Consumer confidence relatively judge the michigan consumers intimate data is a good guide. Lets break it down a different way. Current conditions, 85. 9. That is above expectations at 84. 9. This is what i was really looking for, expectations also ,oming in ahead of expectations but they are still below current conditions, 79. 2. They are not going down, which ethic is the really important thing, as we see the virus picking up. Alix and we didnt get stimulus, counterintuitive to what many thought would happen. Big tex stocks are lower on a stocks big tech are lower on a flurry of data. Now with us, mark st oeckle. Are you buying the dip . Tok i think people need keep it in perspective. The reports were good. I think what we are seeing today is skimming a little but of the froth out of the valuation adjustment. I think they are all very wellpositioned and very well performing companies, but lets also not forget weve had a big run up into these numbers. The interesting part is you look a
In pennsylvania. We start off with jeff flock, with the latest what is happening in milwaukee, wisconsin. Jeff, you were the first to say given some troubles they were having in the milwaukee area, but if they resolve them, they could quickly get this settled. They appear to be moving rapidly in that direction. Reporter yeah. The trouble was essentially just a tsunami of mailin ballots, 169,000 counted in this Building Back behind me. With all due respect to the president , he certainly deserves respect and to this tweet, it is not that theyre finding votes. They simply had a lot to count. And last night, as you know, neil, we showed it live on the air, we had pictures what was going on here, the counting of the mailin ballots. It was about the most transparent counting that i have ever seen. News reporters and other observers allowed to roam around outside the bounds where counts was taking play. To sob i have it, what everyone was doing, when the count came in, took from a trump lead
Since the beginning of september. As investors try to move toward the Health Care Part of the economy, it is creating choppy trading action as we can see with todays mixed action similar to yesterdays big move, lots of volatility. David we have all been fixated with the election, and some with covid19 and the vaccine. You pointed out something that happened in august that may be having ripple effects in the equity markets right now. It seems as though the surface issues, the very important issues, the election and the virus, a huge issue that can change the field. It seems that what we are seeing is a repricing of risk. In august, the feds policy framework shift back in august ,eeping rates lower for longer especially the short end of the curve, but putting the sentiment towards the idea of inflation or healthier economy, that has steepened the yield curve tremendously, again a repricing of risk. This is healthy, but when the yield curve steepens it does cause lots of different Asset C
Madrid could announce a state of emergency today. A golden reopening. Beijing is back to work efforts week long holiday. Chinese equities and the yuan outperform. Very good morning to you. 6 00 a. M. In the city of london. Happy friday. Its one week since we learned the president of the United States tested positive for covid19. D. C. Politics is messy. We will talk about that a little bit later. We are 25 days away from the u. S. Election. Some optimism that we have had a bit of shift on stimulus in the white house. Nancy pelosi, Steven Mnuchin, are talking again, but many skeptical we will see support. The hope of that is moving markets this morning. S p 500 futures to the upside this morning alongside euro futures as well. Chinese equities outperforming. We are up more than 2 this morning, 1 00 p. M. In beijing. China is back to work after golden week. Its back with some good optimistic measures when you look at the equities space. The bloomberg dollar index lower against all of g10
Discussion this evening. Francine we are not brexit free, i have just been sparing you. We have actually been increasing the numbers of icu beds because people need them more. And brexit negotiations are ongoing. There is still the selfimposed deadline of october 15. ,om and i want to make clear the case dynamics in europe are extraordinary for the slopes of those curves are distressing. Its been an extraordinary thursday. Thank you to our team for an incredible news flow. It seems like we are doing the same thing today, we are waiting for washington to wake up and drive forward. Heres riddick group to with the first word news. With first word news. The Global Food Program was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. They especially operate in conflict zones. To 100 millionse people in 88 countries last year. The white house is shifting its position in stimulus package, again. Steven mnuchin and told nancy pelosi that they want to in agreement on a largescale relief bill. Earlier this week