To try to get there first and that sort of thing so im hopeful we will very much try to learn as much as possible from that facility and from all the other ones too we have a lot to learn here. So well certainly be trying to do that. In terms of fiscal concern, so, you know, for many years ive been before the fed i have longtime been an advocate for the need for the United States to return a sustainable path from a fiscal perspective at the federal level. We have not been on such a path for some time, which just means that the debt is growing faster than the economy this is not the time to act on those concerns this is the time to use the great fiscal power of the United States to do what we can to support the economy and try to get through this with as little damage to the longerrun productive capacity the economy has possible the time will come, again, and reasonably soon, i think, where we can think about a longterm way to get our fiscal house in order, and we absolutely need to do
Only given consideration to more recently because of the phenomena. Well end up meeting the ceo a couple of months or whatever after we have made an investment it puts greater burden on us for Due Diligence and for the backgrounds of the people who are involved and the experience. Its probably going to end up with some good results actually. Thats interesting. Weve had some discussions on air about the degree to which lack of persontoperson meetings means can you close on a house, can you close on a transaction, but youre saying its not necessarily a deal killer it definitely is not. I think that will be for early stage companies. The Later Stage Companies where theres more substance involved and theyve been around longer is a bigger problem. Were in the early stage, a round, b round, period i think well have less of a concern about that we also obviously are focused a lot on follow on rounds for our existing portfolio which is fairly extensive at this point hi, alan, its jon fortt, go
The banks and government begin to roll out a 350 billion loan relief package Consumer Staples just turned positive rest of sectors are negative 59 minutes left of trade coming up on the show, well speak exclusively with Jeffrey Katzenberg well ask him about the Coronavirus Impact on the entire Entertainment Industry plus, the ceo of go daddy yoins us with a look at how Small Business clients are dealing with the kris and of course with job losses but we begin with breaking news in washington. President trump meeting this hour with executives from Energy Giants like exxon and chevron at the white house. Brian sullivan joins us now with more about what we know, brian, about this meeting yeah. What we know, what we dont, thank you very much. A couple of things here, one of which is obvious, one less obvious. These oil executives, the ones weve talked to, that ive talk ed to off the record, said theyre not looking for a bailout. They dont want any kand kind of a bailout. Theyre being reque
Market meltdown. Hang on, everyone, this is the final hour of trade. Good afternoon. Lets have a look at whats driving the action the lack of a Production Cut deal from opec coupled with a saudi price cut sending prices tumbling down 17 on the day alone. Coronavirus fears remain front and center as global cases top 111,000 and italy locks down a quarter of its population. And the bull market chaos rages on as yields on the tenyear at a low of 0. 31 and remain at the moment below 0. 5 . Joining us for the full first hour of the show, lindsey bell from ally invest they have 7. 85 billion in total customer assets. Shes here along with our team of reporters to break down this massive market sell off. Bob pisani is on the floor of the change Brian Sullivan covering the Oil Price Collapse mike is here to look in the the market mike holland ond transports. Well get to all our reporters the dow is down 7. 25 . B bob. Important thing is the Circuit Breakers hit this morning. Down 7 . Halted for
Giving the u. S. Some attention. You buy the highest quality growth you can find. If software happens to fall in that category. In the context of low bond yields they are more attractive. European yields are not going to go up. Low rates giving us a signal that acne that equities are at risk. They are able to issue whatever they want in the Corporate Bond market. That has caused a change in strategy already. Bonds rallying, equities rallying because of the twosided nature of these things. Jonathan jim keenan ofjonathan whack walk lets begin with you, winnie. If you look up i everything situation in the global fixed income. A 10 year yield increase below 1 . Corporate borrowing costs alltime low. Low. Ar treasury a record just buy everything get what you can . Its by everything but highyield energy. It seems like investors have a lot of cash but continue to see record inflows into Investment Grade. Triple csnt to buy haphazardly. We dont want to buy energy haphazardly but we need to put