It is a tradition, right im trying to advertise this shirt i bought years ago one day a year i get to use it i go year off, year on i have a tie i sometimes do. Tartan, what is the pronunciation we good with hes got the tartan each one means something a family or a clan well make up a story give him a couple of scotches you are an irishman, not a scott, right a quick shout out to dean and the whole crew that put that together, which is awesome every year, it is so fun. Every year. Shall we lets get it going. Why dont we start with the markets. The markets are at alltime highs. The dow closer higher yesterday. All three major averages closing with record closings more on boeing in the show the trading day is shortened so everybody can go out and panic shop and panic wrap. Market closing at 1 00 eastern and the bond market at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. The bond market ever a fraction higher any gain, whatever it is is going to be a new record look at the banner, the nasdaq winning streak now th
You have the u. K. Election. On the back of the most recent polls, still can say still saying the conservatives have a Comfortable Lead over the conservatives over the labour partys. Ecb and its new president meet on thursday. This is the stock we are watching out for down 61 . The chief executive quits and they canceled the dividend. Coming up, we will discuss the report on septembers repo prices. Up at 9 30 a. M. London time. This get to bloomberg first word news. Viviana yesterday hundreds of thousands of people joining hong kongs biggest demonstration in months. Popular unrest will continue. Organizers say 800,000 people marched through the city. Police putting the number at 180,000. The rally was the first promoted by the civil human rights front. The mayhem in the u. S. Repo market in september was not just a temporary hiccup. Ended in part up because the u. S. Banks now hold more of their liquid assets then treasuries. This is relative. The bif warning this problem reduces their
These are your markets. A bit of a move sideways for the europe stoxx 600. Mix the data across the world and mixed corporate earnings. If you look at the banking sector, it is one of the biggest gainers. We have a german manufacturing orders and Euro Area Services pmi for the month of october. Better than expected. Anything above 50 means expansion and we were expecting 51. 8. So look out for any movement on eurodollar and the u. S. 10 year yield. Coming up, we speak to the president of south africa. Come alk about s escom at a possible ratings downgrade. But first, lets get to bloomberg first word news. We begin with the impeachment inquiry for President Trump. The actions of Rudy Giuliani deeply unsettled to ukraine, outlining a quid quo pro. This is in exchange for investigating joe bidens son. Julienior ambassador said Rudy Giulianis role started as perplexing but quote became more insidious. The world has gone mad with free money according to ray dalio. He decried the current poli
Investigate the attacks on members of the lebaron family. Many had dual citizenship in both countries. U. S. Access toe the probe. New york citys retiring police [no audio] monday. He said he would be leaving november 30 for an unspecified private sector job, calling it something i couldnt pass up. Global news, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Live from bloomberg birrell headquarters in new york, im shery ahn. And im amanda lanning. Here are the top stories we are following from around the world. China wants a large slice of the saudi aramco pie. Bloomberg has learned that china may invest up to 10 million in what could be the biggest stock market listing in history. Xerox is set to way an intentional bid for hp in the merger of two former american tech giants that have both seen better days. Softbanks misstep, the ceo issues a mea culpa when it comes to his investment in we work. But he sticks to his vision and stays confident abo
Joy for amazon after poorly profit falls for the first time in more than two years. Shery mike pence sends messages of support to hong kong protesters. Check of theuick markets. Australia has open. Sophie . Sophie we are headed for mixed start with aussie stocks nudging higher by. 1 . Set 45th day of gains. Looking for the 6700 level. Those companies have reported with more due today. We are watching Samsung Electronics on the vice chairmans retrials for his bribery case. The south korean government is announcing this morning at the country will give up its withoping nations status the wto. Checking in on aussie bonds. The 10 year yield a creeping back toward 1 . Pimco snapping up australian state debt. Of the as speculation are present and rba have to follow the fed and have quantitative easing. Euro, slipping to a oneweek low. Advance. Ed its early pmi, split, on the thought of whether a boost in the pound would result from brexit. Shery we have breaking news. Budweiser brewing for a