Consequences. Through 15,000, gaining 60 in the past five trading sessions. We hear from howard davies, who called the whole bitcoin surge in rational exuberance. That . Er we are about 30 minutes into the trading day. That is one reason bitcoin is so appealing. We see the slow and steady gains on equity markets and other traditional assets. The bitcoin rise is something different. We are seeing gains on the stock market. Industrials, energy, and materials. Industrials, energy, and materials have been leading those gains as we have sessions little changed in the past several days. Overall, not necessarily that large. They are larger and larger, potentially. Take a look at the correlations here. Back several years. You can see the loosening correlations. Less frequently in lockstep, which may lockstep, which may open up more opportunities for folks who called himself call themselves stock pickers, individual companies that will give them outperformance. We will keep tracking these are t
2. 5 growth path. On thatean shares fell news. In the u. S. , futures indicate the stocks will be slightly lower at the open. G20 leaders are planning a multitrillion dollar boost to the Global Economy. It wraps up a summit nfl australia by promising to spend an extent 2 trillion in the next four years. Among the promises, china will speed up construction of 4g mobile networks and the u. K. Will build more affordable housing. Vladimir putin left the g20 summit early. The president of brussels said he needed to catch up on more sleep. Maybe he was titled of being paraded over rebels in ukraine. If he continues to stabilize ukraine, there will be other sanctions, and there will be a completely different relationship between European Countries and america, on the one hand and russia on the other. For now, european governments are holding off on posing more sections on russia, but they made blackness more ukrainians for supporting the rebels. The maker of all talks may be sold for more tha
The washington journal continues. Host paul butler. Law professor, former prosecutor, as somebody who has been arrested, what is your take on ferguson . Guest im tired of this happening over and over again. It is not just ferguson. It is staten island. It is that 51yearold grandmother who was beaten by the cops. Hit her 10 times. All of these unarmed africanamericans being brutalized by police. I think it is important to have a conversation about race and to put it in a larger context, in which african lives just dont seem to be valued. Host that is larger context . Guest it is not just criminal justice. It is civil justice. It is not just africanamericans. It is people of color. It is important to talk about race. White americans who are disenfranchised. The Lgbt Community has issues with the Justice System. But it is important to realize that africanamericans it is the classic american dilemma. There was a lot of hope when barack obama was elected. I dont think anyone thought that it
Forcing thousands of more federal employees to return to work without getting paid. This as ceos and the president s own advisers start raising the alarm on the longterm negative impact on the economy. Jamie diamond of jpmorgan warning that the shutdown could wipe out First Quarter Economic Growth entirely. And in money power politics, new reporting that high level executives at t it mobile had reservations at trumps dc hotel one day after announcing a megamerger that would need the administrations approval. Executives staying at least 38 times, including the companys ceo who previously mocked trump hotels in now deleted tweets. Hmm. Were going to begin this morning with lawmakers looking for promises from attorney general nominee bill barr that heal not interfere where Robert Muellers investigation. That might it be bad news force Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort and trump himself. But good news for everyone who just wants to get answers. I have a great team to break it down. First, i wan
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Speaker of the House has chosen Rep. Garland Pierce to serve on the Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement…