Session with the dow plunges 406 points, the s p prlummets 1. 6 i an absolute nightmare. The house of pain but its good to have some cash so tonight, were holding a coronation because right now, cash is king. Our viewers know this market has been making me nervous for a while. Ive been telling you to take profits for the last three weeks. We have sold some of every single tech stock we know, including some very, very good favorites that you are aware of. Every single one, first time in 15 years because bulls make money, bears make money. But hogs, they get slaughtered i love these tech companies, but i looked at the Charitable Trust cost basis, i looked at the pricetoearnings multiples and said you know what we are out of our minds with greed youve got to be disciplined in my book, that means taking profits while you have them. Some of you will say this violates everything you heard about investing, buy and hold, think longterm. Or most recently, or i should say, stocks or stonks only
A flight. Western media speculation of. The world this is or to international always. It is day 12 nation wide on rest in the wake of the disputed election earlier this month large crowds on both sides of the divide are making their voices heard those who support president Alexander Lukashenko and those who want to see him. People here are chanting for the president to resign in the city of goma but in contrast youve got a convoy of the president s supporters driving past them with the official red and green flying until the government demonstrators have also gathered in the Capital Square activists are lining up along. In eastern. I. And vitebsk packed earlier in the day with voices of people chanting their support for president lukashenko progovernment marches were seeing throughout the day there are 2 parties spoke to me earlier from this. Its the closest large city to the russian border and thats thats where we are and few 1000 people gathered supporting the government saying that
No legal basis to visit the sites. A man who was once one of the most powerful politicians in new york state has begun serving his prison sentence for corruption. Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reported to a prison in new york today. He was sentenced earlier this year to 6. 5 years behind bars. In 2015onvicted later but the appeals have kept him out of prison. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. It is 1 00 in new york in 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets. Here are the top stories that we are following today. The u. S. Housing search, prices rise as Mortgage Rates remain near record lows. We talk with tim mayopoulos, a former ceo of fannie mae. One thing that could hurt the bounce back in the economy, became laura. It is set to slam in the gulf coast as a category four storm. We have the latest. Plus, a conversation wit
Interesting enough. We have the gdp numbers, the contraction in that economy, which is awful, obviously, but relatively good to compared to some other parts. Getting the test and trace progress going very efficiently. Fester e talk of an of Investor Outlook for another year. Tom the dialogue on furlough and income substitution over there versus what we see in america. With a briefing, our first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika President Trump and speakers at the Republican National convention put a positive spin on trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The president thanked frontline responders and said the virus is going to be fading. Others warned what would happen if joe biden was elected. There is more work to do, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Jobs gains are outpacing what the socalled experts expected. But biden set by radical leftwing policies would stop our economic recovery cold. Hes already talking about shutting the country down again. Its madness.
Installed within a whisker of februarys alltime high. The cash trade is less than one hour away. Your are your headlines. Germany extends its Job Support Team until the end of next year, spains or rules out another National Lockdown as cases rise. Britains vaccine bet, the u. K. Backs a plan for a dnabased maxine. We look at a 50 million rates for a solution. And caveat emptor, u. S. Consumer confidence drops to the lowest level in six years. We will get the latest french figures out this hour. Just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets look at how futures are trading. Right now across europe, we are seeing slight green arrows. And i mean slight. You can call dax futures and euro stoxx 50 futures unchanged. In the u. S. , we see most futures contracts falling this morning, although also very slight drops. S p futures are unchanged after another record high yesterday. Nasdaq futures gained about 1 10 of 1 . Anna, what do you see on the gmm . Anna feel