Nasdaq on track for the best performance. Dow futures indicated up about 34 points and gains for the nasdaq and s p futures treasuries, the 10year has finally hit 1. 9 exactly been watching for that a long time above that yesterday. Looking at it as the economy has shown some pretty strong signs. Now we do it in tens. Normally we wait for 3 . The volatility we talked about that. The inflation volatility is really low he thinks that why multiples have stayed so high. It will take years of inflations coming back. Multiples can stay where they are. This just happened well bring it to you. An Iraqi Security source telling nbc news that demonstrators have stormed the u. S. Embassy in baghdads green zone they have used tear gas grenades to try and prevent them from moving inside the compound hundreds have gathered what we saw. Some saying it was about time that some of the air strikes killed fighters from iranbacked coalition from operating in iraq a big piece saying finally we are addressin
He wants to work out a trade pact with the United States and has been trying to avoid a trade war but he also warned china is not afraid to retaliate when necessary. Eunice yoon joins us putting in his comments du jour. There is always something for those who think it is going to happen and then a qualifier. What do you think . That is right it is interesting that president xi jinping weighed in. This is the first time weve heard those remarks. Unfortunately, the content were not anything different from the standard government line about the trade discussions. He was speaking with a group of International Visitors including henry kissinger. His point was that china does want to have a phase one trade deal however there does need to be an understanding that u. S. And china are seen as equals and it has to be done with mutual respect. Thats what we had heard repeatedly what was also interesting was how he hinted at some of the tensions saying when it comes to the financial opening, china
Replaying bank currencies, i think were a long way from t t that. So essential not too concerned about central barracks no long or Digital Currencies you know, facebook has made i believe quite broad rounds around the world with regulators, supervisors, and lots of people to discuss their plans. That certainty includes us, and its something were looking at. We immediate with a brought range of and there is just a tremendous amount of innovation going out out there. There is pour tenchally benefits, also potentially ricks. So i would echo what Governor Carney said, which is that we will wind up having quite High Expectations from saved and soundness and regulatory standpoint if they do decide to go forward with something. You know, we dont have Plenary Authority over cryptocurrency sits as such. They play through our world through Consumer Protection and money laundering, things like that but through international forums, you know, we have significant input into the payment system, and
Look at the green arrows back this morning, even though the government could potentially be shut down. S p futures up by 4. 5. The nasdaq up by 19. Well talk more about that potential Government Shutdown in a bit. Overnight in asia, the nikkei higher. Up 0. 2 . Hang seng up by 0. 4. So was the shanghai in china in europe, at least right now green arrows across the board. Biggest gainer of the major averages is the dax, which is up by almost 0. 9 percent. The tenyear yield hitting 2. 64 yesterday. Thats the highest level since september of 2014. Again, concerns about the Government Shutdown really pushing things well see what happens to the tenyear when and if a budget deal is found. Right now it looks like its setting in at 2. 63 . Some big headlines this morning. Ibm returning to Revenue Growth for the first time in five years. Shares are down. Theres weaker than expected guidance overshadowing that news the company beating on the top and bottom lines but took a charge of 5. 5 billion
S p off by 13. Yesterday we saw a swing of 400 points or more we were up by 100, 350 i need more than 140 to get worried . No, thats a yawn at this point. 0. 6 at this point if you think back to all of last year watching, if it starts down 140, you could look away, look back, be down 800. You saw what was happening with treasuries. Lets look at that board once again. Looking at treasuries, these are the yields, the tenyear yielding 2. 831 . Stepping back from the 2. 9 it crossed yesterday. Check out the twoyear, 2. 069 look at europe thats where the markets are open for early trading at this point it looks like no, no back that up asia closed, but the nikkei down by 0. 6 hang. Shanghai up by 1 in europe, you can see active trading now, at least at this point things are relatively mixed ftse slightly higher but declines of a quarter percentage point for the dax in germany and the cac in france. Earnings still coming in this is a big one. Pepsico reported 1. 31 for the Fourth Quarter, a