Consumer confidence relatively judge the michigan consumers intimate data is a good guide. Lets break it down a different way. Current conditions, 85. 9. That is above expectations at 84. 9. This is what i was really looking for, expectations also ,oming in ahead of expectations but they are still below current conditions, 79. 2. They are not going down, which ethic is the really important thing, as we see the virus picking up. Alix and we didnt get stimulus, counterintuitive to what many thought would happen. Big tex stocks are lower on a stocks big tech are lower on a flurry of data. Now with us, mark st oeckle. Are you buying the dip . Tok i think people need keep it in perspective. The reports were good. I think what we are seeing today is skimming a little but of the froth out of the valuation adjustment. I think they are all very wellpositioned and very well performing companies, but lets also not forget weve had a big run up into these numbers. The interesting part is you look a
In the van last night. I notice some neighbors have been using generators. I imagine some people have medical issues. Reporter this is what neighbors feared this morning, a repeat of the 1991 oakland fire storm that killed 25 people and burned close to 3,000 homes. The 91 fire is in our hearts and minds every day. Reporter fortunately no one was injured in this fire and you can see that pg e is still out here. Neighbors say theyve been pretty frustrated because theyre hearing power is going to come back off and on sometime tonight but havent heard any confirmation. Firefighters say they will be on stand by out here because it is so dry out here. Reporting live in oakland hills. Sharon, thank you. Businesses in the north bay got creative during the outage. This is a life look at the local q restaurant in calistoga, good barbecue there. Within the past five minutes, the lights just turned back on. Before that, they were able to serve customers by using a generator and a propane grill. He
Uch more going on in this hour, chair yellen will join us. I will ask about the speculation of her taking a position within the biden administration. Yes, we will talk about Climate Change and the Nobel Laureates process. I want to go to the equity markets right now, and ben laidler talking about a multiple. Is this morning the beginning of a melt up . Jonathan not for me to call that. The habit talk around the happy talk around more stimulus, maybe. This market just wants to go higher. Market participants find a narrative to tell us why is going higher. Three months ago, a blue wave was bearish. Three months forward, a blue wave potentially is now bullish. I think that is this i think that is just the mood of market because of its right now. Tom what is so important then is to see the china gdp statistic today. 4. X percent is 4. X percent. Jonathan we have been talking about the Global Economy as one complete entity. There is so much divergence right now. The chinese economy is reall
This is ferro at his worst. [laughter] his cruelest. Thering mr. Betts into conversation this early, we say good morning on Bloomberg Radio in boston. The red sox, worst in the american league. And we move on from there. 15 days until the election. Schenker earlier, is there going to be a debate thursday night . Is that still up in the air . Jonathan we understand there will be a debate thursday night, but who knows . Thats the problem for this market. My question coming into this week is basically how much of the mediumterm outlook hinges on what happens in the next two weeks. How many of our Market Participants have come on this program and actually believe that . Tom we have two people could talking melt up. Ben laidler at our hudson and Chris Verrone at tower hudson, and Chris Verrone. He is looking at the number of stocks above their 200 Day Moving Average and other smoke and mirrors to really get him a bullish cast. You wonder if it is the markets expecting out into next year. Jo
Continue to hold up well. Temporary laidoff workers in some ways have been brought back. 6. 6 million jobs. Guy no surprise the bank of canada has left the key rate at 25 basis points. So untilontinue to do capacity is absorbed. There is a huge output gap that exists in United States and globally. That needs to be sorted out before we see any sort of rate rise. Mirror whatting to is happening in the United States on an imminent. Many suspect on unemployment. Many suspect we will see the bank of canada mirroring what we have seen from the fed with a focus on average inflation. Atx we are taking a look elliot management trying to block chevrons takeover of noble energy. You have elliott trying to block the companies. Chevron is trying to buy noble energy. They got shut out of the anadarko deal. Both stocks are holding on with gains in the market. I dont know why they would try to break up the deal. Nevertheless they are trying to break it up. Turning to the vaccine and the race for the c