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Before one of the major holidays. We are heading for the end of the year. That is the attitude today. All three averages at simultaneous highs. Tied to optimism over the tax bill and the effect andould have on corporate stock prices. All three averages are reaching highs. The nasdaq has been lagging. We have a graphical look at this. The white lines are the times that the major averages closed at highs. The dow 69 closing high, now counting today. The s p is 61, and the nasdaq is 71. That is the...

Ue of green, mirroring what is happening in the u. S. Without the record. July inest gains sense the stoxx 600. Final estimate for november, headline 1. 5. It has been overtaken by last weeks ecb meeting when the projection for inflation for 2020 of 1. 7 causing many to question draghis ability to maintain that inflation target but inflation, same as the earlier estimate. About economic surprise. This is the economic surprise index from citigroup and for europe. Fascinating chart. The u. S. Fell...

The u. S. , waiting for the house vote ahead of that mixed day in european stocks, down for the fifth day in six with luxenberg tying germany, Denmark Germany and the netherlands with the rep stoxx ,0 and the swiss smi, forex currencies rising against the dollar with big moves in the bond market for a second day in the u. S. And eurozone. Outside the eurozone, commodities lets talk about em volatility, the best year for emerging markets stock since 2009 draws to a close and investors experiencin...

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Stocks have rebounded we are 30 minutes away from the end of the session. Heres whats happening to currencies versus the dollar. Sterling down today. Sovereign bond yields are rising for a fourth consecutive day. Mixed bag of commodities. Thought we will look at risk aversion. Global stocks off fresh eyes, market bulls fully in charge. The risk aversion index is a combination of measures across asset classes. It has fallen to a threeyear low. Strategists at Goldman Sachs Asset Management project...

Lacqua. Stoxx 600 down by. 5 . It is down for a third day. Seven investors mulling over the staffing of the tax cut that took place yesterday by the house of representatives. German 10year yield continues its recent two basis points higher today. We have had a number of factors boosting germany across core markets. It is ecb hawkish commentary. To take account of dollar yen up by. 1 . Dollar is rising for third day against the boj, maintaining its policy start. Governor kuroda says there is the ...

Anna a very good morning, everybody. This is bloomberg daybreak europe. Lets talk about what is in catalonia and what impact that is happening on the markets. The euro down a little bit. Catalan separatist parties taking back control of the regional parliament. A very bad performance by the peoples party. Night for the local opposition. This doesnt necessarily take us any closer to independence, but the spanish Political Drama into used to unfold. Continues to unfold. We will watch for the yield...

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Year stocks falling for a third day. , luxembourg and portugal higher. As a whole, the stoxx 600 is down for a third day. We are seeing the euro rise to a threeyear high against the dollar. All these currencies rising against the dollar as yields are gaining across europe today. Fairly hawkish comments from the ecb about the qe program. We will talk to Richard Jones about that one a little later. We had some pmi manufacturing data out of the u. K. Today. Lets look at the eurozone equivalent, ris...

Rising for the first day in four with european stocks rallying and volume 25 below the 30 day average. Falling against the dollar and the euro is down for the first day in six. After rising to a threeyear hide high yesterday. Sovereign bond yields are declining and commodities inflation is coming back. 2018 will see a decade of negative output gaps turn positive, if the imfs growth estimates are right. Gapone says a positive tends to stir inflation as labor costs and good prices rise in response...