Is heavy regulation the risk for 2018 . Retail sales and production rise in the worlds thirdlargest economy. Lets talk about the markets. Lets figure out what is going on. This is the wei screen. That is what is happening around the story on the london market versus other markets. Right now, the london market looks like it will open a little bit more positively. Earlier it looks like it would have a more negative start but that seems to be reversing. The ibex in the ftse look like they will be down around. 3 of 1 and the italian bond auction. 50 down. X and futures are down pointing to a positive start. The lackluster session yesterday. Lets talk you around the gmm, give you a sense of what is going on. We talked about the data out of japan, that is affecting the markets. We have seen the yen trading up by. 5 of 1 . The nikkei is down by. 51 . Roduction data was strong , numbers are bouncing back. How significant is this data is the question i am asking. The bloomberg dollar index cont
Lets get you up to speed on these markets. European stocks. The dollar has dipped. It has transferred to a mild complexion of a dying day this thursday morning in europe. European equity markets are the lead protagonists. Pessimist guide on bloomberg for 2018 is about technology, facebook and disinformation. You can still make money as bitcoin drops. The bloomberg dollar index down. The bloomberg dollar index is looking at a fairly tortured year. Do you buy that story that it is all about adjustments . Im not so sure. Yields drop. Were down to a threeweek low. You are looking at the bloomberg dollar index. The worst year since we started collecting data in 2004. Copper is rising to a fairly big level. Fouryear high. China has halted production. We know that. Youre looking at the eighth straight quarter of gains. You could see copper trade up to 10,000. U. B. S. A little more sedate. The swriss known for their sedate approach. It has outperformed pretty much every other commodity this y