Were these demonstrations over the Christmas Period targeted in small pockets or widespread . Dan mostly small pockets. Targeted at shopping malls in particular, looking to hit the retail sector, which has really been battered by six months of protests. We saw clashes at shopping malls. 20 people were injured. There is another rally tonight, in a suburban area of hong kong, and a couple over the weekend, all pointing to the big rally downtown on new years day. Matt what are the plans for that big rally, further protest . How organized is this movement . Dan the Group Organizing the een convening some of the largest rallies we have seen. There are various elements of the protesters. Siderganized side, the that tries to abide by laws, and then the frontline protesters, the ones lighting fires and battling the police, and a sort of work in parallel. On january 1, thats organized by a group that tries to get police permission. That is pending right now. We are likely to hear about 48 hours
Youre in the United States, we are seeing stocks come off their highs. The s p up 0. 1 . Apple contributing big, up 0. 5 on a positive note. Tesla is down about 0. 3 . Lets get straight to someone who can tell us more about all of that. Joining us from dallas is Burns Mckinney, Allianz Global Investors managing director and Portfolio Manager. We are seeing a mill top in the stock market a melt up in the market through christmas. Nothing major, but we didnt really make any losses. We didnt lose anything we gain through the year. Tot you attribute that what do you attribute that . Burns volumes are very low this time of year, so it doesnt take a lot to drive markets up. This is probably just a bit of a continuation of the early Christmas Gift that the markets got in middecember, where they resolved several geopolitical issues that had been weighing on uncertainty. Namely, the resolution or the detente in the u. S. China trade relations, as well as brexit, and establishment that the fed d
It is reasonable to expect the fed to kind of be on hold. The front end of the curve is selling up more than the back. The front end is really attractive. The market is saying the fed pause is warranted. It is probably going to remain on pause for a good portion of next year. Jonathan joining me around the table in new york, gershon distenfeld, priya misra, and krishna memani. Priya, lets begin with you. What a payrolls report. Your thoughts . Priya a good report, no way to look around it. When we take out the gm numbers, still a solid number. But i have to highlight caution a little bit. The labor market is a lagging indicator. Is Global Growth for sure bottoming . There are some signs that it may be. Is it about to surge ahead . I am skeptical. We are not getting stimulus out of china, europe. In our view, Global Growth probably muddles around. The trade uncertainty, we are so hung up on this trade deal. I dont know even if we get the phase one deal, which is not guaranteed, the fact
At 9 00 a. M. , accuracy in media president adam g host we are live outside the Supreme Court today as the justices will hear arguments for and against socalled daca, the Immigration Program that allows undocumented people brought here as children to the United States by their parents to remain in the country. We want to get your thoughts on daca as well as the Supreme Court decision. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also a fourth line for Daca Recipients, 2027488003. You can text us at that number as well with your first name, city, and state, 2027488003. Go to twitter at cspanwj or join the conversation at facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your thoughts on daca and the Supreme Court arguments in a minute. Joining us on the phone is greg, i Supreme Court a Supreme Court reporter for bloomberg news. Remind viewers what this case is about. Guest good morning, greta. The case started in 2012 when barack obama said he was going to give yo
Byst it was founded in 1969 rita irvine. We used a great combination of citizen activism to create a healthy skepticism toward the media. Host which type of media . Guest all media. These days we are expanding in other areas as well. Host who funds your organization . People who fund a lot of politically oriented charities. A great combination of individual donors of all dollar level. Do you findny times inaccuracies in conservative media . Guest we dont as much go after conservative media because theres a lot of people already doing that as they should. Inaccuracies anywhere should be exposed. We go after the ankle that isnt caught by other folks. Your process for investigating inaccuracies . Guest we look at the areas in which we think there is greatest opportunity to educate people. If it is someone speaking in an echo chamber that is less exciting than going after inaccurate media to an audience that could be persuaded. Rather than going after cnn or msnbc which people would probab