Cspan. Org slash impeachment. President trump holds a Campaign Rally in wimilwaukee, wisconsin live this evening. Its online at cspan. Org or you can listen on the free cspan radio app. Next, a look at chinas economy and economic trends. This is two and a half hours. Please be seated. Good morning. Im director and senior fellow of the china center here at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in presentday washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and immediate challenges, as the year 2020 has barely gun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cast into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Econom
Hit the road in the u. S. And meet some hard traveled amazon workers. This is your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin thanks for joining us. Companies operating in iraq are tightening Safety Measures after the u. S. Killed a top iranian general drawing vals of retaliation from teheran Oil Refineries and shippers in the persian gulf have been targeted in the past for iranian sponsored actions in Global Markets are clearly fearing a repeat Oil Prices Rose on friday and stocks fell. The u. S. Air strike has sparked concerns that regional tensions could escalate further but tensions disrupting crude supplies the strait of hormuz located between a man and iran connects the persian gulf with wider is the ways some 20000000 barrels of oil pass through this choke point every day any hint of trouble in the region sends the prices climbing the persian gulf is home to 3 of the worlds top 10 oil nations when measured by oil reserves irans mainstream exports have already been squeezed by u.
And simply. My husband went to peru because of the crisis that if he hadnt gone there we would have died of hunger on one of them. Displaced stores for nearly 15 going to. The fact that. Tensions are rising in iraq and Oil Producers are tightening security could fridays spike in oil prices be taste of whats to come as investors fear retaliation for a high profile killing. Also on the show south africa braces for another economic blow as a 3rd Ratings Agency considers demoting the countrys debt to junk status. And will hit the road in the u. S. And meet some hard travel emmas on workers. This is your. Business report im Stephen Frears in berlin thanks for joining us. Companies operating in iraq are tightening Safety Measures after the u. S. Killed a top iranian general drawing vows of retaliation from tehran Oil Refineries and shippers in the persian gulf have been targeted in the past for iranian sponsored actions in Global Markets are clearly fearing a repeat all prices rose on friday
Decide what kind we are dealing with i wish we could say we always know how to respond but the early days of the decline, well, theyre never easy to navigate first, lets borrow a line from the fabulous Anna Karenina all happy rallies are alike. Each sell off is unhappy in its own way. Its so true bull market sent stocks higher and everyone thinks theyre a genius for participating in them big declines much harder they would be the start of a bear market or a glinch. Thats why i want to use history to try to identify some of the common qualities so you can figure out how to handle the inevitable moments of weakness without panicking. First let me offer some historically constructive words of relief, sanity and real, not phony, but real assurance. Theres only been two truly horrendous sell offs since i started investing in 1979. The one day crash of 1987 and the rolling crash of 20072009 i could have down the nasdaq crash but the s p held up well lets deal with these two big ones head on
Stocks coming off their best year since 2013. S p 500 up better than 20. As i said, those china easing measures overnight giving a boost to Global Markets here in the United States. The road map starts with exactly that, the bull is on the run, wall street looks to keep it going in the new year. Stocks said to open a deck they had sharply higher. Carlos ghosn mystery tesla on a tear. A price market boost. We begin with the markets looking to a strong start to the new year this after we saw the dow rise 22 in 2019 the s p 500 up almost 25 . The nasdaq 35 was the gain. So here we go, lets get it started. A slight pause at the end of last year. Nothing to speak of. Its been a bit of a tradition a good update of january it doesnt determine the rest of the year it seems the trends that took hold at the very end of last year are intact. You have a good Fourth Quarter return as we did it tends to carry over a little bit. Even though the market seems like its getting stressed and people are ge