Rotavirus coronavirus. A judge has denied a request for ghislaine maxwell. She had complained of onerous awaits trial she on charges of sex trafficking underage girls to her former boyfriend, jeffrey upstream. The judge also rejected her request to learn the identities of three accusers referenced in her indictment calling the motion premature. Global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in i am markountries. Crumpton, this is bloomberg. Is 1 00 p. M. In new york and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are some of the top stories that we are following. We will be speaking with thomas with andd he is with the election around the corner we discussed downside volatility and how the results can change wall street and we talked the politics of finance with brian richards, chair of paul hastings. He says the election is a big driver of activity in his industry. Arricane laura post to become cate
Lets get straight into some of these burning issues. With me, bloombergs allison, lisa, and jason kelly. Lets start with allison. Investors have debated about how to invest in this years piling debt, given the u. S. Economy is ok. Lets hear what marathons Bruce Richards had to say. Bruce we are starting to see a negative quarter, this past quarter of Earnings Growth being negative, and i think we will see a couple more quarters of that in the early part of 2020. And when earnings go down, that is going to be a very key point for some of these companies that are so over levered when they have lower earnings and meanwhile, have to service this heavy load of debt. Lisa you have been covering the distress we have been seeing. Talk about how much there has been so far this year. So in november, we saw the supply distress debt hit 126 million, the most since august 2016. And really, the highest of this cycle. Historically speaking, that is really not that much in the grand scheme of things c
Lets get to our market reporters. What are we watching . The index watching cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and either. If we look at a chart of the global strength indicator, we can see it flashed a buy signal with the index getting it percent since tuesday. That is good news for crypto fans who have seen crypto come under pressure in the last few months. Your look at bitcoins performance, we can see it rose 277 through june, lost half of we valley since then, but have some analysts coming out and saying 2020 be better for crypto prices. Say bitcoin could rise as much as 10,000 in 2020. That would be quite the rise for bitcoin appeared on the rise this year, the s p 500 up really 29 . Santana clearly visiting stocks this year with the s p 500 climbing that wallow worry. The official santa claus rally pens on january 3. Lets look at a chart that may give some clues. Lets take a look at a threemonth chart of the s p 500 and the dollar. A risk on period with dollar yen and the s p 500
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The opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Announcer coming up, a discussion about three women from the afghan female tactical platoon who trained and worked alongside u. S. Special forces and are now facing potential deportation. This discussion is hosted by the womens Foreign Policy group. Good evening, everybody, and welcome. I am the executive director of the womens Foreign Policy group. On behalf of our board and our staff, and importantly, our value coorganizers, as i call your name, please stand. Composed of 68 afghan women trained by the military embarked on dangerous, highprofile missions and pursuits against the taliban. With the distinct ability to contribute tactical strength and communication expertise, these womenrcised relentless spirit andnmatched strength during hardship. The ftp worked alongside the Cultural Support Team consisting of highly trained american female soldiers to interact with women and chil