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breaking investment rules. this is daybreak asia, coming bloomberg srom headquarters. i am shery ahn. betty, it seems to be all about earnings this week. we had netflix overnight, but we are gearing up to bank of america, goldman sachs, ibm. earnings season is usually friendly for stocks. we see another round of gains. betty: we absolutely will be. it is interesting because, you know, we know earnings will be a driver, but there is certainly differing consensus or differing aboutamong strategists how much earnings will propel markets higher. we know mike wilson says it could propel the markets up 10%. we have a guest coming up who does not think quite that, is probably on the opposite end of that spectrum. diverging views are forming. shery: i will be quite curious to ask him why he is so pessimistic. many in asia are looking forward to other data points including china s property prices, not to mention we do get rba s in the july meeting minutes. take a look at wha ....
rishaad: one of the stocks in theing the session post-market period, we had netflix coming out with something, just reiterating what it has been doing. big increase in the subscriber numbers, particularly overseas, helping to propel the stock. about 10% plus and afterwards section session. oftory at the beginning april, you can see how disney, cbs, viacom, 21st century fox, have all lagged. cbs was the best performer, still down 6%. netflix was up 10%.that doesn t include the post-market period, which will also increase after the nasdaq reacts properly. that is something to watch out for. haidi: that s right. i can t wait for that session to see how the stock reacts. it these questions, is sustainable, can they repeat this for another quarter? line is the company actually going to turn a profit? meantime, 30 minutes away from the opening in china and hong kong. in yesterday s session decoupling from the equity rally elsewhere. singapore, taiwan, and malaysia just comi ....
have entered the gambia to help improve security for the returning new head of state adama barrow. it follows the reluctant departure of his predecessor. former president yahya jammeh was flown out of the small west african country after pressure from regional presidents and the threat of military force. our africa correspondent alastair leithead reports from the gambia. it was the first chance gambians had to celebrate in the country s only ever peaceful change of president in half a century. at the gates of state house they gathered, knowing a new guard is on its way into power. the crowd welcomed foreign troops, a regionalforce led by the senegalese. the threat of military action helped remove a president who refused to accept a election defeat. now their extra security will help smooth the transition. 2a hours earlier, former president jammeh had come to the airport, finally persuaded by regional heads of state it was time to leave the gambia. this is what democracy ....
we will speak to our correspondent. celebrations in gambia as new president the new president prepares to return home. millions of dollars are missing from state coffers after the country s former president leaves for a life in exile. it s good to have you with us. u.s. president donald trump has begun making his mark on domestic and foreign policy. on his first monday morning in office, he signed an order pulling the u.s. out of the transpacific partnership trade deal. he placed a freeze on hiring federal workers. he moved to ban funds for international groups that perform abortions. at a meeting with business leaders, he repeated his america first message, laying out incentives for companies to keep jobs in e u.s. essentially, i m talking about no tax. if you stay here, there s no tax. people are saying, trump is going to tax. there is no tax, none whatsoever, and i just want to tell you, all you have to do is stay. don t fire your people in the united states. sta ....
comfortable with that then that is fine. if they are not and they have to recognize the problem. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] welcome to this season of brad snyder and his new book the house of truth a washington political salon in the foundations of american liberalism. to make sure we have no unnecessary a interruptions and i will mention if you are a regular we ask you to prepare chairs the we have another even so please leave them as they are. we also have c-span booktv covering this event this is being recorded so whenever you ask a question for the second half there will be time for q&a come to the microphone so we have a record for television book tv. after the event is over all of the copies are available behind the register between 1912 and 1933 a group met in the dupont circle road house for discussion that was drawn together that the past administration as they had issues communism the role of the u.s. and in the third book ....