Selloff and a dollar selloff at the same time . What does that actually mean . We will break that down as well. Guy and youve got bitcoin rocketing to a record high. Out of the United States, pending home sales month on month a little weaker than anticipated, 1. 1 . Expected at 1 . The prior number revised a little higher. These have absolutely rocketed. The year on your number now stands at plus 19. 5 , which is another incredible number to think about. Lets get back to the vaccine. Is monday, and every monday morning it seems we get some news. Moderna is planning to request clearance for its Coronavirus Vaccine in the u. S. And europe today. Ceo speaking earlier to bloomberg. We have millions of doses ready. We have more and more every couple of days. Joining us now is robert. He spoke a little earlier on. I think they have a review coming up on the 17th. After the potential clearance on that date, how quickly can we get things up and running . Robert they have been told in publicu.
It seems investors once again looking past the difficult months that may be ahead. Pricing forwards month statements are nine months ahead hoping we get past the virus. There could be difficult time ahead but this week you will not know it. David i should say. Thank you to Abigail Doolittle for that report on the markets. Overnight we were reminded of the complexities of the u. S. China relationship as a Foreign Ministry spokesman congratulated Vice President biden even as the trumpet ministration was bidding u. S. Investments in unspecified Chinese Company they say is tied to the chinese army. Richard haass published a Foreign Affairs piece called repairing the world in which he lays out the issues that will be in President Bidens inbox the day he walks into the oval office. Welcome. Great to have you with us. China is in the inbox but is not the first thing. The first thing is covid19. Richard i agree. China is in the inbox and will be for president as for the eye can see your the br
Green shoots rhetoric. What makes it interesting going into november, the financials had already been up 30 out of the march low, plus the yield curve has, in. The yield curve has come in. It is puzzling why the banks are up so much. It has to do with the narrative of the traders and investors buying cyclical stocks on the potential for strong recovery. Guy i will cheat david i will cheat. You and i talk when we are not on television. What is going on with the yen . Abigail those are some of my favorite conversations because we can move back and forth. The yen does bring attention to itself over last year. It is up about 4 . When you have stocks at alltime highs, you have bonds at record highs, although folks will say the fed the yen is a pure play haven. Over the last year, up about 4 . Some traders might like the fact that stocks are higher, but theyre probably hedging for the possibility there could be choppiness ahead. That is true for the vix. The vix is still above 20. That is in
Happening here. We continue with this outperformance from the small caps. We continue with this rotation. Abigail we do, and today is relatively subtle. The outperformance came from energy and financials, which at the end of the day finished higher. Today we are once again seeing movement into the cyclical sectors even though the s p 500 on the surface is basically flat. The nasdaq 100 is lower. You were mentioning the small caps. The russell out another alltime high on the day. You again have investors moving to small caps, value, the cyclical sectors. Theres the financials. Industrials, energy, real estate can materials, all of the sectors in green are the growth and cyclical sectors. On bottom, you have tech and communication services. It is pretty interesting because tech is really being weighed on by apple right now, and they have cut their developer fees by to 15 from 30 . That is a pretty decent chunk of revenue in the past fiscal year, 1 3 of it to those apt of elements. That i
The 1. 20 mark. We will talk about that in just a moment. We are basically flat. Brent crude, which has soared during the month as well, what and what is happening very ,arefully with that opec story trading 47. 68. In terms of the german bund market today, we are seeing a little bit of movement, but not much. That kind of captures the story of the last month, doesnt it . Not Much Movement in the bond market, lots of movement elsewhere in risk assets. This kind of sums it up, the one month of the stoxx 600. For some markets, many markets here in europe, smaller markets were up by over 20 . Alix back to the main news with the vaccine because it is monday, so we obviously have vaccine news. Moderna is requesting clearance for its vaccine in the u. S. And europe today after analysis showed it was 94 point 1 effective in preventing covid19. Moderna Ceo Stephane Bancel will be speaking to us later. He earlier said that we have millions of doses ready. We will have more and more every couple