Australia. We are counting down to asias major market opens. The top stories this hour. U. S. Stocks rise at fed speak. Oil holds on fears of an expanding middle east conflicts. Haidi Benjamin Netanyahu says retaliation has only started against hamas, who says they are prepared to kill hostages. Shery but also facing criticism. We saw the s p 500 gain ground today, everything earlier losses. We did get a couple of fed speakers suggesting a more cautious policy approach given the high treasury yields perceived as more dovish so we had u. S. Stocks gaining ground in todays session despite the water risk of sentiment. We also will have cash markets not open today because of the u. S. Holiday. European rates also railing. Expect to see cash trading resume in the asia session in a couple of hours so we could expect yields to slump. Meantime, oil prices continuing to rally at one point in the new york session getting more than 5 . We are still at the 86 barrels 86 per barrel level. Take a lo
Let us seek to build a more just and Peaceful World where every child can grow up without violence, worship without fear and reach their godgiving potential. As long as we are true to americas founding and the example that all of these great founders have set, we can all be heros to everybody and they can be heros to us as long as we open our eyes to gods grace and open our hearts to gods love, then america will be the land of the free and the home of the brave and the light onto all nations. [applause] thank you for this incredible event and to our wonderful hosts and thank you to all of our heros for serving, protecting and inspiring america each and every day, god bless you and god bless america. Thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] stuart President Trump right there, a religious speech, he quoted matthew in speaking to steve scalise, he used jesus name and the theme of short speech was faith is central to American Life and liberty. Now this, lets get on with the show, lets ge
Sometimes they are not. Its already confusing to begin with. We need one standard and it ought to be the best interest. I love the one standard. I love the best interest tests. I assume there are a lot of people who are making a lot of money. So ive got to see, this one seems like a nobrainer to me. Hard working americans who manage money for their retirement should be able to trust that their retirement advisers are looking out for them. And besides that the thousands of honest hard working advisers and brokers around this country who already put their clients first every day shouldnt have to compete against those unethical advisers who dont. I understand why were in this fight. I understand there are people who are making money for keeping this game rigged, but we dont work for them. Time to level the playing field. Thank you mr. Secretary. Thank you mr. Chairman. I want to introduce senator kasich who will be brief within thinks five minutes and i think well have enough time to hear
We can get straight to their testimony. First, peter snyder, president of a grnlg company which i visited before. Thank you for being here peter. Peter is the leader of Financial Services providing income Retirement Savings options and insurance to millions of americans. Mr. Sflieder became president and served before that as the executive Vice President for primerica. We welcome you here today. Thank you. We have some scott purit managing contractor of defiance i. R. A. In maryland. He is a retirement director. A masters degree from harvard university. Welcome and thank you for being here. At this time, id like to turn it over to the rank and member frank and introduce ms. Miller. Thank you mr. Chairman. Its my pleasure to introduce Darlene Miller who is joining us today from my home state. Ms. Miller is the president and ceo of Permac Industries in burnsville minnesota, a Manufacturing Company that provides precision small part machines to other industries. Permac was named the u. S.
All that would have otherwise gone toward retirement in addition to any pension plan they had but isnt available any more. We know that workers are not saving enough for their retirement. We know, as youve outlined, there has been a real shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans. And that shift puts more responsibilities on workers shoulders to manage risks and to manage the decisions. Oftentimes without having investment expertise. Youve actually covered a lot of trt that i hope to cover territory that i hope to cover in my questions with you. In particular, about how workers with smaller accounts, those who arguably need the retirement protection the most, will have access to high quality and affordable advice. So im going to move to something a little bit more specific given some of the proud traditions in my home state of wisconsin. We actually have a history of cooperatives and mutual ownership companies. So companies that are owned northwest mutual for instance. Fo