This year . And the Worlds Largest wealth manager promises a 2. 1 billion buyback. Are tracking an opportunity to Share Buybacks. Matt we are less than a halfhour away from the european open. Take a look at futures. We see very little change as far as futures in france go. Dax futures are up almost 0. 2 . Ftse futures are down 0. 1 . Probably more interesting to look at treasuries now. You could look at treasuries or bunts. Investors are watching bunds to confirm the rise in treasury rates as well. Will this continue, this rise in treasury rates . Will we see a rise in the bunds continue as well . This is interesting to watch amid the Government Shutdown and continued Coalition Talks. Lets get the first word news with Juliette Saly and singapore. Juliette ubs has said they will buy about 2. 1 billion in stock over three years and merge is to Wealth Management businesses. The program will begin in march. It is also starting a new dividend policy. Ceo Sergio Ermotti said they hope it wil
For the majors. We have the s p 500 and the nasdaq ever so slightly higher and putting in new alltime highs and the dow down very slightly. Of ate the third day Government Shutdown, investors not seeming to care. Yet another round of record highs for both the s p 500 and the nasdaq. David over at mainstay capital says that they are desensitized to drama in d. C. , but the conditions for markets are over. That may suggest a 5 to 10 pullback is ahead. If we happened to the bloomberg and take a look at g btv to a 83, the last shutdown was in 2013. At that time, the s p 500 did drop about 5 . The rsi or momentum indicator had been overbought. At this time, we have the s p 500 5 above its 50 day moving average, suggesting conditions are overbought. Take a look at the rsi above 80. Katie stockton, the head of technical analysis, saying sentiment is overbought. She sees a 5 pullback is left. It will be interesting to see what triggers this. A lot of agreement that conditions are overbought. V
Behind me for the last 13 years in davos. I know we have some great coverage and panels. Speaking tomorrow with the barclays ceo, jes staley. We will be talking about the future of banking. Friday i will be moderating a panel on Monetary Policy and what comes after normalization. By ray dalio. Ed we are trying to figure out exactly what the davos men and last yearso wrong, and what they got so right. We are looking at some of the market calls they made last time. The dollar call was wrong and so was the price. Three. Re in day lets check out what is happening in the markets today. There is the stoxx 600, gaining for a third day after a third weekly gain. The best run since october. The euro, up by. 5 . There is a bit of relief now. Voting to enter negotiations on the common policy platform for germany. They have still got his final say on any coalition pack. There is another hurdle. This week, itins will be the sixth straight gain. The u. S. 10 year yield will change two point 56 . A v
Euro lower, bond higher as well. The bottom of the european benchmark. Ahead of the ecb news conference. The euro is up by. 1 . Borrowing costs are expected to stay at present level until the end of the purchases. European volatility needs monitoring. There is no concern about the level of the euro. Ecb does not target Exchange Rates. Exchange rates are important for growth. The euro rising for the fourth day above the highest level since december 2014. The median forecast by the end 1. 23. E year is Financial Markets has a 1. 30 forecast. I want to talk to you about a few of the companies that are moving today. Talk about small caps. The french president , Emmanuel Macron, is pushing for reform helping the countrys small stoc ks. The cap small index, which has greater domestic exposure, have macron won5 said the first round of the president ial election last april. Over the 200 index same period. Cax is the white line. Whitetail holdings, it is roughly giving up the battle. Almost a 2
With the u. K. Persists. The euro is just earning slightly lower but was rising for the first day in three earlier here in earlier. A big decline in the euro this week against the dollar, falling the biggest amount since october, down 1. 5 . Before this week, the euro out for seven consecutive weeks against the dollar, the longest winning streak since 2004. Mixtures in the bond market with core yields falling and peripheral yields rising. The greek fiveyear up 39 basis points. The commodities space is being hammered, natural gas is the only commodity on the bloomberg Commodity Index that is rising. Gmm is the wonderful function. Want to tell you about stocks a monday drops, amundi drops that rises the chief executive say the recent collect dust correction in Global Equities is not such that it would significantly affect our different distribution channels. It will be fascinating to hear what other men in Money Managers and banks have to say about this recent correction in coming weeks