It is 1 00 in new york, 6 00 in london, 2 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im shery ahn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. From bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, here are the top stories on the bloomberg and around the world that we are following. Two more trading days in what has been a blockbuster here for equities. While the euphoria last into the new decade . China takes another step to liberalizing its financial system, ordering lenders to adopt a new pricing regime. It is still early days in goldmans push to bank middlemarket companies but it is making progress in one count. Rating talent from rivals. Whats get a check on the market with kailey leinz. We are almost done with 2019. Kailey two trading days left. We are a little bit softer, invt easy. Right now, the s p is lower by. 3 , as is the dow and nasdaq, all of this on lighter volume. Even as stocks are lower, so our bonds. The 10year yield looking at 1. 9 . That is leading to a bear steepener money look at the spreads between lon