Make big money if this cvs deal closes well tell you how much. Trying to count it up coming up first as you know, President Trump made this major announcement on israel today which could destabilize the middle east this coming just a day after carlisles David Rubenstein told cnbc the only thing that the market needs to worry about is an unexpected geopolitical event. The only thing we have to worry about in 2018 or 2019 some unanticipated geopolitical event, the black swan. But right now short of those kind of things i think the economy is reasonably good shape and probably going to be spurred on by the taxbill. Lets get to cnbcs eamon javers for a recap of eat vents. The president decided today to recognize that the capital of israel is in jerusalem breaking with longstanding u. S. Policy the president cast this as simply acknowledging the reality on the ground in jerusalem and said that he was fulfilling a Campaign Promise heres what he said earlier today. Today i am delivering ive j
Rishaad indeed we should get some feelings on what is going on with the chinese economy, factory gate prices, cpi as well. Lets look at this breakdown. Negativears of industrial gate numbers, exemplified by this yellow line, then suddenly september last year, we went positive. Expecting 6. 4 . ,hat has been lifting inflation something seen as inflation to come in the pipeline for the cpi, the turquoise line. All against the backdrop of some dictating inflation or core prices in china, that is food inflation. It has gone into deflationary territory. That was september. The is all to be digested, and all of that ahead of the 19th Party Congress taking place in beijing. Singapore, taiwan, and malaysia have come online. Lets have a look at what has happened so far. Another good day for the nikkei. Sophie gaining. 9 percent, rising for a 10th straight session, building on 1996 highs in a key election week in japan on sunday. The stock rally in asia continues, higher for a seventh session. S
What it means for you and the markets. A big day for earnings. Some major movers ahead of the open will set the tone for this trading day. Well dig in on a lot of the big reports. And one name with a big earnings move is twitter. Shares up nearly 10 right now. Take a look at the eye popping numbers. First up though the president set to unveil his proposed tax law changes today. Among the highlights a cut in Corporate Taxes, a cut in the rates of foreign profits brought back to the United States. The lawmakers were briefed yesterday by treasury secretary mnuchin and director cohn. Mnuchin spoke a moment ago about Corporate Tax rates. I will confirm that the business tax is going to be 15 . That is what the president said in the campaign. He said thats critical to drive growth and, you know, what i would say people talk about pass throughs. What we think is important is small business. And we are committed that small business, owner operators, will have the benefit of the business rate.
To get our attention. Joe, its up 43 in a year. Its been running almost every day since the election. So its not necessarily the best place for your money but it is one of the places for your money and it should be there. Well talked a couple of weeks ago heading into earnings about the importance for Financial Institutions to contribute once again. Understand the russell index, not the etf, iwm, russell index has signature cant ificant exp. Mid 20s. You are seeing the appreciation of financials. Both jim and josh have talked about the disappointment that investors felt a couple of weeks ago. Financials once again with are good. 2 to 10 spread, thats moving in the right direction once again. Tenyear treasury lifting. These are all good conditions for the financials and russell index. Why not . Its its not when i say not the best place why not . It is one of many places. I think to have an overattraction to any asset class, thats not the right discipline or Risk Management strategy. Jim
You can see kind of a mixed bag. Didnt give me italy or spain, normally i get italy or spain when im on the desk here. Theres germany, france and the ftse of course which is the only one in the green. Tenyear note yield, there it is. 1. 738 is where we stand. Crude of course had the nice move and helped some of those oil related Energy Related companies of late. Lets call it down a little bit as you see but still above 50. Our road map this morning starts with microsoft shares. They are set to hit an alltime high after strong earnings on a quarter that was boosted by what they are doing in the cloud. Were going to dig into a report with jim. Shares of tobacco maker reynolds soaring on news that British American tobacco offering to buy what it doesnt already own in the company for about 47 billion. Ive got a lot of details on this one. Youll want to stay tuned. Well share them with you. And shares of mcdonalds moving higher. Well break down the quarter and talk about what it means for s