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<v Speaker 2>what a movement in these markets over the past forty

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<v Speaker 2>eight hours. Big, big sell off yesterday, even a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a panic in the morning, it felt like,

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<v Speaker 2>but then turning it around here on Tuesday. Peter Cheer,

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<v Speaker 2>head of macro strategy at Academy Securities, He joins us

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<v Speaker 2>live here in a Bloomberg Interactive Broker studio. Peter, you've

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<v Speaker 2>got some experience, You've been around the block once or twice.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you make of kind of the last several

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<v Speaker 2>days of trading?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I think we're starting to see a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit of a we saw a little bit of fear.

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<v Speaker 3>I think whether it's the carry trade or not, it

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<v Speaker 3>kind of pushed us in. There's a lot of leverage

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<v Speaker 3>in the system. A lot of people have been selling volatility,

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of people bought you know, full in on

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<v Speaker 3>the AI story. I think those are fading a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, we're getting a little bounce today. I think

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<v Speaker 3>we're gonna see more.

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<v Speaker 4>Selling though exactly that that was what I was worried about, Like.

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<v Speaker 2>It bounced, which I was shocked. We had to explain

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<v Speaker 2>that to somebody.

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<v Speaker 5>But anyway, whatever, why why.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you think it is to be more selling? Because

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<v Speaker 4>that was looking at the systemic funds and worried they're

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<v Speaker 4>the gamma hedging, the carried trade not being done. What

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<v Speaker 4>do you see that tells you more selling?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think a lot of those And even on

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<v Speaker 3>a simple level, you just look at QQQ it took

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<v Speaker 3>in inflows, SPY took in inflows, and even more esoteric TQQQ,

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<v Speaker 3>which is a leverage act took in inflows yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's my leveraged s and P five hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>Leverage okay, and then my favorite one I think is MVDL,

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<v Speaker 3>which is a leverage in VideA ETF and that had

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<v Speaker 3>inflows yesterday, So I would like to see outflows there

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<v Speaker 3>to really believe we've had some capitulation.

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<v Speaker 4>So what did that tell you? Though? It just tells

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<v Speaker 4>you that it's still a by the dep mentality inside.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's still a by them mentality. But I think,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, yesterday everyone was so calm, Hey, don't worry

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<v Speaker 3>about this, It's all fine. People reacted. I think there's

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<v Speaker 3>more going on, the economy slowing, we have stretched valuations.

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<v Speaker 3>The FED is not going to be super supportive of markets.

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<v Speaker 3>They've got their own agenda, which is to kind of

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<v Speaker 3>make sure we don't get inflation again. So I think

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<v Speaker 3>we're very ripe for selling on any sort of earnings

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<v Speaker 3>weakness or economic data weakness.

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<v Speaker 2>What have you thought about the earnings? Let's get back

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<v Speaker 2>to something that presumably still matters in the markets. What

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<v Speaker 2>are you making of earnings.

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<v Speaker 3>That we finally have a higher standard for what's going

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<v Speaker 3>on with AI? You know, six months ago, certainly if

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<v Speaker 3>you just raised your hand and said we have an

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<v Speaker 3>AI strategy, you were rewarded. The chip companies were all

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<v Speaker 3>rewarded almost no matter what. And it feels like people

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<v Speaker 3>are putting a little bit of scrutiny on this saying

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<v Speaker 3>where valuations are, and unfortunately, I think so many of

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<v Speaker 3>these stocks got heavily piled into that they're a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit overbought. And the other part that we've been talking

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<v Speaker 3>a lot more about is the concept of passive right passive.

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<v Speaker 3>So whether you put your money into the S and

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<v Speaker 3>P five hundred or Nasdaq one hundred, about fifty cents

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<v Speaker 3>in the dollar are going to just a handful of stocks.

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<v Speaker 3>So that fed the momentum on the way up, and

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's going to fuel the momentum unfortunately on

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<v Speaker 3>the way down.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, So it can go up in a straight line

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<v Speaker 4>and then it can also go down in a straight line,

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't have to go down differently. Do you think the

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<v Speaker 4>Fed should cut fifty bases points in September?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think so yet. I think, well one, I

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<v Speaker 3>think they should have actually cut in July, and I

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<v Speaker 3>would have done fifty in July just to get this

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<v Speaker 3>out of the way.

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<v Speaker 4>You done fifty in July, Why fifty in July.

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<v Speaker 3>You've seen a nice slowdown and everything on the inflation front.

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<v Speaker 3>The only thing that's holding up CPI is the owner's

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<v Speaker 3>equivalent rent and Gosh only knows why we still use

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<v Speaker 3>something like that, anything that's you know, a contemporaneous measure

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<v Speaker 3>of inflation or sorry rent, whether it's Zillo is showing

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<v Speaker 3>rents of decline. The other thing that's kept CPI up

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<v Speaker 3>was auto insurance. We're not seeing that come through, so

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<v Speaker 3>I think they could react to that. I think the

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<v Speaker 3>job number have been overstated. I don't like what's going

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<v Speaker 3>on in the private The Jewelts even had a big

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<v Speaker 3>reduction in private jobs available. Get ahead of this. Plus,

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<v Speaker 3>I really am scared of fifty BIPs cut in September,

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<v Speaker 3>right in the heat of the election. I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>just going to become a political nightmare and people are

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<v Speaker 3>going to be screaming at the Fed. It's going to

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<v Speaker 3>detract from the Fed's mission, I think, which I think

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<v Speaker 3>they are very good at. I would have cut now,

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<v Speaker 3>see where it goes, and let.

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<v Speaker 1>It play out.

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<v Speaker 2>Once the FED does begin cutting, it's been such a

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<v Speaker 2>long time for at least in my mind, how do

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<v Speaker 2>they do it? Did they kind of go twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>basis points every meeting? Did they skip meetings? How did

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<v Speaker 2>they do it?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, that's kind of what my view would I

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<v Speaker 3>would have liked to see a fifty on the first

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<v Speaker 3>one and then wait two or three months. I think

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<v Speaker 3>in September, unless the data comes in so weak, they

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<v Speaker 3>do twenty five and then push the next one off

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<v Speaker 3>to la after the election. I think a fifty in

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<v Speaker 3>September if it really sparks a big equity rally or

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<v Speaker 3>something will be troublesome. They want to not reignite inflation,

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<v Speaker 3>so to me, we get twenty five and then they

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<v Speaker 3>wait a month or two, and it's really going to

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<v Speaker 3>be dependent on the data. I think the data is

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<v Speaker 3>going to turn out weak and justify more cuts, but

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<v Speaker 3>it might not.

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<v Speaker 4>What do you think of the corporate credit market. I

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<v Speaker 4>was looking at at high yield spreads yesterday and I

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<v Speaker 4>know that they rose, and I get that, but compared

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<v Speaker 4>to other events, it's still so calm.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think, you know, credit really isn't the valuation story,

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<v Speaker 3>particular investment grade credit. Right The companies are great across

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<v Speaker 3>the board, there's still cashual, the economy is still growing

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<v Speaker 3>to some degree, so it makes sense to me that spread.

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<v Speaker 3>It's widened a little bit in sympathy. I am starting

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<v Speaker 3>to watch though, if the Russell two thousand rolls over,

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<v Speaker 3>because that, to me is a good proxy for what's

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<v Speaker 3>going on in high yield. What really did encourage me

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<v Speaker 3>yesterday we had some selling pressure on high yield, but

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<v Speaker 3>the ETFs behaved very well. What I don't like is

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<v Speaker 3>when you see the ETFs start trading at a big

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<v Speaker 3>discount to NAV. That to me tells me there's an

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<v Speaker 3>overwhelming amount of selling pressure. We didn't see that yesterday.

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<v Speaker 3>Clearly're not seeing it today as the market does well.

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<v Speaker 3>That's my one trigger to watch is how the ets

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<v Speaker 3>behave relative to NAV. And if they do well, that's

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<v Speaker 3>healthy and we will get a small correction credit spreads.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to with equities down here, but there is

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<v Speaker 3>no credit problem this time around.

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<v Speaker 2>What are you seeing ETF flows? Let's get your attention.

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<v Speaker 3>These days again, just this continued buying into the kind

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<v Speaker 3>of riskier end of equities. You know, no one's giving

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<v Speaker 3>up on the tech trade, no one's really giving up

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<v Speaker 3>on the AI trade. And so every time I look

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<v Speaker 3>and we see these selloffs, I'm thinking, Okay, maybe we

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<v Speaker 3>got de risking. And what I think we've been doing

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<v Speaker 3>is getting degrossing, which to me is people taking off

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<v Speaker 3>longs and shorts so that sometimes shows up as rotation,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think people are taking off some of these

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<v Speaker 3>more lever trades, the selling of options, et cetera. But

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<v Speaker 3>we really haven't seen anyone say I want out of

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<v Speaker 3>this market. There's this real belief I've got to hang in,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's what I'm waiting for. Something that changes there.

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<v Speaker 3>The only thing that I thought was neat. I'm starting

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<v Speaker 3>to watch the Chinese stock market again. I actually kind

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<v Speaker 3>of like FXI for the first time in a while.

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<v Speaker 4>In the ETF front, Well, what's your level of confidence

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<v Speaker 4>that we get that kind of event, that capitulation, I

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<v Speaker 4>mean event.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's reasonably high. It's you know, and part

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<v Speaker 3>of it like last Wednesday, right, we were up five

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<v Speaker 3>hundred on the Nasdaq last Wednesday as the FED was speaking,

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't see what justified that, So there was very

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<v Speaker 3>little liquidity that sucked people in. I think it helped

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<v Speaker 3>set up for the Thursday, Friday, Monday trade. And here

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<v Speaker 3>again and we're kind of rallying. Everyone seems too excited.

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<v Speaker 3>There's no real fear, and the odds are again. I

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<v Speaker 3>think people are much more cautious on the earnings front, right,

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<v Speaker 3>and people aren't getting the free pass that something comes

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<v Speaker 3>on that and I really am very nervous that we've

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<v Speaker 3>been overstating the economic growth and we're going to see

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<v Speaker 3>some weak data. So that's I guess my bed is

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<v Speaker 3>we get a data and earning sprint that triggers another

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<v Speaker 3>round of selling pressure and people are too long ones Again.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, you're looking at China. How about the nie

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<v Speaker 2>K index? Our friends in JAPANO crazy couple of days?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, man, yeah, And I do think that's when. One

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<v Speaker 3>problem we've been talking about for ages is this full liquidity.

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<v Speaker 3>I've been trying to term it, and these markets seem

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<v Speaker 3>liquid because the screens are all priced, but it's all

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<v Speaker 3>very algo driven. There's no real support at any given time,

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<v Speaker 3>and you can have these big moves. It's you know

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<v Speaker 3>now that summer, if you go snork me or something,

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<v Speaker 3>you see a school of fish and you put your

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<v Speaker 3>hand near the fish, they disappear. They immediately recongregate. And

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<v Speaker 3>this reminds me of the sort of pattern that we

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<v Speaker 3>saw in around the financial crisis, these air pockets where

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<v Speaker 3>something's trading normally moves five percent, that starts trading normally

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<v Speaker 3>like WHOA, what happened to move five percent, and that

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<v Speaker 3>to me shapes us up more for a downside than

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<v Speaker 3>an upside.

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<v Speaker 4>So for the carry trade. So speaking of is that

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<v Speaker 4>how that winds up playing out, Like eventually there's even

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<v Speaker 4>more upside pressure on the end and then it just

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<v Speaker 4>blows out other positions.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so you know, the carry trade defined the carry trade.

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<v Speaker 3>So in theory, I think people say you borrow in yen,

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<v Speaker 3>you keep it in yen, and you buy us.

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<v Speaker 2>Assets a catch.

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<v Speaker 3>I think to me, it's just more there was leverage

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<v Speaker 3>in the system, right, the carry trade. More traditionally you

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<v Speaker 3>would buy you fund yourself in yen and buy US treasuries.

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<v Speaker 3>Treasuries rally yesterday. I think there's a little bit of

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<v Speaker 3>a boogeyman sort of you know thing going on where

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<v Speaker 3>the carry trade is just a small part of this.

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<v Speaker 3>I think what it really is is people got over levered.

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<v Speaker 3>They went to full positions, they went aggressive end of stocks,

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<v Speaker 3>they bought leverage gtfs, they did all these ball selling strategies.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think it's leverage in the system, not a

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<v Speaker 3>specific yen carry trade.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's not like I just borrowed an end to

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<v Speaker 4>bind Nvidia.

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<v Speaker 3>No, and you know there's the thing. What's the six

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<v Speaker 3>degrees of Kevin Bacon?

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<v Speaker 6>You?

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<v Speaker 3>So, I don't know about you, right, but I know

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<v Speaker 3>all sorts of people in this market. I can't find

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<v Speaker 3>anyone who admits to having the carry trade on before

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<v Speaker 3>this all started. So I think some of that's overstated.

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<v Speaker 3>I think this is really just good old fashioned leverage

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<v Speaker 3>and people borrowing and putting too much risk into the market.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Peter, great stuff. Really appreciate you coming in.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter Cheer, head of macro strategy at Academy Securities, joining

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<v Speaker 2>us live here in our Bloomberg Interactive Broker's studio.

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<v Speaker 2>If we had some political news today, Vice President Harris

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<v Speaker 2>taps Minnesota Governor mister Walls to be her vice presidential

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<v Speaker 2>candidate on that ticket. Lord Davison joined this Bloomberg Politics editor. So, Laura,

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<v Speaker 2>what's the feeling within DC about the selection by VP Harris.

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<v Speaker 6>This is a little bit of a surprise pick. You know,

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<v Speaker 6>we've heard Wall's name come up, you know, as these

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<v Speaker 6>discussions had gone on over the past couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 6>But Walls is someone who was relatively unknown just prior

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<v Speaker 6>to really Harris emerging as the Democratic standard bearer following

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<v Speaker 6>Biden's departure from the race. So, you know, he's a

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<v Speaker 6>very popular governor, you know in Minnesota, but not someone

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<v Speaker 6>who's been on the national stage as much. But he

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<v Speaker 6>really emerged because he was sort of able to capture

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<v Speaker 6>on the zeitgeist to the moment he you know, kind

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<v Speaker 6>of coined the phrase weird now that that to sort

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<v Speaker 6>of as an insult to Republicans and their policies that

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<v Speaker 6>Harris and others have started using. And so he was

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<v Speaker 6>sort of able to be seen as someone who could

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<v Speaker 6>go on the attack but also you know, sort of

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<v Speaker 6>be relatable and likable to blue collar workers.

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<v Speaker 4>What does that mean then about how Kamala Harris feels

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<v Speaker 4>about Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 6>So it's clear from this from this decision, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>sort of the main other person she was looking at

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<v Speaker 6>was Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. He's also very popular in

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<v Speaker 6>his state and would have been sort of the best

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<v Speaker 6>choice if she wants to make sure she wins Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 6>So either, you know, the kind of a couple of

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<v Speaker 6>takeaways here, she feels confident about her chances outside of Pennsylvania,

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<v Speaker 6>that there's you know, multiple ways to win the win

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<v Speaker 6>the race. But also Shapiro had some negatives. You know,

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<v Speaker 6>he was very staunchly pro Israel, something that you know

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<v Speaker 6>is a divisive issue among Democrats and one of the

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<v Speaker 6>things that sort of her allies pointed out, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>after this decision was made that it was Walls she

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<v Speaker 6>had more of a personal rapport with, so that was

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<v Speaker 6>something that she was looking at very closely. Plus he

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<v Speaker 6>also had a record in Minnesota that had more middle

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<v Speaker 6>class wins, so things like free lunches for school children,

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<v Speaker 6>expanding paid leave. Shapiro has less experience as a governor,

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<v Speaker 6>he's only been in office for two years, has a

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<v Speaker 6>little bit more of a mixed record, you know, for

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<v Speaker 6>for Democrats. For Walls here kind of helps her shore

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<v Speaker 6>up the agressive base.

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<v Speaker 2>Does this pick say anything about how Kamala Harris wants

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<v Speaker 2>to run this campaign in terms of being more of

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<v Speaker 2>a centrist versus appealing maybe more to the liberal part

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<v Speaker 2>of the Democratic Party. What do you think, Yeah, so.

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<v Speaker 6>Walls is someone who does appeal on a policy level

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<v Speaker 6>two progressives. You know, he has, you know, someone who

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<v Speaker 6>comes from rural Minnesota. You know, the district that he

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<v Speaker 6>represented when he was in the House is now representative

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<v Speaker 6>represented by a Republican. But his values and sort of

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<v Speaker 6>the issues that he champions are much more sort of

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<v Speaker 6>the progressive wing, you know, things like paid family leave

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<v Speaker 6>and uh you know, you know, expanding you know, uh,

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<v Speaker 6>student loans and student loan forgiveness. Rather, Shapiro is much

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<v Speaker 6>more moderate, much more business friendly. Uh so this is

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<v Speaker 6>sort of you know, an interesting uh you know mix here.

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<v Speaker 6>But because he does have those Midwestern roots, he is

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<v Speaker 6>from a rural area. He is a someone who you know,

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<v Speaker 6>has been a gun owner that has become much more

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<v Speaker 6>a vocal about you know, gun control in recent years.

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<v Speaker 6>He has the sort of mix of he's able to

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<v Speaker 6>you know, not alien enate either the moderate side or

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<v Speaker 6>the progressive side of the party.

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<v Speaker 4>Terry Haynes a Pangaea said this was Harris's first negative.

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<v Speaker 4>He didn't like it. He was basically saying like this

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<v Speaker 4>was a safe pick. It showed that she's really worried

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<v Speaker 4>about the campaign. Is anyone in the in the zeitgeis

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<v Speaker 4>that you're talking to sort of saying that, yes.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean there is sort of a different schools of

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<v Speaker 6>thought here, but that you know that Walls was someone

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<v Speaker 6>that wasn't going to offend anybody, and so therefore he's safe.

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<v Speaker 6>But he may also not have the same upside potential

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<v Speaker 6>that you know, someone like Shapiro. Had you know, Shapiro

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<v Speaker 6>on the ticket, the chances of winning Pennsylvania and therefore

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<v Speaker 6>potentially the whole race went up, But he also has

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<v Speaker 6>more negatives here. So this is she was sort of

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<v Speaker 6>taking the path of these resistance on this pick versus

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<v Speaker 6>someone you know like Shapiro or even Mark Kelly, who

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<v Speaker 6>you know had some clashes with labor unions in the past,

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<v Speaker 6>so that it was sort of another issue why his

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<v Speaker 6>name didn't write.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, well, thank you so much, we appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's definitely a crazy time. And also, you know, you

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<v Speaker 4>have such a short amount of time with that Lord

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<v Speaker 4>Davison Bloomberg Politics editor joining us, but you know, so

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<v Speaker 4>truncated and.

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<v Speaker 2>Now they hit the road like immediately, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>think seven swing states in five days or something along

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<v Speaker 2>the line. So they're gonna be hitting the road. And

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<v Speaker 2>obviously former President Trump and Jadie Vans are out there

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<v Speaker 2>as well, so it's be relatively short period of time

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<v Speaker 2>till we get to election day.

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<v Speaker 4>So to get a big perspective on the market, if

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<v Speaker 4>you're a long term investor, what do you do over

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<v Speaker 4>the last you know, forty eight hours in the market.

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<v Speaker 4>This is when I get like my financial guy sending

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<v Speaker 4>me the email of like, just so you know, this

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<v Speaker 4>is what happened, this is what we can expect. So

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<v Speaker 4>how do you do that? Well. Margie Patetel is senior

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<v Speaker 4>portfolio manager at all Spring's Global Investments and she joins

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<v Speaker 4>us now on Zoom from Boston. Massachusetts. Margie, what do

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<v Speaker 4>you make of the last twenty four hours? Is this

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<v Speaker 4>our forty eight? Is this a regime shift, a real

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<v Speaker 4>paradigm shift, or is it still stay on message, stay

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<v Speaker 4>on trend.

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<v Speaker 5>I think it's still the saying things.

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<v Speaker 7>Large cap stocks are still going to be the place

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<v Speaker 7>to be for the best to be here.

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<v Speaker 5>I think what happened is after.

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<v Speaker 7>A few quarters where the meg seven or the dozen

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<v Speaker 7>largest stocks reported better than expected, earning a second the

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<v Speaker 7>market of real boosting confidence, and this time we had

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<v Speaker 7>really sort of mixed results where some of the companies

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<v Speaker 7>reported results that were frankly disappointing, and that took away

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<v Speaker 7>market conference. At a time when you have stock prices

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<v Speaker 7>at their peak, you have concerned about what the FED

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<v Speaker 7>is going to do. Data says the economy slowing down.

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<v Speaker 7>So I think that's what we had. It's just a

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<v Speaker 7>real short term stay down s andp down nine percentage,

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<v Speaker 7>nastack down twelve thirteen ish, and really just a short

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<v Speaker 7>term correction that's almost played out. We'll probably have a

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<v Speaker 7>little bit more and I think we'll go up for

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<v Speaker 7>the rest of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>So Margie, to the extent that we do go up

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of the year. Is tech going to

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<v Speaker 2>continue to lead this market or if we've seen some

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<v Speaker 2>kind of rotation that is of note.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't think we'll see much of our rotation because

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<v Speaker 7>when you look at the economic growth level, what you

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<v Speaker 7>think the econome will grow at for the next few quarters,

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<v Speaker 7>I think it'll be rather low, you know, a percent

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<v Speaker 7>and a half something like that. So that says you

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<v Speaker 7>still have to stick with those sectors and have above

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<v Speaker 7>average growth, which again would be check in particular some

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<v Speaker 7>other sectors, but primarily check. Especially when a lot of

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<v Speaker 7>these stalks have had such a big correction, they're really

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<v Speaker 7>priced more or less in the middle of their value range.

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<v Speaker 5>So if the armies go up, we think that these

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<v Speaker 5>stalks can go up too.

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<v Speaker 4>So I guess this is a by the dip kind

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<v Speaker 4>of setup for you, Yes.

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<v Speaker 7>Sort of, especially some of those names have had big corrections.

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<v Speaker 7>But it's interesting when you although people talk about the correction,

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<v Speaker 7>when you look at the indexes standard for his nasdak

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<v Speaker 7>Dal Jones, those indexes are all still up very attractively

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<v Speaker 7>year to date, mid to high single digit for a

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<v Speaker 7>little and halfway through the year, So that says that's

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<v Speaker 7>really on track to be an above average long term

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<v Speaker 7>rate of return for stocks.

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<v Speaker 5>Certainly not a disaster.

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<v Speaker 7>And even if you look at something like in Nvidio,

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<v Speaker 7>which I think is down forty percent of its peak,

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<v Speaker 7>it's still one hundred percent year to date, So it

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<v Speaker 7>isn't as if we're having a real unwinding, you know,

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<v Speaker 7>two thousand type Internet bubble meltdown, a permanent impairmid I

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<v Speaker 7>think this is just a short term correction typical in summer,

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<v Speaker 7>and then we'll see the market move ahead and the

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<v Speaker 7>rest of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, marg How about the fixed income market. I'm looking

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<v Speaker 2>here my in go function, the Bloomberg Index browsers of

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<v Speaker 2>course US fixed income. I'm seeing, you know, three four

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<v Speaker 2>percent type total returns. That's about as good as I've

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<v Speaker 2>seen in a long time. What do you think about

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<v Speaker 2>opportunities in the fixing come space?

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, it is because actually many sectors of fixed and

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<v Speaker 7>coome market have been negative.

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<v Speaker 5>As the rates have gone up. Prices are sensitive to

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<v Speaker 5>that and.

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<v Speaker 7>They've gone down, and really high yield has been about

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<v Speaker 7>the best performing sector. But it's still you're looking at

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<v Speaker 7>three four percent your to date returns really pretty modest.

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<v Speaker 5>But I think what you're seeing, though, is the yield

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<v Speaker 5>spreads still.

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<v Speaker 7>To me, you're telegraphing that the economy is okay, the

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<v Speaker 7>fixed income market is okay. You've had spreads widen out

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<v Speaker 7>the say forty to fifty basis points for most high

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<v Speaker 7>yield bonds. However, most of that spread widening has been

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<v Speaker 7>because treasury yields have dropped so much from say their

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<v Speaker 7>peak peak yield in April, where the ten year was

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<v Speaker 7>around the four sixty to say in three eighty. Now

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<v Speaker 7>that's an eighty basis point correction, and high has not

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<v Speaker 7>caught up for that. So I think it's not shown

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<v Speaker 7>any distress and high yield that spreads of widen down

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<v Speaker 7>a little bit. I think it's just as huge movie

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<v Speaker 7>Crasieries has changed that relationship. But the fundamentals are still there,

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<v Speaker 7>still pretty good for fixed income.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, when I looked at the spreads yesterday, I was like,

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<v Speaker 4>oh my god, they're still so low. Like I understand

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<v Speaker 4>they went on. But so I guess my question, MARKIE,

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<v Speaker 4>is what would a regime change or regime shift really

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<v Speaker 4>look like?

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<v Speaker 5>Then Well, frankly, I really can't see it.

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<v Speaker 7>I think we had a kind of a little play

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<v Speaker 7>in value stocks that's sort of petered out. We've had

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<v Speaker 7>a play in small cap stocks, which looks as if

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<v Speaker 7>it's petered out, and so I think we're still back

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<v Speaker 7>to the same themes is where do you want to

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<v Speaker 7>invest in a slow gross economy, which is what I

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<v Speaker 7>think we're really looking at over the next certainly in

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<v Speaker 7>the next few quarters, no matter what the FED does.

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<v Speaker 7>We're hoping, of course that the FED will see the

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<v Speaker 7>light like the market and start to cut rates. But

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<v Speaker 7>I think the economy is just going to trouble all

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<v Speaker 7>it modest one percentage type growth. So where you investor

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<v Speaker 7>that you look good companies that are in the highest sectors. Again,

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<v Speaker 7>check certain parts of industrials, a certain very few selected healthcare,

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<v Speaker 7>maybe some materials. But in other words, it's still a

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<v Speaker 7>very selective market. So we don't look for broadening out either,

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<v Speaker 7>as much as we all like to see it, but

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<v Speaker 7>we just don't see.

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<v Speaker 2>That happening, Margy, For better or worse, this is an

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<v Speaker 2>election year, Margy, how does that factor into your calculus

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<v Speaker 2>if at all?

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<v Speaker 7>Well, historically, and there aren't many historic things you can

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<v Speaker 7>rely on, it always seems that in an election year,

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<v Speaker 7>no matter who gets elected, that we have a pretty

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<v Speaker 7>good rally after the election.

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<v Speaker 5>Into the end of the year.

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<v Speaker 7>So I'm thinking we willful around here because of varyings

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<v Speaker 7>and uncertainty of the election, no matter who is elected,

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<v Speaker 7>we have certainty, and I always expect the market to

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<v Speaker 7>have a strong finish in any case, and by that

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<v Speaker 7>I mean a strong I'm modest finish. I'm not looking

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<v Speaker 7>for a state of doubling another eight to ten percent

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<v Speaker 7>over the rest of the year, but you know, three

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<v Speaker 7>five percent something like that to finish off the year.

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<v Speaker 4>Marguie, do you still you mentioned slow growth, but we

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<v Speaker 4>do have an election where it looks like both parties

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<v Speaker 4>are going to be spending boatloads of money. The hyperscalers

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<v Speaker 4>are spending boat loads of money. When do you think

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<v Speaker 4>that that really filters through and sort of helps stabilize

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<v Speaker 4>that growth.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, it's true you have a lot of capital investment

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<v Speaker 7>going into certain sectors. Again, mainly the technology sector is

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<v Speaker 7>the biggest spender and the biggest beneficiary, and so we

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<v Speaker 7>think that trend is going to stay. And as far

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<v Speaker 7>as fiscal spending, we already sort of blew the doors

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<v Speaker 7>off for the last few years, either with COVID expenditures

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<v Speaker 7>or inflation or infrastructure expenditures. So really it's really difficult

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<v Speaker 7>to see another big blast of fiscal expenditures.

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<v Speaker 5>Helping to push up the market of economy.

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<v Speaker 2>Short term market. Bettel, thank you so much. We appreciate that,

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<v Speaker 2>as always appreciate the perspective market Bettel, Senior portfolio manager,

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of Uber, let's go to man Deep sing Stuet.

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<v Speaker 2>He knows what's going on with these companies Man Deep

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<v Speaker 2>seing technology channels for Bloomberg Intelligence. He's all over these

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<v Speaker 2>ride sharing companies, you know Uber. I think Man deeps

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<v Speaker 2>can be joined us in studio. I mean we just

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<v Speaker 2>picked them. On is literally running in our studio. So

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<v Speaker 2>he covers all these ride sharing things. And I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's the one that got pitched me on this whole

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<v Speaker 2>Uber thing and I'm on it. I'm on it.

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<v Speaker 4>I think he was right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the greatest thing in the world. Uber talk to

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<v Speaker 2>us about the quarter.

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<v Speaker 8>What did you see, good print, solid top line growth.

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<v Speaker 8>I think the fact that we're talking about a business

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<v Speaker 8>that's generating forty billion dollar run rate in a year.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, clearly they have the scale. The question for

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<v Speaker 8>me when it comes to Uber five years down the line,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, long term play, how disrupted their business model

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<v Speaker 8>is going to be from the rollout of autonomous vehicles

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<v Speaker 8>and robo taxis. And I know, you know it's not

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<v Speaker 8>the right time to talk about it, but when you

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<v Speaker 8>look at Wemo and how successful they've been in the

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<v Speaker 8>three cities that they have launched. I mean, the part

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<v Speaker 8>of the call was about how Uber is integrating Wemo

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<v Speaker 8>inside their app. Wemo is Google's autonomous driving unit. I mean,

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<v Speaker 8>they have about three hundred cars in San Francisco, similarly

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<v Speaker 8>in a couple of other cities Arizona, and what they

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<v Speaker 8>have shown is their technology is ready for prime time.

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<v Speaker 8>They have to get regulatory approvals to do it at scale,

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<v Speaker 8>but that changes the unit economics completely. Right now, we

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<v Speaker 8>are talking about a business model where cost per mile

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<v Speaker 8>is like five to seven dollars. Vemo can at scale,

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<v Speaker 8>they can do it three or four times cheaper. So

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<v Speaker 8>suddenly the take rate model gets disrupted. Now again it's

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<v Speaker 8>not hit primetime, but that's what Tesla is striving for,

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<v Speaker 8>and the risk for Uber and Lyft is they will

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<v Speaker 8>get disintermediated.

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<v Speaker 4>So okay, So it's not the fact that Uber would

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<v Speaker 4>just go get a bunch of robotaxis and use them

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<v Speaker 4>and eventually the payoff over time because they're not paying drivers.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not that scenario.

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<v Speaker 8>It's not that scenario because both these companies want to

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<v Speaker 8>roll out the robotaxis themselves as opposed to using an

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<v Speaker 8>Uber and even if Uber was to get involved, their

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<v Speaker 8>take rates would be way lower than thirty percent. Right now,

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<v Speaker 8>they are getting thirty percent of every ride. Let's say

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<v Speaker 8>it's a fifty dollars ride. Uber makes at least thirty percent.

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<v Speaker 8>That's a pretty healthy take rate with the you know,

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<v Speaker 8>autonomous driving equation. First, Tesla wants to go solo. They

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<v Speaker 8>don't want to partner with any of the right sharing guys.

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<v Speaker 8>That's one risk Vemo is on Uber. But my senses,

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<v Speaker 8>they also want to kind of broaden out their reach

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<v Speaker 8>and they will deploy their technology themselves. And in fact,

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<v Speaker 8>Alphabet allocated five billion dollars in capex this quarter on

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<v Speaker 8>Vemo's rollout.

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<v Speaker 2>So all right, I mean, all right, it's bad enough

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<v Speaker 2>that I get in the car with somebody I've never

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<v Speaker 2>met a total stranger. That's crazy enough to think about.

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<v Speaker 2>Am I getting in a car that's a robo taxi?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that really going to be a thing?

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<v Speaker 8>And so when I mean, these vehicles are monitored.

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<v Speaker 2>So by the way, I have a vest with scooter

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, so I don't necessarily need them for

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<v Speaker 2>the shore.

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<v Speaker 8>But go ahead, but just go to San Francisco right now.

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<v Speaker 8>You can order a Veimo ride. You can, you can

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<v Speaker 8>and just get that experience. I think every consumer who

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<v Speaker 8>has taken a Vemo ride loves that experience. Uber talked

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<v Speaker 8>about they acknowledged there on their call. But they also

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<v Speaker 8>think the rollout will be slow, and they are positioning

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<v Speaker 8>themselves by seeking all these partnerships they're partnering with byd

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<v Speaker 8>FO one hundred thousand vehicles, that was big news last week.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, then why would it be exclusionary, Like if Tesla

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<v Speaker 4>rolls it out themselves, why is it that it just

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<v Speaker 4>means more competition, It doesn't mean it's exclusionary like with Lyft.

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<v Speaker 4>Like you guys price compare with Lift, there's room for

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<v Speaker 4>more than just one.

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<v Speaker 8>There is, but then it goes back to being the

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<v Speaker 8>scale player and having that thirty percent take rates. The

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<v Speaker 8>reason why Uber has done much better than Lyft is

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<v Speaker 8>because it's a scale player and it can charge that

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<v Speaker 8>thirty percent take rate because it has the liquidity in

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<v Speaker 8>its marketplace, the supply demand matching, the best ETAs the

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<v Speaker 8>most options that it can offer to its riders. So

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<v Speaker 8>like marketplaces are all about scale, the moment you have

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<v Speaker 8>more than three or four competitors right now, it's a duopoly.

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<v Speaker 8>And still we see how badly Lyft is doing relative

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<v Speaker 8>to Uber. If you have more competition, that's not news.

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<v Speaker 8>But again this is for the route. This quarter was solid.

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<v Speaker 8>Nothing goes wrong for Uber until this robotaxi rollout plays out.

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<v Speaker 8>So we're talking a few quarters out scenario.

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<v Speaker 2>Market cap for Uber one hundred and thirty two billion,

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<v Speaker 2>market cap for Lyft four billion.

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<v Speaker 8>What happened well, I mean Uber clearly has the scale

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<v Speaker 8>and door Nash has done similarly very well on their

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<v Speaker 8>food delivery side. So You've got two scale players when

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<v Speaker 8>it comes to ride sharing and food delivery, and they

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<v Speaker 8>have the most supply. I mean, one challenge with this

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<v Speaker 8>business model is gross margins can never be as attractive

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<v Speaker 8>as your software companies. And that's what we keep finding

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<v Speaker 8>with Uber. It's like, there's still a forty percent gross

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<v Speaker 8>margin business at an aggregate level. So what where do

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<v Speaker 8>you for him?

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<v Speaker 2>That's terrible. I mean for most of the world, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>but for Mandy, if he doesn't see like eighty percent

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<v Speaker 2>gross margin, he doesn't pay attention to it. Man deep Sinc.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much, Men deep Sink. He leads her

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<v Speaker 2>Like I wouldn't call a Paul weiss Er scatting or

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<v Speaker 2>any of those firms. I just call go to this

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<v Speaker 2>four floor Bloomberg, talk.

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<v Speaker 4>To genred percent and this this headline crossed yesterday right

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<v Speaker 4>was out going to go on TV at around three

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<v Speaker 4>that a judge rulled Monday that Google illegally monopolized the

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<v Speaker 4>search market through exclusive deals, so it basically pays to

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<v Speaker 4>get their search function on your phone. I'm just gonna

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<v Speaker 4>done that down for a second. This could be huge,

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<v Speaker 4>not only for Google, but it could also be huge

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<v Speaker 4>in terms of like Apple, they could lose billions potentially

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<v Speaker 4>in revenue from this. So we wanted to bring in

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<v Speaker 4>Jen to break it down. Jen, can you just explain

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<v Speaker 4>to me in more detail kind of what the accusation

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<v Speaker 4>is here?

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<v Speaker 9>Sure? Of course, and thanks for all of your comments.

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<v Speaker 9>So Google basically was found to be a monopolist in

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<v Speaker 9>general search services, and I think that's probably no surprise,

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<v Speaker 9>right we all use Google. I think they have eighty

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<v Speaker 9>or ninety percent of the search querieson market share. But specifically,

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<v Speaker 9>what was found to be illegal was Google paying many

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<v Speaker 9>other third parties including Apple, Mozilla, Samsung, other OEMs to

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<v Speaker 9>set Google Search as the default search engine had all

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<v Speaker 9>the access points that you know, where you need to

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<v Speaker 9>access the Internet, so for instance, behind a browser, behind

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<v Speaker 9>Mozilla Firefox, or behind Apple Safari. And so what the

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<v Speaker 9>judge said is well, by placing Google as the default,

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<v Speaker 9>this really blocks out all the other competitors, the search

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<v Speaker 9>engine competitors. And at the end of the day, they

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<v Speaker 9>can't get better if they can't get to customers, because

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<v Speaker 9>search engines get better based on the number of searches done,

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<v Speaker 9>and Google's got all those searches locked up. And that

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<v Speaker 9>was anti competitive because it was exclusionary and probably hindered innovation,

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<v Speaker 9>might have hindered choice and you know, possibly hindered equality.

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<v Speaker 2>However, the stock is unchanged on the news here today,

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<v Speaker 2>so suggesting that the market doesn't really care. Should the

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<v Speaker 2>market care care?

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<v Speaker 4>Here?

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<v Speaker 2>Are there some remedies that might be really owners on Google?

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<v Speaker 8>You know?

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<v Speaker 9>I think there could be. I think part of the

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<v Speaker 9>reason the market's not really reacting is because this was

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<v Speaker 9>just a liability phase. So the remedies have yet to

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<v Speaker 9>be hashed out, and you know, that process could take

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<v Speaker 9>six months, It could take even another year before we

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<v Speaker 9>know what they are, and then Google will likely appeal

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<v Speaker 9>and can seek to stay any remedy pending the appeal.

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<v Speaker 9>And if that happens, you're looking at several years before

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<v Speaker 9>there's any impact at all. But at the end of

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<v Speaker 9>the day, the remedies could be onerous. First of all,

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<v Speaker 9>the DOJ will seek structural change. I don't think they

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<v Speaker 9>could win it here, but one of the requests they

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<v Speaker 9>might have of the judge is to break apart parts

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<v Speaker 9>of Google's business. Again, I think that's a long shot here.

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<v Speaker 9>I don't think it'll happen. I think it's more likely

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<v Speaker 9>that what the judge will say is Google, you can't

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<v Speaker 9>pay anymore to have that default position. And maybe the

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<v Speaker 9>judge will say, Google, you have to share some of

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<v Speaker 9>your data with some of these other search engines or

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<v Speaker 9>maybe some other new nascent search engine that comes into

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<v Speaker 9>being after this remedy phase is finished.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, So if that's the case, I wonder does this

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<v Speaker 4>change if President Trump wins the White House or is

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<v Speaker 4>this kind of like locked in?

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<v Speaker 9>You know, it's such an interesting issue right now, Alex,

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<v Speaker 9>because one might have said if an administration changes from

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<v Speaker 9>Democratic to Republican, it could change and there might be

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<v Speaker 9>more of a likelihood of a settlement.

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<v Speaker 4>But you have JD.

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<v Speaker 9>Vance as president former President Trump's vice presidential pick, and

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<v Speaker 9>he actually is is aligned with the idea of breaking

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<v Speaker 9>up Google. He's pretty anti big tech. I don't know

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<v Speaker 9>how much he would influence the policy decisions of a

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<v Speaker 9>Trump DOJ or FTC, but if he did, he would

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<v Speaker 9>be all in on continuing to go after Google. So

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<v Speaker 9>I think that possibility of some kind of a settlement

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<v Speaker 9>that's easier on Google happening down the road is low.

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<v Speaker 4>Jen.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if you stopped any person on the street,

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<v Speaker 2>they would say, I got no problem with Google. They're actually,

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<v Speaker 2>it's great, It's changed my life for the better. Is

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<v Speaker 2>this one of those issues where there it's a solution

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<v Speaker 2>in search of a problem here, and does that factor

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<v Speaker 2>into remedies?

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<v Speaker 9>You know, it's exactly you're thinking like a lawyer now

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<v Speaker 9>because that hurts. There's a lot of commentary when this

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<v Speaker 9>case was brought that the DOJ brought the case but

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<v Speaker 9>they really don't have a solution, and they brought it

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<v Speaker 9>before they knew what the solution would be. We're going

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<v Speaker 9>to get into what they're going to suggest the solution.

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<v Speaker 9>But Paul, exactly why you said, you know, people love Google,

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<v Speaker 9>and this is exactly why I think the judge wouldn't

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<v Speaker 9>do something structural because he's not going to want to

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<v Speaker 9>mess that up. People like Google. Google's essentially a free product,

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<v Speaker 9>at least for people, not for advertisers, and it functions

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<v Speaker 9>very well. And despite having a monopoly position, the judge

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<v Speaker 9>did acknowledge that Google continues to innovate in the search area.

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<v Speaker 9>So I think because of the desirability for consumers of

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<v Speaker 9>the Google Search engine, we're not going to see something structural.

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<v Speaker 9>But I do think obviously the judge is going to

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<v Speaker 9>have to impose some remedy because he found that the

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<v Speaker 9>company's acting anti competitively.

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<v Speaker 4>This is a weirdly unfair question to ask you, is

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<v Speaker 4>big tech too big? Like do we have a big

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<v Speaker 4>tech problem?

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<v Speaker 9>Well, I think that's what the current administration thinks. Yes,

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<v Speaker 9>But you know, there's a disalignment here with our Supreme Court,

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<v Speaker 9>because our Supreme Court has ruled over and over that

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<v Speaker 9>it's not illegal in the United States to have a monopoly,

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<v Speaker 9>and in fact, that's what we want all companies to

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<v Speaker 9>work toward, because that's what will cause them to innovate

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<v Speaker 9>and try to gain market share by lowering their prices.

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<v Speaker 9>So at the end of the day, just being big,

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<v Speaker 9>at least today isn't illegal. The problem is the conduct

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<v Speaker 9>of a company that's really big, and that's really what

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<v Speaker 9>the DOJ and FTC are going after right now.

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<v Speaker 2>How about other tech companies, what does this mean for them?

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<v Speaker 9>You know, I think it's atmospherics because there are different facts,

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<v Speaker 9>different issues, different markets, and different market positions. You know,

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<v Speaker 9>the case against Amazon against Meta, they're more case against Apple,

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<v Speaker 9>they're quite different, and these cases rest on the facts

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<v Speaker 9>and the specifics. But what this does do, at least

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<v Speaker 9>for Google, we have one more case coming up, a

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<v Speaker 9>big one against its ad tech stack that's going to

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<v Speaker 9>trial this September. And now Google's been found to have

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<v Speaker 9>monopolized two different parts of its business, play Store, and

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<v Speaker 9>now search, so psychologically, you know, it could influence a

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<v Speaker 9>judge to think, well, they've been found to engage anti

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<v Speaker 9>competitively in two areas, why not in a third as well?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, Paul, this goes to your era too. I

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<v Speaker 4>was reading a piece today that big tech's AI problem

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<v Speaker 4>is just going to buy smaller to companies and getting

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<v Speaker 4>their talent right, and I wonder if that has to

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<v Speaker 4>kind of go away now, because if you have this

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<v Speaker 4>kind of DOJ.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's interesting. I mean, I think what I understand

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<v Speaker 2>from people like Jen is that some of these big

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<v Speaker 2>tech companies that their hands are really tied in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of big deals at least.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, Jen, do you think, oh, absolutely, their hands have

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<v Speaker 9>been tied for the last three years. Things could change

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<v Speaker 9>a little bit with the new administration. I think there

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<v Speaker 9>is no doubt no matter who's elected, there will be

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<v Speaker 9>some change in the leadership positions the decision makers at

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<v Speaker 9>the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, and that

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<v Speaker 9>could change things. But I do think big tech is

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<v Speaker 9>still going to have a lot of trouble going forward

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<v Speaker 9>trying to do any kind of a big deal.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, Jim, thanks a lot. We really appreciate it awesome,

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<v Speaker 4>one of the best in the business. It's the best,

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<v Speaker 4>if not. Jennifer Rea Bloomberg Intelligence, a senior litigation analyst,

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<v Speaker 4>joining us on Google being accused of monopolizing search and

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<v Speaker 4>sort of the ramifications of that as well. It is

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<v Speaker 4>interesting though that markets are super taking this and stride.

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<v Speaker 4>Like yesterday when the news broke, the stock was down

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<v Speaker 4>like a couple percent and didn't really move at all

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<v Speaker 4>from that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean second, investors have been used to this from

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<v Speaker 2>the Microsoft days back in the eighties, nineties and two thousands,

0:36:25.360 --> 0:36:28.080
<v Speaker 2>and even they looked to Big Tobacco and they say,

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<v Speaker 2>look at and Big Tobaccos is powered break through all

0:36:30.520 --> 0:36:33.360
<v Speaker 2>that litigation risk here. So you get to these companies

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<v Speaker 2>to get to such a size and such a strength

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<v Speaker 2>that it really doesn't matter. The horse is kind of

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<v Speaker 2>out of the barn here, so we'll keep an eye

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<v Speaker 2>on that.

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