Shortly. Onhave got hopes of progress a vaccine and signals that they are making progress in terms of the u. S. China trade tensions. Both of those really firmly supporting the risk rally that we are seeing. Let me show you the state of play with the stoxx story. The back ofming off record highs in u. S. Stocks. The good times might not last, according to morgan stanley. They are saying the market is vulnerable to shocks, especially rising rates. Treasuries are on the back foot as we speak. We are looking at a weaker greenback. 830. Dollar at 1. 1 yeah,ps a little bit of a strange one given the wider risk appetite. The folks at pimco saying the gold rally is it played out yet is not played out yet. They believe gold remains attractively valued, especially in the context of low Interest Rates. Here are some of the stories we are watching. Both of the u. S. And china are seeing progress under their phase one trade deal. They are committed to the success of that. Senior officials from the
If its covid19 vaccine is effective. Jim, i know that citi news popped for you. Yeah, i candidly mike and donna are friends of mine and friends of my executive producer so i have to reveal that because i say its not about friends its about money this is jarring for those of us older than mike who is 60 but he did work there for 38 years, not retiring until february, but how great. When i spoke to him this morning, how great, jane fraser coming in. The Glass Ceiling in banking maybe a is finally cracking and its a great legacy for mike a period where net income increased from 7. 5 billion to 19. 4 billion, tangible common equity 12. 0 to 12. 5 and returned 80 in capital during mikes reign all those numbers havent necessarily led to great performance a of the stock but they are great numbers mike is a much loved figure as is donna, his wife and i regard them as a team and i know he wants to do many, many things in life and this is a soul searching time, he appointed jane last year, he ma
China trade talks are off. President trump says hes postponing any talks as leaders, xi jinping reportedly facing opposition from within his own party. Its another big day for retail earnings this morning. We are waiting on lowes, target and tjx opening before opening bell this morning. We are talking with apartment ceo after reporting double beat yesterday. He will talk about the pandemics impact on Consumer Habits and concerns over stimulus checks drying up. Markets this morning looking for another recordbreaking day, take a look at future, indicating a gain, dow futures up 51 points, nasdaq futures up 18 and s p and nasdaq continuing in record territory as you see there they are up this morning after hitting alltime highs yesterday. S p 500 scoring fastest rebound from a bear market in history. Yesterday the dow was down 66, but the nasdaq was 81 and the s p up 7 points. New york city is about to get sweeter, krispy kreme opens Flagship Store in times square, ceo live here at 7 20 a
Like it is getting down through thursday lows. We are seeing pressure. I love covering the markets. Europe is a snooze fest from an equity market point of view. There is nothing happening. Light volumes. Market trapped in a tight rein from an equity point of view curate we are going nowhere in a hurry. The Energy Sector is reasonably well bid but not spectacularly. The euro is back towards the middle of its risk range. Brent catching a bigger bed. We have the opec note coming out later this week. Reports worth paying attention to. Overnight, we do not see much out of china. You are seeing a little bit in terms of the nasdaq. Alix yes. That is a good point. He saw mike wilsons note at morgan stanley. He came out in the note last week talking about it was a pull forward of demand for tech where sustained acceleration. If there is a pull forward, how much earnings estimates increase can you see in 2021 . You also wonder moving into cyclicals, may be moving into cyclicals and out of the gr
We have gotten through the overnight hours and the period with the potential for the most lightning there we have had a few Lightning Strikes across the bay area but not a lot. Most of it was in the Central Valley and the pacific. There is still rain. Look at the showers. Actually, there is more good news because it has been light rain. But when you start to get into the bands of yellow and orange, and into mendocino, that is an example of this lightning. That potential will stay with us until 10 00 this morning. Not to mention, the red flag warning is in effect until 5 00 this evening because of the wind that can still be an issue and there is the issue with that. We are not out of the woods yet but we have gotten through the worst part of the evening in terms of where we would have seen the potential for the most widespread issues with lightning. So here is the forecast. Once the shower was clear out of the north bay, it is just going to be us and the smoke. There will be a lot of sm