This is bloomberg surveillance. This is what the markets are focused on. The markets are looking at some of the data out of germany. Business confidence coming in. 86. 2. Instead of the estimated 85. We are watching out for the case surges in the virus. Something i dont look at very often, but we decided to put in aussiedollar. It did reverse gains. It does seem that european stocks are slumping as investors figure out asset types. Now lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Here is dani burger. Dani the pandemic spread in the u. S. Is leaving some state officials to consider slowing or even reversing plans to reopen. Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci is concerned about the uptick. Struggling to pump out its 2 trillion of virus aid. Much of it remains stuck in tokyos aging bureaucracy. Still 40 of the funds have not reached people despite being approved in late april. For loans to Small Businesses, only 14 have been lent out. For job protection subsidies, it is even w
The fed laid out plans to buy up individual Corporate Bonds this as the emergence of new coronavirus hot spots around the country add to fears of a second wave so why, guy adami, are markets seemingly so immune to these concerns is that actually a good sign for this rally no, its not. But before i have to i would be remiss, melissa, if i didnt wish the b. K. , the bitcoin baller a happy belated birthday. His birthday was yesterday do you know whose birthday is tomorrow i wont keep you in suspense adam smith would have been 297 years old tomorrow why do i mention him i had to read that book the wealth of nations in college. You probably read it as well he was the father of free market capitalism well, what you saw today was the exact antithesis of that and im going to get added by everybody. To think this market is at all free market is a fools folly. The fact that we rallied into this announcement by the fed, which we all saw coming or they announced it prior shouldnt really surprise a
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Be careful, guillermo, we dont want to lose you. El president e weighed in on cinco today. Remember a few years ago, he posted this stupid picture with the message, happy cincodemayo the best taco bowls are made in trump tower grill. I love hispanics well, i guess that wasnt embarrassing enough the first time, because today, he posted it again. Remember this . Happy cinco de mayo. Of course, we remember. How could we forget . That was just before our country started cincoing into the abyss. Trump was up very late last night watching tv and ragetweeting at 12 46 a. M. His mood apparently continued into the afternoon, because today he wrote, wow congratulations to greg gutfeld, a onetime trump hater who has come all the way home. His ratings easily beat no talent stephen colbert, nice guy jimmy fallon, and wacko last placer jimmy kimmel. Wacko last placer i hope he wasnt talking about me. I think maybe this was another typo situation. I think what he meant to tweet was, i am completely d