Supply, reigniting concerns to geopolitical risk. An barrier, billionaire Money Managers Led Hedge Fund gains in the industrys best performance in a decade. Plus, is that the Tipping Point . Politicians and executives dissent on davos, a debate on whether the biggest drivers of the global drivers economy are picking. Two in for a huge week on newsmakers at the World Economic forum right here on Bloomberg Television. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe and the u. K. Lets look at where futures are pointing us. Were looking at green arrows on dax, cac, ntt ftse futures. At cac features are unchanged right now. We see green arrows on ftse futures. U. S. Markets are closed for Martin Luther king jr. Holiday. Equity markets want be trading. But you do see futures pointing higher after a record close on friday. Oil jumped amid turmoil in libya. Caught in the crossfire of the nations civil war. Iraq temporarily halted work at an oilfield yesterday
The very best in the future and delighted in the knowledge that well be seeing him stauchoften. Having established and shown us how its done, on and offscreen, youre an example to us all, particularly the younger members of the onair talent like myself and courtney bill, thank you. You know, when the stakes and nerves are high, hes a mentor thats taught so much to so many of us, both directly and indirectly while his career cant be topped, bill also taught me to look at life as a threelegged fool, work, family and friends, and faith. Hopefully, weapon fi find a newc here with his new position as anchor at large. You know what he would be doing, he would be telling you that we have 59 minutes of trade, and in record close watch. Here is whats driving the action this afternoon. Stocks hitting record highs once again with the s p 500 poised for its straight fourth week of gains. Boeing weighing on the dow of troubles raise new red flags for investors. And Consumer Staples leading the char
Back on washington demands for enforcement. New details on the Alibaba Hong Kong ipo, offering shares at 188 hong kong apiece. In on lets check australian markets. We are seeing a slight gain for the asx 200, gaining 2 10 of 1 according to what i am seeing, pricing on the terminal right now, aussie shares set for second weekly advance, so a mixed picture. However, when the rest of asian central, stocks under pressure, kiwi stocks nudging higher, flipping up the board to check in on the kiwi dollar Holding Steady, not moving much as we hear from the rbnz governor this morning and he said despite a pickup in the economy, they are looking at pmi data hinting at that with growth returning in october, making for the highest reading this april. The kiwi dollar set for a weekly gain after the midweek surge and on a surprise hold right there. We have the yen Holding Steady after the biggest jump in a month right there. Lets get first word news with jessica summers. Jessica thanks, sophie. Fed
Our Investment Committee here today. Pete, give me an idea of how the market has moved lately. 23 of the s p 500 at or within three percent of new 52week highs. Seven of 11 s p sectors within three percent of their high. We have made moves as we continue to kick around the question of whether we will have the breakout. And the negativity was pretty high. Going back to the time when we heard from the banks and then the technologies and semis, when you look at 70 that has reported, that says something about how negative everybody was and the surprise that this is. We were trading in ranges probably 17 to 19, somewhere in that range. Ever since the earnings have gotten better and people are getting more comfortable the deeper we get into this thing, look at where the volatility is. Its an amazing move that weve seen there. And we continue to see extremely. We talk about the at the end of the show, massive buying yesterday of all the different entities, the fxi, the qqqs. 250,000 yesterday
The day when the dow was down more than 300 points the russell 2000 fairing the worst. Lets go to bob at the New York Stock Exchange remember all this optimism on friday the jobs report helped dispel some of the concerns about recession. Dispel didnt get rid of them. The market started expecting some positive news on trade. We have an escalation of the trade war and thats pressure with the usual names the problem is the markets increasingly coming to believe that a trade deal even an 80 trade deal may be unlikely this year thats a big problem it means potentially lower growth in 2020 it means flat to lower Interest Rates. It means flat to lower oil and it continue emphasize on owning the defensive sectors. Those utilities, those Consumer Staples that have been so much a stand out theis year and so expensive. They are the stand out sectors this year. This narrative means stocks are expensive right now. Number one the Fourth Quarter guidance, if this uncertainty continues is not going to