Economic update so professor the market has just kind of shrugged off this entire conflict between iran and the u. S. Its now hitting all time highs and essentially concluding that honor has been served in the middle east and everyone can move along now what do you think is this really over or is merely a teaser and the other shoe just hasnt dropped yet. You know its a complicated story on the one hand the markets are right of course this was see it or it was see it or on new years to assassinate a foreign general when he is leave it in his own country a person who has that an adversary for a long a person carrying a diplomatic passport which means you can give his car a ticket let alone kill him a very bizarre action and the world looks at this as a kind of roll Good Behavior which is the truth everywhere except in the media. Year on the other hand the iranians having to look like theyre doing something in response send missiles that dont get to the target theyre ostensibly aimed at s
Lebanon from japan to face trial in japan for financial misconduct he says hes escaping justice. Also coming up what do you wish for in the new year. Law as the countdown to new years begins we find out what people around the world are hoping 2020 will bring. Im brian thomas great to have you with us while thousands of residents and tourists are trapped at this hour by raging fires in a number of coastal towns in australia feeble our shelter. Airing right now on the waterfront preparing for possible evacuation by sea it is an unprecedented situation across the country now the areas worst affected are australias 2 most populated states in the southeast New South Wales and Victoria Well the blazes have claimed 2 more victims a father and son attempting to protect their home. At least 4 stranded by the seaside thousands of tourists and locals are being held hostage by raging wildfires in the town of. Its too late to leave so all they can do is wait along the beach for help to come but res
A shock sighting off the italian island of sicily 3 huge killer whales traveled more than 6000 kilometers from their home off iceland to the mediterranean. Im brian thomas great to have you with us all fears are growing at this hour for the residents and tourists trapped by raging fires in a number of coastal towns australia people are sheltering at this hour on the waterfront preparing for possible evacuation by sea now it is an unprecedented situation across the country the areas worst affected australias 2 most populated states New South Wales and victoria now the town of melaka is where 4000 people have fled the fire there down the beach right now well be going to that area to find out more but 1st heres a look at the scope of these blazes which have claimed 2 more lives a father and a son attempting to protect their home. Stranded by the seaside. Thousands of tourists and locals are being held hostage by raging wildfire in the town of monaco and its too late to leave so all they c
Does rbc have to say about the sell off and jp morgan is boosting the annual fee for one of its most popular credit cards. Worldwide exchange begins right now. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Stock futures pointing to more gains at the opening bell following yesterdays turn around the s p around record levels as well it did set record interaday highs. Up another 18 points implied today. The dow up by 153 and 60 for the nasdaq looking at the bond market yields are rising off of the lows we saw in the wake of general Qassem Soleimanis killing. 1. 874 twoyear 1. 58 as well going worldwide. After seeing a rebound innizia you can see a lot of green on the screen nikkei in japan up almost 2. 5 nearly 1 gains for the composite index as well. Lets spin that over to what is happening in early european trading. I dont see any red on there up 1 . Same for the ftse in the uk and for the dax in germany oil sinking 5 as tensions cool off for now. Crude oil for u. S. Based benchmark, wti up one qu
Clearly, coronavirus is not impacting future sales all that much at the moment. , data as well, storage center, those kind of chips doing well. That is having a halo effect on some other chips. A couple of them are lower as well. There is some treasury buying along with the equities bounce, so we have to take note of that. 7 . 10 year yield at 1. 5 we got Consumer Confidence data above 100 today from the university of michigan. Preliminary february data increasing, and revisions to december. That said, retail sales didnt exactly reflect increased confidence. They were pretty stagnant, if not a little disappointing. Guy here in europe, stocks heading back to flat. We bounced off session lows. Volume is ok. We are going into a long weekend in the United States. Do you want to carry positions over that weekend . Eurodollar positive, but only just. Data out of germany pretty weak today. While we are seeing some commodities trading higher today, you always want to Pay Attention to what is h