The bond market is locked in a jonathan ferrolike manner. In nice correlation to a weaker dollar as well. There is a really nice lift to it. I have to admit, i havent watched the debate since kennedynixon, a few years ago, i think, 1960. I am actually going to watch this. This will. Be extraordinary jonathan i think the ratings will be through the roof. But the bar is low for the former vice resident, joe biden. And i think from a market perspective, if joe biden was a stock, the stock is running high going into earnings season with plenty of downside ahead. Tom i really defer to the pollsters that we have. One of them in iowa has been so professional. Over the weekend, the Vice President had a wonderful weekend, pulling at the national level. But you really have to go to the thoselevel on battleground states, particularly pennsylvania and florida. Jonathan looking after catching up with Kevin Cirilli in a few months time. Tom is there anyone not speaking this week. Francine the fed sp
Studied after a jump overnight. Steadied after a jump overnight. You are seeing the likes of the aussie, which gained a bit yesterday, off those highs. U. S. 10 year yield snapping out of three days of gains at 74 basis points. Brent crude sliding on concerns of that second wave in china. As we mentioned about geopolitical tensions, we are moments away from hearing south koreas president ial Office Briefing on the north korean situation after that Liaison Office was bombed yesterday. We are seeing a little bit of reaction with korean assets. Not a whole lot when it comes to the stoxx, although you are seeing to the stocks, although defense stocks are up today. The won taking it on the chin. Weaker by 6 10 of 1 . Vol spiked up just slightly. Haslinda geopolitics adding to marketweaker by 6 10 concerns. China has ordered all schools in beijing to close as it struggles to hold a new coronavirus outbreak which has already spread to neighboring provinces. Lets head to the capital and our ch
We will talk about in a next hour as well. We will be speaking about juneteenth and what companies should be doing to improve diversity and inclusion with vivian hunt from mckinsey. A big event here in the u. S. , lots of events participating in that in the holiday. We will break that down and what it means for renting for u. S. Companies as well. This could be the Third Largest none december exploration on record for Macro Risk Advisors founder. She will be joining us. We also have all this volatility into the squad winching dust into the cour quadruple winching. How does this play out . One of the trends we have seen in Options Market over the last several years that has is that folksated are vying incredibly short dated options, the shortest, as short as one day. Leaderboard is that it expires in one day. It is a unique way of trading. I would not say it is gambling, but it is not exactly investing either. A lot of the stuff rolling off was put on as late as this week. When we looke
Selling but the glut looms over the market. The politics of the pandemic. The u. S. And china continue to trade barbs over their handling of the crisis. Washington says the world has been let down. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting First Quarter gdp numbers quarter on quarter, seeing the biggest drop since 2008. Young talking about a contraction of 1. 4 . It is still a little bit better than expected. The expectation was a contraction of 1. 5 but it will still be the First Quarter on quarter retraction since 2009. The year on year number rising 1. 3 , is also bigger increase and was expected. It was expected it would only gain 1 . It is also growing this rise of 1. 3 year on year coming after growing more than 2 in the past two quarters, so it is still a slowdown from the previous quarter. We are seeing manufacturing taking a big hit, a contraction of 1. 8 for the Fourth Quarter and also contraction from the previous quarter. We are seeing the hit on retail trade, accomm
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