Bond market barely budged today. Was todays rally the last best chance to sell we dont want to rain on anybodys parade we are sure a lot of people out there are very happy that stocks rallied today, but at the same time for an asset class, the bond market that has moved so, you know, extraordinarily in the past week and a half or so, for it to barely move today, thats a head scratcher. First of all, lets be clear. Love mariah carey whenever i can get her, especially in the heat of the august summer season. But what you are talking about is treasury is at three basis points we havent been here since 2007. You have a dynamic with the bond market, long bond about to set historical lows. Lets talk about the rest of the world. In germany theres zew Economic Confidence back in 2011 levels when we were talking about green chutes or so it seemed. If you think about the equity markets euphoria today and is it a gift from santa or truly just a reminder that the market is responding to headlines
Keith bliss. Keith, welcome thank you very much, morgan good to be with you. Mid averages did hit new records this morning but have drifted back down to the flat line, not really moving very much right now are you surprised by that . Not at all. Im a little suppliesed at trpre lack of action it seems theyve hit their own food coma as we wait for earnings to come through we have 300 companies that are going to report next week. We are on fed watch, of course, waiting for the july 31st Rate Decision a bit like waiting and waiting markets are taking a breather right now. Here in the u. S. And elsewhere around the globe, people are starting to go on their holiday so you have lack of participation. Were going to get into all of that a little more. Secretary mnuchins crackdown. Wilfred is covering citi earnings dion is watching the debt ceiling debate lets begin with treasury secretary Steven Mnuchins comments on crypto moments ago eamon javers has that. The rarely used White House Press Bri
President moon says they may be forced to retaliate. Deutsche bank swings the ax from asia to america, the savings latest turnaround plan fails to impress the market. Shery later in Bloomberg Technology global link, samsung being stung by japans new restrictions on tech. Saysll be joined who problems in the electronic industry goes much deeper. Lets get you started on the quick check of the monday close in the u. S. The s p 500 fell for the second consecutive session. Health and tech stocks as some of the big decliners. Apple falling more than 2 on the downgrade, but german manufacturer besf falling after they cut their outlook. Overall, we felt he lingering impact of the strong u. S. Jobs data that we got last week. That really clouding the outlook for fed rate cuts. Investors pretty much focused on what chair powell will stay in Congress Later this week. Meantime, we also saw a big gain for energy stocks. Wti gaining ground on rising geopolitical tensions. U. S. Futures not doing muc
Jay powell is also losing patience and is ready to cut. The dollar fell against most major peers. The s p 500 is near a record. Xi jinping heads for historic talks in north korea. Beijing says its influence on the divided Korean Peninsula remains significant. Kathleen we are starting on the bond market because that is where we saw the action, really saw the reaction to the Federal Reserves decidedly dovish turn. Side of your screen, you can see the big move down. We had the 12 basis point drop in yields. 1. 74 . , jim bullard,ove president of the st. Louis that, saying the fed should cut right now, today, really putting some fire into treasuries. As for stocks, your alltime high for the s p 500, these are not big gains, but these are gains, nonetheless and we have seen s p futures pointing to a. It of a decline if you look at fed funds futures, that that is they could definitely do it as early as the july meeting. How about this playing out in asian markets. The stock rally brother loo
Abramowicz some Jonathan Ferro your equity market on the s p 500 slightly negative this morning fantastic lineup looking ahead retail sales just around the corner. Earnings from home depot dropping across the bloomberg tomorrow. Numbers from target results from walmart on thursday. But once again this morning, we have to begin in china. Rate cuts bramo and the data not great at all. The biggest rate cuts going back to 2020. The data coming weaker across the board. Whether it has to do with retail sales, whether it has to do with industrial production. They scrapped their youth unemployment metric, which is not exactly encouraging. And now the question is, are they preparing a big enough stimulus to really stave off weakness that is much deeper than people expected . This is the right signal. The big question, youve alluded to it, whats next . Heres the commentary this morning from standard chartered. The cut has been aggressive from sogdian. This is unlikely to be the last measure. So,