The nasdaq up by about 120 yesterday was a down day for the markets. The dow off by about 270 points. But if you want to take a look at november hes historic gain, check this out, the dow actually up by 1. 8 for the month, that is its best month since january of 1987. The s p no slouch either it gained about 11 while the nasdaq was up nearly 12 november by the way was the best month for all of those indexes since april which was a huge month. Also small cap stocks were some big winners. The russell 2000 finished the month up more than 18 , 245ethas right, 18 in one month, the best month since that index was created back in 1984 so here we are heading into december and year to date, the nasdaq is the superstar, up nearly 36 the s p 500 is up by 12 and the russell 2000 up by 9 . The dow up by 3. 9 so fantastic november for all of these indices. Nasdaq leading the way in terms of year to date. Joe. Yep, coincident with the surge. Go figure. The second surge are you sure it is never too ea
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Several sessions this week where weve broken even are gone higher on the session. Today looks to be no different. 3010 is where we are at, up two points. The 10 year yield is back at. 83 . That is a major move in treasuries. The yen has moved two big figures in the last session alone. One of the major rivers in the s p 500ay, ceepo today, cboe. It got a downgrade at bank of America Merrill lynch. It is now a sell. Guy we are continuing to see rotation in the equity market. German tenyear now at 48 basis points despite the cut yesterday from the ecb. European equities grinding higher, but that is not the story. It is below the surface. This move into cyclicals, this move into banks continues in europe. People are selling the big bond proxy names. Trading nestle, etc lower. This is a big unwind from what. We saw in. August the pound continues to catch from what we saw in august. The pound continues to catch a bid. 1. 2 440d now trading at on the idea of a hard brexit beginning to fade a
The aftermath of the imf report i want to report the dollar did move lower. In talking to analysts across the street, the agreement is that this is a speed bump and the ultimate in the ultimate rally for the dollar. Look at the bloomer an index the bloomberg index, lower today but still higher than levels from may 2017. One reason is the unwind of risk on hedges. Tariffst weekend the were not delayed and the ecb meeting next week, potential for last,sh shift, and Interest Rate differentials. One source said, why overthink it . And other places as well. They roughly 30 decline, big rally out of the 2016 lows for stocks, but last year we had a debt cross, em dropping more than 20 . Not recently, this one, knowing how bearish it could be. Right now we have the em equity indexed 10 below its recent peak, however these last two debt crosses are a tell on what could be ahead and suggest more declines ahead for emf, and further out on the risk continuum, may be a bearish sign for u. S. Equiti
Quiet morning as far as weather goes so far abundant sunshine you saw at the bay bridge and you can see it over as well. Looking out at the horizon, not really a cloud in the sky to be seen. So skies are going to remain nice and clear throughout much of the day today as we work our way through the forecast we are going to see winds picking up into the afternoon. Thats really good going to be the only thing that interrupts what is otherwise going to be a pretty pleasant. One ahead of us. Some 60s for your highs in San Francisco 70s and oakland well, san jose in the 80s, im talking more about some cooler temperatures in the next couple of days still to come james. Thank you john new this morning. A new report finds that Violent Crime on barges up more than a 115 over the last 5 years including robberies. And aggravated assaults, a grand jury report finds the agencies also facing some Serious Problems when it comes to keeping its ridership the report shows bar last 8 of its ridership sinc