S p off by 13. Yesterday we saw a swing of 400 points or more we were up by 100, 350 i need more than 140 to get worried . No, thats a yawn at this point. 0. 6 at this point if you think back to all of last year watching, if it starts down 140, you could look away, look back, be down 800. You saw what was happening with treasuries. Lets look at that board once again. Looking at treasuries, these are the yields, the tenyear yielding 2. 831 . Stepping back from the 2. 9 it crossed yesterday. Check out the twoyear, 2. 069 look at europe thats where the markets are open for early trading at this point it looks like no, no back that up asia closed, but the nikkei down by 0. 6 hang. Shanghai up by 1 in europe, you can see active trading now, at least at this point things are relatively mixed ftse slightly higher but declines of a quarter percentage point for the dax in germany and the cac in france. Earnings still coming in this is a big one. Pepsico reported 1. 31 for the Fourth Quarter, a
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Freezing rain, and i think time to get the snow around wilmington, philadelphia, more hours to go yet. Already snowing south jersey, intensity will continue to pick up. Snow lovers, loving this forecast if you live in central southern delaware, southern new jersey, potential for good plowable snowstorm over 6 inches of snow, from the system, and once the storm passes, just reinforce the cold air, so, fullon winter conditions throughout this entire weekend across the delaware valley. Outside to philadelphia, center city, all quiet still. Really nothing happening. See flurries, next couple of hours, cold, though, 24 degrees, northeast wind at 15. Feeling like 11 with the windchill. There is storm scan3, you can see, the brighter purple there in south jersey, indicating the snow thats reaching the ground. Some light snow falling out of the clouds, up around philadelphia, into the north. But a lot of that just is evaporating before it reaches the grounds, air is dry, it will take some time
After the mummers parade. Reward is thousand being offered. Developing right now former president George Hw Bush is hospitalized in houston this morning where were told he is in stable condition. President obama holds his final news conference. In doubt he will be asked about his decision to commute sentence of Chelsea Manning former Army Intelligence analyst serving time for leaking u. S. Secrets. Heres what trump said to the london times, he said one of the first order i will sign , day one, which i will consider to be monday as opposed to friday or saturday, right, i heene my day one is going to be monday because i dont want to be signing and get it mixed up with lots of celebration. How to you mix up signing with celebrating, im sorry, i thought i was giving out an autograph but instead i gave back the louisiana purchase. What do you think, jim, Stephen Colbert giving alex baldwin a little run with his impersonation. It is getting better. Will weather get any better lets ask our ex