Mentioned that in the last episode and he was so prescient about this pandemic situation when he predicted sort of a pandemic basically that negative rates were signaling that he predicted that last june or july he says i think we have just witnessed the end of the petrodollar system non us countries will soon see a new unit of account medium of exchange and store of value a new Bretton Woods that will not be decided in america or by americans right well all the key players necessary for that are involved right now saudi arabia russia states so the petro dollar of course was established in the early 1907 days with america and saudi arabia when america defaulted on its sovereign debt remember Richard Nixon defaulted on the dollar default on the treasury market and we went on the petro Dollar Standard because america had to close the gold window could no longer fulfill its obligations to. Its creditors this was the beginning of the petrodollar era and the beginning of all things everywhe
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Breaking news. U. S. Stock market futures are limit down even as the Federal Reserve slashed rates to stave off recession in the face of a global coronavirus threat. Life in america changing rapidly as governments at every level take drastic and unprecedented steps to try to slow the spread of the pandemic. Major retailers including nike and apple, shutting their doors for weeks. Well talk about the fallout for the u. S. Economy it is monday, march 16, 2020 squawk box begins right now. Good morning im becky quick at cnbc headquarters joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin u. S. Equity futures hitting limit down after dropping 5 that means they cant trade any lower this morning those are the curbs set up by the exchanges. You will continue to watch whats happening with the etfs, however, because they are not held to the same restrictions. Can you see the dow etf is down by 9 . The s p etf down by almost 9 . That gives you a better idea of where the major averages would open if we were open h
Bremmer, and Gabriela Santos the dow is down now almost 700 points again coronavirus fears sending the market plunging. The dow falls at one point more than 1,000 points at session lows all sectors going into correction territory which means 10 off their highs. Stocks are off to the worst level of the session after jay powell came out with a statement saying the fundamentals of the u. S. Economy remain strong and bond yields are plunging again sending Mortgage Rates to their lowest levels in eight years joining us for the hour, the final hour of trade is lindsey bell from allied invest. Also with us is senior markets commentator mike santoli as always to take you through the bell lindsey, what are you getting from some of your clients and what are you telling them . Our clients are retail clients. They are definitely concerned. So were telling them first and foremost, please do not panic. This is why you should have an investing plan in place. And always go back to that plan to reasses
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