Caught my eye was the 3600 number that is where we are going according to Goldman Sachs chief u. S. Equity strategist david he wrote that the fall and the equity risk premium will be partially upset by a rise in bond yields, but the combination will ultimately boost the s p index by 3600 at by yearend and 3800 in 12 months time. It represented significant increase driven by valuation. Joining me now, Chris Watling longview, chief Market Strategist and ceo. A pretty bold call, chris. What do you think . Chris it is doable. It is not implausible. I think it depends on how much policy keeps on generating stimulus how much the policymakers keep on giving, if you like. We have seen congress go into recess. We have half had the package, half not, with the executive orders. Clearly the fed is giving and will continue to give. There is a lot of utility in the world can we keep getting stimulus packages. Singapore did something over the weekend, not a major player, but it is noble. There are cl
After months of no magic, Shanghai Disney throws open its doors today. We will assess theme parks in the coronavirus era. Mixed we are looking at a , possibly positive start for asia. Lets go over to sophie looking at the markets. Sophie asian stocks setting up for a week delivering more Corporate Updates with about 500 companies on the msci aipac to respond this week. And the impact of lockdowns certainly how look growth will be impacted is going to be in focus. We will look at korean trade for may area so this one is edging lower, may. This one is edging lower. Chicago nikkei futures edging higher. The 10year yield adding seven basis points. Tracking the move we have seen of supplyelds pressures prelooking at the offshore yuan over 7. 09. It will bring us Monthly Economic activity data from china this week. Look at the pboc plans to strengthen Monetary Policy report and Pay Attention to growth and jobs on the mainland. Lets look at commodities this morning, oil edging lower after two
Few smiles and the magic kingdom. Disney suffers a coronavirus hit with seem parks shot, movie theaters closed, and sports on hold. Shery a quick check of the market. This after u. S. Stocks gained ground for a second day in the regular session. We have sentiment being boosted as more economies move towards easing lockdowns. Still, in the last hour of trading, there were some cautionary comments on said officials that cut gains in half. New zealand stock scanning. 8 . This would be a Third Session of gains. Therir rate. Rate. Ir we have the rba leave rates unchanged. We are looking forward to retail Sales Numbers very soon and we will see how all of that toilet paper hoarding that we saw in march is reflected in the numbers. Not Much Movement for the japanese at the moment. Tosident trump continues push the theory that the coronavirus originated and escaped from a lab inside wuhan but sources within the u. S. Intelligence Community Say the intelligence is less than definitive. That as
Just three points higher, but that means we are at another record high. Fancy that. Lets dive deep into the action. Abigail, what are you watching . Abigail ive got bonds on my mind. We have stocks higher on the close and on the week, another weekly gain, the fifth in a row for the s p 500, the longest winning streak since early march, so clearly a riskon tone, but confirming it is the problem we are seeing on bonds. A significant back up over the last five days for the fiveyear yield, the most in more than a month, and the 10year yield, the most going back since september, and that was the biggest move up for yields for that 10year yield going all the way back to 1962. A representative from bank of America Merrill lynch reppert recommended shorting fiveyear futures. Hes been bullish and bonds, but recently, there has been a trend break. He has been supportive of the data from the ftc, net positions going back to 2004. He is making the case that in 2019, you have the positioning gettin
Twitter employees and a Saudi National of spying on users for saudi arabia. Marks the first time that federal prosecutors publicly accused of saudi kingdom of running agents here in the united states, and raises new questions about security of our personal information online. This is bulls and bears, i am david asman, thank you for joining us, join joining me on e panel today, Justice Department says that twitter employee are accused of accessing user email address, birthdays and other personal information from more than 6,000 twitter accounts, they were seep as critic seen as critics of the saudi government. Twitter said they restrict access to sensitive account information to a limited group of trained and vetted employees, but there are holes in the system, is there anything thing Twitter Facebook and other soisl Media Companies can do to convince us our information is safe. No. It is not safe, everyone just has to recognize that everything you put on the internet, all that is vulne