A bit at the politics of two thousand and seventeen at least in for the First Time Ever the summit is chaired solely by women and a number of the discussions really dont seem to have anything to do with economics at all focusing instead on race privilege and harassment all of the greatest hits from the past year the social issues of two thousand and seventeen including. Inclusiveness. Was mentioned and all the things have been everywhere in the new school that sounds important maybe but not as important as the economics of the summit i think that north America Europe japan and all the nations have never been as inclusive as they are now all told by the way of course there are reactions to certain things like the migration crisis but the people are used to it now much more than before and we are fighting inclusive its not a time for crusades anymore. A delegation from russian Cyber Security Company Casper ski lab took time out to talk to us about the gathering and the issues they face.
S p up 17 points higher and the nasdaq up 38 points higher. Give it a little context. Give it a little context. The china situation. What did it do yesterday . It was bad. It was bad. No today. It was bad. Closed already. Closed already. It had gone down as much as 5 in the morning. So they have indicated theyre ready do more if necessary. But people dont necessarily believe that theyre ready to do more because it can only do so much. And if they truly are trying to open up Capital Markets and inflow and be more free market orient, the more that theyve manipulated, the less it looks like theyre going that way. Right. Because then you dont actually trade on fundamentals. Youre always trading is the government going to come in or not. Weve been trading on that too for years now. You mean like for banking shares . I mean we dont have the u. S. Cogovernment coming in and buying stockmarkets. Are you talking about the feds . You dont believe that. I do believe that. You do. I believe every
To join in on the conversation on twitter. You can find that at fdd. Also please silence your cell phones this morning. I am pleased to hand over the conversation to todays moderator from the associated press. Thanks a lot. Thank you for being here. It has been a confusing and frightening path several months past when it comes to north korea, and confusing for americans, people in guam, south korea, japan. On the one hand, weve seen a level of saber rattling you do not typically see between Nuclear Armed nations, in a sense that we are closer to potential actual military conflict between the u. S. And north korea than perhaps we have been. On the other hand, you hear those in the administration are that what they are doing has been working and north korea feels squeezed by this. A senior official told me last night, they feel they have made more progress on north korea in last six months than the u. S. Has made in decades. Where does that leave us . Who should we believe . What options
Good morning. It is great to see so many familiar faces this morning. Were looking forward to a timely event as we address the threats posed by north korea and u. S. Policy options. Todays event will be livestream and i encourage guests here in i encourage guests here and online to join in on the conversation on twitter. You can find that at fdd. Also please silence your cell phones this morning. I am pleased to hand over the conversation to todays moderator from the associated press. Thanks a lot. Thank you for being here. It has been a confusing and frightening past several months when it comes to north korea, and confusing for americans, people in guam, south korea, japan. On the one hand, weve seen a level of saber rattling you do not typically see between Nuclear Armed nations, in a sense that we are closer to potential actual military conflict between the u. S. And north korea then perhaps we have been. On the other hand, you hear those in the administration are those in the admi
Despite okay earnings and positive reports on the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 112 points to 23,329. The nasdaq was off 34. And the s p 500 fell 12. Bob pisani has more on what drove todays decl reporter a momentum selloff on wall street today. U. S. Stocks suffered their worst trading day in two months. The market is very concerned about a sudden spike in Interest Rates and it has a couple of reasons to be concerned. First, durable goods was much more than expected, a good thing for the economy but it raised questions about inflation. John taylor may be the frontrunner for the fed chair, spooking investors since taylor is known to want to raise rates faster than the fed is doing so far. That caused some investors to take money off the table, particularly in stocks that had strong gains this year like semiconductors. Even stocks like boeing sold off after monster profits, up 60 . Then uncertainty on tax reform. The market has priced in good news but its not clear i