Lets look at u. S. Equity futures. Yesterday the markets were weaker this morning things are mixed. Dow futures up by close to 12 points s p down by 2 points nasdaq down by about 15. In asia, the nikkei was down almost a percentage point. Same thing for the hang seng the shanghai was up by a percentage point the cac is down by 1 now. Ftse is down by a third of a percent. The dax is off by 0. 6 the tenyear note, the yield yesterday settled at 2. 15 this morning the yield is below that 2. 146 breaking overnight, saudi arabias king ousting his nephew, the ksitting crown prine and putting his son, Mohammed Bin Salman the former crown prince was in charge of saudi arabias services footage showed an amicable change in succession the saudi all shares is up sharply today on the news. A check of crude prices, this is seen as a potential wildcard when it comes to crude with the change in power. Were seeing it holding on to modest losses here this after a big loss in yesterdays session. This happ
Dax is off by a half percentage point. The cac is off by 0. 4 the ftse relatively flat but still down finally look at crude oil prices crude was up by 2 yesterday in the market trading, but it dropped significantly after hours after there was a big increase in api crude inventories. That came as a surprise. This morning things are down by 13 cents heres some of the other big stories. Jury selection in the trial of Martin Shkreli will enter its third day today. Its not going well. Some potential jurors said they could not be fair to a man who gamed ed gained fame on raising drug prices over 5,000 . Shkreli himself has complicated matters by seeking public attention on his twitter account since charges were filed lashing out at critics and boasting of his wealth he even launched a Charity Auction for people who wanted to punch him in the face. He was banned from twitter in january for harassing a journalist shkrelis own lawyer said unfortunately the twitter history is horrific. This is a
Ranges i agree and it occurred to me again why the market went up yesterday, we just dont know how to enjoy good things, good times. I mean, it really looks like we have maybe progrowth policies, Interest Rates that will probably still stay low. Inflation that probably wont be a problem. Everybody is worrying about Profit Margins hitting peak because wage gains will start hurting Profit Margins its bad for income inequality, but in the meantime Profit Margins stasy sustained. Everyone is saying its overvalued, but are we missing the point that there is like a perfect storm . Yeah, and yesterday you were talking about Profit Margins and once wages go up, Profit Margins by definition have to come down. But i think and im guilty of this all the time. We make this more difficult than it has to be to your point, maybe it is this simple now and i think the intelligence i cant, they try to figure out ways where ty the market will go lower. I cant, they try to figure out ways why the market wi
Have red arrows pretty much across the board and wti crude, right about now you can trade it for 48. 49 here are the big stories were watching Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway was outbid for oncor. Senpra will buy it for 9. 5 billion in cash. Hedge fund Elliott Management which is the biggest creditor to oncor had opposed the sale to berkshire and arguing that it undervalued the company. Berkshire said it would not raise its offer. In another deal, maersk agreed to sell its oil unit to total for nearly 5 billion. The transaction is the latest sign of consolidation in the oil and gas industry which has been dealing with a do you know t. U. R. Tur downturn the deal is still subject to rely laer to approval. And jeff immelt has become the frontrunner to take the helm as ceo of uber the report says ubers board is expected to vote in the next two weeks. I immelt has the report of several directors. Developing story, ten sailors are missing, five injured after a u. S. Warship collided with
Washington worries the manager of the Biggest Hedge Fund wrote a post saying im watching how conflict is being handled as a guide, im not encouraged the bridgewater founder was initially confident that President Trump could stimulate growth tru throuhrough tax refo dered deregulation well hear more from ray dalio next month when he joins the delivering alpha conference. A los angeles jury ordering Johnson Johnson to pay 417 million to a woman who claimed that the talc in the baby powder caused ovarian cancer. J j says it will appeal the ruling its the largest yet in lawsuits saying the company failed toed a quickly warn consumers about the cancer risk of its talcbased products Johnson Johnson faces 5,000 cases nationwide long long ago, the ceo of i think it was after ralph larsen i had read about this probably ten years ago. 5, 10 years ago. Sometimes the shape of a carcinogen im not slaying talc is a carcinogen there was scuttlebutt about this, at least ten years ago i have not touche