Climate change. Boeing brings its failed spacecraft, at the end of a difficult year for the company. Get you started with a quick check of the markets. The u. S. Session on friday, markets wrap at record highs with the dow seeing its biggest gain in a week. The s p 500 seeing the biggest weekly gain since september. We had health care and tach leading the gains on the s p 500. Strong consumer numbers out of the u. S. Gave the market a boost. We are setting up for a Holiday Light calendar this week. Most stock markets across the world will be closed on december 5. We have u. S. Newhome Sales Numbers to look forward to on the monday session. Lets see how we are setting up for the asian markets. Sophie after a lackluster friday, we are mixed this monday. They were going to be gauging reactions to reports that japan has eased export controls to south korea. Lets check in on aussie bonds at the start of cash trade. We have the aussie 10 year yield rising back above 1. 3, the highest level s
By and by down by the sleigh well wander, sweethearts you and i wait til the sunshines, nelly, by and by terrific. Merry christmas, everybody and one of the traditions is to bring children and grandchildren down on the floor. Theres a number of them here today. Tell me your name. Shannon youre the daughter of a retired member, right . Yes. His name . Michael spidaro do you know why the New York Stock Exchange is important . It makes new companies and businesses thats the right answer thanks mike, one of the big traders for gts does all of the Retail Stocks your work through the year, keeping the markets moving and keeping liquidity in the market. Thank you, bob. Merry christmas. Art cashin, 55 years, started almost this day, 1964. Thats correct. In the same book as John D Rockefeller and jpmorgan they were just a touch older than i am. Lets hope youll outlive them all by a long way thanks very much Merry Christmas. Thank you all for coming down for a great tradition that goes back 150
But security saying you will see the boj stop buying longer take 2020. In a move in the aussie in focus today. We are hearing hedge funds switching to bearish. The dollar is weaker ahead of inflation data due for november. Were also watching the thai baht, stronger against the ringback. Trade data against the greenback. Rishaad the Indian Trading day, futures are looking flat. What we have seen, discussing a short while ago, record highs for the nifty and the sensex. Friday no exception. It toheless, that brought a record high for the index of some of the heavyweight stocks. The rupee is flat. The 10 year yields, big move lurched to the downside, Something Like 10 basis point in terms of the yield. The prospects here of further Interest Rate cuts, again brought to the fore. It says something that has gotten more and more credibility as we do see further signs of weakness, particularly on the demand side from the indian economy. Thats a look at what we have in prospect. With look at wha
Due to the president s plans to simplify the pension system. Macron wants to streamline the unwieldy program made up of 40 different retirement plans. That coming up. Three leading legal scholars in the u. S. Think Donald Trumps push to get ukraine to investigate his democratic forls is ground impeachment. A fourth expert brought in by the republicans refuted that claim. Coming up in business, pope francis retirement system compares to pension schemes across the rest of europe. Our reporter standing by with more. Despite the nationwide strike action, the Southern City of lyon is still getting lit up with its incredible festival of lights. A closer look at some beautiful eliminations, coming up. First, the very latestst on the french strikes. Here in france, the countrywide walkout by Public Workers includes teachers and hospital workers. It is one of thehe biggest stris in this country in decades. It shut down the eiffel tower as well. The stories could go on for some time, with people
Captioning performed by vitac as a service to the washington community. Details on how to donate and details on future programming are on the back of the flier that was available outside. Let me also thank a couple of individuals who behind the scenes kind of put this event together, jeff reeger, assistant director of the National History center. Over there. Pete all the way in the back on my team and our two interns, kyle nichols and su yan kim who you will be meeting during the q a, they will be running the mics for which we ask you to please wait and then once you are called on, please at the same time state your name and affiliation. Let me welcome Professor William roger lewis from texas who is joining us here today and remind all of you finally to turn off your mobile devices or silence them so you dont interrupt the intense discussion that we will be asking here this afternoon. With that i will turn it over to eric to introduce our featured speaker today. Thank you, christian. W