Higher. Eurodollar up by 0. 4 . Is the ecb getting worried at this point . 1. 2163. The dollar is broadly lower. The pound just taking out 1. 35. We havent been at these levels since this time last year. What is fascinating here is what is happening with bond markets as well. Weve basically got yields and stocks moving in the same direction. That is something that is pretty interesting now. It certainly points to this reflation trade at the moment, with the catalyst still having legs. Alix the question is how long is that last. Lets dig into some of the top stories guy was minting. Germany extending its partial lockdown. Sweden shutting some schools as well. Joining us with more is sam fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence senior pharmaceutical analyst. We have seen more targeted lockdowns and extensions. Is any of that working now in europe . Sam yes, they are. Funny that we have countries going at different paces which is normal because they have different issues with regards to the number
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
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
Outperforming small stocks, underperforming tech stocks. We are negative on the bond market yields. Brent crude is up. Pfizer concluding they have covid19 vaccine candidate. If you heard the interview, you have the stats. Whats your take on the viability of the vaccine . This looks very exciting. I believe we will get an emergency use authorization than i hope we can start vaccinating sometime in december. Health care workers will likely go first. Moredown the road, people seriously affected like those 65 and older then months later, the general population. The modernact vaccine will be soon. We need all the help we can get. In terms of the effect that im going to get if i take the vaccine, is this something i will have to do on an annual basis or twice per year . What kind of response is my body going to generate that will protect me in the long term . Guest thats a longterm question. Get the vaccine into people first then we can follow them closely to determine whether we have to be