welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm carolin roth. these are your headlines from around the world. worries are reading too much into mario draghi's former stance while it's said he must deliver on original promises before launching qe. >> having new weaponry in place, you have to buy what you have already decided. not our business, russian president vladimir putin ukraine

must agree with a cease-fire with western rebels in the country. telecom stocks lead the way in europe. telecom italia higher on reports that it will launch a bid for vivendi despite counteroffers. venture capital firm invests $20 million in snapchat, the messaging service with virtually no revenue. good morning, everyone. it's wednesday. it's time for a brand new edition of "worldwide exchange." it's one hour into the trading session. we are a little softer here across the european markets. the stoxx 600 is off by 0.1%.

we had a fantastic rally over the last 2 1/2 weeks specifically monday and tuesday on the back of hints of more qe coming from the ecb. one by one, i want to show you where the softness is coming from. germany, down 0. 25%. german morale fell for the first time in 123456 years. why is that? because of russia and ukraine. the ftse 100 is pretty much flat. the ftse mib is still down by 0.2%. the ftse markets, dollar close to a 13-month high on the back of durable goods and consumer confidence data yesterday. 1.3184 off those one-year lows that we saw earlier on this morning. once again, it is all about draghi, isn't it?

european bond yields are holding near record lows with the yield on france's ten-year falling to a staggering 1.27% yesterday. down from 1.37% last week. this amid expectation that the ecb will deliver for the stimulus when it meets next week. jpmorgan says it expects some policy changes to make telcos more attractive and the chances of qe are over 30% by the end of the year. the german finance minister says mario draghi's comments appear to support fiscal austerity have been, quote, overinterpreted. earlier we spoke to jean-claude trichet who called on mario draghi to deliver on what he has promised already before implementing any new pressures. take a listen. >> it seems to me before having any new weaponry in place, you have to apply what you have

already decide, which is very, very important, very significant, very substantial, and i hope will be delivered as soon as possible. >> nicholas is managing director and steve cohen is with me now. good morning to you, gentlemen. steve, let me kick things off with you. do you think we need more qe for the eurozone? deals are already at record lows. what difference is qe going to make? >> i think the question is weather qe will make that big a difference in terms of bond yields. if you think about where you are in europe versus the uk or u.s., yields in europe are very, very low. but it will underpin risk assets very much. i think that was the message the last four or five years. the one thing qe can do is push risk appetites higher and that's the one thing mario draghi wants to do in terms of delivering the confidence boost that he's delivered the last couple of years and whether that feeds through into the real economy. >> nicholas, this morning we're

getting sments saying maybe mr. draghi's comments may have been misinterpreted. do you think he's right? do you think that mr. draghi didn't intend to make those comments? >> oh, i think he definitely did. risk assets have been pushed extremely high. and i think that launching qe now is a place of thumbing the door out to the horse's bolten. qe is basically a nonstarter before the results of the asset quality review come through. it's questionable whether it will be launched this year. it certainly will not fix the underlying problems of the eurozone. but any little bit helps now. it is politically contentious. i think we've moved to the stage where it is almost becoming an inevitable that some form of large scale asset purchases will be launched.

it certainly needs to see the results of the telcos and possibly the asset-backed securities. but i certainly think that he intended to make this is comments. >> you say it's inevitable. i'm thinking is it too little too late? steven, what do you think? >> it's a big question because ultimately, even in the u.s. and the uk, it's not clear what qe's impact has been on the real economy. and i think the point you made earlier on is right, which is the starting point where we are now, yields are already so low. i think the one thing that has triggered draghi's comments is the drop in inflation expectation. up until the last couple of months, they've been able to fall back on the fact that expectations at least in the medium term held up and the world roughly in line with their forecasts. that's no longer true. i think that has been a big shift for him to start make those comments. >> even if this is an empty promise, do you think this is

more buying interest european equities? do you think we'll see more buying no matter what? >> european equities were oning into headwinds. the inflation picture was weakening rapidly. russia/ukraine was is significant factor and earnings, again, had a very lucid quarter. we were seeing money come out of europe, particularly u.s. investors were telling european equities to buy emerging market equities. i think what draghi did on friday is going to recapitalize, along with russia calming down. we're still seeing emerging

markets is being combining the confidence of draghi and what might come next which i think is a different driver. >> buying on hope, does that work, nicholas? >> well, it certainly did as far as the omt is concerned. the problem is that there's no real economy equivalent for the omt. it clearly will not -- i don't think that these are simply words. this was a very well-timed and a very important speech. but certainly large scale asset purchases will not fix the underlying reduie inying woos a that there is a -- that the political and economic governance of the eurozone is in taters. >> all right. nicholas and steve, we're going to stick around. let's get back to one of our other top stories. the german finance minister says

he's not happy about comments from france's recently departed -- who called germany's disparity a sesson. meanwhile, the former economic adviser to president hollande has been named perhaps's new economy minister. he replaces smnl who publicly criticized the government policies. speaking earlier on the channel, trichet gave his views on the shuffle. >> it was absolutely necessary, in my opinion, to have this because one minister -- the economic minister was openly arguing against the line of the government. this seems to me absolutely unacceptable in any country. >> let's get out to stephane who has been covering this story for us out of paris. mr. trichet says it was absolutely necessary. what's the reaction in france specifically in the french press? >> well, the left wing of the

socialist party yesterday was a bit -- it was a chain reaction to the appointment of him. it was the most significant decision in this new government. s not a politician, but he is extremely well connected to the business community. the contact point for hollande to the business community. as such, it's a very -- signal sent by the government. the time is about to implement a significant impact through that package. 40 billion euros for a company in order to boost their competitiveness. so in terms of policy, a economic adviser to francois hollande is one of the men behind this new agenda with really -- compared to the former

economic minutester. nobody was expecting him to take control of this ministry. we're expecting yesterday that the finance minister would take the control of the whole economy and finance the ministry. by the way, he will remain finance minister. he will be the contact point for french authorities in brussels. he's the one attending the meeting and it's important to keep saffer at the time francois hollande is going to request but not a delay for france to review six public deficits. so to make it short, the reaction from the business community is rather positive to the appointment of emanuel. the reaction from the left wing of the socialist party is negative, but we couldn't expect the market reaction given what happened in the last three, four days. >> but the cabinet certainly has

its work cut out for them because we've got the upcoming budget vote, we've got the upcoming vote of confidence. how are they expected to fair in terms of these votes 12347. >> we got the vote of confidence. it will stick the confidence of the national assembly, although there's no obligation in a french constitution to request a vote of confidence. now, the budget is more tricky event from the agenda for francois hollande because the appointment of emanuel might increase the process from the left wing of the socialist party. now will is a risk that some of the socialists would not vote 2015. in that case, there is no vote, francois hollande would be in a

difficult situation. so it is a strong decision for the economy. and still coming up on today's show, how further investors are looking to snap up a share of snapchat of the most recent valuation put to them, the $10 billion bracket. cracking the allergy problem, we take a look at researchers say they're very close to creating an allergy-free peanut. and we're inside buckingham palace, speaking exclusively to prince andrew about his current role in the monarchy.

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welcome back to the show. rbs has been flying 14.5 million pounds in relation to pulled mortgages from customers. the uk financial watchdog says the lender and its division failed to ensure that advice given to customers was suitable in over half the cases reviewed in 2012. rbs says its profits have been completely overhauled. uk state agents fox news has reported a 29% jump in first

half core earnings saying it will pay out 12.8 million pounds. the stock is falling sharply after the group warned that transactions were set to slow in the second half of the year due to tougher mortgage standards. meanwhile, rising home prices have been -- have given a boost to the rental market. more than six of the uk population currently rents. as a result, tech start-ups are introducing new apps and websites to disrupt the rental market. find out more on our website, cnbc.com. squares reportedly looking to raise capital, that would value the start-up at $6 billion. the company led by twitter co-founder dorsey turns any tablet or smartphone into a debit card reader. square aims to raise about $6 billion. and venture capital firm kleina perkins is reportedly investing in snapchat.

cliner xhi er committed to inve million in may. if the deal goes through, snapchat would join a select number of valuations above $10 million. including from uber. is snapchat worth a $10 billion valuation or could this app disappear itself down the line? also, we want to know, do you use the messaging service? personally, i don't use it. i want to know if you guys are using it. join the conversation here on "worldwide exchange." get in touch with us via e-mail, worldwide@cnbc.com or via twitter, @cnbcwex or direct to me @carolincnbc. breaking news from reuters in the last couple of minutes, poleland's prime minister says that the polish secret services

confirmed that regular units of russian army are operating in ukraine. this after two hours of face-to-face talks with the russian president and his ukrainian counterpart. yesterday were deemed positive even though no cease-fire was reached. vladimir putin played down his influence and insisted it was up to kiev to bring an end to the violence. >> translator: we in russia cannot talk about any conditions of a cease-fire, about any agreement between kiev and donetsk. this is ukraine's business. we can only help create an atmosphere of trust that is important and necessary process. >> meanwhile, the ukrainian leader says there was multi lateral support for a peaceful resolution. >> i can say that the logic of this peace plan was finally supported by all of the heads of state without exclusion. insisted first of all it is

necessary to reach an agreement tone sure the free democrat of ukrainian system illegally detained by armed groups. we achieved an agreement to organize a contact group immediately. >> let's get back to our panel of guests. steve cohen investment strategist at blackrock and nicholas. nicholas, russians are optimistic, but you're not as optimistic about this apparently cease pier. >> not at all, no. what we have seen is a shift in this crisis, and not one which kiev will be particularly pleased with. the mounting civilian death toll in the east of ukraine is starting to play into russia's hands. this is forcing a shift in the west response. we've seen germany playing a much more important mediating

role. germany is now, in fact, in favor of federalzation. this is music to the ears of russia. so all of a sudden now, despite the fact that this has been a creeping invasion and russia has violated the sovereign territory of ukraine, it's ukraine, it's kiev that is now undermounting pressure to come to the negotiating table and to reach a deal with the separatists. but this is a very, very politically awkward time for ukraine and, clearly, germany is now playing a very important role and that means almost certainly at some stage, a more balanced, a more russia friendly role, germany has been anybody but to russia. but there has been a shift.

>> specifically from the economic perspective, they cannot afford to toughen their stance once again. it's hurting, isn't it? it certainly is. it certainly is. but vladimir putin obviously will take comfort from the fact that his approval ratings are near 90%. >> what did you say, 90%? >> 90%. and that's basically according to a relatively independent russian pollster. and also that he has enormous support for this and the dip is now no longer just about ukraine. this is about russia's firm belief that the west is out to destroy russia's reputation and its economy. so he's on the war path. >> let's move on. palestinians flooded the streets of gaza yesterday morning after

israel accepted an egyptian cease-fire agreement. gaza must now be brought under one legitimate palestinian government, commenting on the open ended cease-fire, israel said it would allow the flow of humanitarian goods if the deal was honored. the finger was pointed at hamas for not accepting a cease-fire sooner. >> israel has accepted the egyptian cease-fire proposal. this time, we hope the cease-fire will stick and i can now that the dust will be clearing, why is it that today hamas has accept the very same framework that they rejected a month ago? so much bloodshed could have been avoided. all right. let's show you what european markets are doing early on this morning. the ftse 100 modestly higher. overall, we are seeing a bit of a pullback after two strong days

of gains. 2 1/2 weeks of gains for these european markets. the xetra dax is down modestly. the cac 40 off by 6.5 points. let's get back to steven cohen, investment strategist at blackrock. what do you do in terms of your money right now? we've got all the geopolitical risk. yes, we've got some talk of a cease-fire in israel, gaza, some type of a cease-fire between russia and ukraine. this is still lingering, isn't it? what do you do with your money right now? >> i think it is lingering and it will probably continue to linger as we heard earlier on. the impact on markets is relatively muted. we continue to like equities in the current environment. growth is good but not good enough. that's a dramatically changed central bank policy. i think the fed is absolutely critical over the next one to two months to see if we see any change in rhetoric. we have nonfarm payrolls next week and then we have the fomc in the middle of september. that to me is the only thing that can really change the overall environment that we're

in, which is broadly risk positive in terms of equities. and also very much this driving search for yield, which continues and we continue to see a lot of money going into credit, for example, even investment grade credit in europe. >> how much does it yield right now? >> around 1.5%, depending on what you own. >> not much, is it? >> not at all. but it tells you ultimately investors, given particularly here in europe, we're going to be in a zero rate environment for a very long time and investors are looking for yield. and into places like peripheral debt again and investment grade credit. >> and is that why investors have been moving into high yield? we've seen a little bit of a sell-off, a fairley orderly sell-off in the months of july and august.

>> ja >> valuations aren't particularly compelling. but where you've seen a sell-off is the underlying credit fundamentals were not changing. so i think the rate environment potentially is a risk to high yield. again, i think it comes back to the fed next month. but we definitely saw investors on this move out in spreads coming into buy yields, particularly institutional investors. and i think it tells you again that as long as the fault rates stay low, as long as we're in this relatively benign environment, the question is yeel. the question comes back to what changes the central bank policy? it's fought going happen in europe. it's really going to happen in the u.s. that's why i think the fed is the key focus. >> before we talk about flows, going back into the emerging markets, we're seeing emerging

equities rally. >> even though the dollar has moved a very, very long way and if you look at some measures of the dollar, we're back to where we were at the peak of last year, that has had very much impact on the emerging market assets. so i think that's quite an interesting message. if you continue to have a rising dollar, the real impact is does it drive yields and do you see a big shift in the yield curve and the u.s. so far, that hasn't really happened. in that environment, there's a lot of environments with emerging market equities. they're still underowned. while we are seeing yields go in, we can see more money go in to reallocate. >> and you like korea and taiwan. >> in general, yes. >> steve cohen, investment strategist at blackrock. appreciate your time today. still coming up on the show, is it time to sell the

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into draghi's softening stance. jean-claude trichet says he must deliver on original promises before launching qe. >> having a new weaponry in place, you have to apply what you have already decided. >> not our business, russian president vladimir putin says ukraine must agree to a cease-fire in the country and moscow will only support the peace process when it starts. telecom stocks lead the way. telefonica will announce a plan for the broadband unit defight telefonica increasing its start-up offer. investing $20 million in snapchat, the messaging service with virtually no revenue. good morning, everyone. let's show you what european markets are doing at this point

in time. we're roughly 1 1/2 hours into the trading session and we're seeing a mixed picture. the ftse 1100 is up modestly, less than 1.5% after that fantastic rally yesterday's trading session playing catchup. the xetra dax is taking a bit of a pause, off by 0.11% this morning. once again, after draghi's -- potentially over the weekend, these markets did rally quite a bit on monday and tuesday. the cac 40 is off by 0.1%. pretty neat brazilians government shuffles going on in trans. we take a look at the bond markets, french bonds also very much attune to what is going on on the political front. i don't think we've got the french yields up but, remember, they fell to another low. 2.37%. the ten-year germany, below that 1% level. all record lows on expectations made before qe comes in from the ecb. on the forex market, the dollar

is not too far away from the 13-month high. the dollar/yen is back below that 104 level. back below 104%. euro/dollar, close to a one-year low. it is off that one-year low that we hit earlier on this morning. it is all about draghi, isn't it inspect what is not about draghi these days, you have to wonder. and the sterling/dollar is at .9333 up by 0.3% from the u.s. dollar. let's talk to chief economist from saxo bank steve jacobs. steve, you've got a very interesting report out. you say that the u.s. dollar has peaked at the trade and reserve currency. why is that? >> first of all, i think it's important to make clear that my big macro call for 2014 has been that germany will get very close to recession. we will trade the bund sets up 11% in the ten-year. so what i've now changed slightly is that for the balance

of the year, the u.s. interest rate will outperform bund rates inspect our perspective, that drives relatively the euro/dollar higher. on top of this, on the dollar side of the equation, the latest data we've seen from treasury has had the single biggest negative data point ever in history. minus 350 billion dollars leaving the u.s. i increasingly find that more and more business people get skeptical used not only u.s. support as their investment but using the u.s. dollar as a transaction currency. and finally, on the eurozone, i think there's two things that makes the euro at risk of going higher from here, one being, of course, the overall positioning from 111.3 the 9 to 1.31 handle and most importantly, as we get near to this japan-like growth environment, we have seen not only the last five years, but potentially we see for the next five.

you have to remember, the deflation currency outperforms inflation currencies. that is contractually why japan and the yen was stronger during the last 15 years because, of course, you increase purchasing power in the country where inflation is falling and you do the opposite. so a combination of debt positioning and the fact that the u.s. has seen very concerning outflow as relatively to the rest of the world. >> let's put your short-term outlook for euro/dollar aside for a moment. i want to come back here. the attractiveness will fall. steve, it still has the cheapest, the most liquid bond market in the world. why would anyone lose out with that? >> and it's almost blasphemy to myself, being a formerly living in the u.s. and believing very much in the way u.s. conduct businesses. but i think at a top down level, you have to realize that a number of countries and i think the damage done by the fine is not to be ignored. the fact that a local regulator

in new york is able to take down almost a global bank like bnp is not sign of a strong system, it's sign of a system that's run amuck. that is very concerning. leave aside whatever -- there was to be given and blamed to be given is very, very concerning when some local person in new york almost can take down a global bank. overall, i'll say again, when i talk to business people, they do not want to engage in the dollar. you see russia, you see china, and you see a number of countries who want to get away from using the dollar. but it is true, as you say, dollar still constitutes 60% of global research. it is almost still the main currency that people want to carry in their pocket. but having said that, even that is decreasing. global research used to be at 17% less than five years ago. so, you know, it's a tough call and it's not a call i'm actually very fond of to make.

but i think it's at the bottom end and the conclusion here is that globalization works in favor of the dollar and i think this slight move towards anti-globalzation will work against the dollar. even if this is not your favorite call in the world, which currencies could benefit from this? is it the euro? is it the japanese yen? is it the renminbi even? >> so i think the euro is the only capital market which is big enough to take some of the flow that goes out of the u.s. and as global investors, we have the issue that the u.s. capital market is roughly five to six times bigger than the second biggest capital market. so if you are a global investors, you will have to be in the u.s. whether you want to be or not. but as the european market expands itself, receive abc buying from the ecb. that sort of fly will create bigger and deeper pockets in terms of europe. i'm skeptical about the ability of the currency like the

renminbi to gain international transaction. but certainly to a lot of the trade flow already between the middle east, between russia and china is happening in the renminbi. so it's not to be noted at all. >> thank you so much for your time and thank you so much for that bold call. but you say you have been vindicated in terms of your bund yield target below 1%. sateen jacobson, saxo bank. net profits came in at 1.15 billion hong kong dollars. that is versus specations, i believe, of 736.6 million hong kong dollars, so that looks to be better than expected. china's everbright says it's expected that the group will continue to achieve high profitability in the future. we're also getting breaking data on uk groceriers. uk groceriers fall 20% in the second quarter..

it is a troublesome period for the incumbents. they're trying to gain market share and they're doing that successfully during the market shares war. and the uk grocery market sales up 0.8% in the 12 weeks to august 17th. that is a ten-year low according to cantar. do send in your e-mails, your questions, your comments to worldwide@cnbc.com. we want to know what you make of today's -- and if you have any questions for the guests you see on this show. let's get back to emerging markets, rally in brazilal and emerging stocks yesterday as investors eyed an increasing odds in a presidential challenge in brazil. turkey's central bank used the

key policy on hold when it announces its latest rate decision later. let's get back. it's still isn't independent, is it? >> well, that's a big question. we certainly know what the central bank should do. it is clear that it should stop throwing caution to the wind and it should keep rates certainly on hold. there is a significant chance that the central bank will once again cut. i suspect that if it cuts, it will be by 25 basis points. i certainly sense that the central bank is trying to push the envelope to see how much it can actually get away with. rates in turkey, to be fair, were obviously jacked up to extremely high levels. one would expect them to be low. the crucial point here is that the markets are actually

expecting a rate cut today, albeit a small one, and are penciling in barely 10 to 15 basis points in rate hikes over the next year. the markets are being overly sa sangwin about turkey. turkey is treading on ice. the fundamentals of the turkish economy are bound. monetary policy is a serious concern. >> but there's political continuity. we've got the economy minutester, the finance minutester. that should ease some of the concern highlighted by some on it credit rating agencies, correct? >> mr. bonashed has been sidelined. the governing ak party has taken a fairley significant populist turn. and basically, this is not the ak party of old, which is a much more populist party.

mr. dobatuglu will govern in the shadow. mr. ed duan is basically doubling as a prime minister. he's basically a de facto premier. so there are some serious, serious concerns about draghi, the central bank being the most important one. >> i appreciate your time and your comments this morning. makiko has the latest for us from tokyo. what are you focusing on today? >> yes. now, hitachi has taken up a new strategy to boost its cloud computing service by partnering up with its rival amazon. the firm that made its name in consumer electronics now has about 20% of its sales coming from the i.t. sector. hitachi mainly offers its services to large firms. it believes it will compliment

amazon, whose strength lies in renting affordable processing power to clients. the decision to partner up with amazon came as more firms stock to the online giant which provides services at possibly the lowest rate in the world. hitachi is hoping the tie up will allow it to hold on to existing customers and to bring on new clients, as well. the goal is to double the business to $5 billion next year which would boost them to the top place in the domestic market. the plan has its risk, however, as it may end up losing shares to amazon. that's all from the nikkei. back to you. still coming up on this show, we go inside buckingham palish for a sneak peek of tonight's episode of "cnbc meets." don't want to miss it. >> so i've experienced things that other people would never have an opportunity to

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grabbing a couple more while while there increases. courtney reagan, cnbc wsh business news. stitiffany &co earnings are expected to pick up today. sales could be hit by softness in the asian market. u.s. sales are expected to pick up 6% to 8%. europe is seen declining close to 4% while japan's market could be hit the hardest with a 15% drop due to the april tax hike. the same analyst, however, with the introduction of the modern tiffany tee line. coming up, we speak to

oppenheimer's analyst about his outperformance ratings for the stock coming up at 11:40 cet. changing gears, his royal highness, the duke of york, is the third child open queen elizabeth ii duke of edinburgh. he has served in the royal navy, married and divorced sara the duchess of york and for ten years he embraced business as the uk's special representative for international trade and investment. a ynz exclusive reveelts why he gave up that position and why he believes commerce is essential. >> business is the engine room of prosperity and growth. when you actually see what goes on in the factories and what they're producing, when you see the intellectual innovation, when you see the dedication that

business people put into this, yes, there is a profit motive. but if we don't allow the profit motive, we won't have prosperity in our own country. >> the duke of york stepped down from the role of trade ambassador after much criticism of the uk press. >> did you choose to step down from that role in 2011, i believe, and do you miss that role? >> no. i had a long series of discussions with a lot of people. one of the things that became evident to me was that actually this was too much focused on me as an individual and not on the uk and not on the range of people who can provide that level of support. and it's become destabilized. and so what i was trying to

create was the sort of circumstances where more members of the royal family were in a position to be able to be used, for want of a better word, by her majesty's government in the pursuit of this. now, we've succeed in that, but it required me to step down and get is out out of the way in order to be able to do it a new way. and i think the new way is as good as the old way. i have no objection to that. it was my suggestion, so i'm entirely happy with that. it was a really candid interview, wasn't it? with all the viewership that we've got around the world, basically, there is monarchy. what is the point of monarchy?

>> the monarchy's role in the 21st century, the family has to be one of the most famous families in the world. it attracts a lot of press, a lot of coverage, especially in the last few years, carolin, with the queen celebrations, with prince william marrying kate middleton. it's never been so strong. there are so many tourists that come to london just to look at buckingham palace. i went behind the scene at the buckingham palace to see what it was like. it's like a mini village. i was going up back stairs, down, it was like entering through some extraordinary. and wab of course, the duke of york has a role in empowering the youth of today. that is what he's focused on now. he's talked about stepping down from being the uk trade envow, which cause a lot of controversy. but he's spending a lot of time now on his own initiative to empower the youth today in the united kingdom. a lot of people talk about the

monarchy, is it relevant? they have to go to buckingham palace and see the hordes of tourists and see that it is. >> you have to wonder if it's relevant beyond tourism. we've got william, george, harry, charles, of course. he is the second in line. the first one in line. but you pointed out before, that the duke of george is actually the queen's favorite son. why is that? >> well, i always felt that. it was always -- when i was growing up, it was always reported that he was the favorite son. of course he went to fight in the faulkland conflict. he came back a hero. and her majesty was there to greet him on the dock and there's a story about that. it's always been rumored that he is the favorite son. whether that's true or not, we'll have to ask her majesty. but, of course, he has attracted a lot of press. so it's good and bad.

>> all right. tonya, thank you so much for that. a fantastic and very inspiring interview. thank you very much for that. you can catch the full interview with his royal highness tomorrow on cnbc. send in your e-mails to worldwide@cnbc.com. let us know your thoughts about the monarchy, weather it's in the uk or other parts of the world. mr. abe has said raising sales tax in 1% increments, that certainly is an option. japan could toss the implement of the sales tax in stages rather than a single hike. that is according to the outside advisers prime minister shinzo abe and this has been reported by reuters. still to come on this show,

snapchat turned down a $3 million takeover bid. we'll talk about the app later on in the show. here is a quick look at the u.s. futures as we go to break. we'll be back in a few. xkç

welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm carolin roth. the dollar rallies as investors in europe eye further action from the ecb. but the former central bank president jean-claude trichet says mario draghi must fulfill previous promises before launching something new. the $ 10 billion start up at silicone valley venture capital firm invests $20 million in

snapchat, the messaging service with virtually no revenue. keeping the canadians happy, warren buffett denies burger kidnapping's deal with tim horton's is about tax invasion. he's putting shareholders before patriotism according to speculation. putin says ukraine must agree with rebels in the east of country and moscow will only support the peace process when it starts. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >> good morning, everyone. thank you so much for joining us here on the show. looking at u.s. future this morning, we're expecting to see yet another higher start to the trading session this is after the s&p 500 closed above that crucial 2000 level for the first time ever yesterday. this morning, it is seen at

1,999.6. in fact, since the march lows of 2009, this index has rallied by a whooping 200%. why were we higher yesterday? in part because we got the durable goods numbers, the highest since 2007. but the gains we saw yesterday, dow jones up by 0.2%. the s&p up by 2 points only. let's have a look at these european markets. and we're seeing a bit of a patchy picture. the xetra dax is seeing a little bit of profit taking down by 0.2%. after that fantastic rally that we've seep over the last two trading days, why haven't we seen that? draghi hinting at potentially more in the qe. the ftse mib is up by around 32 points. a lot open focus on some of the telcos today with that telefonica story out potentially making that bid for up to see 7

billion. in the currency markets, the dollar is surging to a 13-month high against other currencies. maybe we're seeing some unwinding of that this morning. the euro is seeing a little bit of strength against the u.s. dollar, up by 0.1% up from those one-year lows that we hit earlier on today. once again, the euro coming under pressure from hope and expectations of more easing coming from the ecb and cable is at 1.6567. let's talk more about european bond yields. as you can see, they're holding near record lows with the yield on france's ten-year falling to a staggering 11.27% yesterday. and down from 1.37% last week. and this amid expectation that the ecb will deliver further stimulus when it meets next week. jpmorgan says it expects some policy changes to make telcos more attractive and the chances of qe are over 30% by the end of

the year. but german finance minister says mario draghi's comments appear to have -- have been, quote, overinterpreted. earlier we spoke to the previous ecb president jean-claude trichet who called on draghi to deliver on promises made already before he implements something new. >> it seems to me before having new republicry in place, rough to apply what you have already decided, which is very, very important, very significant, very substantial, and i hope will be delivered as soon as possible. >> and just seeing some flashes concerning the imf chief lagarde, actually, lagarde put under formal investigation for negligence in the french political investigation case. this is according to sources close to legarde.

according to reuters, the imf chief has no plans to resign. joining me now is pretty mcmillan. so the s&p 500 closing above the 2,000 level. how important is this in terms of a psychological level? what we're seeing is volumes up very, very low. there isn't a lot of conviction behind this. >> i think the lack of conviction is the problem here. what we saw earlier this year is we saw a run at 2000 and it didn't come off. now we're seeing a slow, hesitant run. and i think the question is if we can break convincingly above it once people come back from the beach next week, that's going to be very, very positive. if we can't, i think we may be looking at an adjustment period. >> what would the trigger be for

us to stay comfortably above that 2000 level for the s&p 500? would it be earnings, would it be a fairley dovish fed? would it be easing of geopolitical events? what would it be? >> i think it would be the fed signaling in some way that, yes, we are going to continue looser for longer. that's the interpretation that we've had. but i'm not convinced and i don't think the market is convinced, either. the other thing that would help is if the economy starts putting in some numbers in which case we say we're going to hit our profit expectations. >> you mentioned some of the sectors that you want to be cautious of. energy, consumer staples. is that because they've outperformed for the fist half of the year? what's the story here? >> i think with energy, you're looking at a longer term secular -- i don't want to call it a bear market. if you look at oil, for example,

you're looking at supply increase much faster than demand over time. that's not positive. you have other things where supply is going to come online. you're getting close to critical price points where some companies are going to have to start pumping to meet their budgets. >> in terms of the sectors that you want to be invested in, you want to be in sectors that are clearly exposed to the domestic economy. you know what i'm thinking. of the first half of the year, the u.s. economy hasn't groan at all. that's a fact, isn't it. >> why would you want to be exposed to the u.s. economy which in many parts are extending on what the rest of the world does, too. >> well, i think my first thing would be i'm looking more

towards the future than the past. and if you look at the first half of the year, i would say the first quarter you're right, we got hit hard. but not as hard as the statistics would suggest. the second quarter looks like we're going from strength to strength. if you look at every single piece of the employment data, that is improving at an increasing rate. this is a bet on the recovery of the consumer, the recovery of employment, and i think that's exactly what we're seeing. >> what we do need, brad, is wage gains. we're not necessarily seeing that in the last couple of weeks. where are earnings going to come from and spending power? >> that's exactly right. you put your finger right on the nub. if we don't see wage growth in the next 6 to 12 months, then we have to call into question the recovery but wage growth is typically a lagging indicator.

if you look at the growth in wages of 80% of the working population, the nonsupervisory workers, it's growing at an increasing rate. you're seeing it step up and it's stepping up over time. and we're just getting the unemployment rates now to a break point where typically we've seen wage growth accelerate. so you're quite right. that is what has to happen. we need to look into this recovery is real. >> thank you so much for that, appreciate it. chief investment officer at commonwealth network. let's take a look at today's other is to top stories. looking to raise capital. square looks to raise capital of $6 billion. part coming from singapore sovereign wealth fund. square was valued at $5 billion

earlier this year following a stock sales for early investors and employees. reports say cliner committed to invest $20 million in snapchat in may and at least one other is involve in the latest round of funding. if the deal goes through, snapchat would start up with valuations. and we want to hear from you on this. is snapchat worth a $10 billion value agdz or disappear down the line? we want to know, do you use the messaging service? daniel tweets, it is mostly used by teenagers with very limited purchasing power or they use it

when they grow up? i doubt it. tell us what you think, worldwide@cnbc.com, @cnbcwex or direct to me @carolincnbc. tiffany & co's earnings are expected to pick up. sales in the second quarter could be hit by softness in the asian markets. according to investment bank oppenheimer, u.s. sales are expected to pick up 6% to 8%. europe is seen as declining close to 4% while japan's market could be hardest hit with the decline of 15%. t a tax hike in april. the analysts see a bright spot at the fashion jewelry company with the introduction of the t-line. coming up, we speak to oppenheimer's analyst about his outperform rating on the stock at 11:40 cet.

and still coming up on "worldwide exchange," taking a bite out of the tax bill. we ask whether warren buffett is cutting shareholders out of patriotism.

this morning, after hitting

the 2000 mark on the s&p 500, next week's ecb meeting for directions. ukraine's leader says he is seek ago truce with rebels in the east. adventure capital, valuing it at $10 billion. and an update on the breaking news with christine legarde. she plans to appeal the decision to put her under formal investigation. once again earlier on, just a couple minutes ago, really, the imf chief christine legarde haas has been put under formal investigation for negligence in the case when she was a minutester. of course, we're going to keep you updated on this story as we get more details. it's all about keeping the canadians happy. warren buffett has defended his

decision to help in burger item king's takeover of tim horton's. john, thank you so much for tale taking the time to speak to us this morning. it is all about tax, isn't it? it's not about keeping the canadians happy. >> it's not all about tax. what we have here is a substantial business dooel deal going on. burger king is merging with tim horton's in canada. as a result of this memorier, there is a bit of tax timing going on and it's all about where this group is going to be headquartered. they've chosen canada as this place for tax reasons. >> but why canada? as i understand, canada isn't necessarily the most attractive tax haven in the world. for that, you'd have to go to switzerland, for example, or

maybe not any more, but a couple of years ago. >> so canada is a very pettive standpoint. first and foremonths, ka flamedan corporate taxes are much less than american tanss. in america, our combined tax raise is 40% in the u.s. but the biggest point is about the way overseas profits are taxed with the canadian parent company versus a u.s. parent company. in canada, overseas profit, they're taxed overseas and then they can be repatrioted in canada tax free in most circumstances. that is very unlike the u.s. a u.s. parented group, when they bring back their profit to the u.s. as a dividend, that dividend is subject to tax in the u.s. and at very high corporate tax rates.

therefore, this is all about the profits of this merge group is going to earn outside the u.s., not the inside the u.s. they could realize in substantial tax savings down the road by choosing canada as a place to headquarter this group. >> but, jean, if anything, this is another wake-up call to the u.s., isn't it, in terms of the corporate tax code. we know it is long overdue for an overhaul. i guess it's not going to come before the elections, though, isn't? no, i think you're right. i think the american ves to look at two things. foifrt all, is there corporate tax regime competitive? and their corporate tax rates are high, but the way they deal with overseas profits, and the way they're brought back to the u.s. is very different from most countries in the rest of the world. the united kingdom, for example, used to have a system similar to the american. i think the americans the need

to look at reforming their system. in the short-term, they may look at a quick fix by making their anti-inversion legislation a bit tougher to get around. >> don, i know you're a tax expert, but in terms of the reputational impact burger king might take from this, do you think people will be buying their burgers from wendy's and mcdonald's and not berger king because of this? >> that will be an american question. i think everybody will stillby buying. was the impact going to be in the u.s. market and outside of that, it's not really appear issue. wells fargo's ceo has warned they will not providing loans to

people with lower credit scores. john tells the financial times, deposit-backed agencies such as fannie mae were too quick to accuse banks of faulty underwriting on mortgager and later defaulted. some says the risk should shift to insurance companies. a federal judge has rejected the u.s. government's bid to perform a former bale youtd. that tlooer the sway for a tire. still to come on this show, we're inside buckingham palace, speaking exclusively in line to the fifth in line for the throne, prince andrew, about being part of the most famous monarchy in the world. we'll leave you a view of our

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welcome back to the show. the s&p 500 has been up above

that crucial 2000 level for the first time yesterday yesterday at close. the nasdaq seen higher by around 4.3 points. the nasdaq up by 0.34% yesterday. overall, we're seeing very, very low volumes in these markets. that tells you there isn't a lot of conviction behind the moves that we're seeing. his royal highness, the duke of york known as prince andrew is no stranger to the pomp and ceremony of being a british royal. he's a full time working member of arguably the world's most famous family. cnbc was sclus hely invited into buckingham palace. he was asked about what he thought about opening up the palace to various ceremonies. >> there are events that benefit charities or benefit organizations that take place here all the time. and they are just part of the routine. and the receptions that go on

here recognize usually the people and organizations who have played a part in society and the it's very important that those people and organizations are recognized. >> it must be extraordinary for the young people coming into the palace to meet yourself, her majes majesty. it must be incredible. >> it comes back ta your thing about normal again or my thing about normal. >> it's normal for you. >> it's my mother. how would you greet your mother? exactly the same way i greet my mother. yes, i want, there is huge excitement. and i'm led to believe most people the first conversation they have, they have no or never have any recollection of. >> it's a very good question, isn't it? how would you greet your mother. aston ya joins us now, call her mother, mommy? >> just mom. and i suppose for prince andrew, it could be mom, as well.

her majesty and queen elizabeth ii, what an extraordinary person she is. 80s hard to believe she could just be mother. it's given us here in the uk a major boost specifically with kate middleton coming on to the scene. what about beyond that? what about beyond tourism? >> i do feel it is relevant. it has become incredibly popular over the last several years. there's the argument about taxpayers money, funding them and funding a particular lifestyle. but there's more at scale besides tourism. the work they do for charities and for initiatives is hugely important. the duke of york himself has an enormous amount of initiatives that he pushes, that he works on every day to help empower the youth of today. i traveled with him to schools,

to colleges, where he talked to young people that wouldn't otherwise have opportunities. and he's given them those opportunities. from that perspective, it is relevant. of course we have a lot of european mon the arckies, but they don't seem to be as popular as the british one. >> thank you very much for that. you can catch the full interview with his royal highness, the duke of york. still to come on the show, picture a messaging app snapchat has a huge $10 billion valuation. we'll give you all the details after this short break. this is a burrito made with chocolate, soybeans, and apricots. what kind of chef comes up with this? a chef working with ibm watson, on the cloud. ingredients are just data. watson turns big data into new ideas.

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welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm carolin roth and these are your headlines from around the world. the s&p continues its march higher. and the euro slumps as the market sets on further stim use husband from the ecb. a silicone valley venture firm invests $20 billion in snapchat, a messaging service with virtually no revenue. just keeping the canadians happy, warren buffett denies burger king's deal with tim horton is about tax invasion.

amid increasing criticism, he is -- shareholders before patriotism. not our business, russian president vladimir putin says ukraine must agree to a cease-fire in the country and moscow will only support the peace process when it starts. good morning, everyone. it is another busy trading day for you and once again we're expect ago higher start to the trading session. the dow, s&p 500 and the nasdaq all seem modestly higher. for the first time ever closing above that crucial 2,000 level, and in fact since march 2009, we've seen an increase of the whooping 200%. good job as you call that at the

bottom. the ftse 100 is up by less than 6 points. the xetra dax close to the flat line, off the session lows from the cac 40 is also just flat, 4,392. again, maybe a little bit of profit taking after the seller gains in the last few trading sessions. this is on the back of more session from the q he. how do you make money from these markets which is still characterized by summer trading at low volume? here is what some of the experts have been telling us this morning. >> i think it's important to make clear that my big macro call for 2014 has been that germany will get very close to recession and we will trade the bunds up 1% in the ten-year. so what i've now changed slightly in my outlook is for the balance of the year, u.s. interest rates to outperform bund rates. in that respect, of course, that drives relatively the

euro/dollar higher. >> tackedally, we have a lot of flattening happening. but the idea is -- >> yields in europe are already very, very low. but it will underpin assets very much. one thing qe can do is push assets higher. snapchat is one of the more popular social media apps today with more than 1 million monthly users. it's proving to be popular among investors. is it really worth $10 billion? seema mody is at cnbc headquarters. >> a big news item, snapchat, a free mobile apps that allows you to send photos to friends and

then disappear. now about 700 million snaps are sent each day. that growth may be attractive to investors. cliner perkins is investing in snap chat at a valuation close to $10 million. at least one other strategic investor has committed to this deal of rounding. snapchat's value has soared from about $2 billion a year despite no clear business model. it's spec'd to make its first foret into advertising later this year. a new service called snapchat discovery would let users read additionally editions of newspapers and magazines. report say alibaba considered a pass on a chance to invest in russia's dsc global invested

earlier this year. cliner perkins was a daily investor, but has been criticized for missing the boat on media and messaging apps earlier this year. that would value at $7 billion. the company led by twitter co-founder jack dorsey allows to turn any tablet or mobile phone into a credit card reader. cliner perkins, lakoia capital and an interesting time for tech companies in silicone valley. i have to ask, do you use snapchat? >> you know what? i don't. maybe it's because i'm not a teenager any more. i've never used et. but i was late to the game in terms of candy crush and twitter, so maik maybe i'm not the best indicator.

you use it, right? >> i do use it. and i have to say, once you start it, it's a little addictive, kind of like candy crash. >> maybe i don't even want to get into it, then. let's move on, best buy shares disappointed for the third quarter in a row and the company expects they're going to have to get tough. the largest electronics consumer, the tra brick & mortar store has been rising. but as courtney reagan finds out, there is a way to beat that. >> traffic. for most of us, it's a hassle. for retailers, it's the holy grail. just getting shoppers in the store has become a feat. while many say a sale on their website is just as good, a sale in their stores is technically more valuable. the higher overhead cost of operating the store fleet. still, retailers are learning

online and mobile presence must be as strong as the experience in store. the question used to be feared by retail, but now it's not only embraced, it's depended on. according to comport, nearly three and four mobile shopping searches resulted in consumers making a profit in store. retailers are looking for webb and mobile to get consumers shop in store. >> the good news for retailers and why we continue to see sales improve year over year is that what's coming into the store sa high value proposition. somebody who has researched the information, has a good idea what they want to boy and then they're coming to the stores to execute the purchase. >> best buy's ceo tells me shoppers are browsing online first so their trips to the store are more targeted, which means store traffic is going down. but converting trips to sales is going up.

target has seen huge growth rates. its app offers discounts and coupons through mobile devices but requires online purchasing. the department store says shoppers are returning online purchases look items to nordstrom's rack stores noting the look is a tremendous driver for our traffic stores. jcpenney's quotes many of these sales being made in store. while e-commerce browsing is driving consumers to stores, promotions remain tough. when it comes to driving traffic. macy's cfo karen hogey recently acknowledged the store sees less

traffic unless offering promotions. courtney reagan, cnbc, business news. and stale with the industry, coming up on the show, could tiffany's new line bring a sparkle back to the bread? we preview the jewelrymaker's results after the break. don't go away.

into these are your headlines after hitting the 2000 mark on the s&p 500, investors eye next the ecb meeting for direction. no break through with russia, but ukraine's leader says he is seeking a truce with rebels in the east. an adverse rur capital firm picks up a stake in snapchat, valuing it at $10 billion. a french court has put christina legarde under investigation for corruption. legarde says she will appeal the court decision and has no intention to resign. meantime, allergan has scheduled a special shareholders meeting for october 18th.

allergan is asking to expedite an injunction barring valeant from exercising rights with any shares they might have unlawfully required. that would effectively prevent them from any shares at any shareholder meeting. and it's all about keeping the canadians happy. warren buffett has defended his decision to help burger king take over tim horton's and invisits it has to do with the canadian's size and not tax inversion. meantime, tiffany &co's earnings are expected to pick up slightly from last year. but sales could be hit by softness in the asian markets. brian, thank you so much for joining us. consensus for eps of 85 cents, you're expecting 86.

what can we expect as far as the regions are concerned? >> well, we spec to see some weakness in asia. the u.s. should be decent. i think europe is going to be decent. so basically, more of the same from tiffany. kind of a mixed bag, if you will. you're expecting a 15% decline in japan. obviously, this is because of the sales tax increase. we saw a whooping 30% increase in the quarter prior. is the japan story and the asia story overall, even despite this crackdown in china's luxury spending, is it still intact for the likes of tiffany? >> i think it is. i think the real key point here, and tiffany talks about this a lot, is tiffany really serves a different consumer in china or in asia. it's more of that up and coming wealthy class as opposed to the uber wealthy. i think tiffany is well positioned here in asia. >> you've got appear outperform rating on the stock. 15 buys, 14 holds. its shares very close to those

record highs. where would that future outperformance come from? >> i've go a $112 price target. in my view, tiffany has a lot going for it right here. the company recently launched a new product line. worldwide, despite some of the issues we just talked about, i think worldwide demand trends are quite good. the company is controlling costs well, managing its margins well. to an your question, i think you're going to get better earnings growth than people think over the next couple of quarters. >> and we've got pictures of that view. how much of a game changer is that? >> i don't know if i'd use the term game changer. i think what this does is it's definitely a fresh look for tiffany, which is encouraging because there aent been a new style in a while.

so i worked this through our clients last week. i think it could be additive to sales here over the next few quarters. gaining changer maybe long-term. >> a lot of retailers have recently changed their vantage point and tiffany has a new ceo and cfo. this transition, do you think it would be a seamless one or do you think it adds certain elements to the stock? >> i think it should be seamless. and i think what's encouraging is there's new blood coming to tiffany's, some new perspective. >> all right, brian, i appreciate your time this morning. the s&p 500 closing above 2000 for the first time. how much more room does it have to run? we'll tell you everything you need to know before today's opening bell after the short break.

. good morning, everyone. let's show you what european markets are into. we're a couple of hours into the trading session and looking at a fairley flat market. we're seeing some underperformance in germany and france after the poor performance in the last two trading sessions on the back of those comments from mario draghi about potential q he. the ftse 100 is up to the flat line and the ftse mib is up almost $25%. telecom italian up on reports that it could be writing a $7 billion bit from the wte assets in brazil. let's have a look at u.s. futures, taking fair value into

account. advancing once again after the s&p's 500 hit another milestone yesterday. and for the first time, it did close above that 2000 level after it made a run of that on monday, didn't quite manage to close above that level on monday. but yesterday, yes, we did reach that milestone. it's worth noting that since the lows of march 2009, this index has rallied a whooping 200%. good for you, if you called the bombach in march 2009. let's have a look at the bond markets, ja p morgan says it expects some policy changes to make telcos more attractive. and the chances of qe are over 30% by the end of the year. but the german finance minister says mario draghi's comments over fiscal austerity have been overinterpr

overinterpreted. trichet called on draghi to deliver on what he has promised already before implementing any new measures. take a listen. >> it seems to me that before having new weaponry in place, that you have to apply what you have already decided, which is very, very important, very significant, very substantial, and i hope will be delivered as soon as possible. >> all right. we are now joined by our next guest, neal curry is head of technical strategy at bank of america merrill lynch. you think the s&p 500 has further upside. how much? >> we think we're probably going to get a push up to the 2020, 2030 area over the next couple of weeks. probably in september, thereabouts, we could expand up to the 2050, 2060 zone. >> at what point are we going to be hitting another resist yapt levels?

2035, could it be higher than that? >> there's a lot of stuff that comes in around the 20, 2035 zone. we are effectively at all new highs on the ftse 2,000. we're looking at a series of projection levels where historically the market, given the pace of the current trend should start to see signs of stalling. >> this is when the markets continue to rally despite the geopolitical risks out there. >> historically, you tend to see a pick up in volatility. investors tend to historically become a little bit more anxious as you move from summer into the fall. if you look at the seasonality

of, say, global equity markets, the month of september is one that is often considered consistent with the jittery market. so historically, it would not be a surprise at all to see a pick up in volatility. but i think for that to happen, you're going to have to see the u.s. rates market start to turn higher in yield. >> it certainly has been. you say in your notes the u.s. dollar is at near term correction against the euro, against the pound and against the yen. but you say any weakness in the dollar should be faded. why are you such a dollar bull? >> well, i think first and foremost, the strength of the dollar is quite impressive. it's a whole host of g-10 currencies.

and that's also happening in an environment of, as you pointed out, stable to lower treasury yields, which historically you've seen the dollar rally on lots of occasions. but the fact that it is rallying where people are still struggling to make reason of the why it is so strong. in addition to the larger trend, is usual one that is consistent with a move that should ultimately persist. it is looking stressed on a variety of technical indicators from which you can see a bit of a consolidation or a bounce. it is 2014 most, when is that? >> it's basically the october contract over, say, the next couple of weeks. we've been surprised by wti or frankly, for that matter, oil.

crude oil was extraordinarily well bid. in fact, if you looked at present and started to brock the out from an almost three-year range trade. that breakout would be strong lipped. i'm still given the state of that trend, we think over the course of the next couple of weeks, wti should see a push back to its january lows. before we let you go, give us your best trade of the day. what do you like? what do you not like right now? >> i tend not to focus in on a lot of interday trading activity. over the course of the next couple of days, we should see a bit of a consolidation or a pullback in the u.s. dollar. but that pullback and conso consolidation should be seen as a buying opportunity. we think that is quite a strong trend and is a trend that should persist for some time. >> all right. thank you so much for that, mcneal curry, head of technical global strategy at bank of

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the s&p 500 closed above 2,000 for the first time. but just barely. developing, russian president vladimir putin and ukraine's president pet rapport shenco meet and talk about a cease-fire plan, but no agreement yet. and snapchat is worth how much? the app has an eye popping valuation after another high

profile investment that we're going to talk to you about. it's wednesday, august 27th. where did the summer go inspect 2014. "squawk box" begins right now. good morning and welcome to "squawk box" right here on cnbc. i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen and michelle caruso cabrera. apple is expected to unveil the iphone 6 coming on september e9d. now there's a new report that the ipad could be getting, well, bigger. and we're going to talk a lot about that in just a couple of moments. but first, let's get you caught up on the top stories of the morning. the biggest, of course, the s&p 500 setting a record close for the 30th time this year. the index now up nearly 200%. it's -- from its 2009 bottom. consumer discretionary stocks, they have been the best performer since then. check out this list of best performers and their return since march