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Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio News.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Bloomberg day Break Asia Podcast. I'm Doug Prisner.

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Speaker 2: Iran is facing its most perilous moment in decades. This

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Speaker 2: after the US and Israel attacked Iran's nuclear facilities. It

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Speaker 2: was Saturday night in the US. President Trump authorized a

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Speaker 2: massive strike, even though he previously hinted at a delay.

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Speaker 2: Here is Trump as he addressed the nation in televised

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Speaker 2: remarks late Saturday.

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Speaker 3: Iranski nuclear and Richmond facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Aranda,

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Speaker 3: bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If

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Speaker 3: they do not, future attacks would be far greater and

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Speaker 3: a lot easier.

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Speaker 2: The mission was dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer. It used B

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Speaker 2: two stealth bombers, Tomahawk missiles, and precision guided weapons to

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Speaker 2: disable three Irani nuclear facilities. In a moment, we'll take

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Speaker 2: a look at market implications of the strikes. I'll be

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Speaker 2: joined by Gene Goldman. He is the chief investment officer

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Speaker 2: at SETA Financial Group. But we begin in Washington, where

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Speaker 2: we heard earlier from John Bolton, former US Ambassador to

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Speaker 2: the United Nations. He spoke with Bloomberg's Bounce of Power

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Speaker 2: host Joe Matthew and Kaylee Lyons.

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Speaker 4: I don't know what you make of this rhetorical dance

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Speaker 4: that we're hearing about the extent of damage. Starting with

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Speaker 4: President Trump suggesting that Fourdeaux was obliterated, we've heard more

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Speaker 4: tempered comments from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and

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Speaker 4: other analysts who are looking at this, including the IAEA.

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Speaker 5: Did we go far enough? Well, I don't think the

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Speaker 6: I think it's very difficult to make evaluations of how

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Speaker 6: effectively been for example, at foordoh which by definition was

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Speaker 6: But my guess is that what the Chairman of the

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Speaker 6: Joint Chiefs, General Cain said is accurate that there were

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Speaker 6: severe damage. We'll be checking further and seeing what happened.

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Speaker 5: There are a lot of.

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Speaker 6: Other pieces, though, that need to be put into play here.

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Speaker 6: We know we've seen from overhead photographs that during the

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Speaker 6: sixty plus days of negotiation that President Trump offered, the

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Speaker 6: Iranians did a fair amount of work trying to move

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Speaker 6: perhaps uranium stockpiles, perhaps sensitive machinery out of some of

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Speaker 6: these key target areas. We may or may not know

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Speaker 6: where that is, but I don't think this is over yet.

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Speaker 6: Just on the mission of destroying these three sides.

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Speaker 7: Well, and on that mission, administration officials have maintained today

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Speaker 7: that the objective was solely to focus on Iran's nuclear capabilities,

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Speaker 7: that this objective was not regime change. But sir, even

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Speaker 7: if it wasn't the objective, could that still be the

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Speaker 5: And how well exactly?

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Speaker 6: And even as we just heard the President has been

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think regime change has.

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Speaker 6: To be the objective because the Eye Tollas are never

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Speaker 6: going to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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Speaker 5: They have to be worst out of power.

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Speaker 6: That's the only shot we have at really lasting peace

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Speaker 6: and security in the Middle East. And a strike like

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Speaker 6: this and potentially others, and certainly Israel's ongoing attacks can

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Speaker 5: They've been beaten.

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Speaker 6: Badly by the Israelis ever since Hamasa's attack on out

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Speaker 5: Now they have to make a choice.

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Speaker 6: Do they want to take on a second military adversary

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Speaker 5: They may well do it. Look, it's a regime.

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Speaker 6: Run by medieval religious fanatics. They may well retaliate against

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Speaker 6: the United States, but they will be making a big

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Speaker 4: Well, when we consider the day after, whether it's an

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Speaker 4: of here. What would be the US response?

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Speaker 5: What should it be?

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Speaker 6: Well, I think there are three categories of possible targets. One,

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Speaker 6: obviously is more attacks on Israel. Second would be a

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Speaker 6: including in this country. Obviously, our first concern is the Americans,

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Speaker 6: but we're going to do everything we can to defend Israel,

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Speaker 6: Iranian threat, and it really at this point is much

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Speaker 6: harder for Iran to do what they might like to do,

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Speaker 5: Syria has fallen.

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Speaker 6: This is not the Iran it was on October the sixth,

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Speaker 6: twenty twenty three, that's for sure.

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Speaker 7: Well, as we consider what capabilities Iran may have to

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Speaker 7: Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, no longer allowing IAEA inspectors to

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Speaker 7: monitor what Iran is doing. Even if we may have

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Speaker 7: does that not potentially risk if they were to exit

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Speaker 7: that agreement much greater danger in the long term.

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Speaker 5: Now, it wouldn't make any difference at all.

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Speaker 6: They've been violating the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty for twenty

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Speaker 6: in any form, and that's exactly what they've been doing.

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Speaker 5: So withdrawal from the treaties just meaningless.

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Speaker 6: And as for the IAEA, look, it's it's been excluded

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Speaker 5: IAEA is a good agency.

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Speaker 6: I have a lot of respect for it, but it's

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Speaker 6: not an intelligence agency. Frequently, the most important information that

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Speaker 4: Iran's parliament has voted to close the Strait of horror moves.

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Speaker 4: As you've heard. You may not take that seriously, John Bolton,

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Speaker 4: but I wonder what our capability would be if we

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Speaker 6: Well, there are a number of ways they could try

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Speaker 5: But we're fully aware that.

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Speaker 6: This has been a possibility and if they try it,

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Speaker 6: it won't simply be clearing minds away from the strait

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Speaker 7: All right, John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN

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Speaker 7: and former National Security Advisor under the first Trump administration.

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Speaker 7: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Daybreak Asia podcast. I'm Doug Chrisner.

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Speaker 2: We're seeing market reaction to the US attack on Iran's

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Speaker 2: three main nuclear sites. Stock index futures or down, Crude

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Speaker 2: oil prices are higher, and treasury bonds are being boosted

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Speaker 2: by some haven buying. For a closer look at market action,

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Speaker 2: I'm joined now by Gene Goldman. He is the chief

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Speaker 2: investment officer at Satara Financial Group. Jean joins us here

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Speaker 2: in our New York studio. Nice of you to drop

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Speaker 2: by on a Sunday in the US. We're focused very

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Speaker 2: much on the developments with respect to the US strikes

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Speaker 2: on nuclear targets in Iran. I'm curious just to how

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Speaker 2: you're thinking about this right now.

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Speaker 1: Sure, I think if you think about the weekend, and

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Speaker 1: obviously the US hit Iran and investors are hitting the

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Speaker 1: We're not saying this is any type of you know,

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Speaker 1: this is just a detour, not any type of derailment.

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Speaker 1: What do you mean by that?

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Speaker 1: Yes, this what we're seeing play out is a classic

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Speaker 1: market playbook. We're seeing, you know, safe haven investments rise,

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Speaker 1: gold dollar for example, US egletes are a weeker. We

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Speaker 1: We do think that the yalkurb will flatten a bit,

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Speaker 1: Oil of course up two to three percent. Everything is

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Speaker 1: playing out as we expect. The big question is what's next.

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Speaker 1: What's going to happen after this? Does Iran shut down

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Speaker 1: The US will push back, you know, militarily or politically.

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Speaker 1: all it said, though, we do think any pullback is

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Speaker 1: we've pretty much eliminated a terrorist threat, We've pretty much

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Speaker 1: That's a great question, because we do think inflation is

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Speaker 1: All this together, we do think inflation does rise because

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Speaker 2: So if your mentality right now was by the dip,

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Speaker 1: Yeah? I think if you take a step back, how

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Speaker 1: Number one, be diversified. Number two, focus on fundamentals to fundamentals,

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Speaker 1: Doesn't trouble us right now. I mean unfortunate, just like

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Speaker 1: Biggest concern is valuations. You know, how do you invest

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Speaker 1: But what we also say is, listen, we're continuing to

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Speaker 2: We'll leave it there, Gene, It's always a pleasure. Thank

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Speaker 2: you so much. Jane Goldman there. He is the chief

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