45. 88 for wti. So still talk about the possibility whether or not it is going to 50. Brent is 47. 53. Natural gas is 208. Janet yellen wont completely rule out negative rates but the fed chair also saying that the tool would need a lot more study before it could be used in the United States. Our comments coming in response to written questions from a congressman following her testimony on capitol hill. And Jeffrey Gundlach telling an investor web cast he sees some hawkish rebellion showing up. He calls yellen the biggest dove. 50 chance of only one more rate hike this year. He can see the s p going to 1600. On todays economic agenda couple of things coming up. April retail sales and the producer pricing index both out. Sales expected to rebound after a decline in march. Then were going to get may Consumer Sentiment and march business innervate ris. Retailers have had some problems this week. I heard. You missed a lot here. Did you see some of the people we had on this week . I heard.
Check out early trade, youll see green arrows. Major gainers looks like france up 1. 3 . Italy is also up by 1. 5 . Take a look at crude oil prices this morning, things down by 14 cents 47. 94. Fed speak holding attention. Patrick harker joined the chorus. He argued that a june data rate height. Who . Thats who he is, Patrick Harker. The fed meets june 14th and 15th. Harker not a voting fmoc member this year. So whether what he says matters, its a bit of debate. Do they care about the consensus around the taken. Whoa, that is thats marinelike. Yeah. Tight. I got sheared. Whoo summer thing. Acceexcept it rains every da. No, it doesnt. Saturday and sunday. Depending on which forecast youre looking at. Last week . Yeah. Its a little title. Did dealing with these things, well deal with it. Things could be worse. Hair loss is not the end of the world. You go short no, im just trying to figure out the right system. That is the only issue im not dealing with at this point. Yeah. This is like
The fx trade is if they come to 20 basis points to you by resell the end the yen . Alix a great show, with richard clarida, coming up later in the program. Jonathan a positive turn to the market after negative and last week. Futures are positive up about nine points,. 4 . In europe a rally on a stronger footing, the ftse up by 1. 4 in the dax up by a. 8 . Events onsk wednesday, if the decision in the boj decision, just hours apart. In todays session, a softer bloomberg dollar index, the dollaryen just coming down a little bit. Wti withonger footing, a 43 handle. And merrillica lynch thing theres Downside Risk that the targets get back in the 60s by the end of the year and a supply pop could be around the corner. Theres been a steeper yield curve, we debate that throughout the program. Today, the long and rally and 30 year treasury around about basis bigt to 2. 4 percent at of a week. Alix lets check in for indepth coverage on all those top stories. And a current is looking ahead to tha
Or, areer results, there going to be any surprises . Away fromut one hour the close of the trade, stocks hovering near the highs of the session. Talking, third day of gains. Julie there is not really anything that changed or 24 hoursin the past yesterday. Negative chinese 20 trade data. It is a pretty big rally on the economic catalyst. 100 89 points. By about 1 each. The volume is 13 below the 28 20 day average. Take a look at the imap. It has been the same handful of groups leading throughout the day. Materials, industrials, energy, and financials. Technologyry and stocks are also gaining a bit today. The individual movers contributing the most to the s p 500s gain our amazon at a record after the price target was raised to 1000 per share, and microsoft getting some steam, as is general electric. We have earnings movers trickling in, not just disney, but a couple of numbers out today, down at a Business Information and technology company, earnings beating estimates, International Fla
Life affirming story. Reporter clay had cancer four times over 17 years. I was his care giver and we had a lot of wonderful times we move from new york to california. He started life over again doing that Magazine Program at the university of california berkeleys journalism school. We had students who were a new generation of journalists to come to our house all the time. It was a wonderful period. Twice when he came back to new york and had to retire, his body began to slow down, as this is toward the end. I was ruminating. This was the smallest kitchen of the many kitchens of my life. It was unusually hot for june. Standing on top of the refrigerator has to be small silicon steel the ceiling. I was telling a story with mushrooms because the chinese speak highly of boosting the immune system. I still cant give up. Could he have left already . Once the hospital bed was dated at our apartment everything changed. We no longer sleep beside each other. We occupied different rooms. He sleep