Yield moving up to. 4 basis points the vix is below 22. Joining me now is marc lasry. Great to speak with you. Lets begin with the markets. You said 2020 be a onceinalifetime opportunity. Where are we in that opportunity now . Now that the first wave of buying is over, is there another way to come this year . Marc thank you for having me. There is this misconception that we have missed it. We have not missed it. Is doing really well, and that is fabulous for equities. But you have a Record Number of companies that have already filed, and they are continuing to file. It is a world of haves and havenots. Us, we are finding quite a bit to do in the u. S. And around the world. We will get to everything that you are doing in a moment, but what do you do if you feel like buying but you know it is probably not the time yet. Do you have a forecast on when we are likely to see more pain . Marc i think now is a great time to buy. You dont want to time this. In want to be able to invest situation
1. 1747. , 1934. 74. Another busy week for the markets. 189 s p 500 Companies Due to report. Some already reporting today. We also have the fomc Rate Decision on wednesday as well. We welcome margie patel, Wells Fargo Asset Management Holdings Managing director. Characterize this earnings season for us. It has been encouraging. Last week, we have 20 of companies reporting. 80 of those were above expectations, even though many said they were not in the position to predict earnings for the year. Uncertainty, very pleased with the first reports. You to would that cause be a buyer of these companies, or is it more of a relief that we are not seen the bottom fall out of the market . Margie what it tells you is that, with no proposition from most of the fixed income market, stocks really look reasonably year ifve over the next they can raise their earnings. Many of them are in a position to do that. That is what the markets are reflecting. , theyes dont look bad dont look overpriced compared
Around. The nasdaq with a 1. 4 gain. The dow and the s p following suit, not quite as strongly, thanks to apple and microsoft. The 10year yield back up 256 basis points. Gold taking a little breather. To 56 basis points. To point out some of those companies i was microsoft is up. Adt is up with google taking a substantial stake in adt. Apple accounting for much of todays game. Is up as wellrck on the vaccine part of the pipeline. The markets are up today, some good signs but also some questionable signs. Manufacturing and new orders coming in above 50, so expansionary territory. Englander, in steven Standard Chartered bank, g10 fx research. Huge dynamics at play. How are you reading the current data . Tends toirstly, ism report what is happening among big manufacturing firms. The employment component was. Till soft the commentary around the strong numbers was also very cautious. I would say the impact of the numbers were a lot less than the upside surprise. Definitely, 44. 3 reading fo
Hopes around that region of the world. Disney is out with what investors are seeing as it fantastic Earnings Report thanks to streaming. Nikola, not so much. We will be asking the ceo about the 9 climb. Just 89 days unto the u. S. President ial election and during election year, august returns tend to be higher, finishing starter finishing higher than at the start of the month. Joining us now is the author behind that report, george pearkes. George, obviously you have to think that this year might be slightly different. Is there any really fundamental reason as it why as to why it should be different . George the historical precedent in the United States is that it is disconnected from the market cycle. You do not tend to see huge swings in market purely as a reaction to politics which is more common in emerging markets or other developed market economies. 1928the long term, since when the s p 500 price data see positiveend to returns in august and for every month leading up to an elec
Enough clarity on the economy to justify restarting payouts yet. That decision is not yet final. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. It is 1 00 in new york and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Welcome to bloomberg markets. I will be speaking with bill ackman. We will discuss the debut of his new Blank Check Company which raised 4 billion in its initial offering. He will weigh in on what kinds of companies he wants to target with the money and other investments. First, lets look at the markets. We are higher. The nasdaq has erased all of its gains. 25 . P 500 is up mark forck at the 70 the you in the. With heating up today expulsion of the envoy from china. I want to point to the fact that we will be talking about in a moment and that is the Blank Check Company that is trading up an ipo today. The expectation was to raise 4 billion and we will be talking