Expressed interest and are considering participating and then we certainly have, you know, many managers who are engaging with Portfolio Companies around climate risk but perhaps not formally through that initiative. Okay. And then my other concern is, we talked about diversity and i like what youve done in terms of the work around that. Do we use that same [indiscernible] in terms of rps and other things, do we really apply the sfers criteria for the type of diversity were looking for across the board, including [indiscernible] and other sectors . I cant fully comment on that. I guess what i can say is, you know, there is proposition 209 in place in california i know. Thats why i i know. Up to a vote, thats in november. But we do not i want to make clear that we do not ask about diversity characteristics when we send out an rfp or enter a new relationship or a new contract with an external party. Were wanting to be not running afoul of distortion . The board is engaging, we do request
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Big internet companies, that was the worst sector yesterday. Investors bidding those higher into earnings. One note, something that is not different, supporting the idea fundamentally nothing has changed, investors looking past it, we have a lower low on the s p 500. Sharply,ave oil down heading to the worst week since april. Commodities, and wrist asset down in a bait way. David to add one further complicate in fact are, look at the 10 year. We are above 80 basis points again. That is a risk on reaction. How does that fit with commodities . Abigail great question. You have bond selling off. The 10 year yield back in the top part of this years range, suggesting it will make a move for 1 . That will be wrist on because it would mean investors going out of bonds and could also pressure stocks. On the week, bonds are rallying. On the week we have a big haven bid, big haven bid for the dollar. The dow and s p 500 heading for the worst week since march. We also have crude oil down in a big
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U. K. This is what we know and this is what we are waiting to find out from the Prime Minister. He has urged everyone to try to work from home if possible. You can see that playing out in the markets, although a lot of the selloff happened yesterday. Stocks, 0. 6 . European stocks actually rebounding from their temple on monday. A lot of the focus is on the tech stocks as well. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres leighann gerrans. Leighann good morning. Movingnt trump is towards nominating Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the supreme court. Shes the favorite of antiabortion right activists who have been lobbying for her appointment. Barrett is currently a judge on the seventh Circuit Court of appeals in chicago. Federal reserve chairman Jerome Powell is set that the u. S. Faces a long and uncertain economic recovery. His testimony alongside treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin will begin later today. It comes as congress is deadlocked over another round of