Thrilled you are with us on Bloomberg Radio and bloomberg television. It was not the surprise of moderna on the ratios. It was the surprise of how well they are able to get the vaccine out. That lifts markets up. Is a correlated left pop it is a correlated lift. Jonathan maybe the message is dont bet against human ingenuity. Keep the faith and the science. Last week it was pfizer. This morning, moderna. The efficacy rate, 94. 5 . It is where the rally is that gets peoples attention. It is not the big cap tech. The story that rolls up his smallcap america, and the International Value story as well. That is the great debate of this very moment, the shortterm problems, the issues across america, and the longterm hope that we get that texting. Tom lisa, what do we see we get in the vaccine. Tom lisa, what do we see in fixed income . We are not at the full faith and credit of november 9, but what do we see in ig and highyield, as we see yield up, price down . Lisa yield up with full facing
Cases are stuck. If you go back into lockdown, you will have a revolt. I am more interested in china. We broke the story that they are looking this was reuters they are looking a little more when it comes to renminbi. I did spend a good of time looking this up, on sunday, china clearly said it was trying to push to have a bigger international this means more pboc report. Reutersst report from we broke saying that china will remove a countercyclical factor in the yuan bay point in that direct and may point in that direction. Halt, shelf will its plan to let hedge cut to let hedge funds conceal stock holding. That is a big decision. That is just breaking. Thatll have to see where leads this morning. Futures up six. Dow futures up 20. We will do the data check in a moment. But now, first world news with ritika gupta. Ritika Amy Coney Barrett has been sworn in as a justice of the supreme court. Boothsst of two required administered. Every republican but one voted in favor. Chief Justice Jo
With a economist. This economyf this contracted for the First Time Since at least 1990 two. A big contraction, more than was anticipated. What is your instant reaction . Robin let me be clear. The First Quarter contraction is not a surprise considering the lockdown in late january and february. Outputch industrial dimension and trade data suggested the supply side in the chinese economy has been on a recovery path. Are first in, first out amid this covid19 recession. We have seen the worst First Quarter followed by a shallow recovery from the Second Quarter onward. The ip data is better than retail sales or domestic data, means the supply side has been largely mobilized with now 90 of factories in china, 40 are operational. Many are back online. That is why we see activity and improving activity improving on the supply front. Bolstering recovery in the next stage has shifted as lockdown in china has been replaced by softer social distancing measures which means people return to work, b
Welcome to the twilight of the index funds. I think thats the great untold torrey er t story. For years, lots of very smart people told us that index funds were the best, if not the only way to invest. Instead of trying to beat the market, they argue that you should just buy a cheap indecision fund that mirrors the s p 500. But sometimes trying to mirror the market is a bad strategy take the s p 500 you have to own so many havenots along with the haves during this pandemic its changed everything. That at best now, with the coronavirus, youre betting on mediocrity why would you want exposure to troubled Industries Like retail, oil and gas . I know the index fund orthodoxy will never truly be defeated because theres a kernel of truth in it. But man, in this environment, where you cant go out and spend money without fear, even if you just got a 1200 check from the government, youdont have to b a genius to know that the cruise lines are untouchable. But what about the winners, though, what
As the outbreak crippled. Ctivity Saudi Arabia Oil export to day. D 10 Million Barrels a determine withts get you set up quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures under pressure at the open. This after stock markets. Ebounded we have s s p 500 really moving green after we heard that the fed was commercial paper facility and additional move the we havent seen since financial crises. We are just getting more details from the fed. Establishing primary deal credit mentioned, were also getting a Deal Offering and funding. Rate. Te matching discount it will allow primary dealers to support market functionality. From jae powell saying thats what the fed was focused on which is restoring normal function in this dysfunctional condition. The fed saying that primary deal Credit Facilities established section 133, saying that available for at least six months from now. March 20th. Le starting on maturities up to 90 days. Were getting some of that on thecoming through latest effort by