Manus a warm welcome to daybreak europe. The numbers have dropped on hsbc. Job cuts. Share buybacks have been abandoned. A hugest impression is restructuring with a kitchen over 7 billion. That is a reality check on growth. Cost cuts are aggressive. And the reaction in hong kong not great, dropping as much as 3. 2 . The buyback and the plan to suspend those could be part of that. You talked about the 7. 3 billion charge and the bank still looking for a permanent ceo. That was Something Else we were looking out for. There were some changes in personnel but not at the very top. And cost cuts. Says it has hsbc yet to factor in the impact of that virus. Manus the fact that they have ripped the heart out of the Share Buyback which is one of the reasons why you believe that quinn can turn the business around. He has not been anointed or appointed. They are prevaricating. The goodwill impairment comes down to 4 billion in the investment essentially, they want to reallocate some of the freed u
Street warnings. Citigroup joins jpmorgan in slacking a downturn as Global Sentiment takes a hit. Manus are we all on our way to 2 . Its a most like a shakespearean drama. We cant turn back. 2. 75 . Ld retrace the we have priced ourselves on most oblivion on the probability of a rate cut. The didnt show up last night for the sevenyear option which could be the bond market sending the signal back to the market. A lousy bond auction was almost a welcome reprieve. James gorman says he will meet hard data, hard facts for the fed to move. Lets have a look at some of the other at risk markets. , 25 basis point cut on that market next week. The dollar is slipping this morning. They cut their target on the aussie to 65 from 70. You will see 1 by the end of the year. The dollar index, we are off of a fivemonth high. The risk is a major escalation. We could trip over ourselves between china and the u. S. Into a real escalation. That is the risk we must fend off. Nejra theres a fair amount of glo