European markets you asked we answered. Theyre a mixed bag with the ftse up ever so slightly this morning. The ten year note yield did move around on friday and we do have it now at 227. Right around the same levels it cant get through it. Too much future selling and boy did that group collapse. It did. Lets talk more about that and other things including our road map which is going to start with stocks seeking new records. The dow is on track for its 10th straight at aly gain and plus, paging inspector gadget. Apple nearing the release of a new watch version which can make calls directly. Right. There you go soft bank ceo providing speculation about a sprinttmobile deal continued speculation about a charter deal well try to wrap all of that up and add some insight and new stuff. Well see. The s p 500 one point away from the record closing high. The nasdaq is in the middle of a two week losing streak. Amazing. It is. March of 2,000 is what people keep saying. The difference is cash pos
Forident opens the door elections in 60 days. They favor a softer approach with north Korean Leader kim jongil and kim jongun. And the creation of a Missile System that china opposes. Powered by more than 2600 and analyst in over 120 countries. Im mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. Julie live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york. Joe we 30 minutes close of trading in the u. S. Julie gold on its longest losing streak and five months. Joseph colon the question is, what you miss joe the question is, whatd you miss . Julie we break Labor Force Participation and wage growth. We look at what to expect from the fed over the next year. And Top Republican senators suggest the august deadline for a tax plan may be. Debate overow the repealing obamacare is putting constraints on the yes on addressing taxes. Now lets look at where the major averages stand as we head towards the close. Abigail doolittle is handing by. Abigail we are looking at modest gains for the major averages. In the dow
In london and midday in hong kong. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Lets start with how markets closed in the u. S. On friday. We had a big day on friday thanks to the payroll report coming in at 235,000 jobs. Put all the major indexes in the green. 33 and the russell 0. 38 percent. It should give you some indication of the optimism taking place in markets. Here in the middle east we are two hours away run the opening of the emirates market, dubai and abu dhabi. Theyntrast to the u. S. , had a bit of a rough close. All three of those indices down last week. A lot of optimism around oil and into this to feed equity prices. A different story elsewhere in the region. Egypt almost up 1 . A good end of the week for catch our. Quatar. Talk about bitcoin. We had a major decision from the u. S. Securities regulator about the proposed bitcoin etfs. Take a look at this chart. You can see the timeline of the proposal of this bitcoin etf in the summer of 2013 at a now we have the decision to
And on International Womens day, thoughts on the Journey Towards gender equality. Companies that have more gender diversity reform perform better. It is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Scarlett this is bloomberg review of theekly most important business news, analysis and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. The week began with another u. S. Order from u. S. President donald trump. President trump has signed a iraqravel ban, it removes from the list of seven countries whose citizens cannot travel to the u. S. For the next 90 days. It also revises the treatment of syrian refugees. This will not go into effect until several weeks from now. You have the administration to put for the message that they are trying to correct some of the mistakes from the First Executive action that was shut down by the ninth the district court. What is the legal perspective, how did the white house address this . They are trying to narrow the would seem more reasonable and have scruti
And on International Womens day, thoughts on the Journey Towards gender equality. Companies that have more gender diversity reform perform better. It is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Scarlett this is bloomberg review of theekly most important business news, analysis and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. The week began with another u. S. Order from u. S. President donald trump. President trump has signed a iraqravel ban, it removes from the list of seven countries whose citizens cannot travel to the u. S. For the next 90 days. It also revises the treatment of syrian refugees. This will not go into effect until several weeks from now. You have the administration to put for the message that they are trying to correct some of the mistakes from the First Executive action that was shut down by the ninth the district court. What is the legal perspective, how did the white house address this . They are trying to narrow the would seem more reasonable and have scruti