To the week. We are now focusing back on the virus rather than the vaccine. The german tenyear, some very weak inflation data out of germany today, sending yields lower. The price is coming up higher as well. You are also likely to have a scarcity factor coming into play as well. Yesterday indicating that the ecb is going to be on the bed, buying bonds. Hes got to think about what is going to happen in the bunds story as well. When you look at what is happening with treasuries, greece now has at the front end of its curve a negative yield. Just well on that for a moment. Greece is now a negative yielding country, albeit at the front end of the curve. Nevertheless, an amazing turnaround in a relatively short time. Alix an amazing eight year difference that makes. I was just reflecting on the sovereign debt crisis yesterday, so that is an amazing stat. New virus cases may be easing in some parts of europe as virus hotspots could offer a glimmer of hope and some of the worst hit countries
If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position. Promising stynes leader to have u. S. Coronavirus Vaccine Program says astrazenecas shot could halt severe covid. Welcome to the program. Futures in europe pointing higher. Futures in the u. S. Pointing higher and a number of uncertainties removed from the markets thinking over the last 24 hours or so. One of them is who is going to be treasury secretary. Somebody the that market knows ery well in the shape of janet yellen, somebody that has considerable monetary experience and fiscal experience. The other uncertainty is the transition at the white house. That seeps to be looking a little smoother given the headlines we have seen over recent hours. The asian picture benefiting from all of that removal of uncertainty i described. Something more complicated happening to the japanese market which had been doing well prior to being closed. It seems the Trump Administration in its last days still has some tough time to be toug
Response is needed to come the followup from the virus. Jp morgan, citigroup, wells fargo kicked off reporting season for u. S. Banks. Investors are braced for heavy provisions. Trading revenue could be the bright spot. 6 00 a. M. Inne london. 9 00 a. M. Here in dubai. The defining sentiment of u. S. Markets and the world will be defined by this family, jvm, bank of america, goldman sachs. Do you want to take a look at the spread between gs and the rest of the banks . It is going to be confusing, sloppy, and shocking. Is provisions. Bank of america warns wells fargo the dividend could be toast. Ficc that saves the day . This is the defining narrative on the consumer, confidence, and the outlook for the u. S. Pandemic wont disappear in coming months as the total pace is 13 million, california closes its doors to Indoor Dining and bars, shutting its two Largest School districts as hospitalizations hit a record. Our guest is with us. Nd unsynchronized moment how does that redefine the nar
1 . Bdps are faring relatively well. We are waiting to see what is going to happen on the back end of this week. Storyl be a significant as we get a rating based on the 750 billion euro rescue fund. You want to Pay Attention to what is happening. , potentialbig supply for it to strike. That is another factor that we need to throw into the mix. What we have coming up later, we will speak to the outgoing boss of the euro group. He will be joining us to give us his take. And wille the governor be transitioning over to the ecb. We will talk more about the fiscal side of the equation. That is for later. Lets talk about what is happening now in the markets. We are trying to figure out earnings and that macro picture inthe stimulus package europe. Bilal joins us. Lets talk about europe and expectations going into this week. Clearly, expectations are high. We are waiting for a deal to be done on the 750 billion euro package. If we do get back, there could be a new rating in europe. How would y
In the last 10 days. The u. S. And china trade new barbs. Washington rejects chinas claim to the South China Sea. Top u. S. Senators are facing mainland sanctions. Haidi u. S. China sentiments dominating again with the grim overlay of rolling back restrictions around the world. This is how we are shaping up when it comes to u. S. Futures contracts, up by. 2 after what was a truly volatile session. We had the s p 500 touching levels prepandemic and we also have the nasdaq hitting a fresh record before finishing in the red and we spoke about tesla being a huge part of that tech eventual close lower. Nikkei futures up by. 2 percent. Sydney futures escalating in the red, point 8 lower, looking like a set up of. 5 lower, this as we are expecting an announcement today that the fed of New South Wales will ease back those restrictions when it comes to indoor gatherings at pubs after cases coming from the pubs. It is now over 20. New zealand trading modestly higher, about. 25 . Some significant