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two years. this is bloomberg markets: asia. rishaad: right, records for the dow and onwards and upwards. the dow jones industrials up so far this year, 10% up, adding to the gains in the session on tuesday, we do have a move to gains toe, taking what? something in the region of 10.5%. 11%, in fact. that sounds good, but let me pull up this chart. btv 175 is telling you what is going on with the dow, u.s. equities, and how they are doing compared to the rest of the world. you could argue they have a huge waiting when it comes to global indices, perhaps reflecting the the blue line is showing u.s. stocks are ever so slightly lagging globally has we keep on striving towards global high records. haidi: that is almost unbelievable, really putting things in perspective. you do have the emerging markets inching higher. we see these renewed gains towards record highs despite the dysfunction that plays out in washington. earnings season has been impressive. when it comesmp to ....
the second quarter gdp, soaring while corporate price also rising. bank ceo is a high-profile victim of a money laundering scandal. he is set to step down next year. we are looking at china retail sales with production. on top of that, six asset investments. . 56. we saw this huge spike up when they interviewed all that stimulus. 35% increases in the investments in china. we have been going down ever since. looking at a number of a .6% increase. 86%th, nonetheless increase. growth, nonetheless still being propelled. productiono got data, 7.6% there. retail spending at 11%. is going towards a non-mac europe nonmanufacturing site. that is what we have to look forward to one hour from now. haidi: one of the missing puzzle pieces, giving that we have had trade numbers. when it comes to the chatter of economy stirring when stability is what they want for this key political year. we had better than expected numbers out of japan. break down across the board. except forwas ....
haidi: markets don t seem to care. stocks are surging with traders seeing no chance of imminent war. death by a thousand cuts. noble is downgraded again, moody s worried about default. with all these north korean tensions, with got gold going up late. we also see action on the equity markets reflecting the simmering words taking place between pyongyang and washington dc. i talked to a currency trader yesterday. aboutasking questions what is most, and he said it coin bitcoin. bitcoin has gone over the 4000 level. a flight to safety, you could argue. it is mirroring what is going on with gold prices.nonetheless , it is a traditional haven. is bitcoin also a place where people can take refuge? this is continuing in the week wake of a split that has taken place with the crypto currency. incredibles pretty what a world we live in where the chinese currency and cryptocurrencies are aware investors are seeking havens. elsewhere, risk back on the table. we had a rally overn ....
wargames start this trading week , a few jitters, a mixed the session, msci asia-pacific nding declines from friday extending declines from friday. the palace intrigue, steve bannon returning to breitbart, the latest in high profile departures from the trump administration. macro-like when it comes to asia and globally, but #54 or the eight, local central banks are what we are watching, culminating a week of fed speak from janet yellen and mario draghi in frankfurt this week ending up in wyoming, jackson hole, the central bank meeting, expect ring a cautious mario his comments about the balance sheet about interest rates and inflation taken wildly by the markets this year, but not expecting a massive policy surge from him, but there could be comments on how the stronger on inflationing expectations, and listening for janet yellen s comments, guidance when it comes to the richer directory and talents sheet unwind. the ecb, not expecting shock and all from mario draghi. ....
david: i don t consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? so when you wake up in the morning, you say, look at all that i have achieved and i am proud with what i have done? ginni: what a way to start. [laughter] ginni: i don t think i had either of those thoughts on the first day. i thought about what an honor it was and what a responsibility. people forget ibm is 106 years old. you wake up that morning and realize you are a steward of something. when i was growing up, ibm was the dominant technology company in the world. ginni: it still is, david. [laughter] david: you think it still has the same strength it had in the 1960 s? ginni: ibm is great, but for a reason you did not mention. if you can. venture self over and over. i will say, oh we will watc ....