be key if you want another four years in the white house. if he wants. years in the white house. if he wante years in the white house. if he wants. financial markets are havin: a he wants. financial markets are having a good he wants. financial markets are having a good session. - he wants. financial markets are having a good session. japan i he wants. financial markets arei having a good session. japan up having a good session. japan up slightly, hong kong up 2.5, mainland china has a strong session. remember if the world s biggest economy, consumer is not concerned about inflation, if consumers spending, stateside, this is very important for exporters and makers of goods based in china, japan, south korea elsewhere across asia. the asian markets, celebrating the news that came out of the us. we will look at wall street, it ended the day higher, right across the board, the s&p 500 up across the board, the s&p 500 up nearly 8%, the nasdaq index up up nearly 8%, the nasdaq ind
that is merry christmas lost $323 billion, that is the way the president views trade deficit. it could erode further with new tariffs on hold. we ll wait and see. on wall street, futures are lower. you see a 200 point decline or so from the dow. the dow barely moved friday, but rose nearly 2% for the week last week. the s&p zch cloclosed up 2.5. a strong week for tech. all three snapped a five day winning streak on friday with that kind of lousy performance. general motors led the way higher on the s&p 500, it was up 7% after upgrading its profit outlook. bud light wants to win over calorie conscious beer drinkers saying that they would add nutritional information to bud light packages.
let s get an early start on your money. not a good start to december for stocks around the world. asian shares ended lower. european stocks moving lower right now. so are u.s. stock futures. let s just basking in november. it was a great month for stocks. dow and s&p up 2.5%. nasdaq gained 3.5% in november. december is the second best month for stocks, but not off to a great start. what is troubling? free falling oil prices. right now, crude oil is $64 a barrel. the lowest in five years. down 40% from the summer peak. why the spiral? production boom in the u.s. opec decides not to cut output. you are seeing it at the pump. the average price is $2.78 a
developed markets like the u.s., europe and japan. that s partially your answer. a bit of a safe haven as well but the dow is up 1.6% and london up 2.5 and nikkei and japan up by nearly 4%. interesting to have a look at this. if you talk to analysts, most are saying this will be a patent certainly for the first half of the year. people are looking much more at developed markets rather than the emerging markets. we have a chance to do exactly what you suggest there, andrew. and talk to analysts. clearly the whole series of factors are shaking things in emerging markets. political events like egypt but also what s going on in the broader economy. so let s move to select the help of a key player in the investment industry. the head of the allocation management firm. i think the question everyone wants to know the answer to, is