Have the ability to make appointments for. Or if you decide to run for Public Office. You know, when i decided to run for supervisor, i wanted to be a good supervisor for the people of the district i represent, where i grew up in. And so that entailed making sure i knew how to do policy and legislation and i understand how the process worked and the city worked. And the good news id been on commissions and other places. So i understood it. But i actually went back to school late in life, before i ran, to get my masters in public administration. And i ended up graduating from u. S. F. With honors, because i was committed to making sure that i was the best policymaker for the people that i represented. And im not suggesting that you do that. Its just that whatever role you want to play, you set your sights on that role and you make sure that youre prepared to take it on and all that it entails. And unfortunately in the world of politics, and in the world of public service, it also comes
Good to see you. Cant wait to talk to you about all of those things. What kind of a grade would you give on the direct listing yesterday . I would give it an a. It didnt have the wild volatility or a huge amount of money left on the table that traditional ipos have. I think it was a pretty good day for direct listings. Spencer, good morning, you took zillow public nearly a decade ago if you had to do that again with a company, that is the same, would you do Something Else . I would either do a dreskt listingov or a spac merger. They dont allow the company to leave money on the table we went public at 20 a share. We closed at 37. So we lost a lot of money on the table for an ipo so i think that there is a lot of innovation in the ipo space since a decade ago when zillow went public and i think there is now great alternatives available. Its julia here we look forward to sees what you do with your speak a question for you now that it is a public company. We have seen so many of the Public
Youre here. Good to be here. Im laura garcia. Well get to mike and that morning commute in just a little bit, but lets talk about the forecast. Meteorologist kari hall, how are we looking . Were looking foggy right now in San Francisco but the good thing is that it wont be foggy all day long. Like we saw yesterday. So, if youre about to head out the door for that commute and were looking at clayton going from the east bay and were going to see our temperatures in the mid 50s with clouds this morning and nice, cool start and breezy winds and well see sunshine later on this morning. Well get a look at all of our microclimates coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the drive right now . Well, im tracking the headlights right now, kari. Its dark out there and also typically we have easy drive on the maps. You see green all around except for a couple spots. I circled the crash approaching 84 and i think its a little further down because you see a little slowing as you approach where it says
Than 60 of soybean exports before this whole trade war began. Futurespy have rebounded from two years of losses. Trade tensions have appeared to thaw a bit. President trumps tweets earlier that he will sign phase one of the trade deal on january 15 may open the door for more american exports to china. Vonnie thank you. That is renita. Thanks for the entire markets team for the bridge throughout 2019. Our guest,us is eddy. And here with us in studio is bloombergs mike regan. We added 5. 9 trillion dollars in value to u. S. Stocks, to the s p 500 in fact. Hard to believe that number even exists. Mich there it is. One of the real Amazing Stories about this year is the everything rally, whether it be oil, gold, havens, treasuries. The treasury etf is up about 9 for the year. 15 for the year. The Bloomberg Barclays aggregate bond index is up 9 for a return for the year. It is rare to see a year like that were basically everything performs. I think part of it is the fact that we have this hi
The nasdaq is the leading indices and oil hitting a threemonth highly after military strikes in the middle east energy is the bestperforming sector today joining us for the hour is josh brown, ceo of Ritholtz Wealth Management josh, obviously seeing a little profit taking here is this a tax situation scenario or is there more to read into about losing steam and sentiment . If you see profit taking on the what penultimate the penultimate is that not an american word as well . It is, we just dont use it as much. And it doesnt sound as good when i say it. It doesnt, sorry when youre seeing profit taking on the second to last day of the year, thats not tax related, but it could be front running what others suspect might be fax related, meaning look at a typical investment portfolio this year, if they own sector etfs, for example, they have a ton of Technology Large cap tech has done unbelievably well this year. Or if they own individual names. If you own apple, youre up almost double. Now