Out. Didnt mean they were going to eep him. He had republicans and democrats and everyone in the room, the staff, crying because he told the story, im a threetime convicted felon. He was a he was an addict. He was saying he had not touched drugs or alcohol for a year. He gets to see his family again. He gets to see his child again. And hes now up to 22 an hour and hes so busy working he hasnt had the chance to relapse. Its stories like that that need to be part of our lexicon. Its part of the joy that conomic growth is moral. Because it helps and solves so many problems and particularly in our earlier slides. Where itch a where i have this absolute fixation on Retirement Security and our discussion of growing the economy and labor force participation. And technology. And incentives. Bringing that package all together so we keep our promises around Social Security and medicare. But we have the first pillar, that we are living in right now. Thats proof that policy, mollcy can work. Wheth
Take a look at what happened overnight in asia. The nikkei up about a third a percentage point hang seng was flat, shanghai composite down red arrows across the board. Ftse flat at this point. Cac in france down by. 4 of a percent. The 10year right now looks like it is yielding 1. 63 those continue to wick up ground 30year 2. 1 the count down is on. Apple holding a launch event expected to launch three new iphones. Fee occurs may include upgraded processors and new camera functionality. We could see a new apple watch an apple watch was not worn bio d Odell Beckham hes in trouble for wearing a hard object. People still wear watches for different reasons. Jewelry anyway. Including streaming and service. I dont know what odell was using it for maybe he said, it is time i Start Playing better apple products working into team it wouldnt be a matter of cheating necessarily unless you clocksomebody in the head with it what was the score . These are the new browns, right. Welltalk more about p
Aside at googles parent alphabet. Period of17 year long his Senior Leadership. Betty it seems like everybody is trying to ram and all the news before the christmas holidays. Catalonia, google, and of course the spending bill passing the house. All of that and stocks today rose, breaking the today losing streak. We will quickly pull up the boards and show you how the u. S. Markets ended today. The s p 500 slightly higher, and nasdaq also trading a little bit to the upside, but fairly unchanged. Investors trying to absorb what the impact is going to be from the tax reform package. Yvonne yes, just a moderate bounceback. We see some positives as we get closer to the christmas holiday. Lets look at asia, said to track the gains set to track the gains we saw on wall street. New zealand up. And we are Holding Steady. Australia, getting underway in sydney. 6100, it could be a big we will see if it reaches that level. 7702 for the aussie. Treasuries mixed overnight, the curve sharply flatter.
Reported that chinese officials had recommended slowing or halting purchases of u. S. Treasuries. Global debt markets were already selling off. Signs that Central Banks were stepping back from bond buying stimulus. Such a move by china could make it harder for the u. S. To finance budget deficits brought on by President Trumps taxcut. President trump has promised not to attack north korea on negotiations underway with the south while negotiations are underway with the south. Trump repeated the u. S. Is open to talks with kim jonguns regime under the right circumstances. North and south korea have agreed to hold military talks but pyongyang says its Nuclear Program is offlimits. Germany is maintaining a hardline stance on brexit, demanding the u. K. Pay for the privilege of its Financial Firms having access to eu markets after it leaves the brock bloc. German Officials Say the u. K. Cannot hope for a trade agreement that includes Financial Services unless britain agrees to make substant
Think that ill look at just like our call centers. The difference this time being it happened to those who are participating very seamlessly. Those who arent already in the market i would tend to agree with you that maybe it gives them a reason for pause. But i think that those who are already in the market see it as the benefit of technology and a seamless experience. I totally agree. I can just see the headlines in the conventional press. But make it very clear. This is not a flash crash of 2010. By no stretch of the imagination is that what this is, at all coming up on 1 00 eastern time. The halt continues here at the nyse. Has been in place since 11 32 a. M. This morning. Getting close to some other events as well as we get into the afternoon. Fed minutes are about an hour away. Art cashin says the question the longer this lasts, at what point do the mutual funds have to price their Net Asset Value at the end of the day. Cashin says the percentage of orders in limbo is growing. We