Man. Four more years. If you want to drive themem crcrazy, you say 1 12 more year. President trump dropped by on one of the Rnc Convention republican n national convnvent. They have formally nominated him as their candidate. German doctors treating the russian Opposition Leader electing a bony says test results show that he was poisoned with a substance found in pesticides and nerve agents. Angela merkel has called on moscow do to identify the perpetrators and hold them to account. Novotny is electing a bony is in a medically induced,. Doctors say his situation is serious but not lifethreatening. The longtime opponent of president putin collapsed on a plane on thursday. All he had to drink was a cook of tea cup of tea. A German Medical Team detected a substance in his blood. These types of drugs can decrease commune case in between nerve cells in the brain. Sometimes they are used as pesticides and are toxic to humans. He has been treated with the treatte that was used to the russian d
Workers. He said the democrats are still blaming america first. And washington and beijing hold talks on phase one trade deal with u. S. Saying both sides saw progress. This comes as chinas foreign minister arrives in europe today. 6 00 a. M. In london, 7 00 a. M. In paris, good morning to you. Have we reached the top . Have we hit the high . Were in a pecklative bubble. Morgan stanley said were hop hev top heavy, ann marie. And theyre worried about growth. Ann marie annmarie the sales force. Com entered that. His is a tech rally. John just hit the mat and said k is not ok. He said think of it like algator jaws, you could easily get bitten. Manus and the other side of the coin, do we get a woosh that turns into a v. Ill leave you with one of the quotes from the mar began stanley piece. I expect a growth. A growth scare. Followed by a rate scare in the next few weeks and month which is could give us the first tradeable correction in the major equity end cease. How are the end cease doin
Cash trade. Here are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. Trumpa on the defensive. The president stands by his handling of the coronavirus on day one of the Republican National convention. Says democrats are still blaming America First Nikki Haley Says democrats are still blaming America First. The chinese arrives in europe today. Demandsla merkel answers from russia after it was putin critict the was likely poisoned. We have figures crossing the wire right now. The German Economy shrank 9. 7 in the second quarter. The initial estimate was for a drop of 10 point 1 . This is a second look here, and so it looks like it is a little better than expected. Still, of course, a massive drop , the quarter over quarter figure. The yearoveryear figure is a drop of 11. 3 , so a big drop in the german gdp. That the bloomberg economists expect a rebound in the second half, and of fullyear drop of about 6 for 2020. Lets take a look at what futures are telling us after the new record highs
Shortly. Onhave got hopes of progress a vaccine and signals that they are making progress in terms of the u. S. China trade tensions. Both of those really firmly supporting the risk rally that we are seeing. Let me show you the state of play with the stoxx story. The back ofming off record highs in u. S. Stocks. The good times might not last, according to morgan stanley. They are saying the market is vulnerable to shocks, especially rising rates. Treasuries are on the back foot as we speak. We are looking at a weaker greenback. 830. Dollar at 1. 1 yeah,ps a little bit of a strange one given the wider risk appetite. The folks at pimco saying the gold rally is it played out yet is not played out yet. They believe gold remains attractively valued, especially in the context of low Interest Rates. Here are some of the stories we are watching. Both of the u. S. And china are seeing progress under their phase one trade deal. They are committed to the success of that. Senior officials from the
People disappear from westminster and it is quiet. You have been reading about the problems, and that is something on the social scene i suppose, and the controversy over which songs should end the problems, a musical event that happens every year. Of course it is much scaledback. I am preoccupied by the latest comings and goings. Tom we have Economic Data on thursday, jobless claims. What is the trend of the economy that you see . Right now in america aims to be almost a two art economy, very separate. A twopart economy, very separate. Anna we are talking this morning about the kshaped recovery. Going to john olsens great piece this moaning about how tech stocks do well, value stocks, other left behind sectors not doing as well. Even as we look at the u. S. Right now. Also really dominating in the news overnight. Anna a recovery, kitd juckes writing on that as well. An unusual august. For our briefing with first word news, there is ritika gupta. Ritika President Trump and speakers at