Monetary policy but says more can be done. A year after listing in hong kong, a Logistics Company discusses real estate, fund management, and the impact of covid19. We speak with the chairman later this hour. Haidi breaking news crossing the bloomberg when it comes to the pmi indicators out of australia. For augustumber still in contractionary territory at 49, better than the previous reading of 48. 1. The pmi composite number, a little bit of an uptick but still in contraction territory. It will be a while before we see a meaningful recovery given we are hearing in domestic media that the state for restriction law down in victoria, melbourne, and surrounding areas could be extended by another two weeks as we continue to get these numbers out of victoria. We have seen a jump about 100 new virus cases for the first time in three days. Another exuberant session for the u. S. Tech underperformed. The s p jumping the most in almost two months to another alltime high but interestingly, the
Good morning welcome to the show. We begin with breaking news as we have been for the past few weeks. Futures pointing to steep losses after pointing to one of the worst quarters on record the s p down as well as the nasdaq as well markets much lower the dow shedding more than 23 in just the past three months. Its worst quarterly performance since 1987, and worst performance for a quarter on record boeing there, sliding more than 50 since december 31, shaving nearly 2,000 points off the dow itself not much better for the s p 500, losing 20 for its worst quarter in history and worst quarterly performance since the financial crisis oil prices as well down 66 to the lowest level in 18 years coming off the worst monthly and quarterly performance ever down 66 the numbers are not much better right now around the world matt taylor is in singapore. Julianna tatelbaum has the early trade in europe. Matt, well begin with you it has started early in asia and is carrying around the world now. Abso
Trade iing at levels we havent seen in nearly two decades amid falling demand and an expected jump in production and the virus itself remains front and center. President trump e iine ining gus until the end of april as the u. S. Cases top 150,000 weve got great guests join ing us, the ceo of medical supply Company Henry Schein and the head of amid this turbulent market with 59 minutes left, we are up 2. 8 led by helhealth care, tech and Consumer Staples lets focus in on the big stories. Meg is going to join us with the latest on testing and treatment. Kayla has the latest from lawmakers and mike is tracking all the Market Action but meg, first to you hi, guys. Lets start with Johnson Johnson. That news theyve selected their lead candidate for Vaccine Development. Really moving their stock higher and causing a lot of optimism that well see a vaccine in timelines that are faster than expected companies saying it plans to tart human Clinical Trials in september. Months faster than they pr
Good thursday morning, happ new year jon fortt with Morgan Brennan and mike santoli live at the new york stock exchange. Carl has the morning off it is the first trading day of the month and the year stocks are rallying to kickoff 2020 fresh record highs for all major indexes. Bob pisani is with us to breakdown what could push the markets higher. What a different january 2nd makes. Remember this time last year, a year, what a difference. January 1st, last year, look whats going on, the market was pricing in earnings recession. Remember that phrase stocks were cheap. Fast forward a year. The opposite is happening. The recession didnt happen, earnings recession didnt happen, the economy is strong, stocks have gotten on the expensive side so the issue is whether we can finally return to Earnings Growth after an essentially flat year in 2019 most strategists are expecting mid Single Digits Earnings Growth which would take pressure off the higher multiple the market has now early reports fr
Things like volatile food and energy prices, so called Core Inflation was 4. 7 , the lowest since october 2021. The good news is that inflation has drifted down from last summers a0 year highs, but it is still well above what the Federal Reserve thinks of as normal prices and with the overall trend heading in the right direction, policy makers, well, they may feel that they dont need to raise Interest Rates further. The us central bank, you may recall, raised its benchmark Interest Rate to more than 5. 25 percent, the highest level in 22 years, all in a bid to cool the economy and ease the pressures pushing up prices. So while its too early to say Mission Accomplished from the white house to wall street, there is a sense that progress is being made in the Worlds Largest economy. Chinas E Commerce Giant Alibaba reported its strongest quarterly Revenue Growth in almost two years, pushing its us listed shares up more than 4 . Earlier this week, the latest data showed Consumer Prices falli