A lot of the focus is on oil, a lot of the focus on what we heard from bp. Lets get a data check. European stocks really fluctuating, failing to Carry Forward the momentum that we saw. Yesterday, we had a technology fueled rally, which got support from positive Economic Data and potential further stimulus. Today, things seem to be going a bit sideways. Treasuries maintaining some of the losses. You can see european stocks down some 0. 5 . Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Tiktok has to sell its u. S. Arm by september 15 or close. That is according to president donald trump. He says he does not care who buys it, microsoft or another firm, as long as it is a big, secure american company. The president also says any sale would have to include a substantial payment to the u. S. Government. Victoria imposing a fine for anyone who violates isolation rules. Fines could be around 3. 5 thousand u. S. Dollars. Repeat offenders may see a penalty of around four times as much. Vic
Natural gas. A good have to do with some of the hot weather we have in the u. S. One Economic Data point that is important the ism manufacturing number came in this morning at 10 00 a. M. It shows us the manufacturing part of the economy is expanding. It is not just strong earnings reports from last week but we have a positive piece of data. It will be interesting to see what the payrolls report rings on friday. David brings on friday. Are they . Confident what does that tell us . The vx end, i am so glad you are bringing it up. Indexes,he volatility both are higher, telling you some folks are thinking volatility could spike. The vix curve points to a big spike of volatility before the election. Levelsic index is at seen last december and the summer of the 2018 ahead of those big selloffs. There are reasons to think that some storing clouds could be ahead. The dollar is climbing for the there are reasons to think that some storm clouds could be ahead. The dollar is climbing for the sec
Around. The nasdaq with a 1. 4 gain. The dow and the s p following suit, not quite as strongly, thanks to apple and microsoft. The 10year yield back up 256 basis points. Gold taking a little breather. To 56 basis points. To point out some of those companies i was microsoft is up. Adt is up with google taking a substantial stake in adt. Apple accounting for much of todays game. Is up as wellrck on the vaccine part of the pipeline. The markets are up today, some good signs but also some questionable signs. Manufacturing and new orders coming in above 50, so expansionary territory. Englander, in steven Standard Chartered bank, g10 fx research. Huge dynamics at play. How are you reading the current data . Tends toirstly, ism report what is happening among big manufacturing firms. The employment component was. Till soft the commentary around the strong numbers was also very cautious. I would say the impact of the numbers were a lot less than the upside surprise. Definitely, 44. 3 reading fo
Above 39, jim. But this morning, well watch maybe a tale of two cities if new york can do this as they reopen offices and hair salons i think new york is taking a big risk because new york has beening ino ing inumber one when you have the least covid, i guess maybe you can say its time to open but also to be the least covid for a little bit i know you need to do it because too many businesses that are going to go under. Just be too long and the cash flow is too low. I worry about a bit of a spike because it is great to be a state that you feel safe in and, yes, i want my, i dont have to worry about my hair being cut but yes i want these businesses open and get cash flow its been just a delight to having lost vigilance but little less nervous on fathers day pretty good. Interesting kudlow saying a moment ago he does notanticipate another nationwide lockdown but one thing that friday did demonstrate that apple and cruise lines will curtail their own operations if they sense any need for
Issues. The senate coming back into session at 2 15 eastern over on cspan2, and the house debating bills this afternoon as well, and that is on cspan. Here on cspan3, well take you back to the politico annual women rules summit and their discussion this morning or this afternoon, i should say, of women and wealth. Live coverage here on cspan3. The stumbling block that we face quite erroneously for women in finance, is key, and so the exercise of going through it for anybody, and by the way, my billionaire clients are doing it. Large endowments and foundations are trying to get comfortable in the area of crypto and block chain. The idea is lets enhance the chain, lets get everybody into it. Lets have it developed in a way that is democratic, as it was supposed to be initially. And naturally, the way i think you establish this Comfort Level that allows you, especially as a woman, to get this base level sense of confidence that then forces you into or allows you, thats not the right word,