We did just get the closing bell on u. S. Equities, which have been trying to break free of the range they have been in for some time. 2971 is where we are ending the day on the s p 500 the nasdaq indices up 2 on the day. 2 . Russell 2000 gaining energy, financials, and Communication Services leading the charge. Twitter among those names. And along to Analog Devices also with an interesting rise. Royal caribbean loses a little ground. Scarlet i want to jump in with breaking news. The regulator of fannie mae and freddie mac has come out with a plan that calls for more than 200 billion in capital. The regulators proposing the mortgage giants be required to hold hundreds of billions of dollars in capital to guard against potential losses, and this could eventually have an impact on Mortgage Rates and the Trump Administrations efforts to basically free the companies from government control. We are keeping watch of this as are needed fors existing government control. Is ben still with us ma
This years no different while the averages got hit and dow dipped 120, and the nasdaq only slipping three basis points, in fact, the nasdaq, though, is up more than a percent for the year while the other averages are barely positive and the tech part of the index which is what im focusing on tonight is pretty much on fire yep, today we saw remarkable moves and all sorts of tech stocks after analyst after analyst issued bullish recommendations that reverberated throughout the whole sector pit action this is a special time when the analysts survey their universe and make predictions so far the predictions have been positive as they pretty much are every year but why not theres plenty to like better than expected quarter from a company that you probably never heard of called microchip bolsters a host of semiconductor stock, Analog Devices with a big upgrade. Both of those companies are seeing Strong Demand you always have to buy these stocks coming off the bottom thats what ive been telli
Fighting back over President Trumps attacks and start being political. The insurgent Elizabeth Warren is gaining on joe biden in the polls by sounding like trump. She is using trumps word like economic patriotism. Critics warn about warrens Big Government push. To joe biden, he has a family problem. Not just his son. Its bidens brother in trouble with Health Companies. Now suing that bidens brother james promised him that his access to his brother joe biden would be pivotal for their success. Joe walsh tried to blame the loss of his radio show on President Trump and not his racist tweets. You wont believe what hes saying now. The border wall getting built and replaced under way in new mexico using reappropriated pentagon fund. Jerry nadler fighting again, a new push of the courts to impeach President Trump. Siness network. Is the season for another Government Shutdown looming . Why does d. C. All operate in a permanent state of outrage and emergency . They want you to think they are do
The president accusing Prime Minister theresa may of making a mess of brexit. He said the u. K. Will have a new Prime Minister soon, good news. In the markets, we are seeing risk off attitude. You want to buy the dollar. Equity futures down. 4 . Semis could get particularly hard. The chip guys have three months of inventory stacked up. Yields going nowhere in the u. S. Oil a bit firmer. You have some iran conflict there, the military playing hardball with bp. Altogether, it is a by dollar story, sell u. S. Equities buy dollar story, sell u. S. Equities. We are joined by Lisa Abramowicz and michael mckee. 72 hours, has a busy giving a speech to open this Boston Press Conference and then going down to d. C. Michael you dont have to pay any attention to boston. Towill be fed by satellite the conference. Tomorrow, you have to be sitting in front of your bloomberg terminal and watching jay powell. He has to ratify the idea of the month, which the markets are anticipating, or we will have in
What are we doing equity wise . Yvonne it is about that jobs report. Making a little money for the fed. It will be interesting to see what jay powell says. Is he going to lay a strong case for some kind of easing cycle after that solid jobs report . There are indicators that it was not that strong here. Slower when it comes to wages. We will see that rate cut at the end of the month. You are seeing equities selling off here today. After this continued pressure from japan onchip materials. The chip sector is under pressure once again. Hong kong under pressure. Down more than 130 points. We are on the cusp of hitting another record here. The dollar is stronger after that u. S. Jobs report. We are seeing asia a bit under pressure. To what else we are seeing here. Oil is in the front after pulling back a little bit on friday and on are selling off as the market tries to correct that u. S. Jobs report. Does this lead to less expectation . They will cut 50 basis points. Looking out for the b