WEBVTT - FTX, CPI, ETFs, and Real Estate (Podcast)

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Bloomberg Markets Podcast. I'm Paul Sweeney, alongside

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<v Speaker 1>my co host Matt Miller. Every business day we bring

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<v Speaker 1>at Bloomberg dot com slash podcast and looking at big

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<v Speaker 1>point up twelve and a half percent here seventeen thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred hours per token. But let's face in, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>the crypto spaces facing existential crisis. I would say, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>Samuel Bankman Freed SPF to the kids is the FDx

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<v Speaker 1>cryptocurrency to Rivers Exchange CEO and co founder. They've got

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<v Speaker 1>some real problems there, as does some related businesses there.

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<v Speaker 1>We need to roundtable this discussion with people that actually

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<v Speaker 1>report this on a daily basis, cover from a research perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>Mike mcglogan, senior commodity strategist with Bloomberg Intelligence. He's really

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<v Speaker 1>been our crypto crypto go to from b I and

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<v Speaker 1>Katie Greifeld, cross asset reporter with Bloomberg News, joins us, Hey, Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>you know you've seen booms and bus across a wide

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<v Speaker 1>range of securities and commodities. Is this a Lehman moment

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<v Speaker 1>for the crypto space in your learning opinion? Oh yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I do think so. Was quite the shock they have.

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<v Speaker 1>This happened with Sam Bank and Free and ft X.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they were He was the stud of the

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<v Speaker 1>play industry. Everybody loved him. He was great, He had

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<v Speaker 1>some great conferences everything. This is a big shocker. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>The question is now where do we go from here?

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<v Speaker 1>And I think what we're going to do is, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to get through this. The the technology is

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<v Speaker 1>still very valid, but it's going to come when we

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<v Speaker 1>do finally break out to back to the enduring trends

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<v Speaker 1>can probably come from a lower plateau. So I'm looking

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<v Speaker 1>at bitcoin now, is now we know pretty significant resistance

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<v Speaker 1>is twenty thou good supports ten thousand. But the key

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<v Speaker 1>thing to point out is a Serriums holding a thousand

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<v Speaker 1>dollars support. Just put that in context. At the end

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<v Speaker 1>of two thousand, it was I think, you know, discussion

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<v Speaker 1>about bitcoin or ethereum as an asset class. That's not

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<v Speaker 1>what this is really a about. Right after Lehman Brothers,

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<v Speaker 1>you wouldn't have said the dollar is a horrible fiat currency.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't about that. It was about what Dick Fold

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<v Speaker 1>did and the decisions made at the bank. This is

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<v Speaker 1>about what Sam Bankman, Sam Bankman, Freed did and the

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<v Speaker 1>decisions he made f t X and al Mada a

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<v Speaker 1>kind of lack of transparency there. What do you think happened, Mike?

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<v Speaker 1>What did SPF do that left a four to eight

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollar hole that he can't pay back? Got overshoes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a very young person. But how did he take

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<v Speaker 1>customer money from f t X and then gamble it

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<v Speaker 1>on at Almeida. Well, there's a lot of acculation accusations

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<v Speaker 1>that that happened. Exactly what happened within that company, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really know, I mean, but that's what I hear.

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<v Speaker 1>He came out today on Twitter and he's apologized, so

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<v Speaker 1>he's kind of been meeting errors here at least finally,

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<v Speaker 1>so we can kind of, you know, move forward from that.

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<v Speaker 1>But if I was exactly what he did a similar things,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we've had a lot of space. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>that classic human nature of greed. When you cry, I

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<v Speaker 1>it reminds me of what happened with Japan when they

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<v Speaker 1>collapsed Native was that cross acid. But those are real equities.

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<v Speaker 1>They are across the holding of tokens, which only have

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<v Speaker 1>value if someone's willing to buy them. Where do you

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<v Speaker 1>think Where do you think this story goes next? Katie?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it was Sam Bankman Freed with the space

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<v Speaker 1>kind of what what do you guys on the reporting

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<v Speaker 1>side thinking about, Oh my gosh, well, I'll sell you

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<v Speaker 1>on the reporting side. It's a little bit busy right now,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think I will bring it back to the

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<v Speaker 1>conversation we had with Nick Carter of Cowtil Adventures yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>The immediate news, of course, is what's happening with f

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<v Speaker 1>t X? Are they hurtling towards bankruptcy? What is going

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<v Speaker 1>to happen with Sam BigMan Freed? But you've got to

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<v Speaker 1>look for the fallout because no matter doesn't f t

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<v Speaker 1>X bankruptcy a foregone conclusion? Well, V don't. We haven't

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<v Speaker 1>gotten the headline, we haven't gotten the filowing, so we

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<v Speaker 1>can't say that yet, right, But is there anyone? So

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<v Speaker 1>c Z and Byance have said they're not going to

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<v Speaker 1>rescue him. Sequoia wrote down there um investments, so they're

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<v Speaker 1>clear not going to do it. Soft Bank has made

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<v Speaker 1>some pretty horrible investment decisions, so maybe soft Bank will

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<v Speaker 1>go in there and throw good money after bad. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we know that Sam BigMan Fried is trying. He said

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<v Speaker 1>that he's going to quote give anything for capital, So

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<v Speaker 1>maybe someone comes out of the woodwork who were not expecting,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe someone from the trad five space. But to your point,

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<v Speaker 1>with four billion dollars, four billion dollars, I know that's

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<v Speaker 1>those are some big bucks there. But beyond what is

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<v Speaker 1>happening with ft X, the chaos that's happening that, I

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<v Speaker 1>think you need to look at the lenders like Nick

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<v Speaker 1>Carter totalist. If Alameda Research, like Sam Bankman Fried said today,

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<v Speaker 1>is really winding down trading, Alameda was, you know, really

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<v Speaker 1>involved with a lot of the lenders that are still

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<v Speaker 1>left in the space. So that's where I would look.

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<v Speaker 1>If you look at the coin level, I know that

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<v Speaker 1>every single coin is rallying today, but you look at

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<v Speaker 1>something like Salana, it's up thirty seven percent right now,

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<v Speaker 1>that seems a little bit hairy when you think about

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<v Speaker 1>what big backing that that blockchain got from Alameda, that

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<v Speaker 1>it got from Sam Bankman Freed. I know there was

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<v Speaker 1>a CPI per but I don't know. And you think

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<v Speaker 1>the rally and and Mike, by the way, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you think, because Katie thinks the big rally and crypto

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<v Speaker 1>really is about the CPI print and the huge rally

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<v Speaker 1>in stocks. Okay, but it's kind of ironic. Finally we

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<v Speaker 1>got a CPI number we can expect, which my colleague

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<v Speaker 1>will have been nailed expected. But the key thing is

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<v Speaker 1>why is it weaker and expected? I published on this

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<v Speaker 1>deflation numbers coming out of China because we're heading towards recession.

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<v Speaker 1>The market just hasn't figured out yet. You look at

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<v Speaker 1>the forward curve FED funds a year from now, they

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<v Speaker 1>dropped twenty five basis points obviously two or no. Two.

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<v Speaker 1>But to me, this is what the part of we

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<v Speaker 1>should expect CPI inflation dums will start being weaker and

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<v Speaker 1>expect because my colleague on along and b I it's

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<v Speaker 1>predicting a hundred percent chance or models recession next year

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<v Speaker 1>and then we start tilting over. But this is the

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<v Speaker 1>whole tie. Now, this is chance that seems like a

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous call. Same person called a five percent you know

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<v Speaker 1>fed funds, right, you know? Okay, it was clearly going.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we all kind of knew that we did

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<v Speaker 1>and that was way out of I would say, six,

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<v Speaker 1>but calling for a chance of something happening next year

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<v Speaker 1>other than the sun coming up. All right, this is

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<v Speaker 1>this is Mike, We're gonna have to leave it. Then

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna come back. We'll do that later. Mike mcglowan,

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<v Speaker 1>Senior Commodity Strategies from Bloomberg Intelligence. Katie Greifeld Cross Asset Reporter,

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<v Speaker 1>and Matt You've got a show on this stuff, right,

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<v Speaker 1>It's a special, an hour long special today at one

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<v Speaker 1>pm Thursday afternoon, six pm in London, will tell you

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<v Speaker 1>all about what's going on with f t X and

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<v Speaker 1>al Maida markets. Definitely moving on this a CPI print.

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<v Speaker 1>We want to check in with Christian Chan. He's the

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<v Speaker 1>chief investment officer at Asset Mark. Uh. Christian, you see

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<v Speaker 1>the collect that you see the moves in equity markets

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<v Speaker 1>and the fixed income markets today, what does that tell

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<v Speaker 1>you about kind of where this market is in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of you know, expectations pent up, the meaning for a pivot,

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for a pivot? I mean, how do you interpret

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<v Speaker 1>today's data? Egg Good morning a body, Uh yeah, really

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<v Speaker 1>great inflation number. I think all around, if you can

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<v Speaker 1>consider seven point seven percent year on year growth in

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<v Speaker 1>prices as as a good print. UM. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>what everybody is cheering for is that it looks like

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<v Speaker 1>we're finally on the downside of this slope here. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>The core number even fell a bit, so I think

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<v Speaker 1>better than certainly expectations. And when we look across the

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<v Speaker 1>breadth of prices, UM pretty good in terms of UM

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<v Speaker 1>all of the components of CPI that fell, um, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's really just shelter that was you know, still contributing

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<v Speaker 1>to a you know, the pretty good price increase. But

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<v Speaker 1>I think that, as we all know, takes a while

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<v Speaker 1>to percolate through the you know, through the CPI numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>So from the market's perspective, yeah, I think you know.

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<v Speaker 1>The way I think about this is, yes, it's good news, um,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly with I think what was feared, and I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of think of the CPI number as the same way

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<v Speaker 1>we thought about earnings really over the last couple of quarters,

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<v Speaker 1>which is better than fear. Let let me just run

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<v Speaker 1>through the numbers quickly for our listeners so they know

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<v Speaker 1>what we got at eight thirty this morning, so about

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<v Speaker 1>two hours ago, we got the headline number at seven

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<v Speaker 1>point seven percent. It's still as shockingly high inflation as

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<v Speaker 1>I was saying before. It's still um a very big number,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's the lowest that we've gotten this year. And

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<v Speaker 1>we were looking for seven point nine percent, and the

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<v Speaker 1>previous print was eight point two percent, So seven point

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<v Speaker 1>seven makes us feel good. The core was up, or

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<v Speaker 1>at least cp I excluding food and energy was up

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<v Speaker 1>month over month zero point three percent. Um we were

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<v Speaker 1>we were looking for zero point five percent, though, so

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<v Speaker 1>it's much better than that, and we're down from zero

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<v Speaker 1>point six percent, so we're still looking at serious inflation. Christian,

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned the rent component, and this is something that

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people have been talking about. Obviously, people

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<v Speaker 1>don't sign new rental contracts every month, so you know

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<v Speaker 1>those effects take a year to play out. Is this

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<v Speaker 1>why you know the market is optimistic about a seven

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<v Speaker 1>point seven percent number, because they don't really believe it's

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<v Speaker 1>as bad as it as it looks. Yeah, I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's exactly right. And when when I think about, you

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<v Speaker 1>know that that rental piece in particularly as you mentioned it,

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<v Speaker 1>it does take a while for for lower rents to

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<v Speaker 1>to work through into the CBI numbers, same thing with

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<v Speaker 1>the owner's equivalent rent um. But I think you're exactly right.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that we're hopefully on this, you know, down

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<v Speaker 1>slope of inflation UM. And I think about the other

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<v Speaker 1>parts of the market and what's happened, so the inflation

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<v Speaker 1>swaps UM. So I think yesterday they're trading at three

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<v Speaker 1>point four percent, so implying at three point four percent

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<v Speaker 1>inflation rate one year from today down to about two

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<v Speaker 1>point nine percent. So I think people are pricing in

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<v Speaker 1>a different not just a different level inflation, but a

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<v Speaker 1>different path in terms of the progression back down to

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<v Speaker 1>something closer to two or three percent UM in a

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<v Speaker 1>year or so. You University of Michigan expectations tomorrow morning. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, it looks like the economists that we've talked

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<v Speaker 1>to expect the one year inflation outlook to be five

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<v Speaker 1>point one percent. That's still very high. That's higher than

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<v Speaker 1>it previously was. But you know, maybe that number is

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<v Speaker 1>a beat. Um. University Michigan such a strong football team

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<v Speaker 1>this year they are. That's really worries me. A huge

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<v Speaker 1>game as high state. I'm concerned about that. But in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of the markets, Christian what do you what are

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<v Speaker 1>you expecting? Because we've really rallied up to over on

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<v Speaker 1>the SNP. You know, two weeks ago, three weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 1>we were at thirty six hundred. Are we going to

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<v Speaker 1>finish the year at these levels or even higher? I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's a that's a really distinct possibility. I think, um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, certainly, earnings have been better than I think

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<v Speaker 1>we had feared, better than a lot of folks have

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<v Speaker 1>have expected. Um. And if we continue to get good

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<v Speaker 1>prints on CPI I think we could see you know,

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<v Speaker 1>these levels hold or even trade higher. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>we'll rip, you know, well above four thousand, but um

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<v Speaker 1>and and stay there for that long. But um, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that the big macro driver today is clearly inflation.

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<v Speaker 1>And if we start to get a sensor that's under

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<v Speaker 1>control and we're pricing that properly in the marketplace, UM yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we could finally see inflation prints being a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a tail wind for both equity and bond

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<v Speaker 1>markets as opposed to, um, you know, the big headwind

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<v Speaker 1>that they've been over the last six months or so.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, Christie, you're based in Concord, California, right, yes, alright,

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<v Speaker 1>just east of San Francisco. Are you guys gonna get

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<v Speaker 1>snow up at Tahoe this this this winter, that's what

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<v Speaker 1>we're hoping for. I don't know that we have much yet,

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<v Speaker 1>but uh yeah, we're all hoping for a good skies

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<v Speaker 1>and that's for sure. I love tom It's a great

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<v Speaker 1>place to ski up there. Squaw Valley, you know that's

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<v Speaker 1>my favor I love well. I love the movie Hot Dog.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got to be a certain age to even remember

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<v Speaker 1>that movie, but that was based at Squaw Valley. That's

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<v Speaker 1>some good stuff up there. We're all basically we're hoping

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<v Speaker 1>for a mild winter for continental Europe, but we want

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<v Speaker 1>as much snow as possible in the Alba Stand in

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<v Speaker 1>the Rockies, exactly out of the Sierra Nevada. Christian Chan,

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<v Speaker 1>CEO of a st Market, joins us, we've got the

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<v Speaker 1>infestrates pulling back today, but we think about the mortgage

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<v Speaker 1>rates out there, they've searched the north of seven percent.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Matt might have locked in something like three

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<v Speaker 1>and a quarter percent when he bought his house recently.

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<v Speaker 1>So a big, big move up in reinfest rates really

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<v Speaker 1>impacting the real estate business. So the Federal Reserve is

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<v Speaker 1>certainly haven't an impact there. We want to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the commercial real estate business and for that we checked

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<v Speaker 1>on the Hassam Naji, President and CEO of Marcus and Millichap,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a New York Soaker change traded company. M

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<v Speaker 1>m I is the symboliscott of market capitalization about one

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<v Speaker 1>point four billion dollars. Hassan, thanks so much for joining

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<v Speaker 1>us here, so talk to us about the state of

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<v Speaker 1>the commercial real estate business. We've seen the residential business

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<v Speaker 1>are to roll over here with the higher rates. What

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<v Speaker 1>are we seeing in your commercial space? Good morning, Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for having me on the program. Very similar to the

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<v Speaker 1>trans you mentioned on the residential side of the marketplace.

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<v Speaker 1>We're seeing essentially a reaction to a shock delivered by

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<v Speaker 1>the rapid and steep interest or increases. Therefore, pricing is challenged,

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<v Speaker 1>maturing loans that now need to be refinanced are challenged,

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<v Speaker 1>and the market is just recalibrating to try and figure

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<v Speaker 1>out what the actual valuations on each asset should be

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<v Speaker 1>because of the cost of debt. Debt is a very

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<v Speaker 1>big component of commercial real estate transactions, especially among private investors,

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<v Speaker 1>which make up the vast majority of transactions and ownership

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the US. So when rates go up two d

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty basis points, it does make a very big

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<v Speaker 1>difference on the valuation component. The second part of we're

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<v Speaker 1>seeing this especially if um, a lot of businesses feel

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<v Speaker 1>like they can just act half of their office space, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, if you have so many employees working from

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<v Speaker 1>home and it looks like that's no longer just a

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<v Speaker 1>pandemic thing for at least a significant portion of your workforce,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to stay that way. You just don't need

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<v Speaker 1>as much room, do you. On the office side of

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<v Speaker 1>the equation, You're absolutely right. There is a reduction of

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<v Speaker 1>footprint that is created by the hybrid workplace that is

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<v Speaker 1>here to stay. We really do believe that, most of

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<v Speaker 1>our clients believe that. But it's also to some extent

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<v Speaker 1>overstated in that even I mean here right here in

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<v Speaker 1>New York today and you're seeing people come back into

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<v Speaker 1>the city office occupancies probably half of what it was

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<v Speaker 1>pre pandemic, and it will probably take two or three

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<v Speaker 1>more years for it to become more normal, if you will.

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<v Speaker 1>But you're bringing up a great point. Valuations for office

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<v Speaker 1>under are under the most pressure. Valuations for apartments and

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<v Speaker 1>uh Indu streel which were the lowest yields because there

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<v Speaker 1>were the darling of the industry, are very challenged because

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<v Speaker 1>the higher interest rates are challenging those yields a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more than say shopping centers, which were trading already trading

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<v Speaker 1>at a higher yield. Therefore they had some room to

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<v Speaker 1>absorb the interest rate shock. But the good news all

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<v Speaker 1>around commercial real state, with the exception of office, is

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<v Speaker 1>that supply and demand or in grade shape vacancies were

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<v Speaker 1>at all time low. There's not been an overbuilding cycle,

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<v Speaker 1>and there hasn't been an over leveraging cycle like we

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<v Speaker 1>had an eight o nine where the basically the credit

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<v Speaker 1>markets collapsed. We don't see any of that happening, but

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<v Speaker 1>I can tell you live from mine interactions, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>there's a shock factor on the interest rate side. What

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<v Speaker 1>about the stores we used to have on this block.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know where you are in New York right now,

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<v Speaker 1>but you should come over on this block. We used

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<v Speaker 1>to have a container store. There was an H and M.

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<v Speaker 1>There was Jay Crew Ah, there was a Victorious secret Um.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, all of those places are not only gone,

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<v Speaker 1>but nothing has filled them in yet. They're still just

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<v Speaker 1>sitting here empty in one of Dare I say, the

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<v Speaker 1>nicest buildings in midtown Manhattan on a block that used

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<v Speaker 1>to be you know, I mean we're across street from

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<v Speaker 1>blooming Tail's right, Matt to your point, Urban retail and

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<v Speaker 1>older shopping centers in the suburbs that don't really have

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<v Speaker 1>a sustainable anchor tenant anymore, or the hardest hit among

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<v Speaker 1>retail that will take a long time to come back.

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<v Speaker 1>If they come back. Some of those older shopping centers

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<v Speaker 1>are being reimagined and really acquired for reuse, which is

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<v Speaker 1>the reinvention of retail. But I'll tell you our core

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<v Speaker 1>neighborhood shopping center clients and even the strip centers that

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<v Speaker 1>are more in the path of traffic outside of core

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<v Speaker 1>urban areas, are they come back? It? Uh. Those shopping centers,

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<v Speaker 1>because they're tied to restaurants, fitness and entertainment, which is

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<v Speaker 1>back in full force, are doing very well. Um. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're leading in terms of the sales trans for

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<v Speaker 1>a third quarter versus all the property types. So the

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<v Speaker 1>real estate is always changing. That's the one thing to remember.

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<v Speaker 1>So if if I'm a commercial real estate investor, is

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<v Speaker 1>it as simple as going along the Nashville's, the Austin's,

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<v Speaker 1>the Miami's, the world and you know, maybe not so

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<v Speaker 1>much some of the northern cities, the higher tax cities.

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<v Speaker 1>Is as simple as that. You know, they follow the demographics.

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<v Speaker 1>And the sun Belt is a winner Florida, Texas, some

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<v Speaker 1>of the markets you mentioned, uh in the Northwest. I

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<v Speaker 1>think Seattle is an incredibly strong market with great demographics.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're absolutely right. Those are the growth markets, follow

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<v Speaker 1>the growth. But I also have to say that some

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<v Speaker 1>of the urbier markets San Francisco, Bay Area in southern California,

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<v Speaker 1>New York, not so much Chicago. Yet those core markets

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<v Speaker 1>where pricing is adjusted and is adjusting further, all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden become the diamond in the rough. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to think five years out, where will the recovery have

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<v Speaker 1>not just gone with the demographics, but what are some

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<v Speaker 1>of the metro's you know, left for big bruises and damage.

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<v Speaker 1>That can be the diamond and the rough investment. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a big believer in the fact that urban America will

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<v Speaker 1>come back. It will take time, but it will come back.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. I'm still hung up on the strip

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<v Speaker 1>mall success that's pretty awesome. I mean e commerce, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean some e commerce searched during the pandemic. But what

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<v Speaker 1>we're hearing for some retailers is foot traffic is coming back.

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<v Speaker 1>It is people really want that experiential retail. Every one

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<v Speaker 1>of our clients that owns the shopping center that has

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<v Speaker 1>a nice mix of restaurants, bars, in other forms of

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<v Speaker 1>entertainment and fitness, uh, you know, personal care, beauty, all

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<v Speaker 1>of those things are attracting consumers back, especially in the

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<v Speaker 1>birds rights on because people those people who are working

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<v Speaker 1>from home. You know, my wife, Um, she doesn't ever

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<v Speaker 1>have to go into the office anymore. So now instead

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<v Speaker 1>of doing pilates downtown in Manhattan, she does pilates on

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<v Speaker 1>Central Park Avenue and Scarsdale exactly. I mean, you're you're

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<v Speaker 1>you're nailing the trend right there. But I do think

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<v Speaker 1>in the next two or three quarters there will be

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<v Speaker 1>some very unique buying opportunities because values of commercial real

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<v Speaker 1>estate in general have to adjust to the higher interest rates.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the FED was behind the curve. Now they're

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<v Speaker 1>hitting the economy with the head sledge hammer. As soon

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<v Speaker 1>as we get a little relief on you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>worst of the interest rates being interested, increases being over

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<v Speaker 1>and the inflation curve starting to go the other way

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<v Speaker 1>like we saw this morning. And look at the market reaction,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna see some you know, relief rally and commercial

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<v Speaker 1>real estate too. But I do think there will be

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<v Speaker 1>some buying opportunities. Alright, good stuff, as always saw Nay,

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<v Speaker 1>president and CEO of Marcus and MILLICHEP, publicly traded real

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<v Speaker 1>estate company m m I is the ticket to put

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<v Speaker 1>into your Bloomberg terminal. They're commercial real estate. Yeah, and Matt,

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<v Speaker 1>there is actually a store going in at fifty nine

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<v Speaker 1>and Lex here in our building, so they are putting something.

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<v Speaker 1>What is it? I don't know. Oh, I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be a bank, like a bank slash lounge market.

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<v Speaker 1>Since Charlie was just reporting a moving seriously higher to

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<v Speaker 1>yes booming. You know what This kind of rally is

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<v Speaker 1>called face ripping. Face ripping rally. That's a little hard,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, but it is just ripping. It's the most

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<v Speaker 1>smps up, the most since twenty twenty. I used that

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<v Speaker 1>sense function that Lisa Brahmwoods like, we're not allowed to

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<v Speaker 1>tell listeners because you know that's an internal function. Other

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<v Speaker 1>clients don't have access to that function. Is that right?

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<v Speaker 1>Why it doesn't do anything? I don't know why, but

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<v Speaker 1>all right, yeah, alright, I use it and I'm proud

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<v Speaker 1>to use it. Right. Amanda Rebella joins us here in

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<v Speaker 1>our Bloomberg her active broker studio. She's ahead of passive

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<v Speaker 1>sales US on shore d w S group. We've determined

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<v Speaker 1>that as a Deutsche Bank group there what is chassive sales?

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<v Speaker 1>What does that mean? We we go over this but

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<v Speaker 1>I forget now, which that's okay. It's basically anything which

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<v Speaker 1>is tracking an index, so um E t S would

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<v Speaker 1>be the main thing. But also we have scope for

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<v Speaker 1>offering clients as opposed to active because there are obviously

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<v Speaker 1>e t f s with active managers. But you're just

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<v Speaker 1>looking at the passive side of But working with our

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<v Speaker 1>Steam colleagues on the active side as well, there's no

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<v Speaker 1>passive or active. You know, they make sense in the

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<v Speaker 1>portfolio together. All right, every time we talk to your man,

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<v Speaker 1>you've got new E T S force. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>get today? So today we're delighted to announce that yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>we listed on see both three new tickets smp D,

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<v Speaker 1>SMPG and smp V. These are providing exposure to E

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<v Speaker 1>s G dividend aristocrats, UM growth and also value as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And delighted to be partnering with SMP again there So, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>I love E t F s. As you may remember,

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<v Speaker 1>I have an E t F show UM that I

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<v Speaker 1>host with Katie Greifeld and Eric Balcunus, the ladder of

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<v Speaker 1>whom is a legend in the E t F space. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>what what makes you want to track these specific indexes?

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you pick um? You know, value makes sense

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<v Speaker 1>to me, dividend aristocrats, That's that's an interesting one. Why

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<v Speaker 1>why do you choose these right now? Yeah? Sure so? Um, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>first of all, Matt, you were talking about how you

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<v Speaker 1>want to pay rise. Maybe you need to think about

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<v Speaker 1>passive income in your portfolio. And so dividend strategies generally

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<v Speaker 1>have been really interesting. This year. We've seen about forty

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<v Speaker 1>five billion dollars worth of flow go into dividend strategies

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<v Speaker 1>here to date across different ETFs, and so we feel

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<v Speaker 1>that there's something that we can add value in for

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<v Speaker 1>our investors and new investors. How does that get back

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<v Speaker 1>to an E t F if I on a stock

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<v Speaker 1>that has a dividend page of dividend. Obviously I'm getting

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<v Speaker 1>they nail it to me, you know, or my broker

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<v Speaker 1>gets it. Um, how does that work with an e

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<v Speaker 1>t F because you have a whole basket of stocks,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I don't even own really the basket,

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<v Speaker 1>I just own a ticket for the basket, right, So UM,

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<v Speaker 1>what we do is the portfolio managers, they'll accrue all

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<v Speaker 1>of the dividend cash that they're receiving, and then we'll

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<v Speaker 1>pay it out typically on the quarterly, will SENDI annual basis. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you end up getting a check through your broker that

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<v Speaker 1>you're holding them holding the E t F with and UM.

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<v Speaker 1>With dividend strategies, what we're looking to do is we're

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about within in this case the smp fift universe, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>which are the names that are strong dividend paers. When

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<v Speaker 1>we mean when we say strong dividend pairs, we want

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<v Speaker 1>to be thinking about sustainable dividends. So forgive the pun,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's about over the last twenty five years, which

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<v Speaker 1>names have paid good qualitary dividends and haven't yet. And

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to get into a BP situation. Remember that.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually exactly they hadn't cut their dividend for like thirty

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<v Speaker 1>years maybe longer, and then all of a sudden, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they junked it really, which was Spad news,

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<v Speaker 1>and the CEO is out right exactly talk to us

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<v Speaker 1>about E s G. I continue waiver here, what's what

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<v Speaker 1>are the good folks adws think about the E T

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<v Speaker 1>F S and E s G as A I don't

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<v Speaker 1>set a factor? Is it style? Is it? I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what it is. Yeah, this is a question that

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<v Speaker 1>we get a lot so UM for us. E s

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<v Speaker 1>G is just another lens to look through when you're

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about investment portfolio management, and so we think about

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<v Speaker 1>it a lot. In terms of data. There's like clues

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<v Speaker 1>in the data that can help us UM. We see

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<v Speaker 1>more and more that E s G um has, like

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<v Speaker 1>in these tough markets, provided some outperformance. And it's not

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<v Speaker 1>always going to provide out performance necessarily, it's not meant to.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't promise too But the reason why it has

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<v Speaker 1>done more recently is that E s G data can

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<v Speaker 1>provide us with some insights into things like reprose, for example,

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<v Speaker 1>So there is some scope for dampening. On the downside,

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<v Speaker 1>we think it's just you know, another a set of

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<v Speaker 1>data points that some can use in terms of like

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<v Speaker 1>stop picking or bond picking to think about, um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>names are maybe more resilient. And also at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the day, we've had COP twenty seven this week, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>we need to be thinking about which companies are oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, more resilient and like to regulatory change as

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<v Speaker 1>well to helping us with this one and a half

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<v Speaker 1>degree um target us all aiming towards and net zero economy.

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<v Speaker 1>These are the companies that should be doing better at

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<v Speaker 1>the end. I just came back from Indonesia. I was

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<v Speaker 1>there for two weeks, exploring the oceans around Indonesia, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, one of the things that really bothers me.

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<v Speaker 1>Rich countries around the world send all their trash to Indonesia,

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<v Speaker 1>ostensibly to recycle, but of course they don't recycle at

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<v Speaker 1>the businesses that get paid to take the trash there

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<v Speaker 1>just turn around and dump it in the street or

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<v Speaker 1>in the ocean. Even worse. So I would like to

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<v Speaker 1>vote with my money, you know, and buy an e

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<v Speaker 1>t F that fights against that kind of thing. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure you can. I mean, you know, there's there's

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<v Speaker 1>an et F for everything after. That's kind of what

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<v Speaker 1>I've been learning over the last several years. Amenda Rebella,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for joining us. Amanda is the

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<v Speaker 1>head of passive sales. We now know what that is

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<v Speaker 1>for the US on shore business at DWS Group. We

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<v Speaker 1>now know what dw S stands for. We've learned so

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<v Speaker 1>much in this segment. Market's still moving, holding onto the games.

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<v Speaker 1>Question for a lot of investors here is recession. Are

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<v Speaker 1>we going to go into recession? If so, how long?

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<v Speaker 1>How deep? That's kind of the question that a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of folks have, a lot of economists are figuring out

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<v Speaker 1>right now. And along chief US economists for Bloomberk Economics Joints.

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<v Speaker 1>And I gotta call this out because I do it

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<v Speaker 1>every time because it's just so ridiculous. She gets a

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<v Speaker 1>b A and economics and statistics from Berkeley, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>who does that? And then she turns around and gets

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<v Speaker 1>a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean that is serious math there. So she's a real

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<v Speaker 1>economics geek, and we're glad that she's on our team.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm pretty sure she also had a couple other like

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<v Speaker 1>scholarships and rams and stuff that we don't know but

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about. I'm sure Cambridge and Oxford are

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<v Speaker 1>in there somewhere, But I gotta ask Anna, did they

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<v Speaker 1>never tell you any of these schools don't forecast something

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<v Speaker 1>that's a hundred percent chance to happen, that's very high? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I have to tell you that that is

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<v Speaker 1>what the models telling you. And but it's your model. Well,

0:27:21.119 --> 0:27:25.280
<v Speaker 1>the model does have forecast errors, right, and so in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of the confidence level, there's still a slither possibility

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<v Speaker 1>that there's you know that the model prediction of I'm going,

0:27:35.640 --> 0:27:38.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm going with your call and because you were absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>spot on the way ahead of the market on where

0:27:40.000 --> 0:27:44.040
<v Speaker 1>rates were going and uh um, but for this recession,

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<v Speaker 1>um that you were other economics are economists are forecasting?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have any sense of how deep it maybe,

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<v Speaker 1>how long it may be, like how much of a

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<v Speaker 1>problem is this going to be? You know, usually a

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<v Speaker 1>deep recession is triggered by some kind of underlying financial vulnerability.

0:28:04.920 --> 0:28:07.879
<v Speaker 1>So if you recall, the two thousand and eight recession

0:28:08.000 --> 0:28:11.480
<v Speaker 1>was deep because it started off where where credit market

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<v Speaker 1>completely freeze, um, you know, due to um mortgages go

0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:19.679
<v Speaker 1>blowing up, right, So we don't see a similar kind

0:28:19.720 --> 0:28:23.600
<v Speaker 1>of vulnerabilities on the balance sheet of household and corporates

0:28:23.720 --> 0:28:28.000
<v Speaker 1>right now. So um, as of the information that we have,

0:28:28.320 --> 0:28:31.000
<v Speaker 1>we we don't see that trigger for that kind of

0:28:31.480 --> 0:28:36.920
<v Speaker 1>uh landing free freeze up in the lending and credit market. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's sad. Um. We think that the recession might

0:28:41.720 --> 0:28:45.200
<v Speaker 1>be a shallow one. Um and I think that that's

0:28:45.240 --> 0:28:47.800
<v Speaker 1>the consensus on Well Street as well. One thing I'm

0:28:47.840 --> 0:28:50.760
<v Speaker 1>interested in, Anna, is the is the housing market. Because

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we see these rates continue to go higher

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<v Speaker 1>and higher. People are now saying six percent could be

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<v Speaker 1>even higher than that for the FEDS terminal rate, which

0:29:01.680 --> 0:29:06.960
<v Speaker 1>means mortgage rates are going to be what eight nine

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<v Speaker 1>ten per cent? That makes it harder to buy houses.

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<v Speaker 1>And if unemployment rises and people are forced to sell

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<v Speaker 1>houses they can no longer make their monthly not those

0:29:16.560 --> 0:29:21.720
<v Speaker 1>prices are going to have to come down pretty steep. Well. So,

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<v Speaker 1>for first of all, mortgage rate price is most related

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<v Speaker 1>to ten year and thirty year treasury yields, and those

0:29:29.160 --> 0:29:34.680
<v Speaker 1>those prices react to expectations of where the fat will go. So, um,

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<v Speaker 1>if if today people are priced in a five percent

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<v Speaker 1>terminal rate, then it's already you know, reflected in the

0:29:41.720 --> 0:29:45.200
<v Speaker 1>mortgage rate. So so so as the fat actually hikes

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<v Speaker 1>to five, the mortgage rate would not increase further. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's what they're going to five? Right, are they going

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<v Speaker 1>to six? Well, our baseline is still five percent. Um

0:29:56.160 --> 0:29:59.040
<v Speaker 1>And because we precisely for the reasons that you saw

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<v Speaker 1>in the CPI really least today there's strong disinflationary forces

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<v Speaker 1>in in the economy, and um, it could there's a

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<v Speaker 1>possibility that inflation could fall rather sharply after March of

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<v Speaker 1>next year, which will would which would still put the

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<v Speaker 1>terminal rate at about five percent from my point of view,

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<v Speaker 1>at four in May. That's right and um. But regarding

0:30:29.800 --> 0:30:33.120
<v Speaker 1>the housing market though, um um, So you know, the

0:30:33.240 --> 0:30:37.240
<v Speaker 1>US market has underbuilt houses for almost a decade now,

0:30:37.360 --> 0:30:42.040
<v Speaker 1>and we estimate that there's been a three to four

0:30:42.120 --> 0:30:46.720
<v Speaker 1>million shortfall and houses that have been human accumulated over

0:30:46.760 --> 0:30:50.000
<v Speaker 1>the past ten years, which means that you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>still a lot of latent demand for housing and houses

0:30:54.400 --> 0:30:58.360
<v Speaker 1>housing place do fall by the that we are forecasting

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<v Speaker 1>over the next few years, there would be just uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it would become more portable for maybe half of the

0:31:04.360 --> 0:31:08.000
<v Speaker 1>population of the US. And so I think that half,

0:31:08.160 --> 0:31:11.040
<v Speaker 1>at least half of the population would be cheering for

0:31:11.360 --> 0:31:15.400
<v Speaker 1>housing price corrections because these are the people who really

0:31:15.440 --> 0:31:17.960
<v Speaker 1>wanted to buy but don't have how you know, you

0:31:18.000 --> 0:31:21.239
<v Speaker 1>cannot afford to right now. And the second thing is

0:31:21.240 --> 0:31:25.040
<v Speaker 1>that this housing uh bubble that we are in right now,

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<v Speaker 1>the rise in prices happened really quickly, and the fall

0:31:29.840 --> 0:31:32.920
<v Speaker 1>of the happened really quickly. So the number of people

0:31:32.920 --> 0:31:36.120
<v Speaker 1>who actually bought the houses, well, at the peak of

0:31:36.160 --> 0:31:38.920
<v Speaker 1>those prices, it's not there are not as many of

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<v Speaker 1>those people as back in the two thousands of four

0:31:41.800 --> 0:31:44.960
<v Speaker 1>to two thousand and six housing market bubble. And a

0:31:45.000 --> 0:31:49.360
<v Speaker 1>lot of the house owners now have much more equities

0:31:49.400 --> 0:31:51.600
<v Speaker 1>in their houses them back in the two thousand and

0:31:51.640 --> 0:31:55.240
<v Speaker 1>four two own six cycles. So so yeah, so that

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<v Speaker 1>that aspect alone could limit downside risk and so over

0:31:59.040 --> 0:32:02.239
<v Speaker 1>the housing market corrections to the broader economy. All right,

0:32:02.280 --> 0:32:04.000
<v Speaker 1>and we got to get you in the office, which

0:32:04.200 --> 0:32:06.239
<v Speaker 1>in London right now. You're in London right now. When

0:32:06.360 --> 0:32:08.800
<v Speaker 1>you come to New York, please stop by and and

0:32:08.840 --> 0:32:10.760
<v Speaker 1>come on the show with me and Paul. We'd love

0:32:10.800 --> 0:32:12.520
<v Speaker 1>to have you here. Thank you so much for joining us.

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<v Speaker 1>Anna Wong, I'm gonna say chief Economists for Bloomberg in

0:32:17.240 --> 0:32:20.760
<v Speaker 1>chief you as economist um for Bloomberg. But she's dot

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of addition to the crazy education. Former chief

0:32:24.000 --> 0:32:25.920
<v Speaker 1>in the National Economists on the White House Council of

0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:29.160
<v Speaker 1>Economic Acrisors. That sounds big. Former Deputy Director in the

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<v Speaker 1>Office of International Economic Analysis at the U. S. Treasury.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. That sounds kind of important, massive, massive,

0:32:34.760 --> 0:32:37.480
<v Speaker 1>And here we are talking to her about inflation and

0:32:37.480 --> 0:32:38.960
<v Speaker 1>and she's given us some of her best work and

0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:42.160
<v Speaker 1>her model says chance of a recession next year. We're

0:32:42.160 --> 0:32:48.240
<v Speaker 1>gonna go with that. I want to talk activist investoring. Uh.

0:32:48.320 --> 0:32:50.760
<v Speaker 1>That is a very interesting part of the market, and

0:32:50.760 --> 0:32:52.479
<v Speaker 1>there are some people that are pretty good at it,

0:32:52.640 --> 0:32:54.080
<v Speaker 1>and you have to have patience and you have to

0:32:54.120 --> 0:32:56.560
<v Speaker 1>really do your bottoms of homework. One of those folks

0:32:56.600 --> 0:32:58.640
<v Speaker 1>that does that is James Arrest, a founding partner in

0:32:58.720 --> 0:33:01.840
<v Speaker 1>c i O of co Capital LLLC. He's been doing

0:33:01.880 --> 0:33:03.320
<v Speaker 1>this for a long time. One of the things that

0:33:03.720 --> 0:33:06.200
<v Speaker 1>popped up at me former managing director head of International

0:33:06.240 --> 0:33:09.960
<v Speaker 1>Investing in Janet partners Um. That popped out to me, James,

0:33:09.960 --> 0:33:11.640
<v Speaker 1>thanks so much for joining us here in our Bloomberg

0:33:11.640 --> 0:33:15.400
<v Speaker 1>Interactive Broker studio. You're one of the You're one of

0:33:15.440 --> 0:33:20.680
<v Speaker 1>the many that relocated from New York to Miami. Give

0:33:20.760 --> 0:33:24.040
<v Speaker 1>us thirty seconds on that. I'm not sure I should

0:33:24.040 --> 0:33:26.000
<v Speaker 1>be telling that story to anyone. I'm certainly not on

0:33:26.120 --> 0:33:29.520
<v Speaker 1>live there. But we have an office at Rock Center, um,

0:33:29.640 --> 0:33:31.800
<v Speaker 1>and I have to tell you trying to get a

0:33:31.840 --> 0:33:37.080
<v Speaker 1>round Rock Center at Christmas, Yes, with that demonic fifteen

0:33:37.120 --> 0:33:41.080
<v Speaker 1>second Christmas song played by by Sacks, with thousands of

0:33:41.120 --> 0:33:43.960
<v Speaker 1>people squished next to each other at some point to

0:33:43.960 --> 0:33:46.200
<v Speaker 1>see a tree being lit up like we've never witnessed

0:33:46.200 --> 0:33:49.960
<v Speaker 1>a miracle of electricity. The last year that I was here,

0:33:50.000 --> 0:33:52.920
<v Speaker 1>I started telling people, go to a Starbucks, lock yourself

0:33:52.920 --> 0:33:54.920
<v Speaker 1>in the bathroom, turn off the light, turn it back on.

0:33:55.120 --> 0:33:58.400
<v Speaker 1>It's a much more dramatic way to experience electricity. People

0:33:58.400 --> 0:34:01.040
<v Speaker 1>thought I was crazy, so I bought a person's cane

0:34:01.360 --> 0:34:04.520
<v Speaker 1>to make my way around without being you know, accosted.

0:34:05.040 --> 0:34:07.320
<v Speaker 1>And people that I know saw me do this, and

0:34:07.360 --> 0:34:09.000
<v Speaker 1>I thought it's time to take a bit of a

0:34:09.000 --> 0:34:12.880
<v Speaker 1>break from you. I have to expect their tax implications

0:34:12.960 --> 0:34:17.760
<v Speaker 1>as well, but talk to us about you know, your um,

0:34:17.840 --> 0:34:21.400
<v Speaker 1>your flavor of activists investing. Tell us a story about

0:34:21.400 --> 0:34:23.600
<v Speaker 1>what what drives you when you get up in the morning,

0:34:23.760 --> 0:34:26.000
<v Speaker 1>A deal that you've done that you really are proud of.

0:34:26.880 --> 0:34:29.880
<v Speaker 1>You know. I get to work every day with people

0:34:29.920 --> 0:34:32.600
<v Speaker 1>who are inspired and inspiring and who are the best

0:34:32.600 --> 0:34:36.480
<v Speaker 1>operators in the industries that we invest in, and the

0:34:36.480 --> 0:34:38.719
<v Speaker 1>the things that I learned from them, and the engagement

0:34:38.760 --> 0:34:42.279
<v Speaker 1>and the intellectually stimulating dialogue is what really gets me

0:34:42.280 --> 0:34:45.200
<v Speaker 1>out of bed. The other thing is, you know I

0:34:45.360 --> 0:34:48.799
<v Speaker 1>have I think as a bona fide New Yorker, you

0:34:48.840 --> 0:34:52.920
<v Speaker 1>need to have several neurological conditions, you know, to lasting

0:34:52.920 --> 0:34:55.080
<v Speaker 1>the city as long as as one does. One of

0:34:55.120 --> 0:34:58.920
<v Speaker 1>them is I seem to really want to address problems

0:34:58.960 --> 0:35:00.560
<v Speaker 1>that I see in the world, and I seem to

0:35:00.560 --> 0:35:03.160
<v Speaker 1>be really convinced that I can do something about these things.

0:35:03.600 --> 0:35:06.279
<v Speaker 1>And and it doesn't just extend to my investing. It

0:35:06.360 --> 0:35:08.640
<v Speaker 1>extends to to to a whole lot of different arenas

0:35:08.640 --> 0:35:10.040
<v Speaker 1>of life. I want to be helpful, I want to

0:35:10.080 --> 0:35:12.719
<v Speaker 1>fix things. Um and you're a board member of Human

0:35:12.760 --> 0:35:15.000
<v Speaker 1>Rights Watch, for example, I am, and that's some of

0:35:15.040 --> 0:35:17.000
<v Speaker 1>the most important work that I think I get to do.

0:35:17.200 --> 0:35:20.360
<v Speaker 1>I just got involved with an organization called Young Audiences,

0:35:20.400 --> 0:35:23.120
<v Speaker 1>which exposes kids to the arts, which you know, arts

0:35:23.120 --> 0:35:25.560
<v Speaker 1>funding is dying in this country. It's down seventy percent

0:35:25.600 --> 0:35:27.960
<v Speaker 1>since the beginning of this century. We're behind that too.

0:35:28.000 --> 0:35:30.160
<v Speaker 1>But we want to hear about making money. Making money

0:35:30.239 --> 0:35:33.000
<v Speaker 1>is what makes all of these other endeavors possible. But

0:35:33.040 --> 0:35:35.719
<v Speaker 1>it's fun. Um. Look, there's a lot that we've done

0:35:35.719 --> 0:35:39.160
<v Speaker 1>that we're really uh grateful to have gone to do.

0:35:39.280 --> 0:35:40.799
<v Speaker 1>I think that it all. I'll tell you where it

0:35:40.800 --> 0:35:43.640
<v Speaker 1>all kind of started. A number of years ago. We

0:35:43.680 --> 0:35:45.840
<v Speaker 1>bought into a company, or I bought into a company

0:35:45.840 --> 0:35:48.000
<v Speaker 1>called Compass Group, which at the time was the biggest

0:35:48.040 --> 0:35:51.680
<v Speaker 1>contract catering company in the world. Right, and the Compass

0:35:51.719 --> 0:35:53.239
<v Speaker 1>Group is a company that I had grown up with

0:35:53.280 --> 0:35:54.759
<v Speaker 1>and I had always wanted to buy, but it was

0:35:54.800 --> 0:35:57.200
<v Speaker 1>always too expensive. I am, I think, first and foremost,

0:35:57.239 --> 0:36:00.560
<v Speaker 1>a deep value investor, and my partners share that incentivity

0:36:00.640 --> 0:36:03.239
<v Speaker 1>as well. But it was always like thirty five times

0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:05.960
<v Speaker 1>earnings and generated ten percent margins and grew double digits

0:36:05.960 --> 0:36:08.600
<v Speaker 1>because of consolidation, because everybody was going from having their

0:36:08.640 --> 0:36:12.520
<v Speaker 1>in house canteens to outsourcing. So this company fast forward

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<v Speaker 1>five to six years is valued at ten times earnings

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<v Speaker 1>and the margins have gone from ten to three percent.

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<v Speaker 1>But meanwhile, as the biggest operator in the sector, it

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<v Speaker 1>should have had the highest margins. Thinker as CpG Space Ellen.

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<v Speaker 1>This is many years ago, twice as big as the Dexel.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this is you know who used to love

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<v Speaker 1>this company, John Marie Eveyard, you know famous. Yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>know him very well and I you know, but he's

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<v Speaker 1>he's I would consider him a friend. He's you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So he had a colleague named Chel Duvaux and child

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<v Speaker 1>at the man who you know, we met with and

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<v Speaker 1>presented our work to. This ended up being a very

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<v Speaker 1>very good investment, went up ten folding period in which

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<v Speaker 1>the market went down. This story is a pretty lengthy one,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's an interesting one, so I go into some

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<v Speaker 1>detail without taking too much off your time. Um, it's

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<v Speaker 1>nobody knew what the album was. Everybody knew this is cheap.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a world class company, should be doing a

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<v Speaker 1>lot better than it's doing. It's cheap on the pressed earnings,

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<v Speaker 1>But nobody knew what the problem was, and certainly management

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<v Speaker 1>didn't either. So we looked high and low for someone

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<v Speaker 1>who could help us turn the company around, figure out

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<v Speaker 1>how what the problems were, how to solve them. Found

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<v Speaker 1>a guy called Jerry Robinson, who got rest his souldiers

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<v Speaker 1>passed away last year, almost exactly ye year ago. Jerry

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<v Speaker 1>Surgery was the founder of the company, bought it out

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<v Speaker 1>of Grand Met in the eighties, brought it public in

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<v Speaker 1>what was the biggest I p O at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>and basically took this from a two hundred million dollar

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<v Speaker 1>company to a multibillion dollar entity. Cashed out when we

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<v Speaker 1>reached out to him. He had gone on to turn

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<v Speaker 1>around five different multi billion dollar companies in the UK

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<v Speaker 1>with dramatic success. He said, look, James, I happened to

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<v Speaker 1>still be an investor in the company. I am heartbroken

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<v Speaker 1>and how poorly managed it is. I have a plan

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<v Speaker 1>for you. I will come and meet you. He flew

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<v Speaker 1>to New York on his own time, met with me,

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<v Speaker 1>presented me with the most compelling operational turnaround plan I

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<v Speaker 1>think I've ever seen and will probably ever see in

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<v Speaker 1>my life. Here's what was happening in compass to have

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<v Speaker 1>you back to talk about it, because and now, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean it's a thirty three billion dollar company, right and

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<v Speaker 1>huge success story. James, so grateful that you came into

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<v Speaker 1>the office. I hope we get to talk to you again.

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's a hurricane in Miami right now, so

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna stick around. I'm assuming in New York for

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<v Speaker 1>a little while. I'm actually had it to to to

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<v Speaker 1>California to visit some good stuff. James Rasta, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>very much for joining us, founding partner in c i

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<v Speaker 1>O at Coast Capital, joining us in our Bloomberg Interactive

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