Anymore. A lot of Global Markets are closed or for boxing day. Uk, germany, france, australia, italy and hong kong. I say it every year. Boxing day has nothing to do with boxing as a sport as a child, i always thought that u. S. Futures, we have some green arrows dow looks like it would open up about 30 points higher 10year note opening about 1. 97. New this morning, china says it is in close touch with the United States on signing a phase one trade deal both sides are 12i8 going through necessary procedures before signing despite progress on trade, tensions remain. Meantime, saying the phase one trade deal is, quote, an enormous step in the right direction. It is coming. It is coming it is done in your mind what we are going to get is what weve gotten. Phase two, i wouldnt think about it again like ever, ever no. Let it go. Gone for good oregon for the election . I think you need a change in leadership of china before we see anything significant even if trump wins in november of 2020,
[music] welcome to fbn am. Lets take a look at how your money is moving this monday. This holiday short week. Any close in the green today would be another record high. Lets take a look at how things are moving over in asia. You can see that hang seng pointing up. China cut tariffs on hundreds of products. British media reporting that donald trump has invited uk president Boris Johnson to the white house. China taking another step to ease barriers. Beijing said it will lower tariffs on hundreds of products. That is starting january 1. At the move comes as they sign the first phase of the trade deal aimed at ending a pretty better trade war. Beijing has been taking a series of steps recently aimed at revitalizing Economic Growth this deal if you will shows that they are open willing to open their markets. President trump said he expects the agreement will be signed very shortly. The president making present making the announcement over the weekend terms of the trade deal call for the tr
Deal. Markets pointing to another record high. Weve got gains across the board with the major indices once again in unchartered territory. Dow futures up 23 points, s p up 2, and nasdaq futures higher by 9. Impeachment standoff, that continues this morning. Congress is headed home for the holidays. But democrats are holding up sending the articles of impeachment to the senate. The battle focusing on witnesses now. What happens now . We are digging in. Then the force not so strong this time around. Star wars, the rise of skywalker number one at the box office in north america but falling short of the last two films in the trilogy. Mornings with maria begins right now. Its christmas time and weve got the spirit. Jacks for chilling. Thats what christmas is all about. The time is now. The place is here. Maria weve got christmas rapping going on this morning. We have a big show. Good morning, everybody. Joining the conversation, the director of Equity Research at cfra, ken leon is here. Pol
Has been the trend we have been watching for quite some time future indicated 44 points by the dow. S p futures by 3. 5 this comes after we saw all three of the major averages sitting at new highs again on friday thats happened a lot recently the dow and the s p 500 up for the last seven of the last eight sessions nasdaq on an eightday winning streak and thats something that youre watching as we kind of rush into the Holiday Season here also look at whats happening in the treasury market. Youll see that right now the ten year looks like it is yielding 1. 91 just below 2 for the ten year we have some news breaking just literally in the past hour now. Report saudi arabia sentencing five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist jamal khashoggi, he was murdered of course in that saudi consulate in istanbul just last year by a team of saudi agents saudistate run tv saying three other people were sentenced to prison over the killings and reports say that the investigation
Santa claus is coming to town. Santa claus is coming to town. You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, im telling you why. Santa claus u is coming to to. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im lauren simonetti. Deirdre im deirdre bolton. Lauren five days until christmas. Deirdre thats right. Today is friday. Lauren a lot of investors might be hitting vacation early but still lets take a look at your money. Weve certainly seen a strong meltup after a trio of record closes idea, fractional declines for all three major average as. The nasdaq is down 4 points. It could be on the verge of a sevenday winning streak. Investors on mitt particular, phase one of a china deal will be signed next month. Deirdre japans auto sector falling after the house passing the new north american trade deal, usmca, so that kind of weighed on the nikkei. Lauren lets take a look at european stocks this friday. You have up arrows across the board, nice gain in london, the ftse gaining