Correction from the march lows. Joining us is a chief market technician. Nasdaq, what is the level that we stabilize at . That is a great question. I think rather than looking at the levels, i think it is more about duration. We need more than one or two days of selling to alleviate the excess that we have built up over the last few months. Anybody who has been following the markets, equities seemingly have grind it higher every single day, so there is a lot of excess, a lot of exuberance built into the market. A a day or so of the selling pressure is not going to alleviate that. Where we kindbove of should be, are we . I guess it is the question people are trying to understand. We did push up aggressively, steadily though, but it has taken us above the 50, 100 and 200 Day Moving Averages. We are starting out to get back down to levels closer to the 50 Day Moving Average. How important is that going to be as a level we need to Pay Attention to . The 100 and 200 are still a ways away. T
Significantly in this statement here, in unanimous decision, the fed will maintain the target rate of near zero, between zero and quarter of a point until the fed is certain, it says that the economy has weathered this storm. Now the fed also approved establishment after primary credit rate of. 25 . The basic credit rate it lends to banks going back and forth no mention other Credit Facilities being related or created for this. Of the almost 5 trillion in stimulus. The Federal Reserve has yet to go forward. I talked with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and he said [inaudible] cheryl weve just lost edward. I want to give you a recap. Well look at the dow right now. Stocks are actually maintaining their position right now. The dow is up 570. All of the headlines were seeing cross from the Federal Reserve right now, again just to recap here, near zero, unanimous decision. It was 100 from the fed a unanimous decision and they are pledging aggressive action as the economic distress worsens
Points. Brent really rolling over by about 5 , much worse than wti. It is now a pure demand issue. You see equities taking it on the chin, as well as commodities. Time for todays top market moving news from new york and our london team. We want to begin in the u. S. Come over Senate Democrats blocked Mitch Mcconnells attempt to advance the coronavirus economic rescue package. Minneapolis fed president neel bloomberg the fed can do more to support the economy. We are being more aggressive. Is there more we can do . Yes. Is there more we may end up doing . Yes, but i feel we are being very aggressive. Alix joining me for more is Michael Mckee. Walk us through what he said, what more they can do, and what is going on in d. C. Michael jim bullard is the one who really scared the markets by saying a 30 Unemployment Rate and perhaps a 50 annualized decline in gdp during the Second Quarter. Morgan stanleys is the closest to that 30 , so he thinks things can be much worse. They still say the f
Division. At 114 per pound. Not much really you can say. Euro sox reversing. Euro stocks reversing stop euro stocks reversing. Won, ok as far as these are concerned. Korea, crash landing on you. It is amazing how the 10 year right now. Years. Level in 18 7 . T crude down 23 . About rakinglking below 60. Mark, help us put sense into what is happening. Things we were talking about is the process of exposure. N reducing the have been looking at some hard numbers and just in the last three days, bonds and equities are out. Open interest has fallen to the equivalent of 150 billion in the futures market only gives you a snapshot. Withve derivative market 150 billion multiplied several times. That gives you an idea of how much had been going on just in the last few days. That is partly why we are seeing this incredible movement. These movements will add to that picture as well so you can see the move towards cash is really ever. As a Silver Lining here . When i look at crazy price action, alm
When he throws it up jump up and hands on 3, 2, 1 please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. President , i would like to take roll call. [ roll call ]. Clerk you have a quorum. Thank you, all. Welcome to the february 12, 2020, meeting. We have a long presentation regarding the budget tonight, so we will have two minutes for Public Comment. With that, we are ready for the first item. Clerk item 1, consent calendar, receive and file action. Sfpd dpa protocol report 4th quarter 2019. Do we have a report on this or this is just to accept . We dont have anyone from the d. P. A. Who can help us . Why dont we skip that item and go to the next item for now. Clerk line item 2, reports to the commission, discussion. 2a, chiefs report. Weekly crime trends. Provide an overview of offenses occurring in San Francisco significant incidents chie