It today here is how things look now. We are in the green. Look at the small cap stocks the russell 2000 we are still coming off four down weeks for stocks. A pretty louse si month. Now, the s p 500 is on pace for its best two day gain since all the way back in june did you follow that kate moore w were in a four week down street were on our best two day stretch since back in june bp the volatile till has really grown. What are you expecting ahead im told theres an election in 36 days. Is it just 36 days . It feels like its going to be any moment at this point we have this down market there is will the of consolidation and profit taking, rotation in terms of participation over the last couple of weeks. The big point and message is tlauls v theres always volatility before an election. In a year like this where we have so many cross currents between the virus. Questions around Economic Activity relationships with other countries. Theres so much for an investor whether it needs to be reta
Our question for you this morning, what do you think about the Coronavirus Response . We are going to open up a special regional lines. That means if you live in the eastern or central time zone what to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zone want to hear from you at 202 7488001. And we are going to open up a special line for our hardworking medical professionals. We want to hear what you are seeing. Your numbers going to be 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinions at 202 7488003 and we are always reading on social media. Once again, the coronavirus story seems to be changing hourly and we are going to keep bringing you some of the most Important Information we find. First, we want to turn to donald trump from his press conference yesterday talking about a potential National Lockdown in response to the coronavirus. Think so. Nt essentially you have done that in california. You have done that in new york. Those are two hotbeds
Lets go straight to the meteorologist, we are seen rain, hail, and a lot of snow up in the mountains just today. Quite a bit of snow in the sierra. Locally, if you thought it was cold enough to snow, you were right on, with dropping snow areas in the bay area to 22,500 feet. You can see a little bit of a dusting of snow. So yeah, the snow levels continue to drop here in the bay area. A Winter Weather advisory in fact toward the big sur coastline for today into tomorrow. What about those rainfall totals . Those numbers really adding up. San francisco 1. 14. San jose,. 86. Oakland,. 70. Concord, just over half an inch of rainfall. These were measured today around 17 and 20 inches. Snow still in the forecast for today. Heres what it looks like on the satellite, and the radar as we come in closer. Today, we still have some scattered showers, in fact the possibility of some thunderstorms showing up. Some areas experiencing a bit of a break in the clouds, but right now, you can see activity
Pilots for one of the Worlds Largest airlines, British Airways, have gone on strike today for the first time ever, after rejecting a pay offerfrom the airline. The two day strike follows failed negotiations between the union and the airline over a pay offer of 11. 5 over three years. British airways rejected a last ditch proposalfrom Pilots Union Balpa to restart negotiations aimed at averting strike action. Unite and gmb, representing cabin crew and engineers, have accepted the pay dealr but pilots say the pay award should be higher, following recent years of low increases and bas recent Strong Financial performance. Last year iag, the airlines parent company, reported a full year operating profit of 3. 6 billion, a 9. 5 rise on what the company made in 2017. Ba arent the only airline in a standoff with pilots, last week ryanair pilots voted for seven further days of strike action this month as part of a row over pay and conditions. Ryanair said the strikes are pointless. John strickl
Gains rise inocks july and a rrr cut in china boosts sentiment in asia. Pushback. Boris johnson will press again for an election is the Prime Minister suffers yet another highprofile resignation. In nofly zone. Its 850 majority of daily flights today and tomorrow are set to go on strike because the parent could hit nearly 100 million. From westminster, good morning. Good morning. Out, i read that you can get a flight if you were coming in or out of london city, that will be operational because they operate with a different carrier through the fabulous city airport. Lets take a look at futures. We saw gains in most asian equity indices on the back of that rrr cut out of the pboc. Now we see dax futures rising, and ftse 100 futures up more than half a percent, although cac your own futures are little changed. Continue drama out of westminster. Boris johnson looks as if he is pushing on with this strategy at the end of last week, having lost his majority in parliament. He lost another hig