Thats unbelievable. Bob has more on whats driving the action bob. Thank you were seeing some rotation today. Its about time and thats a really good sign for the market. Well see if that holds. These things come and day. The banks have been drooping a bit. Nn energy, first rally really in a month. Tech is sort of inline today thats interesting i want to show you something health care is lagging nap was the Leadership Group this the the rotation im talking about. How about tech tech is up its an interesting form of tech its Old School Tech hewlettpackard is up nice today. Xerox is rallying. Corning is rallying. Thats old school stuff. Hoe about the megacap stocks the big five names theyre up i want to point out, they were very late to the party today those stocks were all flat at the open a lot of people are offsides today. Look at the estimates out there. Theres been some conneequity ad mutual funds that tells you a lot of people are not very optimistic. 2939 that was the old high at te
Has his work cut out for him. The former ceo Dennis Muilenburg has come under fire for handling of the 737 max crisis. Here is the man that will handle the crisis. Member of board of directors since 2009. Member of Blackstone Private Equity firm. He served as a ceo of nielsen and worked at 26 years with General Electric specifically with transportation and aircraft engines. Muilenburg as you know, critics said under him boeing was too cozy with regulators getting the 737 max plane to market. That the company was not transparent enough after the two crashes. The company says, new Ceo David Calhoun will bring a brand new commitment to communication. Number one is getting the 737 max planes in the air. The company halted production of the plane while it works with the faa to get it recertified. You see them sitting in the Production Facility parking lot in washington. Boeing a dow component. Boeing enjoyed a nice bump on the stock market today, but it hasnt been a great road since march.
Thatdominated yesterdays action, that along with chinas currency move. Overnight Chinas Central Bank setting the yuan mid point firmer than many expected. That happened at 9 00. We saw a turnaround in u. S. Equity futures which were down overnight as much as 600 points at the lows. Right now a positive open across the board. S p looking to be up by 11 points dow jones up by 102. The nasdaq looking to recoup 44 points as for u. S. Treasury yields, we saw a 2016 low also. We had the tenyear note at 1. 758 overnight we breached that 1. 7 level. A key level here. We have cnbc reporters everywhere this morning covering the Market Reaction to this escalating trade war willem marx is in london well get to him in a moment, but across the world to china. Eunice yoon is on the ground in beijing. Reporter china strongly opposes being labeled a currency manipulator. The central bank, which manages a floating currentry cy exchang rate called the move unilateral protectionist behavior that violates
Jonathan for our audience worldwide, this is bloomberg surveillance. Your equity for our audience worldwide, this is bloomberg surveillance. Your equity market 0. 3 . Jackson how starts from now, a week from today starts from nowa week from today chairman powell speak. Lisa how much will he lean into the section. We will have highwe will have hg but not raise rates higher in the short term. Cuts are not in the threshold. Jonathan 5 5 world, on this d market we start with consensus behind the move of the past month. Consensus behind the move of the past month. Lisa now it is time to buy and save but still, this to me is the ultimate question. Will the fed not raise further but raise further but they will hold them straight for a longer time . Aside good or bad news . It has driven of concerns about inflation and deficit. About inflation and deficit. Jonathan and then you have china, what a week for the second biggest economy. Theyve been delivering fixes with currency. Based on the repo
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