Concerns over software and tech stocks lower weve been up, down, all around for the markets today. As we stand, though, with 59 minutes, were higher on the dow, lower on the s p. Joining us for the full hour, from capital usa, keith, good afternoon to you. Thank you, wilf. Earnings been Strong Enough so far or have they been resoundingly strong this week . Theyve been strong so far. I think the markets have been less than vigorous, shall we say, the last couple of months i think well enter a period less vigorous than it was before thats going to be a key component for how we evaluate the economy and market Going Forward. Lets check in on the markets. S p 500 down by about 0. 1 and the dow higher by four points so far. Retail sales, and eamon javers has the latest on trade lets start with wilf on the banks. Bank of america reported this morning. They continue to feed from yesterday, the impact of low rates, while negative, has been less bad than feared that interest margin was down only
Are open to a partial trade deal plus the 8 billion surprise Johnson Johnson slapped with a massive jury award over an antipsychotic drug. Apple is facing criticism from china at issue, a third party Smartphone App that allows hong kong activists to track the movement of police first up, stocks looking to recoup losses from the selloff yesterday. U. S. China trade talks one day away wall street is also waiting the afternoon release of the minutes from last months fed meeting where well look for clarity or any kind of color on discussions about Balance Sheet or where rates may go from here. Terrible close. It was. It was ugly. A give up type move. Interesting actually daily path that the market took selling off in the morning and right ahead of the jay powell speech, the european markets closed, starts to trend upward, seems like it is going to find its footing, and then the kind of announcement of u. S. Visa restrictions on certain chinese nationals that basically people said, okay thi
Is out. China removes another obstacle to Foreign Investors. It is that time of year again. We have the highlights from apples new Product Launch, including a fifth generation of the watch. News out ofing south korea. The august jobless rates coming in at 3. 1 . Way belowy, estimates. Analysts expected it to come in at 4 , which would have been the fourth consecutive month of the Unemployment Rates coming in at 4 , but surprising the markets, 3. 1 , the lowest since 2013. South koreas august adjusted rate at 3. 1 , adding 450 2000 more jobs in august versus 452,000 more jobs in august. We have the passage of an extra 452,000budget in early august t could have lent some additional support, but still, the lowest Unemployment Rate since 2013 reallyin at 3. 1 is interesting, given the fact that we have seen some private Sector Employment weakness with the ongoing trade tensions between the u. S. And china, not to mention south koreas own issues with japan. A surprising Unemployment Rate fo
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Yesterday. Today. Lls not deterred keep an eye on the bank stocks. We saw them significantly higher yesterday, getting a little bit about bid today despite a lot of the expectations for additional fed rate cuts. Definitely a big factor in what we are seeing in the markets on the u. S. Side. Guy thank you. Front and center in europe today, stoxx 600 up. The banks execs is up. Theres a whole lot of factors. We have seen the ecb and the market with another trove being kicked out. Extra liquidity going into the Banking Sector of the ecb. The takeup was not as big as anticipated. Yet the general rate policy story that is a factor as well. All of that contributing to a big bout of european banks, peripherally particularly peripheral banks. The other story is Credit Suisse will be charging rick clients to have a bank account, rich client staff a bank account, basically. More stories coming out of the gulf. Romaine were going to begin with our big story, the Federal Reserve divided. Policymake