1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: This is Bloomberg surveillance. My assessment of appropriate monetary policy 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: is that given the economy and what we're looking at, 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: it would be two rate heights. This year catches a 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: legitimate epic class. It insulates you from the client to 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: the capitol to markets. Both bombs and stock deep values 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: something no one else wants to buy. Value. You can 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: at least explain deep value. There's no sane person that 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: would buy that investment. You're talking about Bloomberg surveillance, your 9 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: link to the world of economics, finance, and investment on 10 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio. Good morning, Michael McKee along with Tom Keene. 11 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: It is seven am on Wall Street and in Pittsburgh, 12 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: where Alcoa is licking its wounds this morning. The stock 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: down after a revenue shortfall and outlook cut call off 14 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: four point two percent. Right now, Despite that disappointing start 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: to the SMP five earning season, SMP futures are higher 16 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: this morning, as our stocks pretty much around the world. 17 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: US free years right now show s and p up 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: about eight points four tents of eight percent down. Evening 19 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: features are up three tents forty six points, and as 20 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: that one mini features are up four tenths right now, 21 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: eighteen points on the day, bondalorer yields rising, the ten 22 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: year note yield at one point seven six percent, the 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: five year at one point one nine seventy two basis 24 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: points for your two year note. The d X Y 25 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: dollar index breaks through ninety four. It is at ninety 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: three eight ninety six, continues to weaken. Europe started earning 27 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: season on a down note. LVMH reporting uh, disappointing earnings 28 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: for the for the first quarter, and uh we are 29 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: following them as well. Their shares right now are down 30 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: by two and a half percent. We'll call it. However, Nonetheless, 31 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: European stocks higher, as the stock six hundred is up 32 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: by a point three tents of eight percent, the docks 33 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: up by two points right now. No DAX is up 34 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: by forty seven I'm sorry, half a percent. It's the 35 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: Footsie up by two points, and the CAC forty is 36 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: up by ten points. The euro is trading at one 37 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: point one four one three, and the end is again 38 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: the story, this time not because it's weekend strengthening. It 39 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: is weakening first time in seven days one O eight 40 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: thirty three, down by four tenths of a percent. As 41 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: we mentioned the euro at one one four, one three. 42 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: We're also watching oil prices. That is something that is 43 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: also affecting equities. West Texas Intermediate sixty four up seven 44 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: tenths and Brent crude seven up one point oh three. 45 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: Most commodities hired today, a third day of increases for 46 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: the Bloomberg Commodity Index. Jeff Curry is head of Commodities 47 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: research at Goldman sachs Uh. Jeff, we've seen commodities bounced 48 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: a couple of times in recent months, none sticks, So 49 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: what's happening now just another short term move or are 50 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: we finally seeing oil putting at the bottom and maybe 51 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: that pushing other commodities a little bit higher. Well. Actually, 52 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: one of the thing I think that's interesting in the 53 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: commodity space is this return and dispersion across the commodity markets. 54 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: Copper didn't go with oil this last week, which I 55 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: think is an important indication that these markets are no 56 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: longer pricing off of demand fears like they were during 57 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: the most of the first quarter, and that created that 58 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: correlation with the broader financial markets. But they're now pricing 59 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: their idiosyncratic supply stories. And so when we think about 60 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: what was going on oil. There was a focus on 61 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: the Doha meeting coming up this weekend, which we don't 62 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: think it's going to materialize into any significant shift in fundamentals, 63 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: which is why we think there's downside risk going into 64 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: this weekend. But we think copper copper is pricing a 65 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: much weaker longer term supply story, which was why it 66 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: lagged the rest of the commodity complex. I think the 67 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: key point here is we're, you know, a reversion to 68 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: dispersion and the focus is back on the idiosyncratic supply stories. 69 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: I like the oderation there in the rhyme. Uh, you 70 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: don't think we're going to get anything out of the 71 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: Doha meeting on the seventeenth, But we really didn't get 72 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: anything out of the initial agreement to have a production 73 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: freeze as they called it, and that put a floor 74 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: under oil prices. So will that at least hold even 75 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: if we don't get significant gains. Well, when we think 76 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: about the the impact that the market is likely to 77 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: um have relative to the any type of what's called 78 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 1: a soft agreement that comes out of there, that's not 79 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: as important as when we look at the current supply 80 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 1: disruptions in oil they're supporting the market. You have a 81 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: disruption in Nigeria, one in um Kurdistan, another one in Venezuela, 82 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: on top of maintenance in the North Sea as well 83 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: as the Arab Gulf. You put it all together, there's 84 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: real reasons why this market is tighter right now, which 85 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: is reflected in the term structure of Brent. However, when 86 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: we look further out, we think once these transient factors 87 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: are resolved, production comes up. In Opec alone, we think 88 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: it's five hundred thousand barrels a day. You've pushed the 89 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: market back into a surplus until we begin to see 90 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: what I think is the real balancing factor, US supply 91 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: coming up to balance the market and third quarter and 92 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: Jeff Curry with this with Golden Sex throw to have 93 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: him in Bloomberg savannahs. This warning brought you by Investco 94 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: explore what high conviction investing means to investcos value equity managers. 95 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: Watch the conversation at investco dot com slash interactive. Jeff, 96 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: I haven't looked at copper in a while, and I 97 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: just looked at inflation adjusted copper and basically it's back there. 98 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be polite and it maybe eight valuations. How 99 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: to copper minds work, I mean we meant Mike mentioned alcola. 100 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: My my experiences, copper doesn't move very quickly. When you 101 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: build a mind, you keep the mind going. Are they 102 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: shutting down? No, it's supply shifts in copper are very 103 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: structural as referred to doing to the shutdown costs. In fact, 104 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: we have a million metric tons of Peruvian supply that's 105 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: likely to come online over the next several years. That's 106 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: going to continue to pressure this market lower. But I 107 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: think going to your point about where we are in 108 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: terms of the prices relative to the nineteen nineties, the 109 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: key is the eighties and nineties are what we call 110 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: an exploitation phase off the back of the seventies, which 111 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: were in investment phase. The two thousands, we invested a 112 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 1: lot in mind capacity. Now we're going to reap the 113 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: benefits of it through lower prices. So the money question 114 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: is does oil rather you know, as a generalization, does 115 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: oil catch up with copper? And the answer is your 116 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: terminal value is fifty five dollars, but you've got to 117 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: wait to that. Well, I think the answer your question 118 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: does oil catch up with copper? Does copper catch up 119 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: with oil. We would say that copper is going to 120 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: catch up with oil to the downside, and that's why 121 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: we have a target of four thousand dollars a ton 122 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: twelve to eighteen months out. But I think the key 123 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: there is it's it's a a stronger dollar. Lower oil 124 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: prices reduced the cost of producing base metals, particularly copper. 125 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: What's the demand for base medals going forward? That's obviously 126 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: gonna be a key part of this. China is a 127 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: real focus right now. To two numbers that came out 128 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:14,119 Speaker 1: that created a positive sentiment. One was the credit number 129 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: that came out in January. Was massive, but we think 130 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: that's going to be targeted at reducing the inventory of 131 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: homes to push up home prices, not leading to new starts, 132 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: which would ultimately boost metal demand going forward. The second 133 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: data point that came out was the very strong p 134 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: m I that was fifty point two, that showed an 135 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: expansion of the manufact factoring, or what we'd like to 136 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: call the old economy of China. Now that that did 137 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: help boost steel prices and iron ore prices, but I 138 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: think the key point there is copper actually really looked 139 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: through it this time over the course of the last 140 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: several weeks. When I look at all this and I 141 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: look at something esoteric, can you do other things besides oil? Oil, oil, 142 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: ten or or you know things? I can't even think 143 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 1: about it? And oil? Is it a normal? Mark it 144 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: right now? If you were to go to a conference 145 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: in London of miners, what's the level of panic. It's 146 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: not as high as it was let's say a year 147 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: and a half ago. And I think about the medals 148 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: and miners. They're much further in this process than the 149 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: energy companies. They've taken significant rite downs, capital restruct sharing, 150 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: management restructuring, and they're already the goog assets. When does 151 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: oil clearly market because we're you know, a year ago, 152 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: it was like spring of two thousand sixteen. We're here 153 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: and they're not right right. And I think the ability 154 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: for the energy producers to hang on longer is a 155 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: function of what the financial markets are providing them with 156 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: the ability to issue equity, restructure their debt. Is buying 157 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: them a lifeline to extend this process. I in fact, 158 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: historically we have never seen oil prices come off this far, 159 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: this sharply without seeing a production response of a significant magnitude, 160 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: and I think one of the key reasons for that 161 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: there's more risk sharing arrangements available to these producers and ever, 162 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: but also money's cheer. I mean that's got a huge difference, 163 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: without question on a real rate basis. Is this uh 164 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: keep the e U S production in the game, as 165 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: it were, um and enable make it more difficult to 166 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: find a balanced price. I think it absolutely hasn't. I 167 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: like to say, not only was the shale revolution and 168 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: technological revolution, but was also a financial revolution. We had 169 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: the development of energy high yield markets, the ability to 170 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: access these equity markets, development of deep in liquid commodity markets. 171 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: Always to lay off risk to be able to continue 172 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: to maintain production in relatively adverse conditions, and I think 173 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: that's one of the key reasons when you look at 174 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: US production it's still hanging in there. I'm close to 175 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: nine point one million barrels a day. Let's come back, 176 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Curry where this is we look at commodities dynamics. 177 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: We'll take a bigger view here, maybe talk about Brazil 178 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: as well, and of course the I AM of meetings 179 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: UM I started doing Mike Maurice sobs felt, we'll speak 180 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: the morning, this morning? Is it this morning or tomorrow today? 181 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 1: The World Economic Outlook the Blue Book, They're likely reduce 182 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: their forecast for global growth. I'm not sure that will 183 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: surprise anybody, given how much Madame Lagarde has been talking 184 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: in reason. Does anybody read the Outlook? I love the Appendaees, 185 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: they don't read the Outlook, but they're they're in the 186 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: UH in the essays that are written than accompany it 187 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: in the other book. UH. They make some interesting points, 188 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: usually so that people do read. I agree the essays 189 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: are are really really valuable across the Blue Book, the 190 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: Green Book. I call it the marooner brown Book. And 191 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe it's a right vote. Imagine that 192 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 1: if you're waiting for the I m F to tell 193 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: you what growth is going to be, you're too late 194 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: to trade on it. That may be true. 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On Bloomberg sn P 230 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: eveny futures have five and a half points, and now 231 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: eveny futures of thirty and NASDAC eveny futures up twelve. 232 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 1: The decks in Germany's up three tenths per set ten, 233 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: Your treasury down nine thirties seconds, the yield one point 234 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 1: seven five percent yield on the two year points seven 235 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: two percent. Non x screwed oil up six tenths per cent, 236 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: or twenty two cents to forty dollars fifty eight cents 237 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: of barrel, and Comex's gold is up about a tenth 238 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: of upper center one dollar to twelve fifty nine and 239 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: ounce the euro and dollar fourteen oh three the end 240 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: one oh eight point three zero. That's a bloomberg business flash, 241 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: Tom and Mike Karen I think so much. Jeffrey Curry 242 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: with us. We've had a wide ranging discussion again to 243 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: review volatility around the lower for longer attitude fifty five 244 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 1: dollar terminal value on Brent and the idea that maybe 245 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: the tendency there is lower. I want to rip up 246 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: the script right now. We need a clinic away from 247 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: the politics of Brazil. On the commodities of Brazil. I 248 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: think it's ugly. How ugly is it? Well, they've got 249 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: two problems. Um, some of the production is still relatively 250 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: high cost on the energy side because it is altered 251 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: deep water iron ore. They're safe. They got relatively low 252 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: costs there um. And then they also have a capital 253 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: structure problem, particularly in the form of what's going on 254 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: with petrobrass I like to point out it is the 255 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: largest non financial corporate debt issuer in the world, hundred 256 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: seven billion dollars, a debt that's gonna have to be resolved. 257 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: How do they clear that? That was my next question. 258 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean it's a big number. You know 259 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: what better than me the world. The basis, what are 260 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: they're waiting for to begin the process of clearing. I think, well, 261 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: one trade that the macro community has on right now 262 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: is essentially UM long petrol braw short the sovereign, thinking 263 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: that the sovereign's gonna end up absorbing this and resolving 264 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: the problem that way. But I think the key is 265 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: to think about it in the context of the broader 266 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: corporate community. UM we have yet to see a substantial 267 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: restructure and why is that. It's because the financial markets 268 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: are allowing them to continue on in the current environment. 269 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: They're now getting more stricter. But I think the key there, 270 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: whether it's petro brass or or corporate energy companies, even 271 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: in the United States, the ability for the financial markets 272 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: to continue this process into this price decline is far 273 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: greater than we've ever seen before. Interestingly, it doesn't matter 274 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: whose president of Brazil, they can't do a thing about 275 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: the weather, and much of their commodity production depends on 276 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: the weather and it's been influenced by El Nino, as 277 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: have UH soft commodities around the world. Where are we 278 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: with that and the impact on those commodities as I 279 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: understand it, even though the El Nino is fading, the 280 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: impact maybe still rising. Actually, I think the bigger story 281 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: in the soft commodities is what's happening to the cost 282 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: bases UM. A combination of lower energy prices and stronger 283 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: dollar is leading to significant increases in planning of high 284 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: energy intensive crops such as corn. We saw that UM 285 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: in the US with the planning report that just came out. UM. 286 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: Also the view is that places like Argentina are going 287 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: to kick it up. So places where you have a 288 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: devaluation of the local currency energy intensive crops, those are 289 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: the ones that you're really seeing the focus on expanding production. 290 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: And and how long does the impact last? I mean, 291 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: when can we say NEOs out of the markets or 292 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: because of the change in in crops, is it gonna 293 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: be years? Well, I think the way the way you've 294 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: started is it leads to a high level of volatility. 295 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: And the one thing we can show is there's a 296 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: correlation between el ninos and volatility and yields, both to 297 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: the upside as well as to the downside. And when 298 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: we think about that ability to have some type of persistence, UM, 299 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: it's just really not I'm not gonna put this chart out. 300 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: I got an updated the charts from a million years ago. 301 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: I just looked at inflation adjusted corn. I mean, that's 302 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: an ugly picture for American agriculture. Is that lower for longer? 303 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: When we look at the commodity markets, they're all on 304 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: the that's called the supercycle, where you have the investment 305 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: phase followed by the exploitation phase. We think about why 306 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: our corn prices lower, UM, A lot of it has 307 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: to do with the lower energy prices. Not only are 308 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: oil prices low, but think about what's the correlation. What's 309 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,640 Speaker 1: that sequential correlation? Cheap oil farmers their costs come down. 310 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: But when we think about agriculture, UM commodities, and if 311 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: you were to put them all in mm B t 312 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: u UM. You know historically UM take wheat and corn, 313 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 1: they trade somewhere in that twelve or thirteen dollars in 314 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: m m B t U oil UM somewhere around that 315 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: you know, four to five dollars in m m T 316 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: B t U, while you got gas sitting somewhere around 317 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: two dollars. So the time when you see the high 318 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: correlation is when those energy prices can push up to 319 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: that twelve and thirteen dollar mmb t rangel, which is 320 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: what we saw most of the last decade um. However, 321 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: in the current environment, those correlations have dropped. Considered one 322 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: of the great humbling moments for me was the expert 323 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: at the United Nations in Rome on Rice went completely 324 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 1: against the hysteria on commodities, and he was correct six 325 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: months a year later, Well, let me ask you about 326 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: hysteria and commodities. We saw today the British report higher 327 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: than forecast inflation. We've had that in the last couple 328 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: of months in the US with the CPI and p 329 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 1: p I. I just looked for the first time in 330 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: a while at the Journal of Commerce c c r 331 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: I Industrial Price Index. These are not commodities that are 332 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: necessarily traded in the markets or in the futures pits, 333 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: but it's the stuff that companies have to buy to 334 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,239 Speaker 1: make the products that they sell to us, and it 335 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: has grown up significantly over the last six months, it's 336 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: like at a six month high. Uh. Are we beginning 337 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: to see some inflation pressures from commodities for all materials? Well, 338 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: I think there's two dynamics going here, and you can 339 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 1: see it in core and headline. The core inflation has 340 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: been rising recently, which means you do have a feedback 341 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: into the broader commicy. But thinking about commodity, he's more specific. Specifically, 342 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: we argue you you are in what we call the 343 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: inflection phase of this commodity cycle, when we're carving out 344 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 1: of bottom across all these different commodities, which means we 345 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: just think about month over over month or year over 346 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: year inflationary pressures from commodity prices. The lows are likely 347 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: behind us, and now they're going to be more inflationary 348 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: than they are a deflationary. Jeff Curry, thank you so 349 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,959 Speaker 1: much for bringing up the inflection face. Mike, did you 350 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: know that the Boston Red Socks are in the inflection phase? 351 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: We're playing five baseball Big Poppy. The home opener yesterday 352 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: drew just about every sports or showed up. Did you 353 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: see this and Bill Russell? Yes, they as they pay 354 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: tribute to David Ortiz as he begins his last season. 355 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: The Coolest Ghost Daughter singing the National and he very 356 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,880 Speaker 1: very moved to tears. He lost it. Jeff Curry, thank 357 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: you so much. With Goldman Sacks, we will continue Julia's 358 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: Wine on Cuba. 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