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
Havens. Gold surges with a spot price nearing 2000. Bullish bets on the euro hit a record ahead of todays pmi number. Cash tradings one hour away. Here are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. Tictoc terminal tiktok turmoil. Stocks and futures trading mixed. Toe pompeo suggests action protect National Security will not stop with this company alone. Surging baddip on loans. The group says it will accelerate cost cuts. Hear from our exclusive interview with the cfo. 16. 4 billion. They broker a deal for speedway gas stations. Just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading, take a look at what is going on in terms of futures. Ftse futures down this morning, about. 2 . Dax futures rising. If you were to broaden out this view, you would see an even bigger range. Cac futures are up more than. 5 percent right now. Omx futures are down. 7 . Take a look at what is going on in the u. S. A little bit of a mixed picture as well with nasdaq futures higher this morning. S
Disney plus, even if the world right now is confined to getting takeout and eating on the couch this is an interesting situation. Mike thinks uber could be the way to go. It is time to risk less and make more options action starts right now. We begin tonight with breaking news. Lets get right to Julia Boorstin julia . James murdoch resigning from the news corp. s board of directors with a letter to the board saying that his resignation is due to disagreements of content by the Companies News outlets and other strategic decisions. Thats in his letter that is submitted to the board thats included in the s. E. C. Filing. A pretty notable mov and speaks to the split within that Murdoch Family over some of the political content of news corp. We know, julia, already theres a family rift of james and his wife and his brother lockland over Climate Change denialism by fox news and the other outlets and so this was not a surprise with the division perhaps not surprisingly james donated to the Vi
In the last 10 days. The u. S. And china trade new barbs. Washington rejects chinas claim to the South China Sea. Top u. S. Senators are facing mainland sanctions. Haidi u. S. China sentiments dominating again with the grim overlay of rolling back restrictions around the world. This is how we are shaping up when it comes to u. S. Futures contracts, up by. 2 after what was a truly volatile session. We had the s p 500 touching levels prepandemic and we also have the nasdaq hitting a fresh record before finishing in the red and we spoke about tesla being a huge part of that tech eventual close lower. Nikkei futures up by. 2 percent. Sydney futures escalating in the red, point 8 lower, looking like a set up of. 5 lower, this as we are expecting an announcement today that the fed of New South Wales will ease back those restrictions when it comes to indoor gatherings at pubs after cases coming from the pubs. It is now over 20. New zealand trading modestly higher, about. 25 . Some significant
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