Monetary policy but says more can be done. A year after listing in hong kong, a Logistics Company discusses real estate, fund management, and the impact of covid19. We speak with the chairman later this hour. Haidi breaking news crossing the bloomberg when it comes to the pmi indicators out of australia. For augustumber still in contractionary territory at 49, better than the previous reading of 48. 1. The pmi composite number, a little bit of an uptick but still in contraction territory. It will be a while before we see a meaningful recovery given we are hearing in domestic media that the state for restriction law down in victoria, melbourne, and surrounding areas could be extended by another two weeks as we continue to get these numbers out of victoria. We have seen a jump about 100 new virus cases for the first time in three days. Another exuberant session for the u. S. Tech underperformed. The s p jumping the most in almost two months to another alltime high but interestingly, the
I say that with hesitation because you never know with these numbers anymore. Here is more. Is not highfrequency data. But they are coming in stronger than expected. 6. 2ory orders up by percent. The forecast was for 5 . Percentages dont mean a lot right now because data is always volatile. It is even more so now. We are seeing wide swings in orders for both factory goods, durable goods and nondurables. Durable goods orders, we already got a report on that. That gets revised. It is revised stronger. 7. 3 earlier. Tothe end of july, it is up 7. 6 now. These are june numbers. Orders, that is the one economists like to look at because it tells you what business orders are and what business spending is in gdp and that comes in at 3. 4 . That is up from 3. 3 . Not a lot of new information. Slightly stronger. The reopening started to bring rebound into the economy. At this point, we have no idea if that has continued. The new yorku that ism number which represents this 53. 5 four july. At le
Guy the university of michigan giving indicators of consumer confidence, pretty much in line with that except for the Current Conditions number, which looks a little light. It is up in terms of where we would expected to be normally, but nevertheless, you have an 82 print there but and citation of 85. 84 last time. At headline number coming in 72. 5, little lighter than the 72. 9. To 10ion 2. 6 five years years out. Basically everything in linux of the current number. Alix we are a little worried about what is going on. Underwaye call is right now, started at 10 00 a. M. They are reporting some good news in guyana. It has been a huge boon for hess is hard tobut it emphasize how bad this quarter was four at chevron and exxon, particularly with exxon not writing down any assets. Joining us is mark stoeckle, adams funds ceo and senior portfolio manager. It is always good to see you. I want to start on tech. Numbers were amazing. Companies made made billions of dollars. On the flipside, pe
Handle. We will see where that goes. We get inventories in 30 minutes. The dollar index is under 100 today. We have stronger currencies out , including the euro. A lot of data out in britain and on the continent overnight. Of course, as you can see, the 1. 2 . 00 down pound isnt as strong as it was earlier in the session. We did get Economic Data that was pretty dire. Gdp contracting a most 6 , but it wasnt as bad as forecast, so perhaps a little bit of a silver lining. Germanys 10 year yield at 62 basis points. Takinglor Angela Merkel on the german constitutional courts commode is going to be a fascinating battle. Delighted to say now we are , type or jimmy dunne send her vice chair, to talk everything market really sandler vicepiper chair, to talk everything markets. Jimmy, thanks for joining. We will get to the fund in a few minutes, the first, even more fun, these markets and the federal reserve. Jay powell seemingly put to bed the idea of negative Interest Rates, but the president
Things like volatile food and energy prices, so called Core Inflation was 4. 7 , the lowest since october 2021. The good news is that inflation has drifted down from last summers a0 year highs, but it is still well above what the Federal Reserve thinks of as normal prices and with the overall trend heading in the right direction, policy makers, well, they may feel that they dont need to raise Interest Rates further. The us central bank, you may recall, raised its benchmark Interest Rate to more than 5. 25 percent, the highest level in 22 years, all in a bid to cool the economy and ease the pressures pushing up prices. So while its too early to say Mission Accomplished from the white house to wall street, there is a sense that progress is being made in the Worlds Largest economy. Chinas E Commerce Giant Alibaba reported its strongest quarterly Revenue Growth in almost two years, pushing its us listed shares up more than 4 . Earlier this week, the latest data showed Consumer Prices falli