See certain the Congressional Black Caucus foundation discussion is available on cspan. Org. Well leave this and take you to a discussion in washington on financial regulations and their role in the u. S. Economy. Youll hear from robert cook, president and chief executive officer of the financial industry regulatory authority. Live coverage here on cspan3. Robert and i talking about developments. Were going to have you, the audience, become part of the discussion. Let me take a minute or two to discuss or frame our discussion and then introduce robert. A regulator of central importance although not widely understood and a lot of people dont know a lot of things about it. It is commonly called a Self Regulatory Organization or sro. Its a delaware not for profit corporation. It is not a Government Agency. Yet, it is important in terms of its size and scope. It has a budget of approximately 1 billion which compares to the s. E. C. s budget of 1. 6 billion. It has approximately 3,500 emplo
10month high. Mashlgts are chasing histories this morning. Dows within 79 points of an alltime intraday high, jim, looks like we might get it closer to the open than some thought. Its interesting. Its the makeup. The makeup is extraordinary. It is completely trumprelated. This expansion in the banks is not just because of regulation, but its also because of Interest Rates going higher but also because people feel loan growth is going to be better, people feel lower taxes. So that group is a leader. That group has been when that group leads, carl, thats a freight train. Its always been a freight train. One remembers the 9192 come out of recession led by the banks, led by bank of america, what you saw there was a juggernaut. And those who said, hey, that cant last. Well, theyre not in the business anymore. Everyones weighing in. Icahn with wapner yesterday. Donald trump this morning saying he sold all his gold. Hes long the dollar. Long materials, short u. S. Bonds, short italian bonds.
Lets take a look at the trajectory of futures throughout the morning here. Here you have futures going throughout the night. This is the leg lower than i am about when the testimony came out. She talked about the financial conditions of being a challenging at this point in time. She tried to walk the line between being cautious and leaving the door open to rate increases. Welooks like that is when saw the leg lower. Things are holding up relatively well. Take a look at the imap sectors on the move this morning. We have got utilities lower. They tend to fall when we get higher rates. Leaving,re is technology is leaving, financials are coming back as well p are a lot of groups have suffered in recent days and are coming back. Tech in particular because many of the Tech Companies are contributing the most to the gains we are seeing in the s p 500. Microsoft, apple, amazon. These are the beatendown names we have been watching recently, rebounding this morning. Treasuryor yields are coming
Oil is nearly unchanged. We begin with janet general on the hymn, day one of congressional testimony. The market awaits any change in Interest Rate policy. Disney and time warner both report earnings but fail to catch a bid. Yes, earnings were beat. Most stocks sharply lower. Well fill you in. Trumpsanders taking the state t. Race moves on to South Carolina and nevada. But first up, were less than an hour away from generals spy annual testimony on the economy and Monetary Policy. This morning, shell appear before the House Financial Services committee. Tomorrow, of course, the Senate Banking committee. In her prepared remarks, she says financial conditions have recently become less supportive of growth and a lower path of fed funds rate would be appropriate if the economy were to disappoint. But she adds, she still sees moderate growth ahead 245 would allow the fed to pursue gradual rate increases. We will bring you live coverage at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. She talks about slack in the lab
Chaired by texas republican jed henserling. Committee members expected to ask about the feds Interest Rate policies such as when the next rate hikes are coming and how many there will be. Since the december rate hikes, stock markets have fallen and Energy Prices dropped while china and russias economic problems continue. This is live on cspan3. Should start in a moment. Committee will come to order. The chair can declare a recess at any time. This is to receive the semiannual testimony of the chair of the board of governors of the fed reserve system and the state of the economy. I now recognize myself for three minutes for an opening statement. Last month weal all heard president obama attempt to take an economic victory lap in his state of the union speech but the American People are having none of it. They are tired of hearing from out of touch ruling class in washington just how good things are when their realities are vastly different. So chair yellen, not with standing the fact th