You have had two triple digit down days. I am curious to see if we are going to see twitter trump or teleprompter trump. David all of the reporting down here is going to be teleprompter. By words are being written Stephan Miller who tend to be a little bit of a hothead. Inx heres what we stack up the markets. The s p coming off its worst selloff since august and continuing today s p futures down by another 12 points. It is now a story of broader dollar weakness. Strong gdp out of europe. Yields taking a break pretty much unchanged. There was some buying in the market. Hit downtinuing to get 5. 8 . I want to highlight some movers as well. A lot of action happening in the market. Metlife hasnt set aside enough money to pay annuity holders. Stock continuing to get hit premarket. There is going to be a buyout for this company. That is no longer true. That stock getting hammered. That stock now unchanged. Take. Time for first those equityry is markets fairly shaken by the selloff in bonds.
Catching the safe haven bid. Down by. 6 . I find it ironic that the missile was fired over japan if the yen is the safe haven currency of note. Gold up by. 8 . The highest since the election of last year and the vix jumped by about 20 . The good safe haven move happening all across markets. We are joined by Stephen Engle from tokyo and on the phone is. Aniel tenenbaum he provides regulatory Crisis Management support to Global Financial institutions. Youre on the ground. I want to hear whats happening with you first. What has happened in the last few hours . Has convened his second Emergency National Security Council gathering with his ministers of defense. To discuss their options. This after shinzo abe had a 40 minute conversation over the tone with President Trump calling this a grave threat coming from the North Koreans. Shooting intermediate range Ballistic Missile. Around area north or pyongyang that flew over japanese soil across the Northern Island of hokkaido early this morning
Im looking at the downside of the euro when it comes to sterling, down by 2 . The tech selling down by. 2 . David it is time for the morning brief. Will, Emmanuel Macron deliver a speech. He will propose reforms to the eurozone. This afternoon, janet yellen will deliver remarks at the in abe meeting in cleveland. At 1 45, President Trump will hold a joint News Conference with Mariano Rivera at the white house rose garden. We expectl, those after 4 15 this afternoon people later, trump will be traveling to new york. There will be a part of this rollout of a tax reform package. Running us with more is marty schenker. Program. Ack to the i want to start with marty. The president has put his priority, texas. We have three tweets. They are about the nfl, the nfl in the nfl. How does that fit together . Marty it fits together with the message that trump wants to project to his base. He is going on the stump. We have north korea threatening war. We have an entire travel ban that is in place.
Today. Alix a really exciting couple of hours lined up. The theme is Capital Markets. They will be talking about mifid, regulation, tax reform. To help highlight that, i will be joined by david solomon, coceo of Goldman Sachs. Jonathan i want to know who at goldman wants to move from london to frankfurt. Alix nobody. Jonathan nobody i have spoken to. Alix i am asking him that. That is my last question. Jonathan lets get up to speed on the markets. Futures are firmer as we end the winning streak on the s p 500 in yesterdays session. We pop higher. In the fx market, the euro showing a little strength, up 0. 1 as we march toward Mario Draghis decision. In the treasury market, 2. 40 on the u. S. 10year. David thank you so much. Thats get an update on what is making headlines outside the Business World. Emma chandra is here. Emma the Chinese Party has elevated president xi jinping to the same status as mao zedong. It would give xi more power to enact policies after crucial reshuffle tomorro
Yields up by about three basis points, the vix little bit softer. Jpmorgan says you want to buy hedges against the pickup,. 5 jonathan . Jonathan Jonathan Garland im going to borrow. Whether you think the year has passed quickly or not depends whether you are a sterling fx trader. Its on one year since that vote. The british people have made a very clear decision to take a different path, and as such, i think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction. Inevitably, there will be a period of uncertainty and adjustment following this results, but as the Prime Ministers of this morning, there will be no initial change in the way our people can travel and the way our goods can move or the way our services can be sold. We need a negotiation to start as soon as humanly possible and we need to start thinking globally about our future. The other thing i think the it is tohappen is become a National Bank holiday and we will call it independence day. How many im not sure o