WEBVTT - Single Best Idea with Tom Keene: James Steel and Javier Blas

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Single US Idea Today. Thank you to Apple for rolling

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<v Speaker 2>this out. We're really thrilled with the initial effort of

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<v Speaker 2>It's a six or seven minute look at two of

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<v Speaker 2>our guests today today, we could have done like ten

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<v Speaker 2>different guests. I thought Linda Dousl of Federators, mess Rising,

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<v Speaker 2>Greg Peters clipping coupons over at p JIM is just

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<v Speaker 2>a really, really solid show. We're going to do Javier Blast.

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<v Speaker 2>We have I mean, come on, folks, we have the

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<v Speaker 2>surveillance extra virgin correspondent. We're going to go to that

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<v Speaker 2>in a moment. You gotta do Javier Blast the success

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<v Speaker 2>of his book in oil. We're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>a different oil. But first and what happens is we

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<v Speaker 2>have people that we can book like in a moment's notice.

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<v Speaker 2>We have people that save us when somebody has to cancel,

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<v Speaker 2>there's an emergency, whatever. We've got people that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you send out an email do you want to be

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<v Speaker 2>on Bubba Bah? They go yeah, sure. And then we've

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<v Speaker 2>got people that are so crazy busy it's like a

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<v Speaker 2>three day, five day ordeal to get him on. One

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<v Speaker 2>of those is James Steele. He is at HSBC. You

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<v Speaker 2>know Max Kettner, Steve Major over in Hong Kong. James

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<v Speaker 2>Steele is an absolute institution in gold. About more than

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<v Speaker 2>just where's it going up down sideways? About the culture,

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<v Speaker 2>the fabric. Are they buying gold in Dubai? What kind

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<v Speaker 2>of gold are they buying? How does jewelry play in etc.

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<v Speaker 2>And so for days we've tried to get James Steele

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<v Speaker 2>on with gold moving up, getting near twenty four hundred

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<v Speaker 2>dollars an ounce. And of course every analysis, every article

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<v Speaker 2>has to begin with China. Here is James Steele on

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<v Speaker 2>China's buying of gold.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a default play. In the case of China specifically,

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<v Speaker 3>the property markets have been very weak, the equity markets

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<v Speaker 3>have been very weak, and this narrows the universe that investors,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, big and small, are likely to look for,

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<v Speaker 3>and gold is a great safe haven. Now we're seeing

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<v Speaker 3>the same thing abroad, but the equity and property markets

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<v Speaker 3>haven't fallen abroad. And in the case of Western markets,

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<v Speaker 3>I think what we've seen is asset managers, portfolio managers

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<v Speaker 3>and the like have recognized that equities are very high.

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<v Speaker 3>They have no choice in many cases, but to be

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<v Speaker 3>in the equity markets, but they have a choice about

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<v Speaker 3>how they hedge.

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<v Speaker 2>James Steel there of HSBC really informative conversation. Look for

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<v Speaker 2>that the entire conversation Bloomberg podcast. What's important here is

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<v Speaker 2>how we treat commodities. They're an odd duck. They've always

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<v Speaker 2>been in our heritages to talk to Global Wall Street

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<v Speaker 2>about it. Francisco Blanche, Bank of America, Jeff Curry, ex

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<v Speaker 2>Gulb and Sex moving on from City Group to Hallmark.

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<v Speaker 2>But the bottom line is we're always trying to talk

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<v Speaker 2>to interesting people. And some can be like gold, what's

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<v Speaker 2>it gonna do? And others can be saying ConA Hake

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<v Speaker 2>at ed and f who was on the other day,

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<v Speaker 2>And ConA Hake is encyclopedic about the softs like cocoa

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<v Speaker 2>and that. So that's how we're approaching commodities here. Haven't

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<v Speaker 2>talked much about copper. Eric, we gotta we gotta do copper.

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<v Speaker 2>We mean, doctor copper, we gotta we do that as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it's interesting here that we tackle the commodities.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes a commodity is thrown at us. I almost slipped

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<v Speaker 2>when Jave Blass said to me, Tom oil and I said,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, Brent West Texas. He said no. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>the moonshot which you've seen in Aisle seven at your

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<v Speaker 2>grocery store, which is olive oil. Jave Bloss has been

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<v Speaker 2>lights out about this, and of course it's hilarious about

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<v Speaker 2>his election that you can only have Spanish olive oil.

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea the differences, but actually read about it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I guess there's some justification to it. Here is

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<v Speaker 2>a surveillance extra version correspondent, the giant of hydrocarbons, Javier

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<v Speaker 2>blasts and Spanish olive oil demand.

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<v Speaker 1>Olive oil from a space is always going to be

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<v Speaker 1>booming is excellent. I'm a bit biased, but it is excellent.

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<v Speaker 1>Our prices, yes, couldn't used for connoisterers of olive oil

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<v Speaker 1>that enjoy not only the Spanish one, but Portuguese, Italian

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<v Speaker 1>and other origins. Prices that are starting to calm down.

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<v Speaker 1>Has been raining quite of southern Europe. The expectation is

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<v Speaker 1>that the next club would be better. So prices are

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<v Speaker 1>Wholesale prices are down twenty percent since the peak in January.

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<v Speaker 1>We have get to see these translated into retail prices,

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<v Speaker 1>but it will come.

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<v Speaker 2>We try to be polite there. What happens afterwards Pharaoh

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<v Speaker 2>got upset? Is it goes after Italian olive oil. I

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<v Speaker 2>have no idea, Folks, if you want to email me,

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<v Speaker 2>in it out on YouTube live chat, explain to me

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<v Speaker 2>which olive oil you prefer. One day we had a

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<v Speaker 2>bottle of morocc At olive oil. I couldn't. I just

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't tell the difference. That's all there is to it.

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