100 points, nasdaq down about 35 points. Thats aflight away from stocks and into safe havens like gold, there you have it. Twentythree dollars higher gold this morning, 1,643 per ounce, now look at this, this is the yield on the 10year treasury bond, down 4. 8 , thats a flight to safety, money moving into the safer heaven of Treasury Bonds and out of the more risky assets known as stocks. President trump in rally in colorado, he was on the economy and markets and presented a very positive view of americas future, very much in contrast to the damage control that the democrats are doing after their debate, tonight, by the way, the president speaks in las vegas, that will be his third rally of the week and its in las vegas right before the las vegas the nevada caucuses which start tomorrow, look at this, on your screens now, thats the president with momentum, his 49th Approval Rating is higher than 48th percent disapproval, first time in presidency, the man has the wind in his sail and ra
Super tuesday, a third of pledged delegates up for grabs today. This is former Vice President gets the backing of former opponents and Mike Bloomberg appears in the ballot for the first time. Plus this, the coronavirus in the United States, 6 people dead in washington state. We are taking a look, g7 vice ministers as economies hit around the world. President trump cutting for the Federal Reserve to cut Interest Rates as the virus spreads and slows down the economic story. First, focus on retail, target and kohls reporting this morning. Watch any impact on coronavirus. Mornings with maria is right now. Maria we will start with markets. We are hitting rock bottom levels after a 52week low yesterday, check out the yield at 1. 159 . This is extraordinary numbers here and probably will lead to an increase in lending and borrowing. We will take a look at the impact there in europe this morning, stocks following the u. S. On a rally this morning and hopes that Central Bank Action, the markets
Apple warning that coronavirus will hit revenues. The drop in apple surprisingly small. Flat as investors see little new in this reboot. We are going to get 35,000 job cuts, though. And franklin buying legg mason. L scale project s of protect active Asset Managers from the storm ripping through this industry . From london, im guy johnson, with vonnie quinn in new york. We are counting you down to the european close on bloomberg markets. Vonnie grinding lower, but slowly. We are down zero. 4 on the s p 500 as more and more companies talked about the impact of the coronavirus shortterm and more intermediateterm on their businesses, including the apple, and of course which is what spooked the markets after a possible turnaround day yesterday. Apple said it would tried to china said it would try to shore up its economy. We are also getting some good earnings reports helping shore up some of the market. Gold futures above 1600 an ounce, and that is all just in the last few minutes. It does
Maria and our top story this hour 2020 democrats facing off on debate stage in charleston, candidates taking aim at frontrubber South Carolina days before South Carolina prime aye and less than a week before super tuesday, Hillary Vaughn with all the highlights, hillary. Good morning, maria, democrats on stage did not pull any punches, mayor Michael Bloomberg fended off attacks over billionaire status as painting status as unelectable and warren as mayor Pete Buttigieg drilled sanders over the math behind medicare for all. Elect bernie, bernie will lose to donald trump and donald trump and the house and the senate and some of the state houses will all go red. Mayor bloomberg has strong and enthusiastic base of support, the problem is they are all billionaires. Everybody in this room imagine moderate republicans going over and voting for him and you have to do that if you cant win. Aggressive agenda is popular, mayor bloomberg, he cannot eastern the trust of the core of the Democratic P
Chinese stocks turning higher after a phase i trade deal to calm and solid industrial and retail data. Consequences. Be china threatening retaliation and germany bands hallway hallway. Calm carmakers could be caught in the crossfire. Prime minister Boris Johnson prepares to name his new cabinet. Sterling strength continues as investors stay positive on brexit. Under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. Taking a look at what futures look like, all green across the board. Ftse futures still gaining solidly. It looks like it could be a risk on day. Absolutely. A slightly sluggish picture coming through, a lot of questions hanging over the trade story. To what extent are we going to see the rollbacks . Questions and after that, the mixed picture on chinese data. Retail sales better than expected. Mind andof that in with some of the euphoria that see the msci pacific fairly flat. A couple of red headlines closing the bloomberg. Inrth Quarter Sales coming just below the 62 bil