Is worlds 50th richest man among those detained. Betty while we are watching all of these geopolitical events, including more headlines coming out on north korea, lets focus back on the markets how investors are looking at how all these events playing into their own outlook on the u. S. And the world. I want to bring up this chart, 5080. It shows you how the threeyear and tenure spread, or the five and 30 and two and 10, i should ,ay, trying to find out represented right at the end. You can look at it several ways, or maybe specifically two ways,hich is the bill gross way which is the economy is much gloomier than perhaps with the numbers are showing some and there is not much more room to raise rates in the u. S. Despite officials say. On the other hand, others say this is not about the u. S. , the u. S. Is doing just fine, it is about the rest of the world, which is falling apart, they are all coming here to buy the safety of u. S. Treasuries, can get those yields up, they are basica
Straight tos get stories, these arrests in saudi arabia. What we have his shocking news out of the kingdom. Chart 9472,off with stories not situation normal. Profilest of high individuals. Of. 3 . Gain the chart showing the situation allnything but normal below coverages. Kingdom holdings is the company who wasg to the prince taken into custody. He is the worlds 50th richest man. That stock was down as much as 8 . People looking very closely at the situation there. We will continue looking closely and the implications or investors as we look ahead to this aramco listing. One of our analysts that we spoke to pointing out the domestic perception of what this is is different to the international reactions. We will big deeper into that story. The markets are waking up to a brandnew week. Some pentup demand having been away on friday. Sophie after that three day weekend, japanese stocks mixed to start for the region after u. S. Stocks capped the longest streak of gains since 2013. Earnings
Hello from sydney where it is just past 9 00 a. M. We are one hour away from the open of asias first major markets. Seemed like everything was for sale during singles day. Just after 5 00 here in new york. Another busy week of course. The last leg of President Trumps two were in asia. One of the big movers is expected to be alibaba. Just a reminder to our viewers of what happened on friday, we ended that longest winning streak in u. S. Markets since 2013, an eight week long winning streak ended on friday. Nasdaq and dow down, much unchanged. Some of the biggest tech shares were among the biggest losers on friday. This week will bring a lot of news including economic reports come inflation. It will be very key before the fed decision next month. Haidi absolutely. Doesnt move the needle when it comes to that december move that is very highly anticipated. Looking here in asia and in a subdued set up, the s p seeing its first negative week since september. Trading is underway already for t
Over 25 billion. Betty i think i even read somewhere that discounted at lobsters were for sale for singles day. Everything was on sale. It is going to be another we have had a whopper of the week last week, it will be another busy week. I want to point to one very key report that will be happening here in the u. S. , that is the cpi, the Inflation Report on wednesday. Right before that we have ppi. What traders are saying is this is the last Inflation Report before the fed makes its decision next month, so it comes in either too hot or too cold, that could have a Significant Impact on the fed and their decision. Lets take a quick look at this it is just a bloomberg chart i pulled up here, it shows specifically how the yield curve has been flattening out. We seem to be on this particular expected rate hike path. Futures are showing over an 80 chance we will see a rate hike next month. If wer, as i mentioned, see a really wacky Inflation Report, that could pull back expectations. Yvonne
Rishaad asia stocks under pressure, but Global Equities are at record highs. Lets bring up chart 5892. Ly is all amid this extreme low volatility. It is the worlds best regional rally in turquoise. The 60 day volatility in the white line has dropped 5. 9 to the lowest since 1988. In line with u. S. And europe, and the vix markets hitting new lows. The calm, but no storm, at least for the time being. Pause. May be a muted at lofty highs when it comes to emerging markets in asia, japan in particular. I dont think you can blame investors for taking a breather. Lets get it over to sophie with 30 market reaction. Sophie we have corporate earnings perhaps giving impetus to profit taking for japanese investors given those highs. Leadingei 225 benchmarks in asia lower here it asian stocks falling for a second session. I want to highlight the currencies space. The korean won leading losses as importers why dollars. B. N. P. Paribas says it is better late than never to buy the currency as cyclic