The strongest week since back to april. However, you have to put that in context. Two weeks ago was a lousy week in fact, two weeks ago the dow lost just over 1800 points, down by 1833 points last week the dow was up by 1821 points so that was a giveback for the dow kind of starting things over if you look at the other major averages, they got back much more ground than they had lost the previous week. Last week the s p was up 329 points after being down 195 the week before and the nasdaq was up by 983 points last week after losing 636 points the week before but again these gains this morning are significant ones they are adding to what we saw last week. Also, take a look at whats happening in the treasury market youll see that right now the treasury, the tenyear, is yielding 0. 812 so its stabilized after bouncing around quite a bit during the election and the election counting last week stabilized at 0. 812 andrew thanks, becky our top story this morning, president elect biden wastin
Geopolitical risks add to headwinds for investors. Oul says north korea must bear all consequences for its actions. Indian defense stocks gain on tension with china. The turnaround when i was sitting in this chair yesterday that we saw in u. S. Futures, the biggest since 2016, we saw a lot of green on the screen fueled by stimulus from the fed on corporate bonds, but also in terms of fiscal stimulus. Today is a different picture. The second wave has become front and center a little bit more again. Investors try to see where to go next. In terms of the equity rally, a mixed picture in asia. The Msci Asia Pacific index is flat. U. S. Futures edging into the red along with european futures. The 10 year yield missing a couple of basis points. Fx, you are not seeing a lot of moves either way for the dollar. G10, you are seeing underperformance of Commodity Currencies, also seeing a pullback in oil, retreating with the outbreak in china perhaps threatening the one bright demand spot there wa
Dallas . Years ago. Traveling with a big sales whats interesting is it is a connected supply chain so what were actually discovering here with the coronavirus is those factories outside of china, they person a deal . A few of them i was a stock broker. Also are having supply trouble not able to start production in would you like to buy this or many cases because all it takes would this be better for you is one part to come from china alternative choice questions. So our products are electronics, you do. Fairly complex and parts really she doesnt get on a plane come from all over the world and unless there is money to be those parts that come from china made everything you do should be are affected. Okay. Closing. Bernie, thank you for joining us this morning im closing every day appreciate it. Coming up, can a slick we digress. It is up we are green today multimillion dollar ad blitz translate to success on the up 65 points, the s p indicated debate stage thats the question of the nigh
Of High Frequency data we were waiting on. Example, the sox index, why is that rallying . Abigail it has mainly to do with trade optimism. A good portion of the Chip Companies from china, a good portion of the supply chain. Investors hoping the important shift is coming out of the bottom and phase and if 5g goes ahead, that create a major upgrade cycle. However, it does look frothy, so it is important to keep that in mind. Are investors getting ahead of themselves . Last year was a bad year for managers. As we go into the end of the year, you have to think managers want to lock is one in so they can have a good year after a bad year. Vonnie thank you. Kevin. Kevin volatility never stops. Now to this weeks historic vote on impeachment. Lets bring in our Clinical Panel of genevieve woods, spokesperson for the heritage foundation, and basils michael, former executive director of the new york state democratic party. Genevieve, i will start with you. In terms of impeachment, and terms of th
I am in for francine lacqua. Lets check in on the markets and get a quick look at what is going on. Yield see an allnew low on the u. S. 30 year bond. The long bond came down to one point 1. 90 . It has bounced back, but still, that paper is weighing on the yield. You can see that across the curve. Brent crude is rising. The nymex wti is as well. It has been a rally for oil as as u. S. Stockpiles came up better than anticipated. And gold, coming off of its highs just a little bit but very little change to the bottom. 1541. 64 as u. S. 10 year yields are negative, making gold more attractive. Now lets get bloomberg first word news in new york. Sees an opportunity to restart bta european union. German and french counterparts. Officials tell as they appeared to relax len which on the need for the irish backstop. Dropping the position language on the need for the irish backstop. These requests are related to Financial Information on donald trump and his family but whose returns are still a