And social change and the impact of racism and economic growth. Its monday, june 15th and youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc. Well, good morning, good afternoon, or good evening and welcome from anywhere in the world that you might be watching thank you for starting your week with us here on cnbc if your just joining us or waking up you might want to grab another cup of coffee. Dow futures are off their lows but theyre down 630 points right now. A couple of hours ago, dow futures were down 1,000 points all the indexes indicating a loss at the open again, a 2 drop right at the open now well see how that plays out certainly a lot of red on your screen right now lets move on. Dow futures again down 535 lets also check the etf that tracks the major averages because that is subject to different moves in the futures overall. Right now it looks about the same but we got in earlier and it looked like the possibility of limit down in the futures you want to look at those etf a
Futures trading was halted yo ed overnight. If were down 7 , you halt for 15 minutes down 13 , you halt for another 15 minutes if down 20 , you halt the remainder of the day some people wonder how long we will be trading at the open. Yeah. Look, i think the problem is twofold no one thought oil was coming. Theres a very, very different approach by some to whats happening with the virus some people are saying not enough others are saying, listen, were making too much of it. Im in the distinct not enough camp i come back and i keep thinking about david tepper and what he said to me at the super bowl i dont know if we have that i think we do is the booth ready on that going back to midfebruary early february day before the super bowl i came back and have never been the same i know people have accused me of being fear mongering for weeks now. No, i think im realest mongering. Were trying to back into it, you have to try to figure it out. Ruined the environment of the setup right now. Whats
What is going on . The once bulletproof market looking vulnerable. I send out a sos Phil Blancato is here, Dan Fitzpatrick on deck. Gas prices are starting too rise. Is this beginning of or the end . Tracy shuchart on this could go. What happened to the safe havens, folks. Everyone said Consumer Staples you couldnt lose. They should be the workhorses of any portfolio. That is back in april. Now theyre down big time. Nancy tengler here how to balance your portfolio in the more vulnerable days. You dont want to miss my takeaway on Government Data absolutely crushing the average american, not the data but the policies based on this faulty data. Wait until i give you the gdp of 2008 before and after. All that and so much more on making money. Charles all right, folks, another rough session and its getting to the point where those who kind of laugh at seasonality, you know, a lot of brainiacs, oh, seasonality, i think they will probably avoid walking under ladders or even throwing salt over
Capitol hill, and Christine Lagarde tells cnbc that the fed will not cause another taper tantrum. I think it has already learned from that experience both at the fed left avel and ad the world. The fed itself has measured exactly how to communicate and oil markets trading solidly higher were waiting keough pey opec d well be speaking to bob dudley in 30 minutes time were seeing almost solid wall of green this morning and this is despite the fact that markets are very much in wait and see mode waiting for yellens testimony later today stoxx 600 already up over half a percent. Across the board, up pretty high ftse and the cac up around 0. 7 . Xetra dax almost half a percent higher lets look at some sectors almost everything is in the green. Its really media the only laggard here spring in oil and gas not surprising that oil itself was up in yesterdays session and again in todays session tracking about a percent and a half higher. Janet yellen is expected to field questions of Interest Ra
Here in europe just wants to know whats going on in the u. S. Tom a whole bunch of things to talk about. We have the fed meeting, the bank of england meeting, job state. I want to know why you arent doing a 4 00 a. M. Are you slacking off . Francine its the european way. I really dont know who sets the international clocks. There is always one or two weeks where the europeans go down in our. Tom this is what has ripped up the script all the way across the New York Times and every other paper in america, for our global audience all i can say is there is no other story. Will be joined in a bit just stunning what happened in the United States this weekend. Francine it is. People are transfixed. Lets get to the bloomberg first word with taylor riggs. Taylor the European Union side of Free Trade Agreement t delayed in belgium. Just injured was in belgium for the ceremony. The agreement will cut tariffs for eu manufacturers on hundred Million Dollars a year. The eu had to overcome objections