All this comes before we get Apple Earnings tomorrow. Pretty good week for central bank earnings. But for now, pretty quiet. Wait and see has to find the markets. Is at ank market important juncture because the s p 500 last made its record high may 21, 2015. Since then it is come pretty close to matching that high, but no cigar. Months. Mes in the last july, november, and a less week when we got within 1 of that record high we cannot get past that final hurdle. We are seeing a bit of a backup in rates everywhere you look. This chart on your screen is a oneyear look at the 10 year yield on german boon. Now over 0. 2. Not too dramatic. But you can see there was a huge tantrum last spring, some people talk about we see a repeat of that . We are nowhere to that we are seeing yields rise despite the lack of rally and equity markets. Tracey lets look specifically at the british pound against the u. S. Dollar. The pound rising to its strongest level against the dollar and more than two months
American dream, american greed, its a very provocative title everything today we are in for a real treat. Were going to try to have a very lively 30 minute discussion and then going to try to leave room for about 10, 15 minutes of obvious questions before we break, and we have a hard stop because of cspan2 today at 10 50. To kick us off, both of your books are so well conveyed and really so captivating, id like to ask each of you to kind of take us off with maybe a two to three minute elevator ride to the top. What are the major points in your books and what do you haver to say about them. Im going to start with bethany. Before i do, shaky ground is the title. Its very timely today come this week unfortunately japan is in the news again, a very severe earthquake. In 2011 i was in tokyo for the big earthquake there which touched off tsunamis in a Nuclear Emergency that they are still trying to deal with. 2008 our Global Financial system melted down. Eight years later bethany says were s
She coauthored the smartest guys in the room about the fall of enron, but more important than that, she actually foretold it a few years earlier when she started asking questions, is enron overvalued x is it transparent. Actually, when she says there may be another issue brewing, we probably ought to sit up and listen. To my left, ben strauss, hes written in depth on College Athletics, but hes really dived into the very rich and multidimensional Human Interest stories behind College Athletes and athletes around the world. Actually, hes got my sons dream job. Frankly, my dream job. So its really great to have you here, and thank you pote for coming both for coming to this years Annapolis Book festival. American dream, american greed, you know, its a very provocative title. And i think today were in for a real treat. Were going to try to have a very lively 30minute discussion, and im going to try to leave room for about 10, 15 minutes of audience questions before we break, and we have a
By the florida restaurant association. Hi, everyone. Im greg. And vanessa. Were excited to be with you today to share with all of you the 35th Anniversary Edition of a Central Florida holiday tradition, the florida citrus parade. This event was first held in 1980 and held by florida citrus sports. The floats youll be seeing are decorated with oranges, grapefruits and tangerines green here in the sunshine state. We have a great lineup including the edible floats, marching bands from all over the nations, football v. I. P. S and a few surprises. Greg, we have around 50,000 of our closest friends with us today lining the parade route. The third member of our team, a man that loves to have a good time, orlando native and comedian, rod z is there in the and i love being in the middle of the action. Its great being back home in Central Florida. Its greater being part of this wonderful parade. You know were going to have fun, right, guys . [cheers applause] all right, rod. I have no doubt abo