Approaching that 103 level. That would be a breach of a technical and psychological level. . 99, 2. 7 top the upside. After the biden victory, gold as well seeing three straight gains three Straight Days of gains. Joe biden preparing to take office as the 46th president of the United States. He is moving forward as president elect, launching his transition effort and readying a plan to tackle coronavirus. President trump is refusing to concede, weighing more legal challenges. The people of this nation have spoken. [applause] they have delivered a clear victory, commencing victory. A victory for we the people. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify. [applause] who does not the red states and blue states, only sees the United States. Our work begins with getting covid under control. Economy, repair the restore our vitality, or relish lifes most precious moments, hugging grandchildren, children, birthdays, weddings, graduations, all the moments that matter most to u
Bidens agenda. He may have a different tone toward china but there may not be substance. Kiwi rise ind the early asia trading. At some ofke a look these early market reactions. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie we are seeing some risk on tone in australia. The aussie is extending last weeks gain as the greenback has stayed structurally quicker. Weaker. They could test that 650 level this week. The yen, the best week for the currency since midseptember. Softbank results are due this monday. We have nikkei futures in chicago moving to the upside. This after the benchmark rose to a november 1991 hi on friday. That was 37 off the alltime high that was back in 1989. New york crude is gaining ground but still staying under 38 per barrel there. Some pressure may come through in the oil. Is very much in focus after the chaotic week we saw in turkey. That is the Central Bank Governor fired there. Racing for more voluntary they are embracing more volatility there. Joe biden is projected to
Road map begins with the curse of the unicorn uber under pressure again. We have that softbank disaster after the funds wework debacle. Masa son saying his investment judgment was poor. Hp rallying ahead of the bell, the target of a potential takeover effort by xerox well start with uber. Shares facing more pressure after hitting an all time low yesterday. Company reports another billion dollars in losses as you know and the post ipo lockup period is expiring, freeing up a billion shares for trade the take among some is the shares are so underwater, maybe the expire doesnt mean as much. I dont buy that reasoning. I think that what matters on the conference call, they committed to losing money. Now they committed to making money in 2021. The patience level is lost here. I think this is one of those stocks where you say why do i need this, i can buy i can name ten other stocks and the kinds of stocks that are going up are value stocks, this is the ultimate of what youre not supposed to b
By. 7 the hang sang was up by 2. 1 the shanghai composite up by 2. 1 in europe right now where there is active trading taking place, green arrows across the board. The biggest gainer is the footsy up by. 8 . Quick check on treasury yields which was so closely watched last week when you saw the temporary inversion in the middle of the day between the 10s and the 2s this morning, 1. 618 the two year is 1. 15 so showing more room than we have seen over the last several sessions. We have a huge week ahead for wall street. Kicking off today, big tech executives testifying at ustr hearings then tomorrow, quarterry lults from home depot, kohls and t. J. Maxx wednesday, fed reports on existing home sales plus reports from lowes target and l. Brands and thursday jackson hole symposium kicks off where, of course, Steve Liesman will be. All leading up to fed chair jay powells big speech which will take place on friday but meanwhile, we want to pivot right now to an update on the big story over th
Fortt, morgan brennan. Take a look at the markets this hour dow started off with a nice little pop, but has gone red, losing steam following the tax reform rally nasdaq is pulling back after crossing 7,000 for the first time yesterday take a look at the highest percentage gainers since the nasdaq crossed the 6,000 benchmark. Joining us this morning for more, russell investment chief strategist steven wood and our own mike santoli guys, good to see you. Is this turning into a sell the news phenomenon . I dont know. I dont think its a real sharp sell the news opportunity, necessarily. Mostly because i think the effect of the coming tax cuts was mostly kind of one component of this feel good environment. It wasnt so much make or break, this is it, we need this for the market to hold together, but i do think weve built in a lot of good stuff yesterday was interesting, the round number thresholds, not just with the nasdaq index, but the dow hitting 25 year to date, s p hitting 20 , nasdaq h