This is the position we find ourselves in. Looking at futures contracts for the s p, those are indicating just about a flat picture. We did have records once again for the major benchmark indices on wall street that should have been given is more of an uplift to the tail end. It is just up fractionally in the msci all country world index , which means we are just about 1 away from a record when it comes to global stocks. This is what we have just at the moment. Just appreciating just a little bit despite the horrible production. The fact that the rba is paused for now with regard to Interest Rates and a ruling out a move toward quantitative easing for the time being, just playing in the yield, just in three basis points. Ok. With that in mind, lets find out what else is happening. Lets get to the first word news. Thank you. We are going to start with the white house. A budget official in the Trump Administration says he warned his superiors that a hold on security aid for ukraine could
Well discuss that story in just a moment kelly . But, first, lets get a check on the markets and the etf has been focused as the smh has its worst week of the year the smh hit a new 52woke high barely a month ago, and its down 5 this week. Marvel, micron and and mv the laggards some talk on the street around archer aviation, down 3 after soaring as much as 23 after settling a lawsuit with boeing over autonomous flying dispute its actually down 6 now, a volatile response. The quantum computing hardware foam up about 12 , reporting a larger than expected loss but raising its guidance. We begin with a slew of big deals, tapestry acquiring capri for nearly 9 billion, espn striking a 2 billion deal with penn gaming and campbells buying sovos for a little over 2 billion thats a lot of sauce. Dealmaking seemingly hot again and the same could be said for the ipo market according to the wall street journal the nasdaq and nyse are battling it out for prime listings dan, let me begin with you our