Starting in 1987 when the portfolio insurance crash the markets the fed came into the rescue and thats the fed puts well then weve seen since that any time that the bankers and all their huge amounts of derivatives whenever theres a problem there the fed comes to the rescue i. E. Theres a problem with distribution of risk in the supply chain of risk doesnt go away the risk is still there but it just keeps on getting deferred either into the future or to some group of suckers like you know Pension Funds risk cannot be created or destroyed its persistent within the markets and options and derivatives allow you to separate risk from reward and to trade it separately thats what the options volatility formula which was a nobel winning prize winning formula is all about to split almost like a sporting energy from matter youre splitting risk from reward and so what bankers on wall street have been really good at doing is making sure that they dont have any risk and that their risk somehow alw
A lot of problems associated with that but thats the big question stacey it is all about this one issue that you and i particularly you have been talking about for years to be an options trader and what is options trading all about but managing risk right well that was a tool developed to manage risk but when that didnt work all the time 100 percent of the time bankers got their friends like jay powell lets look at this tweet from you are you ready for monday jay powell goes but. I get my spanish comes in handy there to know how to roll those are yes but once theyre Risk Management tools starting in 1987 when the portfolio insurance crash the markets the fed came into the rescue and thats the fed puts well then weve seen since that any time that the bankers and all their huge amounts of derivatives whenever theres a problem there the fed comes to the rescue i. E. Theres a problem with distribution of risk in the supply chain of risk doesnt go away the risk is still there but it just ke
Plus price of gasoline continue to go plummet. Mornings with maria begins right now. Lets check markets this morning. Closing out the week in europe, european indices are higher across the board. Ftse 100 is up 173 points, cac quarante up 231 and dax up 349 points. Bank of england cut rates of wasnt tenth of a percent, marks rally in asia overnight. China keeping lending rate unchanged but said the future easing the likely. Markets in japan are closed and the markets were higher across the board. Korea up 7 and a half percent overnight. Hong kong, better than 5 . Check out oil prices. They are surging. The price war is racing on. Take a look at crowd oil, 267 higher at level of 27 a barrel. Yield of 10year treasury currently lower but at 1 even 1. 050 . Thats down 10 basis points this morning on 10year. Senate republicans announcing covid19 relief plan complete with checks to american citizens and Small Business protections. Here is how the direct payments break down. 1,200 for individ
Mnuchin this morning bob with the wild week for stocks rick and the bond market bob bob, we start with you its another choppy day hopefully will end a little more stable than we started below this week was 22. 80. Were well off of the lows for the week but still down today. Off of the lows for this morning. In terms of sectors, its been all over the place all week. For once energy is leading but that was the opposite earlier in the week Consumer Staples are the week one. Banks have been generally under performing the entire week just want to point out the consumer names every one was talking about. Campbell, smuckers a and the food stocks were up. For the last day and a half they have been selling off. I want to point out the bond etfs high yield bonds the junk bonds down on higher chances. Theres 3 currently muin bonds weak. They do the convention center. They fund the transit systems. Quite across the board one bit of solace is the vix is quieting down. If you call in the 60s quieten
Coronavirus confirmed in the u. S. New york, new jersey and connecticut are banning all gathering over 50 people and closing dine in restaurants and bars following that recommendation from the cdc. U. S. Airlines are seeking 50 billion dollar in government assistance and if approved, it would be the industrys first broad bail out since after the september 11th attacks we have full Team Coverage this afternoon. Bob is monitoring conditions at the new york stock exchange. Rick is out at the cme watching the bond market. Bob, well begin with you. Third trading halt in the last six trading sessions. Thats this morning after the open 9 30 or so. 15 minutes the s p down 7 these trading halts have, at least, served to slow the markets down a little bit and do bit put a bit of a break on things well keep an eye on that. Were continuing to see this bifercation in the market. Health care and staples are out performing this has been the trend since thursday here. Market gainers, if you look at so