The hardest hit nation is iran. Nearly 22 thousand people there have died from covid19. Spacex has placed 64 more satellites into orbit. A rocket took them into orbit from florida. It is the 12th the batch of satellites for the companys broadband network. Rocketalso recovered the booster with a controlled landing at sea. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 in new york 6 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 , a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets. In just a few moments, and inclusive interview with bill ackman of Pershing Square, an update on the spac and the market turmoil. Lets get to the markets. The vix today is above 30, the worst day for the nasdaq 100 so far since march. The nasdaq down 5 . The s p down 3. 5 . The dow down 2. 7 . Several individual companies have been doing extraordinarily well such as d
Many of indices. The nasdaq is 3. 2 higher. We are also seeing a recovery for oil. We are still below 40 per barrel. The vix is up there but well below 30. For all the recent volatility is favorable for some investors, lets welcome our first guest. She is managing director and head of longshores equity. Talk to us about the strength of a strategy these days. It has been a couple of years for hedge funds. What is the driver of this . Thank you for having me. This is such a great question. It is head spinning which way the markets are going to go. There is daytoday volatility. We have the election, a vaccine, theres a lot of volatility in this market. Whats important for strategies most importantly is dispersant. To see winners and losers. Short Equity Strategies struggle predominantly more because of the short book. It was the short book that was a challenge in this rising market. Accelerate to where we are today in the cycle and where we are today in the pandemic and we have real oppor
American people. Now to show you part of the big picture, here is sergeant stewart. In recent years on the big picture television series, we have been pleased to report on the progress of nato. Today we turn to the same subject, however this time in a film produced by nato and narrated by edward r. Morrow. It is a story about the north atlantic treaty since its birth more than ten years ago. In this organization we have developed a deterrent and retaliatory capability of great constructive power. We are all partners and having an appropriate part to play in international security. Today, tomorrow, and for the indeterminant future. December 16th, 1957, a date to remember. For the first time 15 chiefs of government gather around one table. Eisenhower, mac millen, benderez, dr. Conrad. These men in their countries have sometimes been at war with each other. Often they have been united against a common enemy. But here at nato for the first time in history, theyre united in peace and for pe
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