Matt u. S. Authorities worn americans to prepare for a can potentially coronavirus outbreak to prepare for a potential coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, rio tintos windfall. They report their highest fouryear profit in eight years on a surge in iron ore prices, but the Company Warns of significant uncertainty if the coronavirus persons. And a South Carolina freeforall. Democratic president ial candidates turn on Bernie Sanders and his rivals came to stall the front runners momentum. Matt, let me pick up with whats going on with breaking news this morning. Weve got a number of corporates reporting. Lets get to the luxury sector with hermes. 10. 7 . S up by the estimate was an increase of 10. 7 . Thats a redhead line across the bloomberg this morning. Still talking about ambition, some commentary coming out of the luxury french business. The ceo is saying it is too soon to know when sales will rebound. There is a potential normalization from coronavirus in china. In china, there has been some decline. There is a stabilization coming through on that front, offset by the global picture, what we are seeing in south korea and elsewhere. But is something more positive happening in china, and is that positive for Luxury Goods Companies . We will get to that conversation, no doubt. Thats the picture around hermes. Got the most uptodate source from dsu. Diageo coming out and saying it is seeing a significant disruption since the end of january in china. The drinks business commenting on the outbreak of the virus and talking about the fact that its these gradual improvements towards the end of 2020. Aybe diageo is seeing crescendo in the Coronavirus Spread in terms of its China Business, so if has caused a significant disruption in china. U. S. Equities saw under pressure once again, another day of stunning declines. The s p down again by more than 4. 3 . Where does that leave us in terms of the futures picture . It means the european markets are expected to further fall. If you look at the u. S. Futures, though, we seem to see a turn. U. S. Futures point to something more positive. The dow fairly flat. Even the positivity we see is pretty flatlined. Nasdaq futures up by just 1 10 of 1 . S p futures fairly flat. U. S. Futures looked to be flat, while as european futures whereas european futures seem to be negative. Asia futures down on heavy volumes, and that seems to be widely the case in terms of the markets response to the latest coronavirus headlines globally. The philippines market under pressure, the time market, the south africa market, and on fx fronts as well, we see the south korean won under pressure. Currencies her we see other currencies in the region under pressure, and those connected to the region. The Australian Dollar under pressure. The cdc, the authority on this disease front in the United States, warning about how this will spread in the United States. And this came up in the democratic debate as well. For the u. S. Investor, increasingly part of the daily conversation. We will see what Central Banks do along with health authorities. Matt. Matt all right, lets get into the markets with mark cudmore, mliv managing editor out of singapore. Mark, first off on the coronavirus, you may have just heard that i was talking about diageo out with a warning that it has hit consumption significantly since the end of january. We have heard from a number of companies who have been out with profit warnings. Clearly its an issue. What kind of economic effect do you see in china from the first month of Coronavirus Impact . Data we are starting to get is showing it will be pretty severe, and we know that. It is going to be painful at the front and in terms of economic damage. What we are uncertain on is how long it will last and how long the markets will trade on the economic story versus the fiscal story. This is a relatively unique situation in terms of a pandemic more than a military attack, more than an oil spike, more than a financial crisis, its something that disrupts the Services Sector for a sustained period, and with a lot of uncertainty. Thats why its one of the hardest things to model. Its not like there is anything out there that is exactly the same. History often rhymes, but it does not repeat exactly. We know the economic damage going to be high. People are nervous about the pmi coming from china this weekend. But i think it is all about the longterm picture. Anna all about the longterm picture and the global picture as well. Looking at the coronavirus chart we have, 3050 on the bloomberg, this is a chart that has dominated china and the chinese response. Now we see movement downward in the chinese numbers, but a real uptake upward in south korea, and the italy numbers, still small compared to south korea. Is there a sense that you dont buy this dip until the global trend in coronavirus is downward . Mark i think what we are seeing is this explains the difference in reaction, the different time zones. Like yesterday, we saw asia trying to buy the dip. There is a theme that china has probably seen the worst of this. Im not saying that is accurate, but it is investor perception. But very much now, there is a growing idea that in europe it is becoming more of a threat. In america, it might be more of a threat. That is why the asia session is hedging more positivity. Two days, we have seen a shattering in the u. S. That shows that it is not just a global theme, but the different regions are treating it very differently. Seen 15 billion of stimulus now out of hong kong. I think they are passing out 1200 u. S. Dollars to each island. Of the what kind of impact do you expect that to have, and what kind of stimulus measures with overall, we have seen a lot out of other countries as well trying to fight this virus. Are i think it is great we seeing stimulus measures come through, because ultimately this is a crisis. It is a Service Crisis that demands a physical response, not a monetary response. A monetary response wont really help things, especially when global yields are so low. We are its important seeing governments deliver fiscal stimulus. The package from hong kong this morning, how much is it going to change sentiments . Im not sure. They are following on the heels of singapore and many other countries in the region that are promising more support to their people. It is good that people are starting to react and deliver things. Whats interesting in context is for hong kong and china, investors are trying to weigh the idea that there are two arcades that were very beaten down before the coronavirus situation, particularly hong kong, already on the verge of a recession due to the protests before the coronavirus. Now it is impacted by the coronavirus. At what point are assets tied to the story now that we are getting a proactive government response . That is the story we are wrestling with at the moment, and there is not a clear answer on which way to go. Anna we see it now. Hong kong aiming to roll out the cash handouts. Up next on the program, we will take a look at the stocks to watch at the open. We have news out of diageo. The impact on organic sales now being factored in, so that kind of business too. This is bloomberg. Matt welcome back. This is the european open. Im matt miller, live from the super return conference in berlin today. In terms of the Public Markets, we see red arrows. Futures are down significantly with cac futures off 1. 7 in paris after a Global Equities wrapped, it continued dropping Global Equities crisis, Global Equities drop, a continued drop in Global Equities crisis because of coronavirus. Sayingcoming out and consumption in china has been severely affected since the start of january. Lets get to the first word news. Its too soon to say if the coronavirus outbreak will materially hit the u. S. Economy, according to fed vice chairman Richard Claire and her. He says the virus is likely to have a noticeable impact on chinese growth, at least in the first quarter. Surprise shakeup at disney, bob , handingtepping aside the reins to bob chapek. Will take over immediately as head of the worlds biggest entertainment company. In the latest democratic debate, all Bernie Sanders six rivals hoisted attacks, stalling his momentum. Michael bloomberg has been rising in National Polls after spending more than 5 million on advertising. A reminder, bloomberg is the owner of the Parent Company of bloomberg news. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Anna thanks very much. Lets get on to stocks to watch this morning, dominated by the big overall market moves. Autod mining, around the sector, around luxury, around anything that has been responsive to the coronavirus so far. Lets flag up a few interesting stories. Annmarie hordern is looking at hermes. Dental ering dannone. Hermanus had doubledigit growth hermes had doubledigit growth again. Usually we have a lot of good growth in the Leather Goods division. That could reduce hermes dependence on those 900,000 other broken bags everyone talks about. The question is whether be can keep the momentum. The big question is going to be what happens next quarter cup question what happens next quarter. They get 40 of their revenue from asia. Matt obviously a dominating theme in this market. Phil, what is the theme with danone . Phil danones 2019 earnings were in line with estimates, but everyone is looking at the impact of the coronavirus. The company lost 100 Million Euros in sales in the first quarter, mostly in their China Business selling bottled water. That is a direct impact for them. They have cut their Sales Forecast for the year. They are now saying 2 to 4 growth. One more number, they are saying the profit margin is going to be above 15 . Previously they were about 16 , so there is a real impact. China is only about 10 of danones revenue, but it is one of the fastestgrowing markets they have and one they have been investing in a lot. They were planning to relaunch one of their water brands in china in march, and now it is up in the air whether the be able to do that. That calls into question the summer season, a big time for water sales. It looks like the impact will be going for a while for danone. The stock has already hit, down about 9 this year, so it is reflected in the market already a bit. Anna and out of rio tinto, so far we have covered a lot of stocks that have coronavirus in the backstory. In the mining business, that is also the case. They warned about the impact of the coronavirus in the first quarter. They flagged the possibility that a recovery in the Second Quarter could be more intense in commodities, so thats something to talk about later. They set up some climate targets. Unlike other companies, they are focusing on their own emissions, and they are not looking at the emissions of their customers. Matt emma ross thomas, along with phil and annemarie, thanks for joining us. You can get all our stories by typing first go on the bloomberg terminal. Warns up, the cdc americans to prepare for a potential coronavirus outbreak at home, as mounting cases around the globe continue to spark concern that this will turn into a pandemic. This is bloomberg. Anna welcome back. The European Equity markets look like they have some catch up to do with the u. S. Yesterday we saw continued declines through the u. S. Session, and we have to price that into the start of our session. Fouryour revenues have met analyst estimates. Profit came over just 820 million pounds. The u. K. Homebuilders says it has seen a good level of demand in 2020 and a clearer political outlook. Joining us is the ceo of taylor wimpey. Let me ask you about the way the new year has started, starting well, and that increased visibility on the political front in the u. K. Can you give us any metrics . What kind of rebound are you seeing post december . The first thing is hard to put a number on, which is the confidence in the market. Housing is very much a confidence business where our customers feel good about life in the room jobs and tend to buy houses. That has changed over the course of the last two months. Sl rates remain high. As year was 20 ahead of the year before. To keep it at that level, we are very pleased with. Pricee seen an average increase of about 1. 5 after a year where prices were basically flat in 2019. You put those together, and thats a pretty good feel. The big picture around demand and your sales is driven by asian customers coming to the u. K. To buy a house, but given the focus on coronavirus at the moment, have you had any asia sales events or projects that have been disrupted or had to be canceled because of coronavirus . We havent, but to be fair, we would not have had any sales events in that period. We have a Central London business, but it is very small, not a regular thing, and we would not have expected to have it this year. In terms of the london market, you mentioned it is smaller. Do you see prices falling in london, maybe there is possibility of bottoming out . Are you going to be investing in more land in london . Pete london is interesting at the moment. The price increase for the u. K. As a whole has been true in london as well. There is perhaps more upside in london. I also think it is the only part of the country where maybe we have to wait until we see the Brexit Process through. Elsewhere, people are getting on with their lives and not talking about brexit at all. In london, it still creates a bit of an overhang. While london is still more confident than it was, i still think there is a journey to go. Anna in terms of the fallout from the Brexit Process, do you see labor shortages having an impact . What is the story around labor at the moment . Pete we felt since the referendum that the shortterm impact on labor ability and therefore forecast is likely to be muted and minimum, and thats what weve seen. People in our industry tend to came here from europe in the first decade of the century and actually have tended to stay. They are still working in the industry. Perhaps new people have come, but that is not a particularly material affect. It is up for us to take our own selfhelp. We doubled the number of practices in the building last year. We are employing more tradespeople. Enforce. Ram is well actually we feel confident about the way we can both individually and the Company Respond to that. Anna are you looking for anything in particular from the budget . Number ofity on a regulatory items in our industry. Clarity on stamp duty questions. I dont think we are looking for anything that suddenly gives our industry a boost. We just want to make sure the regulatory agenda and financial and fiscal agenda move on until our buyers know the environment in which they are buying a home. Anna and the revised help to buy plan, is that having an impact on the way you are doing business already . Pete it is. We have known for some time what the plan would be. And we are planning for that. It is affecting the way we buy land over last two years. It affects sort of how we plan we have views on how we can help customers who are currently using helptobuy. So yes, it does. Clearly it is a risk, but it is a risk we can mitigate well. Anna thanks, pete redfern, the ceo of taylor wimpey. Of budget coming on the 11th march. A big focus for that sector and many others. Lets look at whats going on in the markets in the European Equity session. Futures suggested to be weaker at the start of the trading day. U. S. Equities, certainly the s p down by more than 3 in yesterdays session. To our colleague mark cudmore, the different regions of the world are looking at this differently. In china, are we reaching some kind of turning point . Is that what we get from the statements of the likes of rio tinto this morning . Is there a different story in china from the rest of the world . Coming up, rio tinto warns around the coronavirus outbreak. Matt welcome back to bloomberg markets. We are 30 minutes away from the start of cash equity trading. Im here at the superreturn private equity conference in berlin, alongside anna edwards at our European Headquarters in london. Anna the spread of the coronavirus across the middle east, europe, and asia is fueling concerns that are widening into a Global Pandemic. In italy, sessions surged to more than 320. The country is starting to count the costs in the areas of its as the areas of its northern regions remain in a virtual lockdown. Hong kong has unveiled a stimulus plan that includes a payout of 10,000 hong kong dollars to permanent residents over the age of 18. Joining us is selina wang. What are the latest numbers on the ground in china . That is a different story to the global picture, isnt it . Right. Thats if you look at the national statistics, they point to continued stabilization. Hubei province recorded 401 additional cases, while the rest of china recorded five new cases. The statistics also included nearly 30,000 patients have recovered since the outbreak began. You are also seeing cities in china start to put travel restrictions on travel outside the country. For instance, the coastal city of way hi is reporting people coming from japan and south korea to undergo a 14 day quarantine. That signals momentum may be shifting outside of china. For instance, south korea becoming a hotspot for the virus. Infections surged to more than 1000 cases after just 51 a year ago, and a brazilian patient tasted relevant early positive for the virus, the first case in latin america. And in italy, there have been more than 300 cases and 10 deaths. Matt selina, thanks for joining us, talking about the damage to chinas economy and the human toll the virus has taken thus far. Joining us from zurich is the bank, zurcher caps on a the leading Financial Services provider in the greater zurich area. Thanks for your time this morning. Let me first ask you what your thoughts are on the coronavirus thus far. Clearly the markets have taken a badly over the last few days. Do you believe we will see a recovery . I do still believe we will see a ushaped recovery. China is leveling out the new rate of infections. If we look at the side, that means some probably that means supply side and demand is still there. If that is happening in china, we suspect it will be satisfied in the near future. The big question with the outbreaks in increased numbers in europe is will that also because thereand, is pending demand that is still there. Will that be disruptive because of the new cases . Currently when we look at the data, we do not see that, and thats why we have no reason we should change the scenario from v shaped to capital you or l shape. To u shape or l shape. Anna you say in your notes that the World Health Organization has not declared is a pandemic, but we are getting closer to that. If they did call this a pandemic, with that make a difference to what you have outlined, or is that not an event that investors need to focus around . At the moment, we see that the moment we see consumption is softening, the moment we will change our view. Currently we are not there. If we want to make a proper assumption, we need to have more data. Currently the data we see does not make us believe the pandemic is already there. We agree with the who. So far, there is no view for us to change our position with the vshaped recovery. Cristoph, if i think of switzerland as a safe place to be as an investor, what happens if these markets panic . Do people tie into not just the swiss franc, but other real assets and Public Markets in switzerland . Cristoph of course. The swiss franc will be a safe haven and they will buy gold. In the analysis we have come up one of the biggest contributors of Economic Growth in switzerland is the pharmaceutical industry. We must say that the sector makes we have in switzerland is also a little bit of a hedge for the economy and house. Its is not so bad because makes sure the Swiss Companies are so competitive from the cost structure on the innovation side. Thats why we have switzerland with one of the most defensive markets besides the u. S. My which has a robust economy, which has which is an export nation. Anna so are you buying this dip . Cristoph we are not buying today, but we increased our swiss equity position. We sold european equities. The margins and earnings side of the European Companies are not as good as switzerland or the u. S. , for example. There we buy more in the bond market industry, but we will stick to our strategy and also and buys our clients to do so, have faith in your strategy and speak to your positions and make arrangements to get a more defensive portfolio. Matt we are going to keep you with us. We want to get more on your thoughts for your portfolio. Also coming up, i want to speak carlyle groups coceo. On the others of this break, we are going to talk to someone from bain capital. They authored the report that everyone is talking about at this superreturn conference here in berlin. Anna welcome back. Futures point downward once again. Coronavirus clearly the main driver of this. The number we are up the number of cases we are seeing globally at the top of mind for many investors. Lets get our thoughts from cristoph, still with us. We talked about coronavirus from an investor perspective, but what about where you position your money specifically . Within u. S. Equities, can you find places that are uncorrelated . There are parts of the s p that are typically not correlated with the overall s p move. Even though seem to be catching the down drop. They are being dragged down now by this coronavirus fear. Cristoph i think you will not find a place to hide within the market, because this is now pulling up the risk premiums. The uncertainty is there, the reaction is normal. Everybody is affected. Information is growing. Of back, it is clear if information is growing, coming back, clarifying the situation, they will adjust. But in the current situation, we will not find a place to hide. We prefer big diversification in those times, and thats why we speak to broader indices in the current areas, because at that moment in time, you will not find places to hide. You think we are going to see significant stimulus, christoph, fiscal stimulus . Cristoph absolutely. , lookong kong has done there. China is stimulating. Hong kong is doing helicopter money. Theres a lot of things ahead. The u. S. Can still lower Interest Rates. The possibility is there. Other countries have the option to increase government spending. Theeve me, nobody wants asset base to burst, because in the financials quite in the financial crisis, the strategy of Central Banks was always the same. Asset levels have to increase. They may not collapse because otherwise consumers will feel poor, they will not consume, and the recovery and ongoing growth will collapse. When 18hat one year ago Central Banks switched from communicating about Interest Rates might increase, they switched and did a uturn. That will happen again. Asset prices are not allowed to collapse. People will not consume. And then we have the problem out of the coronavirus. Anna what about the pharmaceutical sector, then, in switzerland . Are there opportunities there, given the concern around coronavirus . Of course, you have to be in the right path around pharma. Is hardh yes, but it to assess. Yes, we like the swiss pharmaceutical sector, but it is better to be in the market, in the sector than not to be, because you have the situation where there is some support for the markets because we have global real negative rates. That will support any action coming from the Central Banks. Nots better to buy low than to buy, and it does not matter what you buy, because it is hard to say which company will be number one in that game. Christoph, thanks for joining us. We appreciate you sticking with us. Hope to have you back again. Right now, im at the superreturn event in berlin, where some of the biggest names in private equity are meeting every year at the biggest gathering for private equity on earth. Joining me is the head of the mea private equity at bain and company i said bain capital earlier. I meant bain and company. They put out a report that everyone is going to be talking about with a harvard professor at this conference, saying that, or at least a lot of people have taken from it that if you invest in the s p 500 over the last 10 years, you would have made more money than investing in private since june of 2019. Our Public Markets a better bet than private equity . For the first time in history on a 10 year stretch, public equities have outperformed the u. S. Private equity markets. It is logical that people are wondering if private equity is worth the hype that is out there. Camelieve public equities out of an incredible over the last few years, and public equities might return to their normal levels. Private equity returns will continue to deliver healthy doubledigit returns in the coming years. Thats what we see investors also focusing on. They continue to put money behind private equity because they believe in the longer term, that it will be able to pos doubledigit returnst post doubledigit returns. Matt we saw almost 400 billion go into private equity, almost a trillion dollars go into private assets. What do investors expect out of private assets in a downturn that will make them better off than Public Markets . Christophe get a 20 or 30 year period, private equity has done remarkably well during downturns. During a recession is the best moment to invest in private equity, because it is in those moments that the private equity markets outperformed the public equity markets most. If there is a crisis somewhere, in thely they invest private equity markets. They have been incredibly resilient during crises, also during the last Global Financial crisis. So the problem is, as i would see it, if everybody thinks this and they all put their money in private equity, they are all chasing the same assets, right, and leverage your report shows leverage goes through the roof. We are at this place now with leverage we have never seen before. Christophe thats one of the challenges, an incredible amount of dry powder out there that needs to be put to work. Matt thats just capital sitting there needing to be deployed. Christophe yeah. Thats one of the challenges of private equity. That being said, 70 of that dry powder is what we call fresh, so it has raised in the last two years. And that dry powder is worth two and a half years of investment. Prices are high, so private equity firms need to be cautious of how that works, also in a world that is disrupted by digital. It requires very Smart Strategies of private equity firms to look for the right targets to know how they are going to create value. Matt is europe a good place to look for value, because valuations are so high in the u. S. . Or is the negative Interest Rate scenario here more of a problem . Christophe private equity has done remarkably well in europe. It continues to outperform the public equity markets. Private versus public equity in europe is a good choice, and private equity continues to post similar returns in europe as it does in the u. S. Healthy double digits over a long time period. Private equity versus public equity in europe is are negative rates a help for private equity because you can leverage up cheaper, or is it a problem because everybody leverages up cheaper . Christophe everybody leverages up cheaper, and it is a problem problem with why rates are increasing. It is a good thing because you can put more leverage. It is a risky thing because prices are inflating because of it, and it is actually one of the riskier if longterm rates rise again, that would be a good challenge for the private equity market. Matt thank you for joining us from the superreturn conference. Privatead of emea equity at bain and company. Rio tinto is warning about the coronavirus. The miner says the outbreak could create significant uncertainty in the shortterm, but it reported a windfall from iron ores price surge last year , spurring profits to an eightyear high. Joining us is krystal from singapore. What is rios take on the virus so far . Rio says the virus could create significant uncertainty in the shortterm. It is not really surprising, given what we are sensing in china. The virus has definitely taken a hit on to transport, logistics, labor, steel mills. Steel prices have dropped. This is creating a lot of uncertainty in the shortterm. Whats interesting is that rio rs havee other mine flagged a potential for stimulus in china, and very often, stimulus in china has its own and structure, which means that could intentionally help potentially help you will, which will turn iron ore demand. Interesting to see them talk about where things might have been Getting Better in china as well. Let me ask you about the targets this business is setting. What is the significance and rio rejecting setting targets for pollution . We have seen some in the oil sector setting those kinds of targets. Back to this all comes the topic of scotfree omissions. These are emissions you dont produce, but perhaps your customers produce. This is getting to be a topic that is becoming increasingly divisive in the commodities industry. Inerse hand, you have m saying they will set specific goals and targets, and on the other hand you have miners saying they are not going to do that. Whats important to note, were regardless of which case the miners are saying, so far no one has come up with specific goals or steps on what they are going to do to achieve those targets. It will be an interesting one to look out for. Anna we have certainly seen oil Company Bosses setting targets and maybe attempting to buy their says successors decades from now. To the riotalking tinto see and know, John Sebastian stock jeansebastien jacques. This is bloomberg. Matt lets get them Bloomberg Business flash laura wright in london. Exchangee london stock is facing delays. It is due to deeper than expected scrutiny by regulators in brussels. A notification on the deal has been postponed. We should mention bloomberg lp, the parent of bloomberg news, competes with r efinitiv to provide financial data. Toyota has invested in ai. It pushes the pony ai violation to more than 3 billion, enabling the per integration of the technology into its vehicles. Jamie dimon is looking aggressively at acquisitions. He says he could buy anything that is not a u. S. Bank. The wall street giant has a greater appetite for deals than previous years. After the most profitable year in u. S. Banking history, diamond says 2020 will be tougher. Anna now that the 10 year yield has touched a record low, how low can it go . Annmarie hordern has a round of of wall streets latest take. Annmarie thats the big question, how low we are going to see it go. Strategists are starting to put numbers out. Bank of america is certain it will be by 1. 25 in june. Hm eight financial says under a bad case scenario, they could see it going to the low 1 . Annmarie, thanks very much. Lets take a look at more of the stocks you need to watch ahead of the open. Weve got diageo, which came out with a warning saying that it had a substantial impact on the coronavirus in china since the end of january. Thats it for me. Good morning oh no, here comes the neighbor probably to brag about how amazing his Xfinity Customer Service is. Im mike, im so busy. Good thing xfinity has twohour appointment windows. They have night and weekend appointments too. Hes here. Bill . Karolyn . Nope no, just a couple of rocks. Download the my account app to manage your appointments making todays Xfinity Customer Service simple, easy, awesome. Ill pass. Anna a minute until the start of the cash Equities Trading day. Hereunder headlines. Authorities prepare for an outbreak. Hong kong and failed of 15 billion u. S. Stimulus package to shore up confidence. Reportings windfall, its highest fullyear profit in eight years on a surging iron ore prices, but the Company Warns of significant uncertainty of the coronavirus situation worsens. South carolina freeforall. President ial candidates turn on Bernie Sanders as his rivals aim to stall the front runners momentum. Those are your headlines. Markets, looking to catch up with what we saw stateside yesterday. Tuesdays u. S. Session was marked by another day of significant declines, down more than 3 on the s p 500. Were looking to catch up in europe. U. S. Futures overnight have looked a little flatter to more positive, but fractionally so. The market, preoccupied with the global spread of coronavirus. With that in mind, lets get the equity markets open and see if we have another look to the downside. Keep an eye on mining stocks. Rio tinto, the big focus for the demand in china and other places. Iron ore prices on the slide and could weigh on the mining sector. Downpanish ibex, opening. 6 , the ftse down. 4 . In thes out of danone, food and drink space, we could see a reality check about the damage this virus is already doing in china and beyond in asia to supply chains and demand, probably, in those cases. We see the French Market a moment ago, looks like the demo danone share price. On the london market, one of the weights pulling the market down. 5 . From a sector perspective, a couple areas of green. Certainly from mondays session where we didnt see much green at this stage of the day at all. A little green on staples, utilities, energy, and resources. Even consumer discretionary, a little green. These are no doubt individual corporate movers moving to the upside. Lets look at a few of those and thehe upside, tpi cap, publishing space in the netherlands up 2 . A supplier in the oil industry, the stock up 1. 6 . A mixed bag bouncing. To the downside and what we have ispening, i see bio morale the biggest fall are, down 11 . Interesting to see where we open on bigger names in focus. Diageo is down 1. 5 . Danone, a warning out from them, down by. 6 . Maybe some of that warning, out of the likes of danone was already in the price and that seems to be the case today as we have seen that stock down by. 4 . The market overall is losing around. 7 . European equity markets are spread ofwer, as the the coronavirus is in focus for equity investors. We are focused on the middle east, europe, asia, fueling concerns this is widening to a Global Pandemic, even if it is not called one yet by the who. In italy, infections have surged to 320 while spanish authorities have sealed off a Canary Islands hotel after inhabitants tested positive. The cdc has warned americans to brace for an outbreak at home, with one official saying this might be that. The cio with us on set in london. To keep our heads. Good morning to you. When you look at Global Equity markets monday and tuesday and a little this morning, is this panic or is this a calculated sensible response to a new threat . As a father, i want to keep my kids at home. As a skeptic, i dont want to believe what the governments have to say. , i thinkterm investor everyone has been predicting the end of the world since the beginning of time and so far, we are still here. The gordon geckos side of me says it is probably time to buy. Anna on the gordon geckos align, are you buying dip for the you only buy it when we see the peak infections . You seen it in china, we dont know if the data is reliable, as that goes back to work perhaps that is a Success Story around coronavirus . What is the shape of recovery in this scenario . V, l . Gregory of all the letters in the alphabet, what we want to of thea relaxing a bit stress we are seeing in Continental Europe in the koran about break coronavirus outbreak. Can i am more concerned with as opposed to the actual numbers, i want to make sure we dont have any credit events. Paying what we should be attention to in terms of what we should be doing and how we should be reacting. Dont we need emergency measures on the front . Gregory we are seeing emergency measures in china, directed at small to mediumsize enterprise to ensure employment. In the yuan area comedy have produced corporate taxes area, they have reduced corporate taxes. Cuts. Have been eight rrr the news out of hong kong this morning. Fiscal is the new monetary. The actions taken out of Hong Kong Open the door psychologically for governments to start to pull the fiscal triggers. Anna how concerned are you about it credit event a credit event . One of our team put together a graphic that shows the drawback in new issuance this year. It has ground to a halt. Rather than signaling there is a particular reason to be worried about credit, but that goes with an uptick in crossovers and other things that maybe signal he will be more difficult with cash flows under pressure to meet demand to pay interest. Gregory im paying the lessgregory attention to issuance and more to if there could be credited ands, whether we can see fallen angels. Thealso paying attention to Leveraged Loan Market in america bigger than the highyield market, something we should be paying attention to, and the big one is employment. The employment picture in america. It is difficult for there to be a recession in america where unemployment is still rock and not improving. Anna do we nip this crisis in the bud before we Start Talking about which companies are too big to fail . Gregory way too premature to think about which companies are too big to fail. Dont think liquidity issues or credit concerns take us in that direction . Though i think even there has been a change at the helm of the ecb, the ecb is well on anna im not talking about banks. I may be talking about other countries. Gregory i think to premature. Anna thanks, gregory. Gregory perdon, cosi i owe out of Arbuthnot Latham stays with us. Concerns the outbreak of become a pandemic, but what options does the ecb have to combat the crisis . Fiscal is the new monetary, says gregory. We will delve into his thinking on that. This is bloomberg. Omberg. Anna welcome back to the european open. 8 10 in london this wednesday morning, which means 10 minutes into the trading day and this is how things look. Down. 4 on the ftse 100. The stoxx 600, down. 7 . U. S. Futures, increasingly positive through the last hour of trading globally. Lets get a business flash with laura wright. Laura the london stock exchanges purchase is facing delays according to the financial times, due to scrutiny by regulators in brussels. The paper says a formal notification of the deal has been postponed. By thedon boss agreed to provider for about 27 billion. Bloomberg lp competes to provide financial data. About a precaution after an employee was tested for coronavirus. Flulike symptoms, but the coronavirus has been confirmed. Chevron is closely monitoring the situation. The u. K. Has 13 cases so far and no fatalities. Tesla and panasonic planted and their partnership at a plant in buffalo, new york after the two side struggled to ramp up production at the facility known as the gigafactory new york. They will continue to produce batteries together at the regional gigafactory in nevada. That is your Bloomberg Business flash. Anna matt has disappeared into the super return conference. He is in berlin. More from him on the private equity front. Im here with Gregory Perdon in london. Ay need to revisit its toolkit, seeking fiscal action before resorting to its own measures but it might not have the luxury to wait for government to deliver the next big push if the virus turns into a Global Pandemic so what options to policymakers have left . Gregory perdon is with us. Lets talk about europe and then the fed. You make the point that fiscal is the new monetary. With that in mind, do you see the ecb doing anything new . Any new buying . Any quantitative easing, rate cuts, that sort of thing . Gregory as i mentioned before, negative rates helped insulate and helped economies recover, but negative rates no longer work. In order for there to be a real recovery, we need a plumbing of Banking System to improve and negative rates dont help. They cant raise rates in the shortterm, but can communicate to the market they will do anything they need so we have normalized yield curve that in the future, banks will start making money. Onultaneously, put pressure european governments, a. K. A. Germany comfortable trigger. Anna have we learned about what negative Interest Rates and what they do to economies and banks to say in the face of the deteriorating European Growth story, we will not cut both . Would you go that far . The excuseny times for being antieurope is there is negative rates. Are exitingis they negative rates and that implies a degree of optimism of the future. That is what the yield curve has to say regardless of the market. Higher,term rates are investors have confidence the future is looking bright and that is the reason why ive been saying for months now that the ecb needs to be putting pressure on germany to pull the trigger and actually, whether it is politically correct or not, coronavirus could be an excuse the German Government could use to pull the emergency trigger, which they are authorized to do only in emergencies. Anna do we have enough of a transmission mechanism in europe that fiscal spending in germany would make a difference to a troubled Italian Economy or the industrial heartland is shut down . Gregory that is hard to say, theultimately, if you see economy takeoff, there will be positive collateral impacts. Anna what about other Central Banks . The fed has more room to cut if they need to then the ecb does, relative to some lower bound. How far do you think fed rate cuts are already priced into assets . Are investors assuming the rate cuts are coming . Gregory chairman powell is in such a conundrum because the ecodata in america is pretty good. Wages, employment, retail sales, across the board. The foundation of the u. S. Economy is in pretty good shape. We will have probably a bad q1 gdp print, but ultimately, the fed has to look at the yield curve and what has happened to the yield curve over the last they may be painted into a corner where they have to cut. Even though based on the Economic Conditions they are in, it doesnt make a lot of sense, they will probably have to do it. Anna we will talk about the u. S. In a moment. To the fiscal side of things, weve seen the hong kong announcement, the redistribution, the handout in an economy that was already beaten up before the coronavirus because of the protest activity. Is that something we will be seeing further afield . Maybe south korea . Gregory the first thing i asked myself once, are they getting cash or vouchers . If they are giving cash, people would probably save the money. Anna that is one of the criticisms of helicopter money. Gregory first of all, they are in a good position to do that because they got a lot of firepower, lots of cash and fiscal surpluses. I dont think what they have done is so out of the ordinary, especially as this is a measure event. I think it opens the door for other governments to do something similar. Ill caveat that by saying it was a fiscal measure as opposed to a monetary measure. Anna Hong Kong Government will hand out 10,000 hong kong dollars in cash to each permanent resident aged 18. Thank you, Gregory Perdon, cocio at cocio Arbuthnot Latham stays with us. Next, stocks on the move including demi joe as sales will be hitting china. This is bloomberg. Not only is this a way to get donald trump are reelected, weve got a house to worry about. We got a senatorial out. He came together to the senate, but i do not think this is the best person to lead the ticket. Work, andn, i did the then bernie steen trashed me for it. Bernie hasnt passed much of anything. Donald trumps think it would be better if he is president. I do not think so. Vladimir putin thinks donald trump should be the president of the United States and that is why russia is helping you get elected so you will lose to him. Anna some of the highlights, heated moments at least the last nights democratic debate. The foundermberg, and majority owner of bloomberg lp, the Current Company of bloomberg news. Seems to be a hated exchange Heated Exchange yesterday. Gregory perdon of Arbuthnot Latham still with us. It seems we forget there is an election coming. I know you dont forget. Are we talking about pricing any Bernie Sanders effect into investments in the u. S. , or waiting to find out who gets the nomination . Gregory firstly, difficult for there to be a recession in the u. S. During election year. Second point to make his it is unclear whether he is going to win the ticket or not. I think if he does, markets wont like it. It is not a very probusiness platform. If someone Mike Bloomberg had won or someone like biden is to win, that is a lot more probusiness and markets would like that. Anna we need to talk when we talked about what happens to u. S. Markets, we have to talk about the coronavirus and i am thinking about the bond markets. U. S. Treasury yields dropping to new levels that take us back to 2016. What is the floor for the u. S. 10 year yield for you . Is there one . Gregory it is difficult to say. Ive been asked surprised as other investors on the rally in the tenure. Weve seen this 10 year. The 10 year goes to 1 as the Coronavirus Spreads. Anna it is already in many places in europe. It is not as prevalent as in italy. Gregory i do sense the Italian Government is being very aggressive, which should go a long way to calm investors fears. Anna what about what the fed does . We touched on this one we talked about the european Central Banks response, but what will the fed do . Riskams said the greatest to the record economic expansion in the u. S. Is an external shock the fed cant offset because it response to late or without enough force. The risk is rising. Is there a risk the fed doesnt do enough quickly enough on this . Gregory i think the fed has such a good track record of how they handle in conjunction with the treasury the u. S. Credit crisis, they have so much telegraphing and job owning credibility that i think they will be in a strong position to do whatever it takes because they got the track record. Best tracke record in the Central Banks. Play, current stage of unemployment good, labor, inflation, wages, across the board, you look at the dashboard and on top of that, little possibility for uptick in corporate defaults, id say for the time being, we are safe. Anna is it the junk bonds that would were you in regard to the faults or wider than that . Gregory all we need is a tipping down from Investment Grade down to junk and whether the pension funds, sellers, who will mop that up and who sees stres in leverage loanss. It would not spell a good scenario for u. S. Investors. Anna in wrapping up, what is your exposure on equities and on havens . Do you have seen some havens like gold doing very well. Up. 7 . In terms of positioning, we actually have not changed our positioning based on coronavirus. We are longterm investors, we stick to our guns, we still like equities, and in terms of what we could potentially change on the periphery to benefit from the current environment, one of the contrarian ideas we will be considering his if this doesnt start to fade, whether we should be buying the euro. The euro has been linked to some of the recent negativity around europe and if we see exports uptick, germany start to do better, probably the euro will be a beneficiary. Anna thanks very much. Gregory perdon, cocio at Arbuthnot Latham. He will be continuing his conversation on bloomberg radio. Stock some of move this morning, Annmarie Hordern has a breakdown. Annmarie it was apparent today that the coronavirus is impacting businesses. Diageo sees negative sales impact. Rio tinto, warning of significant uncertainty, especially when it comes to growth project. Outlook asting its it is hitting chinese water sales and firstquarter results are going to grind to a halt. Lets look at how these three movers are on the move today. 1 , danone is up. It has been under pressure year to date maybe some of this is priced in but we are seeing and visual corporate, luxury to minors. What the cabana coronavirus means for their bottom line. Anna interesting ways investors are delving into the details on these statements and working out whether they sell the stocks are not on coronavirus updates. We will be speaking exclusively to the ceo of allianz. That is coming up shortly in the next half hour of programming on bloomberg tv. The stoxx 600, down. 9 . Day inin another negative territory in europe, but perhaps catching up with the United States because yesterday, the u. S. Market lost 3 off the s p by the close. Futures point higher, dow futures up. 25 . In futures. P. 4 more on the markets next. This is bloomberg. Hi were glad you came in, whats on your mind . Can you help keep these guys protected online . Easy, connect to the xfi gateway. What about internet speeds that keep up with my gaming . Lets hook you up with the Fastest Internet from xfinity. What about wireless data options for the family . Of course, you can customize and save. Can you save me from this conversation . That we cant do, but come in and see what we can do. Were here to make life simple. Easy. Awesome. Ask. Shop. Discover. At your local xfinity store today. Anna welcome back to the european open, 30 minutes into a negative trading session. I am anna edwards in london. Lets look at the first half hour of trading europe. We started negatively and have remained, despite u. S. Futures ticking higher. They are coming back down again, but European Equity markets have gradually lost ground through the session and there are no sectors in positive territory. Even utilities and telecoms in negative territory. Media, negative. That is the best performing. Travel and leisure, to the bottom. Down withurces Financial Services losing 2. 5 on travel and leisure stocks. That is a picture of the markets. U. S. Futures are up between 2 . 2 and. 3 . Nikos the coronavirus will materially hit the you us economy u. S. Economy according to richard clarida, the latest signal they wont rush to judgment on the need to cut Interest Rates. Caret us says it is likely to have a noticeable impact on chinese growth in the first quarter. Surprise shakeup at disney. Bob iger is stepping aside, handing the reins to theme park chief bob chapek. Will stay on as executive chairman through 2021. In bob chapek, we have someone who not only knows the company very well, having run a few really important businesses including parks and resorts, he is also someone we know very well. I intend to double down on the same strategy bob has established 15 years ago that have served us so well. Ive taken away from bob igers legacy is get the content right and anything else follow suit. Growing violence in indias capital has left 17 dead after rightwing hindu groups began attacking mostly muslim protesters who were demonstrating against the countrys new religionbased citizenship law. Police have ordered to shoot rioters onsite. It is the worst violence in new delhi in nearly three decades. Global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Anna thanks very much, laura. Jpmorgan Asset Management has joined an Investor Group pressing the worlds biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. The money manager says it will develop a model for Rating Company performance on the issues as well as increasing engagement with businesses on key topics that is climate risks. It move comes as large as managers face growing calls from shareholders and activists to use resources to fight Climate Change and Pressure Companies to transition their businesses for a low carbon future. Joining us, the global head of Sustainable Investing and jpmorgan. Jennifer, welcome to the program. What difference is this going to make on the ground . The new stewardship priorities around stability sustainability. How will this change the conversation around the table . Jennifer the way we see think about investor stewardship is it is driven by research processes. The most important thing is to understand what are the companies we invest in, the issues they are facing from a financial perspective as well as such asew are metrics environmental, social, and governance factors . Cat is our starting point and once we have a holistic view on where these companies are with regard to their performance against these metrics, we can have a more holistic dialogue with companies around these issues. Anna you are setting up a proprietary efg scoring network. There must be so many houses doing the same thing. I know bloomberg has tools, as well and every asset manager is running their own. Of dataaks to the lack we have, the lack of reliable comparable data on this front . Jennifer i think there is that, but if you look at where the market is moving, at the very beginning of work yesterday is going in terms of innovation. In addition to what companies disclosed with their esg performance come you have the ability to tap into unstructured data sets. Really seeking the capability of Machine Learning to tap into these alternative data sources that contain information which could be useful from an investment perspective. Create we are able to that are more forwardlooking, that tell us more about how companies are doing with regard to Human Capital management. Anna have you got an example of the kind of data that might come to the forefront of investors minds but can use Machine Learning to dive into to give you more a sense of where company is going on the esg front . Annifer i could give you couple examples. Human capital management, traditionally the way to assess taking care of its employees is by way of looking at its hr they disclosehing on their website or csr with regard to benefits they provide to employees. There are now different ways of assessing what is the actual sentiment within these companies . We use our data science capability to cap and unstructured data sources from social media or websites whereby you could actually get a better insight as to what is actually the sentiment within these companies . What are employees talking about . What are they concerned about . Through that, we are able to identify trends that help us understand what is going on and what would likely happen in the near term. Another example like that give you, which is really about harnessing a different kind of technologyt requires and subject matter expertise is carbon emissions. Carbon related risk is important in understanding actual esg performance of a company and you could tap into data sources like satellite images to really identify how much carbon is being committed from a particular plant and that is something that is innovative and very hard to do, and you need to know where you need to be looking. It has to be driven by research. Anna what about targets Companies Set for the future . Youve seen come some Companies Set ambitious goals. Some of them are so far into the future, you wonder if the things they are prominent ring promising another going to be around. How much do you hold to those pledges to be Carbon Neutral by 20 whatever . Jennifer to us, esg research is not just about data, not just about what we see and hear from companies. Abouts why we are talking and launched our investment stewardship model because once you have investing in these Companies Come you have an opportunity to engage with a managers and boards of those companies and going into conversations around the targets they want to set. That is a very good way to truly understand what is actually under the hood, how committed are these companies to the target they set in the Public Domain . Anna esg has rocketed up the agenda and the climate side of things in the last 12 months, it seems. How much is this reflected in the time spent talking about these issues with companies you invest in . Has it gone from something you talk about in the brakes while having a coffee, and has it become a central focus of the conversation . Jennifer i would say it has increased substantially and has gone beyond the traditional carbon intensive Industry Sectors we typically engage in whereby climate is always top of the mind for a lot of our companies we engage in. Climate is now across the board, regardless of which sectors these companies are in, what we have found is management and boards want to have conversations around what could be the risks they are facing, but having said that, it depends on which sector these companies are in as well as the timeframe they are looking at. Anna thanks for bringing us your insights. Jennifer wu, jpmorgan Asset Management around Sustainable Investing, part of our esg focus. Goldman sachs, selling iq student to blackstone for 4. 6 6 billion pounds. 4. 60 6 billion pounds. This is one of britains biggest providers of student housing, goldman selling to blackstone for pork 4. 60 6 million pounds. We will speak to the ceo of Allianz Oliver bate. That is next on bloomberg. Anna welcome back to the european open. Kid 42 in london, another day of losses on equity markets. The stoxx 600 down 1. 3 . Can tell you now that u. S. Futures have turned negative so we have been flat on futures on the s p futures, dow futures down. 1 percent. We seen u. S. Futures holding up a bit. The Coronavirus Spreads across the middle east, europe, and asia, becoming a concern for almost any international industry, impacting markets. Manufacturing in the worst hit areas is grounding to a halt while shockwaves are sent across the sectors. Counting the cost with several companies warning profits are being hurt. Joining us today for an exclusive interview, oliver bate , the allianz ceo. Welcome to london, welcome to our offices. Another day when markets are reeling from the coronavirus and wondering how bad this gets before hopefully it gets better. When do you make of the latest market movements . Does this look rational, sensible to you . A trader, so i cant tell you if it is rational, but it is overdue we have some correction to the bull market. Allianz is a longterm investor, so we need to look through daily , weekly, or monthly volatility. We take note, per caution but we dont worry about daily volatility. Anna but as an asset manager, you try to find your path through this like everyone else. Are you very concerned about the Global Economy as a result of coronavirus . Oliver we are concerned, but more for our clients. People are safe, our clients are safe. There is a lot of panic at the moment that is really not warranted. If you think about the fundamental health impact, they are significant, but it is not likely have a real pandemic. Issue is really that people do not know what to do and we are behaving in a disorganized way. A lot of societies have problems to organize themselves. Up forople show testing, we cannot deal with them in that exacerbates the shortterm reaction. Anna is this impacting any party for business . Are there parts business in asia, beijingbased Life Insurance company, for example, seeing impact . Oliver shortterm, activities are coming to a halt for a time, but ive got news from hong kong, people are normalizing the behavior. Weis still affected so believe the next few weeks, we will see an increase in activity and problems, but over time, things will normalize. We are not here to increase panic. It is important Public Administration takes this seriously and is organizing itself properly. What you can see in italy and other cases is if an administration is not prepared, people panic and we need to avoid that. Anna you dont need a global recession . Oliver shortterm Economic Activity will contract. Global gdp, but it is not like the world will end tomorrow. Anna let me talk about Something Else with you. On the Asset Management side of things, we have seen consolidation. Do you think we will continue to see that in 2020 and are you going to be participating . See. R we will in consultation, yes. Fees will be under pressure and we will be more focused on performance rather than underlying Asset Management fees. Only the best will make it. That is what it is. There is consolidation and it will be coming with weaker participants. Whether we will play a role will depend on what the prices are and whether we can create value out of it. The have no urge to merge. Anna no urge to merge, very nice. What about Deutsche Bank dws, dws looking for partnerships and deals. Is that an asset you are interested in . Oliver we never comment on any specific company, as you know. We wish them all the best and it is in the hands of Deutsche Bank. Anna you said you would only have the urge to merge if you found an asset that has skills you dont have or something complementary to add to your business. Are there areas we can look at, pockets you feel are missing from the allianz powerhouse . Are always scanning and the last year, we invested in china, we invested in brazil significantly, we invested in united kingdom. We are one of the Largest Companies here and that typically comes after years of conversation and partnership. Because theyons never creating a value for the buyer. We look at it on a constant basis, but we dont need to buy anything. The underlying earnings are Strong Enough to not have to buy. Laws have changed around Asset Management in china and you have positioned yourself to take advantage. What can we expect for the timing of the allianz expansion into china . Oliver it is difficult to say because there is a lot of regulation impeding activity for foreigners, but the chinese economy needs to invest outside of china. The government knows they need a buildup of skills in Asset Management. We see that as a huge opportunity, also for allianz. Anna let me ask you about climate, Climate Change, and the esg agenda. Concerned from an insurance perspective about some assets becoming uninsurable as a result of an increased focus on climate risk . Oliver yes, and weve always said so. Allianz was one of the leaders in this respect. After 2040, there is no power plant we can ensure. Ones twod insuring new years ago said the real be a lot of stranded assets in the future. People need to move now. Greenpeace came with a stark statistic that said 1 of will go into renewables and that is embarrassing and has to change. Anna are you seeing real change or is this greenwashing . Your team has conversations with businesses. They want to be Carbon Neutrals by certain dates in the future. Are things changing . Oliver we need clear targets and allianz is helping lead, which is now 5 trillion in assets under management that will force change in Business Models through dialogue and investment. The second one, we need transparency on what people do rather than what they say, and there needs to be action. We are seeing that increasingly, the Financial Sector has to play a stronger role. Anna thank you for your time this morning, oliver baete, the alley ceo joining us in london. Next on the program, stocks on the move including lufthansa, down as the Company Plans to cut costs and adjusts hong kong flight plans amid coronavirus fears. It is down 3. 1 this morning. Travel and leisure, once again under pressure in europe. This is bloomberg. Anna welcome back to the european open. Arepean equity markets under pressure, down 1. 9 on the stoxx 600 this hour, down 2 on the dax. Lets get stock movers with henry porter. Annmarie horderns. Annmarie a lot of them coming out with what the coronavirus means for the bottom line. Potential normalization in china but the ceo said they cannot find out what it means to the market. We know luxury has been hit. Hermes closed 11 stores and reopened seven in china. Caps ons a, readjusting hong kong flight paths to certain cities. Solvay expecting a 25 million euro impact due to the coronavirus. Lets look how these are trading. 3 as we seee than the market digest the impact of the coronavirus. Individual corporates. Anna Annmarie Hordern with the individual movers. Cooper, our markets live macro strategist joins us in london. Stocks in europe, extending losses by 2 . Another day where we see extensive losses in European Equity markets. Mark cudmore made the point at the moment, the focus of the spread is in the middle east and in parts of asia, but also in europe and it seems in europe, we are bogged down from a market perspective. Laura when we saw earlier this week the sharp selloff in european markets, a catchup of the risk off sentiment we saw in asia, when it appeared it would be contained within asia. It isg at the fact spreading within italy, potentially spreading more, that is putting european equities under pressure. I would say that going forward, this highlights just how difficult it is for traders and strategist to model this, to trade this, because we dont have a historical precedent for which to guide in terms of market moves around the pandemic. Markets at this stage i dont think we are in the panic mode, but it will depend on whether we see any cues coming from Central Banks because we are seeing Market Pricing for cuts where it is not there. I think we will need to see coordinate fiscal policy measures coming to place because as we see the spread continue. Anna will we see a fiscal pushing europe as a result of this or do you think this is one of the reasons for it, the green agenda being the other . Weve seen in hong kong this announcement they will give money to citizens, permanent residents, to shore up the economy. Laura it is something we have seen from Central Banks, saying they need fiscal policy to come in because when we look at the context, cheaper money coming from rate cuts is going to do little to curb the potential knock on economic impact. At this stage, it is likely to soon to tell. That is the guidance we are seeing from a lot of policymakers but if we see this begin to show up in the hard data, this is going to have a Material Impact outside of the asian region, i would expect to see some stimulus to come through. Anna what responses have you been getting to the question of the day, how far have fed rates priced into assets . The fed can do things and run with it. Is that priced in . Laura it is dependent on the context. A preemptive cut in the fed is priced in now so if we saw the followthrough, i would expect a rally in the frontend, potentially some uplift to equities and finding a floor, but it is becoming clearer this could be a shock prompting a global recession, that is a different scenario. Anna laura cooper, markets live macro strategist. You can join the debate on ib tv to send your thoughts. This is bloomberg. Awesome internet. Its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. It protects your info. And gives you 24 7 peace of mind. That if its connected, its protected. Even that that petcamera thingy. [ whines ] can your internet do that . Xfinity xfi can because its. Simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] the selloff continues. As theare big Coronavirus Spreads. U. S. 10 year yield plums to record lows. Lash asbreak could s much as 500 million in sales. Iger hands over the reins to the parks chief