What do you make about some of the things that we're talking about here in the chip market. The idea that the US government may look to take an equity stake. Chip uh investors, they don't seem to be very confident or are very positive about that move.We're seeing chip stocks move a bit lower on that story. I'd take a step back from the sector specifics of this and I think about more broadly how as an analyst we view companies such as those in China which do have a long history of government involvement. we ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde comments on monetary policy, the outlook for the euro-area economy, the inflation situation and concerns related to trade policy and geopolitical uncertainty. She speaks at a news conference in Frankfurt after the Governing Council decided to keep interest rates unchanged for the first time in more than a year. This is the opening statement of her press conference. 00:00 - ECB's decision to keep interest rates unchanged 01:50 - Euro-area economic growth in f ...

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Thanks for having me on, Frank. Yeah, dollar's being held back by some uncertainty here and frankly being down 8%. It's just a scratch. Susan, it's just you're calling it just a scratch like Elon Musk.So, it's actually down more than 9%. But I want to get to the action this week in particular. So, I think a lot of people are saying people are piling into the dollar as a safe haven, but you're saying it's something a bit different.You're saying it's some short covering and just also a bare market bounce. Yea ...

I just laid out a laundry list of potential catalysts and factors at play. Can you tell us why the markets are not reacting more forcefully to everything going on domestically and abroad. I it's really quite a moment when you look at the constellation of of geopolitical risks.But one thing that I can say with the perspective of covering geopolitics and markets for 25 years is that the perceived importance of Middle East conflict and its relationship to the oil price has um declined over time. But I think in ...