Bank of england gave the clearest signal that they might be cutting Interest Rates below their own peer the first time in history. The economy struggling in the u. K. Amongst a surge in infections. And the dreaded word, four years later, brexit. Yes, it is still going. Has moved britain several steps further to a chaotic and bitter separation from the european union. Talking all about europe in the next halfhour. Where do we start when it comes to the u. K. . In particular, probability and negative rates. Joe they are still dealing with man. T there, negative rates, this is one of the more controversial strategies in Central Banks around the world may or may not employ. Around the world, you can see lots of Central Banks are already close to zero, or in europe, close to negative rates. Today we got the news that the blake bank of england was exploring that possibility. People seem to like this. Its not clear what they do but nonetheless, thats the direction it seems to ghosn. Romaine t
Equity futures after a negative close on wall street. Headlines fromop the bloomberg terminals. Better than feared. The German Government expects this years contraction to be less severe than previously forecast. The economy minister presents new forecasts today amid data from across the region. For more years . Jpmorgan says investors should position for rising odds of donald trump winning the reelection as the president visits kenosha, wisconsin. Apples production glitch. They asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5g iphones for later this year in a sign that demand is holding up. Just under one hour away from the start of cash trading across europe. Lets take a look at what futures are showing yesterday after we closed yesterday down across the board in europe. We are now seeing futures rise. The ftse didnt sure cash in the futures are down. Index seeing the equity closed down with trading higher. Since the ftse missed out on the drop its futures are trading lower. We have gr
Perfect sense. But then there are days like today when i cant take how stupidly bullish this market can be the dow gaining 164 points nasdaq climbing 0. 35 . You often hear people saying that the whole things been manipulated. Its a desperate Federal Reserve and its a scared powell and its President Trump winning the election no, the feds just doing its job. And if the white house wanted to juice the stock market, dont you think they already wouldve cut a deal with the democrats on the next round of stimulus see, there is a much simpler explanation. I call it clueless buying. I always say you should never underestimate the wall street promotion machine. But never underestimate the power of enthusiastic buyers who do not know what theyre doing they know nothing some people accuse me of taking the thing too far. They say im not willing to call people out for being morons that are more likely to put retire clorox ceo than i am to put a departing Ceo Jim Hackett on the wall of shame. They
Scandals in baseball history, the black sox scandals where members of the Chicago White sox were accused of throwing the world series to the cincinnati reds, and it brought about many changes in baseball including getting a commissioner and getting eight players on the white sox banned from baseball for life, but the story of that is not really a simple one. It is very complicated. So, the title of tonights talk is called field of myths, 100 years after baseballs 1919 black sox scandal. Finally separating the many myths from the reality. And so this should be a fascinating talk and im excited to welcome david pietrusza, our speaker to night. Thank you. Yeah, we are gathered here tonight on the eve of this years world series, and 100 years ago, who knew if there was going to be another world series once that scandal was exposed and whether trust in baseball was starting to evaporate rapidly. And as david said, thats, you know, eight men out. That is the story that we know. That is the t
And judge and jury the life and times of the judge Kennesaw Mountain landis. Were very fortunate tonight to have an esteemed historian and awardwinning writer, who is not only an historian but hes very into baseball. So, its a good combination because right now its the 100th an verse of one of the most infamous scandals in baseball history. The black sox scandal where members of the Chicago White sox were accused of throwing the world series to the cincinnati reds. And it brought about many changes in baseball, including getting a commissioner and getting eight players on the white sox banned from baseball for life. So but the story of that is not really a simple one. Its very complicated. So, the title of tonights talk is called field of myths 100 years after baseballs 1919 black sox scandal, finally separating the many myths from the reality. So this should be a fascinating talk. And i am excited to welcome david pietrusza, our speaker tonight. Well, thank you. [ applause ] yeah, wer