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We are hearing about the ongoing protest. We will be discussing free speech and its limits. Democrats can call 202 7488000. Republicans at 202 7488001. Independents at 202 7488002. A special line for students, administrators and faculty members is 202 7488003. You can also send us a text at the same number or catch up with us on social media. A very good wednesday morning to you. You can go ahead and start calling in now. The columbia campus, to break up the New York Post with this headline. Cops finally arrest antijewish writers. And from the New York Daily News , dozens arrested. Some of the headlines out of new york, focus across the country at ucla. They know that dueling groups of protesters clashed on wednesday. Grappling in fistfight and using sticks to beat one another. Police wearing helmets and fascial slowly separated the two groups. Going on to note that across the country, some 1100 people have been arrested at least protests. This morning we are asking you about those pro
Soaring. Buy. Is a lot of k cups to Ramy Inocencio has the latest. To date rebounds on friday and were back down again. Ramy investors are giving up some of their gains, but today the stronger dollar is a bit of a wait on the markets. The s p down by about 11. 7 points. I into my bloomberg terminal, want to show you the health of the s p. , andan play along at home you can see the Energy Sector is the biggest lag or. Lagger. It has accelerated losses, down about three and a quarter percent. You can see all the other sectors from Consumer Discretionary to financials and health care down by only half a percent or so. The Energy Sector definitely taking a beating. You can check out all of securities. Based on the weight on the s p, exxon is down by about two and a half percent and chevron down 3. 2 . Definitely Energy Taking a hammering. Betty because oil is back down below 40 a barrel, right . And oil is falling again, this is for the second time in a row it is below the 40 a barrel mark
Particularly the dow and s p. The nasdaq, at one point down more than 1 . It is still down but only a third of 1 . We have seen a correlation between stocks and oil prices. We have the trajectory of each throughout the day today. You see them moving very closely together. As for oil, lets focus on that by itself. It is dramatic its dramatic recovery, we got weekly Inventory Data from the u. S. Government and it was not as poor as Industry Data that came out last night might have indicated. It seems as though there is relief being expressed. We are hearing from the heads of russian conglomerates exiting a meeting with other russian oil heads as well as members of opec. There is talk about coordination. Something alex pointed out to me. No agreement yet but even the idea that they are talking about cutting production seems to be helping oil prices. Alix the saudis have said they will not cut as other countries do and that other country needs to be russia. That would be a huge impact in t
Increases financial uncertainty. What it clearly does do is add additional volatility. My conclusion would be increasing volatility and that will be with us for a while. Asian and european stocks are down or indicate u. S. Stocks will open lower as well. The sixth straight day of decline. Bond yields and set record lows in japan, germany, italy and five of the euro area nations. The west tenure is only 1. 73 . Cheap oil and u. S. Growth are not the solution to Global Economic woes. Christine lagarde spoke yesterday to washington. The question we have at the moment is should Lower Oil Prices and a stronger economy in the United States make us more upbeat about the prospect for the Global Economy . Most likely, the answer is no. One risk according to Christine Lagarde, that the fed could disrupt Financial Stability by raising Interest Rates. She did not get even get a heads up or know about the s p policy change ahead of the time. Not in the loop. The price of oil up as much as 3 this mo