Cases surging in many u. S. States. India considers new lockdowns. Facebook insists it has diversity at the top of its list. But it seems to have done little to boost black staff numbers. Lets take a look at how we are shaping up. That drag coming through from u. S. Stocks. Rotation ofsee this the highflying tech stocks. Netflix casting a very dim shadow. Missing horribly on just about every metric investors care about. Nikkei futures up by a quarter of 1 . Tsmc raising its outlook for evan revenue. Maintaining there for your guidance. Saying that they are seeing improve conditions coming out of china. Lets take a look at chinese stocks in particular as we close out this trading week. One state media article suggested it was responsible for corruption and bribery cases against china. We will continue to see if that stock stages much of a rebound. Shery of course. Also moving markets as the coronavirus. Deaths topping 585,000. U. S. Infection rates rose 2. 5 . Brazils count rose above 2
Nest nestle im morgan brennan. That news on boeing is shaving about 100 points off the dow concerns about the china coronavirus are frustrating emerging markets Software Stocks did help the nasdaq hit an intraday all time high earlier joining us for the hour is steve weiss. Great to have you. We certainly have seen major averages take a leg lower between this first confirmed case of the coronavirus here in the u. S. And then this news from boeing pushing out its forecast for return to service to the summer you still invested in boeing so i said on the halftime report, i think thursday, i told just about a tag into my position that morning then the news hit later in the day. Now we get a statement i was looking at it this morning. You hate to be reminded youre losing money i figure if the stock, when the max goes back stock maybe misses on the first 10 but i wont have to deal with that and losing capital heres the statement from the company. Ill read the first few words. As we have emph
Anymore. A lot of Global Markets are closed or for boxing day. Uk, germany, france, australia, italy and hong kong. I say it every year. Boxing day has nothing to do with boxing as a sport as a child, i always thought that u. S. Futures, we have some green arrows dow looks like it would open up about 30 points higher 10year note opening about 1. 97. New this morning, china says it is in close touch with the United States on signing a phase one trade deal both sides are 12i8 going through necessary procedures before signing despite progress on trade, tensions remain. Meantime, saying the phase one trade deal is, quote, an enormous step in the right direction. It is coming. It is coming it is done in your mind what we are going to get is what weve gotten. Phase two, i wouldnt think about it again like ever, ever no. Let it go. Gone for good oregon for the election . I think you need a change in leadership of china before we see anything significant even if trump wins in november of 2020,
Outlook. Congress is on track to pass two massive spending bills averts a Government Shutdown and new data shows Home Building increased more than expected in november and permits for future Home Construction surged to a 12 1 2 year high. Joining us for the hour, is keith bliss from i hue capital llc. The Housing Starts number comes in, just one more optimistic data point on the data front and i think despite trading on the alltime highs, this market is still poised to go higher thats my belief what drives that . Theres lots of factors, which i know well talk about during the hour. But the continued strong Economic Data that were getting out of here, a very compliant and easy money fed that we have, theyre expanding their balance sheet. Low inflation around the world the need for capital to go where it gets rewarded and seek yield. All of these things, you throw them into the mixing bowl. Once again, all three of the major averages higher. Only slightly higher, but anything positive is
The key levels we are looking at, the bloomberg dollar index, hinting at a critical level. Sterling has not been at these levels since the beginning of may. Optimism of perhaps not a hard brexit taking place but a deal could be done. We will have a guest from jeffries and we will ask if there is too much baked in to pound. The euro gaining traction. Seven weeks highs we were at earlier with the euro. The Australian Dollar moving slightly to the upside. 86 for the aussie. Looking at new york as we get to first word news and su keenan. Tradeina is offering a olive branch that could survive rising tensions over the hong kong autonomy bills on capitol hill. After President Trump announced the sides had agreed, phase one of the deal, beijing going to tackle the forced tech transfers that are a key issue for the u. S. Makehinese government will sure of equal treatment in china for companies. Trump it will be one of the biggest deals. Now we are getting a papered out but they are getting it p