Whatsoever theyre pure slight of hand. Do i have more pencil . Stocks are also exactly what we need to help keep this market moving higher like we did today with the dow gaining 290, s p jumping and the nasdaq 2. 13 because apple and tesla gave you fantastic news about what it should be a 4 for 1 and 5 for 1 stock split respectively again, no new value but boy, do people love it theres a reason we have to feed the bull with more nourishing stock blitz and ill tell you why. Years ago individual investors deserted the stock market with the implosion of 2000, 2001 and financial crisis of 2007, 2009 they gave up on the asset class and started tiptoeing back, looked enticing and something would go wrong 2015 mini crashes. But in the past few years, beaten down individual investors, a lot of younger investors intrigued by low to no commissions. Finally started buying stocks again. Despite all the gray beards telling you its impossible to beat the market, despite the supposedly brilliant Mone
Further attacks could be imminent following the suicide bomber in register. What will this mean for u. S. Shale question mark we will speak to former bush energy. Nergy official the ecbam here for review. We will not expect much about Monetary Policy. That is on everyones mind as lieutenantis to top seem to disagree on how the ecb or when the ecb should start to normalize its policy. We will hear about the ecbs outlook for the eurozone growth and inflation and maybe get an update on the target and how the ecb thinks its Monetary Policy is holding up. Guy mario draghi speaking in spain later. That could be a key discussion point. Lets talk about where we sit with the markets. No clear sense of direction at the moment. The markets are looking for the next leg. That is what we are seeing at the moment just either side of the plus or minus line. Lets talk about what is happening with the gmm. You do get a little bit of interest. The aussie dollar is down a little bit this morning as is the
Capital. Mark have a look at where european equities are finishing right now. Function. Is the february, the in best month since december. , theauge, the benchmark stoxx 600 is up by 10 . Every Industry Group is trading higher, led by tech and auto. An interesting chart about russia. The trump trade sent russian stocks to record high fast. The index are more than any other stock gauge in the world in february. Ottoman octomom deflates under sanctions from trump and a further sign investor interest is starting to sour. The World Biggest etf that tracks russian equities logging its largest outflows in nine months. A slowdown in the pace of games and brent crude after surged at the end of last year, making stocks of Russian Energy Companies Among the worst performers this month. Slumping tok gauge the worst month since december 2014. Among major global markets, china h shares holding the best crown for february. Climbing almost 6 . Sinceonthly advance august as inflows from mainland inves
Lineup today. T first, live pictures from moscow as president putin makes his annual president ial address. We will discuss whether russia, brexit, and a u. S. President could make 2017 the year of total reset for Foreign Policy. We have a little bit of manufacturing pmi. The italian data is significant because this gives us a glimpse in the state of the Italian Economy just three days before they vote. These are the figures crossing our bloomberg terminal. We are seeing the Unemployment Rate staying put for october at 11. 6 . Line withty much in what were seeing in spain. Three days until renzis make or break referendum. Votell discuss what a no could mean. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres Sebastian Salek. Sebastian glencore will reinstate its dividend policy next year and plans to pay out the minimum annually. The worlds biggest commodities trader has seen its shares trickle this year. The chairman of bloomberg lp and the parent of Bloomberg News is a senior independe
From there in london. The markets appeared to be settling down and we are joined by outstanding guests today. Led by bill gates. He would join us to talk about biotech and drug pricing. Alix cromwell we be joining us more regulatory hurdles facing the banks. But first, we have a slight rally on the table for today. Jonathan features are firming up about. 2 and the ftse is an positive territory and raising all of the post brexit gains. He dax is up as well i want to talk about what is happening in other asset classes. Boris johnson does not run and cable jumps, the pound a stronger marginally. We will discuss why. 1. 52 . Unchanged at we are heading for the strongest quarter for crude since 2009. To wrap up all of the stories, lets go around the world and check in with our Bloomberg Team for indepth coverage of our top stories. Anna redwood is in london on the race to succeed Prime Minister cameron. Julie hyman in new york on the last day of the Second Quarter. Lets begin right here in