This is widely expected. This is the vaccine that was found to be 94. 5 effective in the primary analysis. There is discussion about possibly having some sort of meeting later in the month with the fda to make the approval. We heard from officials over the weekend that they are going to try to approve it in fast order. If you take a look at markets, not the response you would think, at least not much. Jonathan it has been the diminishing marginal rate of the additional vaccine news in this market that has diminished over the last several weeks. Equity futures down 0. 4 percent. Expectations are already so well anchored by the vaccine news weve had over the last several weeks. We are down 0. 4 on the s p 500. In the bond market, yields up by a basis point or two to 0. 85 on the 10 year. The news isnt this morning. It is the cumulative impact of the last several weeks and now it is shaped the forward outlook under a much better way compared to what we face right now in the here and now i
Small caps having a pretty good day as well. The commentary seems to be the market feels a little tired. Is that how you see it yes i do suspect that the market is fatigu fatigued certainly on monday mornings consecutively weve been greeted with excellent news for society as it relates to the vaccine but markets dont seem to be responding as positively as they did two weeks ago. Scott, you began the show by suggesting that we have a potential end of year run. For there to be an end of year run, we are going to need a catalyst and i suspect its not the vaccine, its not earnings, and it really falls back to washington, d. C. And the ability to try and offer some form of fiscal bridge to get us to the other side in the absence of that, i would just highlight december 15 the and 16th, you have a Federal Reserve meeting. Theres a wild card scenario there where the Federal Reserve steps in and enhances some of the landing programs and provides the bridge in the absence of fiscal policy maker
Shanghai composite, 3 10 of an percent of the upside. Lets have a look at what is going on currency wise. This is the dollar index. Not that much changed. Bitcoin. Oves is down nearly 2 at the moment. [indiscernible] thetocurrency left to 18,000 level. Citigroup causing a stir with a 300,000 plus estimate with regards to bitcoin. U. S. Dollar index pretty much unchanged. Stasis as weoil in wait to see what is happening with some of these internal squabbles taking place with members of opec, mainly the uae. Mitchell with the first word headlines. Early south koreas trade data shows exports extending their recovery. The yearose 11 from earlier. South korea shipments received a boost from china and the u. S. Cap exports were up almost 22 . Singapore sees at the economy expanding by between four and 6 next year as it rebounds from the virus. Thirdquarter gdp shrunk by 5. 8 on the year and the estimate for contraction was revised to six to 6. 5 . The decline for the Third Quarter compared t
Expressed interest and are considering participating and then we certainly have, you know, many managers who are engaging with Portfolio Companies around climate risk but perhaps not formally through that initiative. Okay. And then my other concern is, we talked about diversity and i like what youve done in terms of the work around that. Do we use that same [indiscernible] in terms of rps and other things, do we really apply the sfers criteria for the type of diversity were looking for across the board, including [indiscernible] and other sectors . I cant fully comment on that. I guess what i can say is, you know, there is proposition 209 in place in california i know. Thats why i i know. Up to a vote, thats in november. But we do not i want to make clear that we do not ask about diversity characteristics when we send out an rfp or enter a new relationship or a new contract with an external party. Were wanting to be not running afoul of distortion . The board is engaging, we do request
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