Plus and russia signaled they want to try to cut output to help restore some balance going on at least on the supplyside of things. So crude of course having a pretty good start to the second quarter. I do want to flip up the board and fold it over into some analysis we heard from muhammad el 5 arian between the risks of the high yield market and investment bond market. He said beware of fallen angels. Theres a risk of some of these triple credits being downgraded to junk. One of the biggest risks is it spikes way above the feds tolerance. You buy what the fed is buying but becareful of these fallen angels and we saw just a slew of those in the last week and i think strategists are arguing it really could get a lot worse from here. David . 12340e9 taylor this is Bloomberg Markets balance of power. Earlier we did speak to larry kudlow, the economic counselor director. Lets listen in to what he had o say. Lets listen in to larry kudlow. Lets take a look at some of lets get a check on wha
We are seeing once again some interesting divergence within the market. The dow climbed to another record and rise for the six of the past seven sessions gaining more than 1 , the s p is on his heels, almost a quarter of a percent. The lag once again is the nasdaq. Only up one third of 1 . A strategist of bloomberg estimates talk about paying attention to that nasdaq underperformance might mean that some of the rumbles we got last week in the rotation out of Technology Going into year end, that movement might not be over. Something to continue to watch their. Also, we are talking about the big deals this morning that we have been talking about scioscia for several weeks. Now it is official. Cvs agreed to buy aetna. That isading well below analyst are asking questions about antitrust approval. Particularly after the Justice Department sued to block at ts purchase of time warner. Orther instant implication more of what this is a reflection of is working broadly and health care. Take a lo
Lets check the markets. The europe 600 on a tear. Higher because of expectations of tax reform in the u. S. And what that can do not only to the dollar but to the world economy. It could make the spirits of the u. S. Move up a touch. Lunch in brussels. Will they are will they not . To severalspeak groups interested in brexit. Lets get to the first world news. Sebastian in the u. S. A Senate Investigation of the russian meddling in the trump case a instruction of justice case is coming. This is from Dianne Feinstein after Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to line to the fbi. I think we are beginning to see the putting together of a case of objection the case of obstruction of justice. I think we see this in the indictment please that take place in some of the comments being a. I see it in the hyper frenetic attitude of the white house, the comments, the continual suites. U. S. House republicans are drafting a contempt of Congress Resolution against members of the fbi. They claim that the rem
Including due possibility, freeportmcmoran, dow chemicals and then the spider select materials sector, that down about 3 . Top holdings there, monsanto, dupont. David liz, lets take a look at that index you were talking about, the volatility index. When things go south, as they have, this usually goes up. This is not a stock, this is an index, but there are stocks that are linked to this if you think things are going to continue to go south. This was just down below 15 not long ago, it jumped about 13 today, its up to almost 19 right now. Again, when it got down below 15, people began to wonder, jeez, how low can this thing go . Apparently, it reached its limit at that point. Liz you could argue it was dupont and 3m with earnings reports that people didnt embrace, but todays selloff theoretically started in europe as worries mounted about spains ability to overcome its debt troubles. Again you see that the ftse 100 down about a percent, you saw the dax down 14 Percentage Points as well
Spot gold rose on Friday despite US inflation data, anticipating rate cuts amid a weakening US economy. US CPI and PPI Final demand were below forecasts. US Fed Chair Powell remains optimistic about inflation. US Philadelphia Fed business outlook was below expectations. Fed officials hold varying views on rate adjustments.