Major amples we saw a surge in cases for example, in other parts of the country that had not been as hard hit jim, i can go through a list of things this morning that perhaps would give investors pause in a different environment, whether it be beijing, and the recent closure of schools there as they deal with a surge in cases it is only 137 but nonetheless. Flights also there we will get the update from beijing. Layoffs at the likes of at t or hilton quest giving us gooit guidance that still speaks to the weakness of that business. Yet here we are with potentially another rally in store a half hour from now. David, all of those things you just mentioned were things that maybe we expected to happen im looking at 25 pieces of research that i have sent to you in synopsis, the vast majority of them are raising price targets. Why . Because the targets were slashed before we knew that the Federal Reserve was going to back stop all of these companies so the Federal Reserve is saying if you ar
Session here. We are seeing korean stocks up, some 4 . This has certainly been a shift in the risk on sentiment we are seeing. The concerns over the waves are being brushed aside. Across assetsg here. When it comes to your bond, we are seeing yield ticking higher. 73 basis points for your u. S. Tenyear. We saw a rise but it is petering off. Did selloff overnight. Take a look at currencies, the dollar dropped will be the key story here. That is living these markets here today. As aen has been steady rock here. Despite the volatility we have seen. That should give some breathing room for the boj. Perhaps they are likely to sit tight when it comes to policy levers but look for hints on what they do with the Corporate Funding program. Youre seeing that dollar is really trickling through here. The taiwanese dollar is blaring green here today. We are up a third of 1 . The korean won strengthening. 7 . Mmb is unchanged. There has been a sense that the feds have the markets back. Letting the C
Halston, 12. 5 . San miguel withdrew its tender officer for the company as the timeline ran out. Ayala down. 31 . The overall composite half a percent higher. Lets move things along and get to new york and look at some of the first word news. Global Coronavirus Infections continue to rise and now top 4 million with jess at about 280,000. The u. S. Has by far the most cases and fatalities with 1. 3 Million People infected and almost 79,000 having died. The virus was first reported in china and beijing has confirmed about 83,000 cases with just over 4600 fatalities. Saudi arabia says it is planning to cut spending and triple vat to 15 as it looks to offset the impact of the virus. The finance minister says the pandemic combined with Falling Oil Prices has cut revenue input and president and pressure on the public purse. The kingdom reported its biggest surge of new cases sunday, rising to almost 39,000 confirmed infections. To apply more powerful stimulus. The pboc were released a quarte
The dollar still strong against currencies like the euro, but the commodityrelated currencies are performing really well in the em, as well as the g10 space. Time now for todays market moving news from our london and new york teams. We want to start with the markets after we have u. S. Futures rebounding. Joining me on the phone is bloombergs dani burger. The question i feel like, last week we saw the bottom, now feels off the table. Every day people are saying it is the bottom, it is not the bottom, but the picture continues to change. There is so much uncertainty. A bit of a lift in markets today. It is really the Energy Complex helping lead the way today, getting a boost from china beginning to buy oil for their state reserves. But any upside today is likely to lack conviction. Stocks in u. S. H fields are really starting to march higher. A slight backandforth in terms of u. S. 10 year yields, no moving lower after being just slightly higher today. Then you have to keep in mind that
As the country launches its fast military satellite into orbit. And on the 5th anniversary bad day what lessons can be learned under lock down to help fight Climate Change. Under locked out to help fight Climate Change. In about a worst Case Scenario we have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does go back its not going to come back and ive spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was all trumps comments come on a day when the World Health Organization says the pandemic is fall from over and that in some parts of the wild outbreaks are only just beginning most of the epitome exceed western europe appears to be stable or declining. Although numbers are low but together its not great but we will not go through what we went through for the last 2. President s. Understand the United States for a 7 year period of them but how can you say that you know it wont come back in the same level that it has today what it is estimated might not come back at all jeff it may not c