In a generation. Welcome. Let me pick up on your quote. The world is more dangerous than it has been in a generation. Tell me what causes you to say that. Of sois the combination many different threats and uncertainties at the same time. We have the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons like we see in north korea. We have terrorism and turmoil close to nato borders, but also in our own streets. We have a more assertive russia. All of this together has created a much more challenging and difficult security environment then we have seen since the end of the cold war. Therefore, nato has to adapt and change to be able to manage and handle it. Charlie i want to talk about all those things. Speaking of the russians, what do you make of the workings they are doing in belarus . Wargames they are doing in belarus . Russia has the right to enforce its borders. We dont criticize russia for conducting exercises. The important thing is it has to be transparent. It has to be predictable. When there is m
Lets have a look at where european equities are straight ours trading right now. European stocks dropping for the first day in five. You can see broadbased losses 1. 4 ,germany down eurozone stocks down more than 1 , spain lower as well. If we look at the epic space we fx dollar weakness space we see dollar weakness as well. After that Health Care Reform bill, the dollar at an 11 months low. The euro gaining against it. 1. 15 against it. Sterling weakness coming through after the u. K. Inflation data unexpectedly softened off 3 10 of 1 . In the fixed income space, yields coming down both in the core and the periphery. We are seeing gold bid along with the yen for todays session. Crude is at 48 a barrel. Digging into equities, it is what happening with different Industry Groups. Tech stocks leading in the losses. A lot of that down to ericsson. Perhaps some of that feedthrough, with what we are seeing in u. S. Financials. Materials also lower. Commodity losses leading the gains yesterda
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Interesting to see what effect this has on the markets. We have about four days left for you to get your portfolio in order for the final close of the year. Francine i do not know what we do, whether you bet on policy at top you listen or these indices going higher populism or whether these indices go higher. Found one ofa has the flight recorders from the military plane that crashed in the black sea. All 92 people were killed. Officials say the crash was unlikely to have been caused by terrorism. President elect donald trump is questioning the effectiveness of the United Nations. In a tweet he wrote the yuan has Great Potential but has become a club for people to have a good time. Pledging to work for a ceasefire in syria. Turkish Authorities Say they betweenilitate contact the Syrian Government and the opposition to end the civil war. To seek a truce in syria and hold peace talks. In germany, a new poll shows they believe 50 believe Angela Merkel will be able to deal with the problem
Rate cut to near zero by the end of the year so keep an eye on the Quarterly Report that comes in november. The bank of england votes 90 to cut rates, no dissent on rates but dissent on qe and the Corporate Bond buying program. The bank of england cut rates to. 25 , they intend to buy Corporate Bonds as well. The majority of the mpc expect a rate cut to zero by the end of 90year, and they voted four the rate. Majority of mpc expects a rate cut to near zero by the end of the year. I do say that their Bond Buying Program could increase by 170 billion pounds as well. To sort of put a number on the Corporate Bond buying program, it is 10 billion pounds over the next 10 months. Byathan guilt 10 year down the cable rate dropping off as well. Upside risk to inflation, Downside Risk to growth, that is what you see in the forecast. The 27 thet 2017 forecast, downgrading the most ever on a single inflationary report. Side, they seen inlation at 1. 9 on at q3 2017 versus 1. 5 , and sees inflation