower. First, stocks poised to open lower. S p up more than 2. 8 this week. Consumer prices flat for january, strip out food and energy, theyre up 0. 3. Separately, data shows that 70 of the nearly 175 companies that went public last year are now trading below their ipo prices. Guys, thats thats a rogues gallery of names. Yeah. Michael semblis, a fabulous strategist put out a piece talking about the unicorns. No one wants these companies because so many p
Why not say we missed it, sorry . First, the problems are a little less problematic than they were. For instance, the Federal Reserve is more on our side than we thought. Last night, james bullard, the hawk to end all hawks, the st. Louis Federal Reserve president who was so optimistic back in the fall is now openly questioning the need to even discuss more rate hikes because of all the turmoil out there maybe even from the last one. Thats my addition to it. Man who recognizes the facts have changed and thus he needs to change his mind, too. That level of flexibility is a good send, a tip to the hat to mr. Bullard. Second, the dollar, the bane of so Many Companies existence has ceased to climb relentlessly against the basket of currencies i follow. Sure, its roared again versus that venezuelan currency where a dollar buys you ten bolivars woe to the companies that have made big bet there is. Venezuela, like brazil, just keeps getting worse. And we know were still flirting with danger w