Better than 5 . Europe this morning declines across the board. Things are off of the lowest bft 100 hitting the lowest level in a year earlier down almost 2 right now. The cac down 1. 8 in the dax in germany down 120 as well. Collective futures because this is where we see a little bit of a bounce. The dow was down 200. Dow industrials 1057 points. S p and nasdaq is positive. And the nasdaq up right now with 31 points up one half of 1 . We been on the market turmoil yesterday. We couldnt be more proud of the fact. The market is increased by thousands of points since election day of 2016. But todays selloff represents the oven flow of our stock markets. We recognize that. The most important numbers to focus on are the fundamentals. Maria the latest as the white house is resident travis focused on fundamentals which remain exceptionally strong. Turmoil comes as investors are eyeing fundamentals. Fourthquarter earnings before the bell this morning. Well bring you those numbers are the sto
Some of the averages with the dow and s p are a little bit lower. The nasdaq is higher. Nxp semiconductors is pushing tech stocks a little higher today. I want to focus on some of the weighing downe some of the major averages. Im going to start with merck off almost 2 . Federal judge tossed out the verdict that merck had previously won. Merck is a little bit lower. Walmart and Procter Gamble are all. Off. Dragging down all of the staples including Procter Gamble. I want to take a step back and look at the broader macro picture by looking at the dollar. Were having the first threeday rally so far this year. Doesnt sound like much, but for a year that i see no weaker up threedayout 9 , so far this year isnt a terribly bad story. You would not expect the dollar to appreciate, but we have a lot about rates rising. Focusing on the treasury auction 6039. Es g btv the twoyear bond deal relative to the s p 500, pretty incredible going back to 2008. You are seeing that gilmore blended dividend
Mixed picture w m go, a mixed picture with the cac 40 and to 10 and the dax is up sub 1 and the ftse 100 in the u. K. Up 5 10 of 1 and the ibex in spain one of the worst performers. Asset on a across headline level with european equities unchanged. Space, a little bit of Dollar Strength which means cable off by 1 10 of a percent. Interesting dynamics around sterling with employment and wage data with mark carney testifying and news about brexit geared brexit. And the u. K. And their view on the transitional deal. We ceos move lower we see yield move lower in the core and periphery. Thematic chart that i got from Marcus Ashworth. Spain and the u. S. s 30 year yields rapidly diverging. Front and. At the end. The final chart, i mentioned the euro, after flash pmi data on the eurozone coming in weaker than expected. The euro off slightly and approaching its trendline since middecember as momentum appears to be favoring losses. We like to watch the technical charts. In the u. S. , the major
Youve been or where youve come from, this is your time. If you work hard, believe in yourself, believe in america than you can dream anything, you can be anything and to gather we can achieve absolutely anything. Tranter the president laid out an aggressive agenda for a second year in office focusing on immigration, trade on the war on terror. Highlights from the speech this morning. Markets after a huge selloff on wall street yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial average finishing at its close down 362 points yesterday. One occurred , the worst decline since may. The nasdaq down 64 points lower yesterday. The dow s p futures pointing to a bit of a rebound of sorts. Dow industrials to be open and 84 points. Nasdaq also higher by a quarter of a percent. Looking at markets higher across the board. Europe this morning mixed performance. The cac in paris is at the quarter of a percent in the dax and german at the quarter of a percent. Mixed performance as you see the markets for large they l
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