Catalysts for investors on the horizon. With fed meetings this week and new tariffs set to go into effect this weekend. Joining us, ian winemore weve been paying close attention to these big trade headlines. How much is this influencing what were seeing on wall street these days i think its overstated as to how much its actually influencing wall street. I think theres two things at this point the first is that theres so much liquidity being pumped into the marketplace by central banks. They Just Announced another round of qe, even though theyre not calling it that. And youve got positioning, which is a very big deal a lot of hedge funds and active managers are lagging again some for the last ten years, and because of that, they cant afford to miss a rally you see this synthetic short base, where people are long cash, and thats why selloffs like today, youre not seeing a whole lot of followthrough, because need to hold until the end of the year. Ian is with us for the next hour we have
Its going to be a very big week for politics and money. Today, another impeachment hearing is being gavelled to order right now. Theres talk of an Impeachment Vote by the end of the week. Also today, the Inspector Generals report on what the fbi and doj were up to around the 2016 election. Wednesday, the Federal Reserve holds forth on Interest Rates. After that jobs report, very few expect rate cuts. Thursday, britains general election. Boris johnson, thats britains donald trump, expected to beat socialist jeremy corbyn. And by sunday, we should find out if more tariffs are going to be imposed on china. Any of those stories could move the market. Then theres peloton. The young woman in the now famous ad has found new life advertising gin. Personally, i think that exercise bike will be one of the holidays biggest sellers. We shall see. Get this. Monday, december 9th. Three weeks to the end of the decade . Varney company is about to begin. Stuart the young lady in that now famous peloton
Record, but some workers are not celebrating. Beyond. Ity and Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic could be the first Space Tourism business to go public. We will analyze demand. The first, top stories. Alphabet earnings. The report was impacted by heavy investment in googles Cloud Computing business. Google has been Building Data centers and hiring sales people that runsoud Unit Services over the internet. , our correspondent from bloomberg intelligence. Cloud is all the rage, potential for future growth. What did you make of it . Like you said, they are spending. They are showing results. What we are seeing for the next centerhey will take the focus and you will get success here and they have the capacity to compete. You will see this being a bigger deal for google but at a cost. What is your take on keeping up in the Cloud Business . Continued take investment as we just said, but there is a huge potential for payoff. Taylor i want to talk about the statement it looks like Topline Revenu
On whether to support the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures Holding Steady after the s p 500 closed at a record high, taking out its july alltime high. We had trade optimism with President Trump signaling the signing of a deal may be ahead of schedule. At the same time, a heavy week for earnings. More than 160 Companies Reporting this week, about a third of the s p 500 companies. 80 of the around 200 companies that reported have beat analyst estimates. We have tech and also communication stocks leading the s p 500. Today, the nasdaq gained 44th consecutive session. The Energy Sector weighing on the energy. Wti crude falling for five days after we have had signs of u. S. Stockpiles expanding. To see how things are shaping up for asia, sophie. Sophie the stock rallys look set to continue in asia. Aussie futures approaching record highs. Valuations in the region. Singaporeth korea and with a str
Indonesia rattles the nickel market. We will bring you Investor Insights from the top analyst in sydney. Markets gaining ground for the past six sessions. Lets turn to sophie. Green shoots for aussie shares after the best winning streak since may. This after Growth Stocks led gains on monday. We are seeing the backup and aussie yields, with the rise across the curve. The rba governor will give a speech today ahead of the policy decision. Ahead of fed and boj decisions,. He yen on the back foot flat, seeing futures waiting for signals from governor kuroda. A sense of overheating for japanese stocks, earnings making that trickier. We just got word on earnings, from thoseumbers reporting. , a fifth of firms will deliver the report cards ahead of the deadline by the end of the month. Lets head to new york for first word news. Thanks. Boris johnson will try tuesday to give parliament to allow an early election, after failing on monday to get the majority needed to push it through. He says h