Economic front. P equities, that is a lie, calculated it. He said after 10 different quarters of gains in the s p was always followed up another 5 to 10 gain in the next quarter. Having off the strong secondquarter boats well is well. R bodes positive quarters could still lie ahead. Romaine referring to pd, one of the many people behind the scenes who keeps this program looking smart and feeling smart. Eaton vance codirector still with us. Thank you for being patient. Talk to me about volatility. We have seen the vix come down from the highs. It is not back down to precovid19 levels, but definitely there is a lot of calm in markets i think would be an encouraging sign. Absolutely. We started the year only looked at the vix, someone called it we began as a teenager and it quickly began to be over 80 over a short time. We are looking at this 30 level, that is good because it bodes well for the sentiment and calmer markets and individual idiosyncratic stories. That being said, i think the
Policy over jerusalem. Betty david, you have being slides in the asian market, certainly some risk off trading ,n the u. S. Based on headlines tax reform or jerusalem. Markets closed mixed. For jobs data on friday, but the s p unchanged, the dow falling 40 points, the ,asdaq managing gains of. 2 but nothing to write home about after we have seen stellar rallies in technology shares, a lot of investors wondering whether profit will continue in tech stocks. Profit will continue in tech marks. Of these benchmarks have dropped to support levels. Look at new zealand. Coming off in a today slide. Bid for the bonds here. It is snapping a threeday streak. Here we go. Asx 200, and then a move up in the aussie 10 year bond yield. Japan and south korea coming online. Futures in japan pricing in under. 5 at the open. , the dollar catching a decent did on the back of weak sterling. Bid on the back of weak sterling. Betty a story brewing all day long, eight Security Council nations demand that presi
American jobs. Kathleen breaking news on south koreas labor market, we have the Unemployment Rate now at 3. 6 over last year, it was bute point six in december, that is what we are getting so far on this number. Number on thetant context of the korean economy, it is an area where that has been strength, and exports very strong. This closelytching to see how this affects the bank of korea in the next meeting. Holdingemployment rate steady at 3. 6 . And life pictures, lets take a listen. It is great to be here, it was eight years ago i just turned 80. I never really talked to any graduation groups or anything of the sort it was not on bucket list particularly. And then i got invited to go to and i met a truly , whether it was male, female, hispanic, africanamerican, whether it might be, these people have one thing in common. They knew they had it within themselves, they knew they could be something beyond they were. They were willing to put their time and energies to better when i saw at
Oklahoma. Its still unclear what ingredients are responsible. Airports getting busy, many dont have to worry about Winter Weather. Much of the east coast will see recordwarm temperature this is week like 70degrees on Christmas Eve. Holiday forecast is coming up. Detroit beating new orleans saints, it was the saints quarterback drew brees making headlines this morning becoming fourth quarterback to throw for 60,000 yards in his career. All that coming up. First breaking news. National polls on the 2016 president ial election blake berman in washington right now with all the details. Good morning, blake. Blake donald trump, ted cruz and everyone else. Here are the numbers. Trump is at 28 and cruz hits highest mark yet in any National Poll to date at 24. Marco rubio and dr. Ben carson continue to be the only others in double digits. Now while trump continues to lead the republican pack, listen to this, maria, his appeal nationwide appears to be a different matter, this poll show that is 5
Our free nations cannot be complacent in pursuit of the vision we share a europe that is whole and free and at peace. We have to work for that. We have to stand with those who seek freedom. [applause] i know that throughout history, the polish people were abandoned by friends when you needed them most. So ive come to warsaw today on behalf of the United States, on behalf of the Nato Alliance to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to polands security. Article 5 is clear an attack on one is an attack on all. And as allies, we have a solemn duty a binding treaty obligation to defend your territorial integrity. And we will. We stand together now and forever for your freedom is ours. [applause] poland will never stand alone. [applause] but not just poland estonia will never stand alone. Latvia will never stand alone. Lithuania will never stand alone. Romania will never stand alone. These are not just words. Theyre unbreakable commitments backed by the strongest alliance in the world and the