45. 88 for wti. So still talk about the possibility whether or not it is going to 50. Brent is 47. 53. Natural gas is 208. Janet yellen wont completely rule out negative rates but the fed chair also saying that the tool would need a lot more study before it could be used in the United States. Our comments coming in response to written questions from a congressman following her testimony on capitol hill. And Jeffrey Gundlach telling an investor web cast he sees some hawkish rebellion showing up. He calls yellen the biggest dove. 50 chance of only one more rate hike this year. He can see the s p going to 1600. On todays economic agenda couple of things coming up. April retail sales and the producer pricing index both out. Sales expected to rebound after a decline in march. Then were going to get may Consumer Sentiment and march business innervate ris. Retailers have had some problems this week. I heard. You missed a lot here. Did you see some of the people we had on this week . I heard.
The shine off. Europe higher, the price of brent getting relief. Back home, november cpi with a two handle year on year. Hat fed hit its target ahead of tomorrows decision . Anticipation from the markets. The feds twoday meeting starts today. Tomorrow is the highly anticipated announcement, will they or wont they . Shares of qualcomm are up in the premarket on news they will not break into two. And apples losses continue, one of the key suppliers slashing guidance today. First up, todays the day the fed kicks off the twoday policy meeting. Many expecting it to end with the first rate hike in nearly a decade. Futures are off their highs of the morning after 3m cuts its current year guidance. Oil giving up gains as well, wti hovering around 36 a barrel. Interestingly, the opec secretarygeneral says that low prices cant continue, and they reiterate their guidance that they think nonopec supply will come off next year. Definitely will. A lot of this junk bond scenario that we talk about in
Near record 10 Million Barrels a day. Of the 50 or so oil related stocks that i follow only about ten, 20 are up over the past month. All down more than 20 . Goodrich petroleum down more than 40 . One group that has been completely i think ignored, the offshore drillers. Theyre down worse, when youve got the hercules offshore. You cant even mention it now. All difficult. Ensco, a very modern rig system. The number of rigs coming on is shocking. People dont understand its about supply not necessarily demand. The tenyear treasury yield at 1. 92 or so. Again, down from our recent highs. But lets not forget jim. Yes, were down in the near term, but were actually higher than we were by about 30 basis points for our lows so far in the year. Excellent. Also in our road map this morning, shares of Gilead Sciences are down. Could be the big stock story of the day. The Company Warning of complications related to its hepatitis c drug. Chuck schumer calling for an investigation into Lumber Liquida