No one knows them better than dan tillman. Plus, working from home, bitcoin and more. And demand for electric vehicles. We hear from the ceo. We have to get back to the markets. This is the top story of the markets ending the day near the session highs. Stocks tech stocks are ending high. President elect nominate janet yellen to be treasury secretary. So much news on the day. There is more positive news around vaccine. We have this big, cyclical valley. That brings another record high for the small caps. As you are pointing out, it has taken a few years for them to get a record high. Day, hitting the alltime high. The energy index is up. It will be interesting to see what is there and what happens in the future. Some are saying that the excitement around the iphone 12 is priced in and the buyers are stepping away. Nominate is likely to janet yellen, the former fed chair for treasury secretary. The markets took a move up. There was a moment where the s p 500 dipped ever so slightly. The
I see london, i see france, i see you in your underpants i always hated that diddy when i was a kid but you know what . It perfectly describes todays actions. Sellers caught with their pants down tipping just. 15 . Yep, this morning investors saw london and they saw france, not to mention milan and madrid. Specifically the europeans getting hammered as covid back on the continent they figured wed import those losses from europe so they furiously sold their stocks to get out ahead of the weakness. Many of these jokers probably trading in their pajamas the feet with the dr. Dentons. Panic pretenders here dumped shares at a 10 1 ratio, meaning there were 10 shares for sale or down for every 1 share someone was trying to buy. Now the late, great mark haines, one of cnbcs finest, always used that 10 1 ratio to call bottoms, including the generational bottom that he nailed in march of 2009. When the ratio sellers to buyers is 10 1 hed say you have to hold your nose and buy because that kind
In dubai. F quite the riskon rally along these markets. Let me give you a rundown with stocks in the u. S. , with futures up. 7 as we speak, and this is given thee impressive climate. Monetary currencies are powering forward. Eurodollar trade at the highest since march 10. In terms of the bank space, we have the german10 year the german 10year, again, a lot of these haven bids. Barrel, you are looking at counterbalancing forces that are kicking in, even though they are revising their forecast to the plus side. Lets get to the first word news now and cross assets with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, yousef. Beijing is in a new position that drew a rebuke from china and added fresh uncertainty for businesses in the Financial Hub. Legislation,gned saying u. S. Officials responsible for cracking down on dissent in the city. Italy has set a course to nationalize controversial tollroad operator auto strata after all night talks on the politicallycharged issue. Taking t
Texas sees record daily infections. Walmart demand shoppers wear masks. Some of the most prominent have beenn america hacked. We will have the latest. Lets take a look at how we are shaping up when it comes to the futures session going into the start of trading this thursday in asia. Take a look at u. S. Futures pointed a little bit to the negative, flat at the moment for futures contracts after u. S. Stocks climbed to her than a one month high. We had renewed optimism that we are getting closer incrementally on this Virus Vaccine Development front, not just with the news on moderna, but also a rival set of trials being conducted in the u. K. , reporting some progress. We saw the s p gaining just shy of 1 and actually manage a drift back into positive territory for the year, albeit brief. Chicago looking modestly higher after the bank of japan governor , kuroda, provided some clarity albeit still a very dire outlook when it comes to the japanese economy but saying it was now past the w
The reopening of america. Take a look. Dow futures turning negative down 19 points but the nasdaq is up 9 and s p 500 is also negative down about 1 point, mixed story this morning, dow and s p 500 snapped 3day winning street yesterday turning negative by the close, dow down 170 points, nasdaq was up 14 but s p down 11 and a quarter. Secretary mike pompeo meeting with chinese top diplomats as issue on trade, human rights and coronavirus heat up, john boltons new bookmaking claims about President Trumps relationship and xi jinping. Protests in atlanta to report. Meanwhile an Capitol Hill Senate republicans unveiled Police Reform bill as House Democrats call for more action. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. Eastern this morning new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani will join me with his valuable insight on policing in america, the former mayor today telling us his reaction to all of this. Then cracking down on big tech, Justice Department looks to limit protections enjoyed by Technology Companies as c