The influencer jon ferro for you on Bloomberg Radio, bloomberg television. Got all of this going on this morning. I want to do the markets to start our simulcast in this hour. We will do the data check as we talk here. Spx up 0. 7 , and once again, the nasdaq less. Is the trend in place . Jonathan the trend is in place, and the small caps outperform. Many people, and the words of jonathan callup, willing to look of Jonathan Golub, willing to look at the forward outlook. Tom we are getting into all of the year ahead looks and all of that parlor game. D a fewwhat ferro di years ago. Forget about it, wait for march. Would you say the consensus right is cyclicals, materials, and small caps . Jonathan overwhelmingly it is the consensus. That is the story. The other consensus story as well is the weaker dollar. Socgen out to 1. 27 on eurodollar, year end 2021. We still havent got through those levels from late august. We didnt close below them yesterday. A little bit of weakness again this m
This is signed by 18 senators as follows. The majority leader. With First Experience Supreme Court confirmations in the senate, i was a young staffer for a Junior Member of the judiciary committee. Time i met a young guy named Lamar Alexander who left the senate to go down to the white house to work in congressional affairs. So ive had an opportunity for quite a long time to observe the confirmation process through various ups and downs, periods when nominees were confirmed almost overwhelmingly and periods during which they were heated, to put it mildly, contests over the nomination. What i think i can safely say about the senate over the last 40 or 50 years is that its in an assertive period. In other words, viewing the whole process as a joint thing that the president has a role to play and the senate has a role to play and at various times in the history of our country, the senates been pretty passive about it and at other times theyve been pretty aggressive about it. But the const
Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the ayes are 51. The nays are 46. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, Supreme Court of the United States, Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States signed by 18 senators as follows. Mcconnell, thune, ernst, hide smith, blackburn, blunt, capito, wicker, graham, perdue, grassley, inhofe, cotton, hoeven, crapo,
Wicker, graham, perdue, grassley, inhofe, cotton, hoeven, crapo, burr, alexander, mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell colleagues, my First Experience with Supreme Court confirmations here in the senate, i was a young staffer for a Junior Member of the judiciary committee. That was also the same time i met a young guy named Lamar Alexander who left the senate to go down to the white house to work in congressional affairs. So ive had an opportunity for quite a long time to observe the confirmation process through various ups and downs, periods when nominees were confirmed almost overwhelmingly and periods during which they were heated, to put it mildly, contests over the nomination. What i think i can safely say about the senate over the last 40 or 50 years is that its in an assertive period. In other words, viewing the whole process as a joint thing that the president has a role to play and the senate has a role to play and at various ti
Down 600 points recently. We are not near a correction yet on s p, but we are getting there rapidly. I dont think this can be underplayed the virus, the pandemic is really front and center on a global basis, even with an america distracted by an historic moment. Momente and a historic that could possibly sway the election. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has thrust the Supreme Court into the political spotlight. Republican leaders in the senate are hoping to rush through a replacement with President Trump expected to nominate his pick this week. Democrats are warning of a constitutional crisis. If joe budden wins the election but a trump candidate is still confirmed to the Supreme Court. President trump is celebrating the tiktok deal, despite it falling short on some of its key demands. The white house gets a promise of new jobs sources have told bloomberg that tiktok is taking a