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Quick top Global Business stories of the morning. Mario draghi said he wants to raise inflation as fast as he can. It looks like he has some serious work to do. Here he is at a News Conference in frankfurt. Latest projections indicate lower inflation. Accompanied by weaker geo do to do the growth and subdued economics. The ecb cut his forecast for both inflation and gdp growth through 2016. Draghi says the central bank will gauge the need for further stimulus at the start of next year. Russias president Vladimir Putin took aim at the u. S. And European Union today in his annual state of the nation address he says both impose economic sanctions on russia anyway no matter what happened in ukraine. He said their goal is simply to hurt the russian economy. They may ha ....
Personal spending was a disappointment this morning. We begin with the first trading day of the month after a monster february. With an eye on nasdaq 5,000, will the momentum continue into march . Warren buffett on the record on the economy, ibm and the news that these were places amex as costcos credit card partner. The biggest acquisition in tech. Exclusive with the ceo of nxp in just a moment. And after lots of leaks, it is official hewlettpackard also vying Aruba Networks 2. 7 million when you back out the cash. A bit below the stocks close on friday. First up futures are mixed as we begin a new month of trading. China cut Interest Rates for the second time in just over three months. Here in the u. S. February was a pretty nice win for the bulls. The nasdaq up more than 7 . Its best month in three years. Dow up 5. 6. S p, about 5. 5, each posting its best february since 9 ....
German bund got to nearly 80 basis points. Oil relatively flat. The tenyear hit 2. 30. The rising vix, some of these yields went bananas around 6 00 a. M. Eastern. Because of the percentages and how low they are in germany, you have a little change in germany, its a dramatic rate increases. People are losing fortunes. Now its 2 trillion in two weeks. When people say why are some of our stocks down look at the pain. People believe negative rates would get more negative even though there certainly was this risk. Yes. That was just dead wrong. We are seeing one of the things i think is just shocking to me is this dollar. The consensus was the dollar was in parity all these things you heard. Dollar you better get to europe quickly. Im booking that amalfi coast trip now we ought to hear about alibaba. They turned the s p futures. Lets do that. Alibaba shares are up in the premarket after the companys earnings did beat expectations. Also the New York , United States , Ar Riya , Saudi Arabia , District Of Columbia , San Francisco , Noord Holland , Green Mountain , Las Vegas , Hong Kong , New Yorker , Raymond James , David Einhorn , Allen Greenspan , Ames Dan , Darren Huston , Scott Cohn , Jack Ma , Arne Duncan , Daniel Zhang , Jamir Dixon , Robert Shiller , Tom Brady , Dodd Frank , Janet Yellen , Carl Quintanilla ,
Whole session unfold with the averages starting of course, but only finishing higher. The dow gaining 82 points. S p advancing, and nasdaq climbing 0. 53 . A terrific setup. A setup for the bulls. Thanks to five major positives. Oil, the dollar, excessive pessimism, Interest Rates and good earnings. All of them went the right way today. Buy buy buy. Lets take them one at a time. So you can understand what made us feel so much more sanguine. First, need oil to stop going up. Then ultimately plummeting two bucks. The rallying and the consistency of the move, the sheer viciousness has obliterated the positive stories that have been driving whole swathes of the market. When you get a huge increase in the price of oil, it amounts to the tax increase on twothirds of the american economy. And its consumer based. You Better Believe thats a gigantic buzz kill. From the lowest at 43 to ....