Some signs of nervousness is also showing for the banks. Bonds are rallying a little bit so that means yields come in and that weighs on the bank so thats a little bit of a pause in the cyclical rally. How does the market really react to what the economists are seeing . They say we will be good in the second half of next your but have a really tough spot between here and there. Have the markets price that in . Abigail the markets do not appear to be pricing it in all that much. As you know, some of the longer term charts are starting to show the possibility that equities in particular are stretched and there could be some sort of sharp pullback for the end of this month or the beginning of next year. That could very well reflect the air pocket the jobs report for november is very disappointing suggesting december and january could be worse. It appears theres some sort of awkward middle ground in the First Quarter of 2021 and maybe beyond. The optimism that the vaccine will bring to the
The bill awaits signoff from the president. Akron turns up the heat. France threatens to veto a brexit deal if it does not like the terms, piling pressure on the e. U. Not to make further concessions. Welcome to the program, everybody. 7 00 in london. 8 00 in paris. Lets look at the futures. We are fairly flat on futures. The young stock x50 futures flat. Yesterday, we saw some decent gains for the ftse, up by more than 1 and that was a standout compared to the rest of europe which was more mixed. It was mixed in the u. S. Session as well. We did actually see a bit of a late rally in u. S. Equity trading, up to some of those new highs we were talking about in headlines. All of that in the context of the hopes and dreams around u. S. Stimulus. The concern about what can legitimately be done in the shortterm and a lot of hope around vaccines. Perhaps oncent day some parts of the equities space and a late rally in the u. S. Yesterday and we are now pausing. We are pausing somewhat here. W
I want to hear more of the music that was blaring in my ear. Heres where we are. Big out for big outperform are coming through, the s p 500 is up. The pound actually, as you can see now, positive, bouncing around all over the place, getting a negative hit earlier on around the idea that the u. K. Would walk walk away on the 15th. I dont think the market thinks either side will walk away. The eu said earlier on, and this was a report by bloomberg, the eu side is going to call the bluff on this. Britain saying were deftly going to walk away. The market is basically shrugging its shoulders. As you can see, a selloff in bonds is unsurprising, given whats going on at the moment. At the backend over the last few days, cathodes continue to steepen in the United States. Alix we did hear that music and you did an amazing job talking to that techno music. Thank you for that. In the u. S. , part of that is going to be about where we are and stimulus talks. Markets weighing down on the trump tweet
These are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. , nancyg the deadline pelosi sets a tuesday time limit for more progress on u. S. Fiscal stimulus if the president wants a deal before the election. Backing down, a bloomberg exclusive says the u. K. Good rewrite its lawbreaking brexit bill, a move that may revive talks with the eu. Sterling gains on that. Plus, restrictions tighten as virus cases surge around europe. Italy is the latest government to add lockdown measures, prioritizing its struggling economic situation. Under one hour away from the start of cash equity trade in europe. Lets take a look at the futures this morning. If you pull up the European Equity Index Futures you will see a pretty mixed trade. You have ftse futures trading a little lower, now bouncing off up about a quarter of 1 . Ftse futures are a little changed right now. Take a look at the u. S. Futures picture. You have more green arrows there. Dow jones and s p many contracts up 7 10 of 1 . Nasdaq 100
Residence. Risk assets sell off with stocks opening in the red and european equities close out the day lower. Investors seek safety in gold. Other safe havens also rally a very warm welcome to street signs. Lets get right to the story u. S. President donald trump and first lady have tested positive for coronavirus. The president confirmed on twitter saying, quote, we will get through this together. This comes after his top aid hope hicks tested positive she frequency traveled with the president including attending the first debate in ohio the president s physician released a statement saying both the president and first lady are doing well and will stay in the white house and that the president will continue his duties in full lets get to Market Reaction, we have seen futures pull back off this news. At one point, the dow was down 500 points, now we are down some 325 points some stabilization s p 500 down about 43 points we are off the lows. The tech heavy nasdaq currently lower. At on