Obstacles facing oil and gas and why the lock downs are a big deal but may not change much longer term. It is friday, october 16, and this is Worldwide Exchange. If i have it right, i think that is the black key and the song is 10 00 a. M. But were playing it at 5 00 welcome from yfr wherever in th world you are watching stock futures right now are in the green but lets be carefully here, they are basically flat. Dow futures are up 9 points, so in the green, yes, nasdaq up 22, but got a long i way to go the big money question on this bring is whether today will mark a rare four day losing streak for the nasdaq were down previous three sessions, although amazingly were still higher on the week outside of stocks, the big winner this week has been bitcoin. Thats right, up 4. 5 . Climbed earlier back above 11,500 bitcoin has been the winning asset class coming into a friday lets go around the world and it is looking like a nice session in europe as well. Lets ghets t get the trade, geoff c
The stock up close to 100 this week. Is that a squeeze or a fundamental reevaluation . We have seen travel stocks really rising quite sharply this week. Lets take a quick look at the european markets. Theres a bunch of factors i want to focus on, plus a global view of what is going on. You can see what is happening with the chinese currency. 0. 5 ,an stocks up around pretty much matching the gains in the united states. We are watching stimulus pingpong. Italian 10 year, there it is. Some pretty big moves over the last few days. Then weve got what is going on with the chinese currency. China back today from golden week. A huge bid in terms of equities and the currency. Will the pboc squash that one . We will wait and see. Europe focusing on what is happening with the lockdown story and what is happening with the bond markets. Lisa the pandemic ongoing, leaders stepping up to contain the surge in virus cases across the continent. Bloombergs maria tadeo joins us with more. What do we know
Between israel and the United Arab Emirates, afghanistan, the potential october surprises dealing with Foreign Policy. This a fantastic panel that bring such a depth of expertise to these topics and i would like to introduce them. When charlie cook who is editor and publisher of the cook political report. Celinda lake, president , Lake Research partners. Doctor norman ornstein, resident scholar come senior scholar at the American Enterprise institute, and christian sultans anderson, who is part of cofounder of echelon insights. Thank you all. Were lucky to have you or this discussion and want to dive right in. I was excited to talk you to yl about this. Its something im interested in. Id like to start with the question for each of you that generally gets at the role of Foreign Policy in the 2020s election. How much do Americans Care about Foreign Policy and nationals could issues in this election cycle and how is that different from past elections that weve had recently . Lets just go
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For schooling in the philippines children from vulnerable communities suffer as Distance Learning is put in place. Welcome to the program 6 people including a one year old baby have been killed in wildfires on the u. S. West coast several states are now battling blazes which have consumed whole communities and billowed smoke from San Francisco to seattle 5 small towns in Central Oregon have been destroyed more than 80000 people in the city of medford have been told to leave their homes the state governors warning it could be the deadliest season. Over the last 24 hours oregon has experienced unprecedented fire was significant damage and devastated consequences across the entire state. I want to be upfront in saying that we expect to see a great deal of loss both in structures and in human lives this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our States History. Well california is already experiencing the most severe while fos season and its modern history