Lets have a look at what is going on with these markets. We would normally be looking at the nikkei, but tokyo is looking at the public holiday. There we go. Taiwan moving to the upside. Hang seng adding to some of the gains. Overall, we are seeing a mixed bag. Shanghai is lower. The asx 200 not having a good time. Lets have a look at the other Asset Classes which are perhaps on your radar here. Kicking things off with a look at gold, just down a fraction. Investors are sticking to their guns. We have seen it shifted to gold ever since the middle east tensions did come to the fore with the downing of that jet and the killing of general soleimani as well. 1556. S just at the moment 98. X crude, oil holding onto the biggest weekly drop we have seen since july. Easing tensions regarding whats going on in the middle east. On top of that, the pound is a little bit lower. There is the possibility of a rate cut. The bank of england policy maker showing that there are no signs of the economy i
A historic handshake between north and south korea but the u. S. Is keeping its distance prices averted the u. S. Government is open for business off to another shutdown most americans probably slept through and egypt launches a massive military operation that she says is targeting terrorists in sinai. And im tatiana phantasm doha with all of the sport will have more from enclitic the court of arbitration for sport rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches who were bidding to be allowed to compete and more later. The Winter Olympics have officially opened in the south korean city of young chang with a spectacular fireworks display thousands turned out in freezing temperatures to attend the one that hes hoped will bring helped bring about a diplomatic for of relations between north and south korea for now it looks like the ice has been broken with whats being described as an historic handshake between south koreas leader in and kenya jiang the sister o
Im also looking at the treasury yields. You can see that 10year at 2. 77. Things are stabilizing somewhat. Gold had a big move it yesterday as a hedge against all the volatility. Old is still up. We will hit the latest market moves. Oil. Also talk crude on, weittle bit later will be joined by blackrock. I want his take on investing in the markets. Lets get straight to the first reviews. The u. S. House of representatives had passed a stopgap spending bill to fund the government until march 23. A senate vote would send it back to the house before thursdays deadline. President trump said he would welcome a shutdown if democrats refuse his demand for a immigration overhaul. President trump if we dont get rid of these loopholes, people continue to come into our country and kill. That are many gang members we do not mention. If we dont change it, we will do a shutdown. It is it it is worth it for our country. I would love to see a shutdown if we dont get this taken care of. Nejra donald tru