What was it now . So were waiting for him to return. Many people have followed away, but our core of activism here. So like we said again, a sense of despair. But it was so a sense of realism of the while the 3. Oh, 2. 00 correspondence, the Steve Sweeney shapers and donald quotes or giving off the subs really of the 5, the reaction to taking stock. So it will need to happen at the various opposition election headquarters. So those 3 president ial candidates, thank you very much. Well, in the meantime, i mean were talking harold to see about the results that are coming in to become to get the process that this was an enormous in depth. Of course, russia is a huge start to, we know that it has 11 time zones, and we had a uh, i believe that the russian government announced ofa 11115. 00. And look toral of solvers. You came from a various countries, dozens of countries, more around the world to come and see how they are trying to pace. We ought to manage to speak to one who happens to be
There is no alternative come and that is why they are investing. David it is what youre seeing. It was not the fundamentals of the equity markets, it was the liquidity pressed into the marketplace that drove up the values. Alix notice rick parity funds now those risk parity funds that is the risk Going Forward. We will be discussing all of this, plus centralbank policy and the feds next move and the state of the bond market with peter hooper. That is coming up in just a moment. Jon, you are taking a look at the after of that friday bond selloff. Jon the followthrough into asia and europe once again. A threeday losing streak in europe, every Industry Group trading in negative territory. The miners got hammered in london, the ftse down by 1. 5 . In the fx market, dollaryen lower. The dollar stronger on both of the other on most of the other crosses. Positive by about 2 . In commodities, risk off with crude, brent, and the bti coming in at 1. 8 there. And wti humming in at 130 there. The
Being against a rate hike and accepting its not inevitability are two very different things. We need to understand the difference. While you may not like it, you need to start accepting it. First, he get that we cant have ultralow rates forever, even if theyre good for the stock market for the duration. Eventually too much money chases too few goods and we get inflation. Inflation is pernicious. There are reasons weve never had ultralow rates forever. It has to do with the inevitable debasement of our money and dramatic decline in our purchasing power. The fed has two mandates, promote an environment for an flourishing economy, and the second to avoid inflation so people cant keep up with the rising price of goods. I certainly am not in favor of turbo charged inflation. However i am concerned that the first mandate might be upended by higher rates. Right now, after that barn burner of an employment number last friday, its difficult to fret over job losses. Ive been worried about the pr
By higher rates. Right now, after that barn burner of anmployment number last friday, its difficult to fret over job losses. Ive been worried about the precariousness of our trading partners like china. But china is back in bull market mode, even if the strength is in consumers and not industrialrelated. The data out of europe is pretty strong, that i follow. We know a lot of the strength comes from weaker euro. Companies that sell in europe rows are taking share from american competitors. Thats decidedly bad. But to worry about china or europe, that seems wrong. Thererwill be negative reverberations in emerging rkets. Thats a given. Theres always people caught up in that old trade. Thats one reason im not crazy about a rate hike. Them every day for weeks on end. Most important, i believe the causing the exports of our dramatically versus overseas competitors. Well have playoffs as manufacturers cant keep up, as we open borders versus every other country. They seem to be offset right n
Turbo charged inflation. However i am concerned that the first mandate might be upended by higher rates. Right now, after that barn burner of an employment number last friday, its difficult to fret over job losses. Ive been worried about the precariousness of our trading partners like china. But china is back in bull market mode, even if the strength is in consumers and not industrialrelated. The data out of europe is pretty strong, that i follow. We know a lot of the strength comes from weaker euro. Companies that sell in europe rows are taking share from american competitors. Thats decidedly bad. But to worry about china or europe, that seems wrong. There will be negative reverberations in emerging markets. Thats a given. Theres always people caught up about a rate hike. But these ramifications are inevitable and youll hear about them every day for weeks on end. Most important, i believe the dollar will soar on a rate hike, causing the exports of our companies to decline dramatically