Our Investment Committee here today. Pete, give me an idea of how the market has moved lately. 23 of the s p 500 at or within three percent of new 52week highs. Seven of 11 s p sectors within three percent of their high. We have made moves as we continue to kick around the question of whether we will have the breakout. And the negativity was pretty high. Going back to the time when we heard from the banks and then the technologies and semis, when you look at 70 that has reported, that says something about how negative everybody was and the surprise that this is. We were trading in ranges probably 17 to 19, somewhere in that range. Ever since the earnings have gotten better and people are getting more comfortable the deeper we get into this thing, look at where the volatility is. Its an amazing move that weve seen there. And we continue to see extremely. We talk about the at the end of the show, massive buying yesterday of all the different entities, the fxi, the qqqs. 250,000 yesterday
[ cheers and applause ] jimmy hi, welcome. Very nice. Hi, everybody. Im jimmy, im the host. Thank you for watching. Wow, you came on a taco tuesday. That is very, very kind. I think i speak for a lot of us when i say we look forward to a return to normal. The way things were, even five years ago. Not so long ago. And in some ways, we are getting back to normal. For instance after three consecutive years of going down, the number of shark attacks this year is up. [ laughter ] there were 73 shark attacks in 2021. Up from 57 in 2020. 11 the attacks resulted in fatalities. 9 were classified as unprovoked. What does that mean, unprovoked . [ laughter ] the other two had it coming . The numbers were lower in 2020 because everyone was in quarantine. Nobody was at the beach and sharks rarely attack people on the couch. [ laughter ] but i have to say, i dont blame the sharks. We humans have never been more delicious. Weve been eating inside for three years, curing in our own juices. [ laughter
Everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance and im Francine Lacqua in london. We will be speaking to jack straw, one of the three people serving in the candidate from 1997 to 2010. We talk brexit and trade. Youre meantime, this is market. Equities seem to be on a tear. Stocks in europe are a little bit mixed, but the euro holding onto gains. We saw catalonias president stepping down from the immediate declaration of independence in spain. The dollar, drifting down a little bit. Oil rising above 51 a barrel, as opec pretty good. The nikkei 225 rising to the highest in almost 21 years, following the Dow Jones Industrial average, that touched a fresh record high yesterday. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Plans to donald trump make changes to his tax plan within the next few weeks without giving any details. At the same time, he dismissed concerns that his public spat would dismiss an overhaul. Independent analysts suggest it would raise taxes for 30 of people, making betw