Order ending preferential trt for hong kong and said he would sanction chinese officials responsible for crackdown on political dissent. He has taken this opportunity to attack everything from what he calls the china virus, the who, and his democratic rival joe biden. Of course, he has taken the chance to really talk up market gains we have seen recently. Absolutely, and talking about the prospects to get a vaccine in the u. S. And what he says will be record time. A pretty wide range of issues being focused about by the president. We will continue to dip back in as we get lines, but lets get some context. Mario, a pretty wideranging array of topics being addressed by the president. It is really just to the drumbeat of escalating tensions and tit for tats we are seeing between washington and beijing. Absolutely. You described it perfectly. Months, the Trump Administration has been pantomiming that he is going to be tougher on china. He has increasingly pointed to china as the reason fo
I will use another strong word. Panic. That is justified. Late yesterday, panicked investors drove the dow down 1191 points. Thats the biggest oneday point loss ever. Okay, thats the backdrop. Now todays reality. The dow at one stage early this morning, futures were down over 600 points. Right now we are down over 400 points. The s p down 50. The nasdaq composite, way down, another 2 lower, off 166 points. Today on this show, we will ask when do we get a rebound . Where are the bargains that longterm investors might go for . Now look at this. This, what you are seeing, is a worldwide rush to put money into ultrasafe u. S. Treasuries. The yield now, 1. 19 . At one stage earlier it was 1. 16 , an historic low. That is a classic flight to safety. Heres what happens when the Global Demand for oil falls out of bed. Sharply lower prices. At this moment, we have got, what, about i think its 45 per barr barrel. That is on the price of oil. Thats the latest on the market action. Now the latest
A white house official says a response could come this week. There has been a breakthrough in libya peace talks. The United Nations says the countrys warring sides have agreed to turn a ceasefire into a lasting deal. Weeks of sporadic violence have derailed negotiations and dashed hopes for a more permanent agreement. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. It is 1 00 p. M. In new york, six 00 in london, 2 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. From bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, here are the top stories we are following. A sea of red for global stocks. The s p 500 wiping out its 2020 gains and posting its worst day in two years. Investors fearful as the Coronavirus Spreads far beyond china, potentially upending Global Economic growth. Seek safe havens, gold looms toward 1700 an ounce. We talked to the ceo of
Cruise ship is being treated with an experimental drug made by Gilead Sciences. Hes in the Nebraska Medical Center in omaha. Overseas, virus cases linked to italy have spread to five other European Countries, and virus cases linked to iran have spread to iraq, afghanistan, kuwait, oman, lebanon and bahrain. Brazil is testing a man who recently visited italy. If a second test is positive, it would be the first case in latin america. Health secretary azar told congress quote, we cannot hermetically seal off the United States. The cdc says its not if it arrives, but when. Worldwide, economies are slowing, there is a fear of association with anyone who may have been in any way near a Virus Outbreak. Some borders are closing, flights canceled, hotels with any possible carriers, locked down. All right. Now lets show you the markets. Its all over the place. The dow at one point very early this morning was down over, well over 400 points. Now weve got a green arrow showing maybe a gain of 60 p
Moment monetary moment and what could be in store for Precious Metals plus. New artificial artificial things to profits up for a while but. Before. We returned to singapore for more perspective on u. S. Interest rates from our crude own christiane i spoke to international and us or german rogers to get his take on our topsy turvy global Interest Rates and mary oh and why i for christie fans should be back up or for sure on thursday weve got all this news involving the shows all this and news involving the shows official favorite d musical guest on deck lets go. Transcend leduc tax fight leads our global report today as apple files for an appeal of a 14000000000. 00 bill for back taxes from the European Union on monday the u. S. Based tech giant pled for the 26000 judgment by the European Commission that apple effectively benefits. From illegal state aid from the government of ireland by means of to a markable rule Court Rulings that have granted apple a drastically reduced tax burden o