Chipmakers asias chipmakers. And oracle is an talks to purchase tiktok. Reports ap group surge in iron ore. We hear from the ceo this hour. It has just gone 6 00 a. M. And london. Dsia. M. In downtown everything comes back to the price of a bond for me in the United States of america. Stimulus, prevarication what does it do to the dollar, good morning . Annmarie the dollar is in focus. Putting outole research saying the tail wind be the u. S. Election. You and i wake up so early, we got to see some of what is going on in politics. The dnc kicking off its convention. How does this impact the market . That is what we will need to discuss. Will come off the top of the s p. I have get my one favorite line of the day. My quote of the day. Bondholderso says are like boiling frogs. A small kick in rates and they jump out of the pot. Boiling frogs. What an image. There you go. Whoever put that together, high marks on our show. Annmarie we are going to go down this path. My favorite this mornin
Surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua. The markets has been trading volumes because it is august and a lot of people are still off or trading less than in the past. This is what we are looking at. If you look at the european stoxx 600. They are trading sideways. Is. Futures and gold bouncing back. The trumpet administration stoked tensions with beijing by imposing new restrictions on mayei technology which be giving some of a breather. Advancing and gold climbing back above 2000 an ounce. Lets get the latest. The race to acquire tiktok is ramping up after President Trump signed an executive order on friday forcing bytedance to sell its business within 90 days. Oracle is said to be considering a bid. Its entry could challenge microsofts bargaining position. For more on this, thats get to alex webb. Thank you for joining us. When you look at this race, is it oracle and someone elsem and microsoft, or is it just going to be the two . Alex it seems as though oracle firms,roached some other Vent
Questioning its safety and whether or not it will actually bypass Central Banks well for more on this were joined by political host ben so on and christiane i ben lets start with you because this is something that weve talked about multiple times on this show that the fed will soon attempt to create its own Digital Currency now i think its fair to say this move doesnt catch you as a surprise break down what this could look like would we have a digital wallet separate from your regular Bank Accounts well essentially thats probably what would happen i guess thats what theyre trying to get in my teeth to take a look at whats fascinating about this is the feds terminology ive been saying for well over a year the fed was going to do this at some point very soon in fact i think i even said it this week and yet here we are at this moment where the fed is saying well were going to create a hypothetical Digital Currency is not hypothetical dont even talk like that right thats ridiculous termino
A new emerging of a possible buyer of tiktok. More challenges for boeing as it continues to deal with the fallout from the pandemic and the 737 max woes it is tuesday august 18 and this is Worldwide Exchange. Good morning. Good afternoon good evening perhaps that song will get you, you know, jumping. Why not . Global markets are setting up their tuesdays stock futures slightly higher right now. They are in the green investor focus on the dow remains on the s p 500 a half a percent from the alltime record high if you are counting at home, any close above 3386. 15 would be a record close stop us if youve heard this one before one area not waiting around is technology the nasdaq pushing to a record high the 37th high of the year and 33rd record close of 2020. Once again leading technology, tesla. Another record high. By the way, also adding another 8 billion to elon musks personal fortune pushing him back on the list tesla shares up 32 in just five days 32 in five days hey, maybe that rec
Obama. Plans. Adens we will bring you our interview with the ceo. Asian stocks edge higher after break a500 fails to record at the close. European futures point to a negative just over an hour away from cash trading in europe. Atures suggest we could see lupita of ever treat a little bit of a retreat. They just went up for the morning. We were flat and positive across europe. , we faileded states to make a new high at the close even though we traded above those february high levels. There, wouldd got there have been the breadth to make it mean that much . We have gothe gmm, south korea, closed yesterday. Broadly speaking, we are flat and positive across the asian equity segment. Drift, whether it is asian stocks, u. S. Futures. The dollar is drifting. Making some moves to the downside. Treasuries a little higher, yields come down. Still questions around u. S. Stimulus, an unanswered question for Global Equity markets. Some breaking news across the bloomberg. Persimmong sector, saying f