The Traderszone Network

The 40 percent tax on high-cost health plans is expected to hit 26% of employers in 2018

Mining giant BHP Billiton posted an 86 percent fall in its full year profit in the face of a painful commodity price rout.

Ok folks it’s time for you to offer up your considered view on what to trade right now
Feel free to have a rant too but  let’s try to keep this positive and see what good we can glean from the current carnage being widely thrown around

Boeing Co (BA.N) on Tuesday raised its forecast for China’s aircraft demand over the next 20 years despite a slowing economy and a tumbling stock market that have triggered a worldwide slide in equity and commodity prices. The U.S. plane maker expects China will purchase 6,330 aircraft over the next 20 years, a 5 percent rise from last year’s two-decade estimate. Boeing currently values the aircraft demand at $950 billion.

Squawk Box Live in Europe will give you the latest on the stock market rout that saw the S&P 500 close in correction territory Monday.

A sharp reversal from earlier gains as Chinese markets remain wobbly
– -733.98
– open 18171.66
– high 18835.35
– low 17747.50
– USDJPY 119.28 after dipping below 119.00
Nikkei futures ticking up now too but it’s still jittery

Final German Q2 GDP data now out and springing no surprises
– +0.4% prev
– YY WDA   +1.6% vs  +1.6% exp vs
– yy NSA +1.6% exp/prev
– pvt consumption qq +0.2% vs +0.3% exp vs +0.4% from +0.6%