Parts here today. Some are literal. The princess cruise ship is one. Theyre watching throughout the day as it makes its way to the port of oakland. It is supposed to dock around 3 00 this afternoon. Well talk about that, oil off the bat with our buddy phil flynn out in chicago, price futures group, senior strategist at cme. We talked about it last week, phil. You and i were going back and forth about russia and saudi arabia. Now we have the true price war breaking out that has consequences in places like texas and north dakota. Take us through what youre thinking about today . What im thinking about is were learning today, not always is a low price for oil good for everything. There is concerns for banks, oil producers, the general overall market. Having said that, there is some hope, you know, right now with the talks of stimulus. Maybe we can pull off the lows right now. There are old saying in the business low prices cure low prices but this breakup of opec and russia, this opec plu
Weve been in a 45 basis point range since yesterday, at 1. 90 now on the 10 year. In the final session, and some strength for the at 1. 3213 now. Its been a year of geopolitical volatility, and that is not changing on the final trading day. Lets turn to the turmoil in the middle east. Dozens of iraqi lsu men and supporters storming the u. S. Embassy complex in baghdad, venting their rage over deadly u. S. Airstrikes on a rainy and backed forces. On iranian backed forces. Joining us with more is kevin cirilli. It doesnt look like this is something that is going to go away very fast. What is the administrations response to the protests today . Kevin President Trump is at maralago and has been meeting with his National Security team, including secretary of state mike pompeo. President trump tweeting out that they are blaming iran for orchestrating that attack against the u. S. Embassy in iraq. Yesterday, i spoke with the Senior Advisor to secondary of state Mike Pompeo Brian hook, the u.
Markets are not going anywhere, the european stocks are flat, the pound is flat against the u. S. Dollar, this despite some week inflation today and another member of the bank of england coming out and talking about a rate cut coming from the bank. The expectation that we will get another cut is growing. The ruble as well, we saw some movement. The Prime Minister will be stepping down with a lot of questions surrounding why, and what that means for president Vladimir Putins future. Everyone is waiting to see that trade deal get signed. Vonnie lets stay there, a president assad to sign President Trump is set to sign the phase one trade deal in the tower. The agreement would lead leave significant tariffs in place and would punish beijing for failing to deliver on key pledges like currency, and intellectual property. Steve mnuchin spoke about the issue of future tariff rollbacks earlier today. As part of phase two, there will be tariff reductions as part of that. Thats the incentive for
Shery President Trumps impeachment moves forward. The house formally notifies the senate but a trial could begin tuesday. Lots of headlines to digest today. Australian markets have just opened. How are they reacting . Sophie investors probably liking to play defensive today. Nudging slightly higher belittle change as it is looking to crack the 7000 level. Futures looking elsewhere just nudged slightly higher at the start of cash trade. Youre keeping an eye on resource stocks. We had would side an update. The Energy Player expecting growth on energy and liquid production and aluminum minors in view as well. Deal isng the new trade the best catalyst for demand. Lets address the board to check in on currencies. We are seeing steady currency markets just below 110. Trading near a july high. Dollar not budging much. Bond moves to the upside. 10 year yield on the upside. Back to the aussie dollar, i just want to highlight the snapshot. It is unlikely that they will be shifting their position
A ceo of ak to security firm. And lyft, peloton, all went public. We will have a recap of it all. Tesla shares said a new record high, 420. Elon musk claimed tesla would go private last year. Earlier today, he tweeted the stock price is so high, lol. Our bloomberg reporter. What is driving it for tesla this time around . Allrter the momentum is about china, taylor. One . 4t, tesla group billion from financing and local banks and much welcome cash injection. That built momentum from last week, where in november, new vehicle registrations for tesla in china hit a five month. Youll remember those vehicles are subject to a 25 import duty. If tesla can get that shanghai run up and running, they can offer vehicles that are more competitive priced, and the unit costs will be lower. They will be able to get deeper into the market in china. That is really where recent momentum has been driving the stock for tesla. Taylor i want to come and show a chart i am showing here inside my terminal. It i