♪ >> good evening from bloomberg world headquarters. we are counting down to asia's major market open. i'm taylor riggs in new york. haidi: i'm haidi stroud-watts in sydney. here are your top stories. the u.s. rally continues. the s&p 500 wiping out losses for the year on rising optimism of a post virus recovery. the dollar falls in the longest live in a decade. oil takes a pause as saudi arabia prepares to halt output

curbs. the amount of storage is 300% higher than a year ago. and global virus cases top 7 million in less than a week after topping 6 million. the u.s. and u.k. show signs of a slowdown. india and brazil are the new hotspots. taylor: let's get a quick check of those u.s. markets and a reminder of how they ended. erased all the losses that we have for 2020. the nasdaq 100 continues to post more record highs. you see futures taking that in stride, mostly unchanged after what has been an astounding past few days coming up the big friday's jobs report. the optimism continues here in the monday trading. i do want to see how things are shaping up for some of the asian markets. for that, we have sophie kamaruddin here. are asian markets extending some of the optimism we got in the u.s.? so, even afterestly

we got warnings from slowing growth from the world bank. kiwi stocks adding about one third of 1% at the start. clawing back year losses as the country with social distancing rules. australia futures pointing higher, but coffee future set a lower future set a lower. contact with the south coming from midday today. we will check in on currencies. the dollar at a three-month low. the aussie holding steady after topping 17. the offshore yuan trading at a one month high. the yen after the biggest gain in two months with options getting but. ought. check out the hong kong dollar, staying near the strong end as htma continues to defend after selling $4.5 billion since

april. now checking in on the commodity space. wti coming online, just below $39 a barrel after slipping overnight on saudi decision to end extra supply cuts. while iraq said it is committed to the opec-plus deal, securities lagging caution in compliance as the producer would have to cut 80%. gold testing $1700. the fed saying dovish this week. scott minerd saying he is favoring gold as the fed needs of finance the deficit in the u.s. exceeding into the dollars decline. taylor: we pushed forward into that fomc meeting. sophie kamaruddin there. the bull run and stocks is forcing some of the most successful investors to admit defeat. hedge fund manager said he was far too cautious during the market gains. "i missed a great opportunity here. won't be the last time."

he said the risk reward calculation for equities was the worst he had seen in his career. still on the bullish side is the senior portfolio manager for wells fargo asset management and he joins us now from newton, massachusetts. are you fully in the camp this is a bull market instead of a really big bear market rally? >> yes, i think it is the beginning of a bull market rally. you can't underestimate the effect of what the fed did, pouring trillions of dollars of liquidity into the financial markets. one, it stabilize the real economy and you can see that by the recent unemployment numbers. two, it assures the companies will not go bankrupt during this complete shutdown. we think that as we go through each quarter, we will see surprises on the upside. inould say this huge move the treasuries and stock market has been due to this massive liquidity that has ported in a

short time. taylor: all based on the fed. is any of it due to the cheap evaluations we had in the march 23 selloff? margie: yes, the market on march 23, even at the time clearly reflected very negative outlooks for the recovery in the economy, not only in the u.s. but globally. since then, we have seen modestly improving statistics for the virus. but more fundamentally, we have seen market enthusiasm come back simply because the market has responded so well to these backstop liquidity measures. also, the unemployment insurance program which is putting $1 trillion annualized into consumers' pockets. even people who lost their jobs have income to spend so they did a great job stabilizing the economy. all we need is for the economy to get back in gear. the virus to continue to decline and we should be great for a

multiyear move up in the equity markets. haidi: semiconductors is one of the themes were positive on. i thought it was interesting the overnight exuberance. we did see weakness with sme's index and the nasdaq gold index. does that indicate we will see a flareup of china-u.s. tensions again? margie: yes, but i think it is reflected in the prices of the semi stocks. they have a combination of long-term growth and also value because due to the cyclicality of their business, the underlying business is, they often trade cheaper than a pure growth stock and many of them have very attractive cash flow even with the setbacks here and have attractive dividends. we think they adequately reflect the uncertainties they have about u.s.-china tensions. we have been talking

about the rotation into value for some time now. evaluations we are now seeing in these markets, the levels we are trading at, does that make that rotation from growth look a little more painful? margie: i think the growth stocks, those companies that have long-term growth due to their business characteristics are still going to be the market leaders. we've had a lot of puts and takes and trading shifts in the last several weeks where people are making short-term moves in certain sectors. we may see utilities pop up or materials pop up, industrials pop up. today was interesting. the two sectors that really lagged where technology and health care which had been the two growers over a number of years. there's a little trading undercurrent, but basically the long-term advantage is going to be with growth stocks. taylor: i want to go across asset and do some analysis with

the with investment grade fixed income and then go down into high-yield. talk about how the defensiveness of the high-yield sector has been some of the biggest dow performers. are the double d sector still look attractive after the big fallengiven the fed's angel program effectively could keep a resort for that grade of high-yield? margie: yes, we had a huge move in high-yield. actually in this quarter so far, we've had a move in prices of high-yield bonds of 10% to 12% which is huge for the high-yield market. right now, a yield of around 3.3% to 4.4% which is pretty modest them where they were a couple of months ago. still, for an income oriented buyer, it is the only game in town in a relatively safe sector. it's interesting that many people felt a month or two ago

when the high-yield market had a huge correction that this was a warning sign of fundamental deterioration in the economy and a warning sign that equities were going to weaken. what we've had in the last month is just the opposite. we've had yield spreads of, prices go up and now the high-yield market reflects a pretty healthy condition. the average bond yield is about 6%. we were close to 5% only a month ago. haidi: always appreciate your time with us. margie patel, senior portfolio manager for wells fargo. you can get more on the markets on today's edition of daybreak. bloomberg subscribers, go to your terminal. all the way back to the beginning. it is also available on the bloomberg anywhere app. you can customize settings so you get the news on the industries and assets that matter to you. a check of the first word headlines. karina mitchell has those.

karina: the former police officer charged with killing george floyd offered nope we'll in his first court appearance. he's accused of murder, having his knee on floyd's neck for almost nine minutes. democrats want sweeping changes making it easier to sue law enforcement including have police where body cameras and ending chokehold. meanwhile, the european central bank says it expects the single market economy to shrink by almost 9% this year before recovering modestly in 2021. the eurozone is entering its worst recession in decades, hammered by the coronavirus, triggering a slowdown and a weaker global economy. the ecb has promised to cushion the blow and president christine lagarde says policymakers will act as needed. >> i very much welcome the european parliament's call for an ambitious european response. i count on this house and this

committee to design a strong and effective financial framework. at the same time, you can rest assured that the ecb will, within its limits, continue to support the recovery with all appropriate measures. karina: tension is rising again on the korean peninsula's with the north saying it will close down all contact with the south. the two sides normally scheduled talks at 9:00 and 5:00 each day, but phone calls have been going unanswered with new propaganda at the border. ,ew pictures of kim jong-un residing over a meeting. a court has rejected demands for the arrest of the samsung heir, saying there is no compelling evidence. lee is accused of bribery and corruption. prosecutors allege he and samsung use the legal means to

assure his succession. samsung has ordered an independent review into the impact of the potential indictment. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. haidi? haidi: still ahead, global coronavirus cases top 7 million now. new research suggests we could see half a billion more without a lot on measures. we get the details next. gold back above $1700. investors anticipating the fed will stay dovish. we will discuss the outlook later on. this is bloomberg. ♪

haidi: as places from new york to new zealand these virus restrictions, we are learning how effective such interventions

may have been. lockdowns and other health measures may have prevented half a billion cases in six countries including the u.s. and china. interesting to look at this because in australia, you have a lot of people saying the curve was never going to be that bad anyway. it does go to say how effective the lockdown measures have been across some of these countries. >> absolutely. i think when you look at that sort of counterfactual, you have to think about what might have happened if there were no lockdowns whatsoever. i think the results would have been quite awful. if you look at the example of new york city, which you had hundreds of thousands of cases and tens of thousands of deaths. that is a situation where it did end up in quite a strict lockdown for months.

quite a number of other urban centers where there was a similar outcome, you might have had that if there was no lockdown and a very tragic outcome. you also see the unfortunate consequences of only doing a really modest outcome or lockdown, lifting measures to soon. the continued rise of cases in sweden, and now in the united states, you have a number of different parts of the country that are starting to see either just a plateau that they never quite managed to bend and a continuing wave of deaths. or outright case growth in some cases. taylor: i'm in new york city. the mta subway opened today for the first time, meaning a lot of people were out there riding. masks are required but i am wondering if that is enough to get people back on that subway. what is it going to take? max: i think it's going to take kind of sustained evidence that

you can do that safely. it will be a long process because this initial wave, initial reopening is a pretty limited subset. you will have a few hundred thousand more people going to work. the cityy nothing like at full clip where you have millions and millions of riders every day and a density that anyone in the subway knows it is not possible to distance. it will take just a shift in ofture of wearing masks, running more trains, doing everything you can but there is no way to do it without some additional risk. it will take keeping that case count down and continue to build that test tracing, isolate capability the city is working on. haidi: the reopening challenges

talk about that kind of density, i'm wondering in terms of the science, what more do we know about these a symptom at a cases? says transmission seemed to be rare. do we know more about antibodies and immunity that can aid us as cities reopen? max: absolutely. analysis is focused on truly symptomatic people. these are people that never developed symptoms. there is a different category of people that i believe won't include in the analysis which are pretty symptomatically people. people that go on to develop symptoms but for a few days, they don't have it but are shedding virus. limitedthe w.h.o. has a amount of data suggesting that, the other group may still be a significant issue.

that will be something that means you have to continue to do at some level of distancing and continue to have people wear masks. on the subject of antibodies and acquired immunity, the sense we are getting is that people that make it through the infection, you have at least some degree or some biomarker correlates that make that likely. we still don't know and won't for a while -- how doordash durable it is. yorkin a place like new where it had a really acute outbreak, the antibodies survey study we have suggested infection rate of somewhere between 20%, maybe more. that still indicates the vast rickity of the population probably has the most infections. really far away from herd immunity. something that might make any future second wave a little less

acute, but not so you can count on or have a substitute for continuing to take strong measures and take a lot of caution. taylor: what are experts saying about the threat of a second wave of this virus, in part, because of the mass gatherings we are seeing due to the protests, for example? max: i think they say generally that at least some form of a second wave of the virus is inevitable. for the u.s. in particular, it may take a different form that i think people are envisioning of just a renewed wave that looks something like we saw in the spring. it might be different because you have this sustained level of infection in the population in many places so that means the number of infections keeps rolling along. while it may mean the future spike is not as acute, it does

mean the conditions for a spike if people get less cautious, if people start to have more mass gatherings, protest or otherwise or the natural kind of reopening. it is something that absent early intervention, contact tracing, which are things that are still being built out, could get quite bad quickly. taylor: fascinating analysis. thank you, max, in new york. coming up, oil slides on both sides of the atlantic as saudi arabia says it will not push for more production cuts beyond the agreement. we will get the outlook next. this is bloomberg. ♪

haidi: let's check in on the oil patch where we are seeing a tumultuous session after a rally. taking a look at what prices are

sitting at the moment. in new a tenths of 1% york. goldman sachs has been short-term bearish when it comes to oil and saudi arabia is shocking asian buyers with hikes. su keenan has more. the saudis decided to end the extra output cut and that drove the downside we saw in the session. su: yeah, they are saying the extra cuts which were above are no longer needed. they served their purpose. it is a number of strategies they are using to boost prices. if you look at the chart of west texas intermediate where it was down as much as 4% in the recent takeon, it is starting to a pause in the rally and market watchers say the market is pretty much spooked by the aggressive nature of those saudi price hikes. they are the biggest hikes in 20 years.

the outlook for demand is gloomy and the view of goldman sachs. they believe brent crude could fall to $35 near-term. they are bearish because of the poor returns from refineries. there's a view that the opec-plus deal that was reached to extend output cuts in july are already priced in. let's listen to the saudi oil minister. of even sending an agreement at the end of 2022. opec-plus on that aprt. part. su: until death do we part. he is saying we have the option to keep extending it, but it is not the golden bullet solution. taylor: it is also interesting the last couple of hours, we heard from chesapeake. they say they are preparing to

file for chapter 11 bankruptcy and looking to give lenders control. what do we know? su: bloomberg hearing from those close to the matter, not yet announced, that chesapeake player,a huge strong preparing to file a potential chapter 11 filing. we are hearing giving control to the senior lenders. bloombergbell as moved the story on this, the stock fell but check out the regular session. the stock was on fire not just on the monday session, but friday. it was up triple despite 22 trading calls on monday and up some 76% on friday. chesapeake is negotiating. it's according to those close to the matter, it is debating whether to not pay the $9 billion which would give it a great time to talk to lenders. it was a strong company that

struggled for more than a decade of staggering debt. back to you. taylor: bloombergs su keenan. a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. oil'snning two/jobs as recent plunge accelerates and moves to slimmed on the transition. it says falling prices and demand, plus the coronavirus have forced a change in the way the company operates. 10,000 jobs are in jeopardy. 14% of the workforce mostly in office space roles. hong kong's reputation as a financial center is rising again has new share sales brought investor money and the second largest online retailer is seeking more than 4 billion u.s. dollars in the secondary and the offer is said to be several times. over it follows the sale and comes with hong kong grappled with the coronavirus, months of protest and a potential downgrade by the u.s.. coming up next, it is a big win

. why the latest ruling in the years long probe. what it means for samsung, its billionaire and the tech giant next. this is bloomberg. ♪

karina: you are watching daybreak australia. global coronavirus cases have top 7 million more than a week after reaching 6 million, driven by new infections in india and brazil. there are signs that numbers are slowing in the u.k. and u.s. the u.k. is starting a mandatory 14 day quarantine for anyone entering the country. the government insists it is vital but airlines and other businesses say it will devastate their operations. a new report says indonesia is in its worst shape since at least 2004 as virus prevention measures hammer businesses and households.

the vast majority of respondents claim current conditions are bad or very bad, and almost 90% expect incomes to drop, as virus cases decline. the government has announced stimulus worth almost $50 billion. the u.s. and russia will open arms control talks later this month, with the sole remaining agreement poised to expire in less than a year. the new strategic arms treaty ends in february and president trump wants to expand it to include china. beijing says it is not interested. it would be the first time in five decades that the u.s. and russia have no formal nuclear agreement. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. taylor: thank you. has rejectedoul demands for the arrest of samsung heir jay y. lee, saying

there's no compelling evidence. lee is accused of bribery and corruption in the 2015 merger of two affiliates that led him to the top of the conglomerate. asia tech reporter joins us. what do we know about the latest in some of the developments? >> the court announced it jay y. lee after having a hearing that went for more than eight hours. as soon as the news came out, lee who was waiting in a detention center for the results went back to his house. the court explained the reason for the rejection, prosecutors fell short of having a valid reason despite considerable evidence they obtained through probes. this is a relief for the billionaire and embroiled in allegations of bribery and corruption. it court implied

acknowledged some allegations raised. prevent successfully him from going to jail and they have to bring up stronger evidence to defend him. haidi: what comes next in terms of where potentially the trial drags on to into next year? sohee: lee is facing charges of stock manipulation and violation of laws that stems from a controversial merger in 2015 between two samsung units. that helped lee. samsung has strongly denied those allegations. last week, they requested an outside panel asked -- assessed of ability of a potential indictment. there will be a meeting on thursday to decide whether to form the outside panel or not. the civic members will make an assessment and give recommendations to prosecutors

in coming months. in the meantime, prosecutors will continue to investigate the alleged scheme and there is a possibility they may decide to reapply for the arrest warrant of lee. or they may bring him to try without arrest. taylor: what is at stake here for samsung? sohee: so far, samsung has continued to do things normal. their stock price has not been much affected. in a statement over the weekend, it has contracted. difficulty with the coronavirus pandemic in addition to the heightened uncertainties. they are striving to boost the image of lee and its corporate reputation. it is important for samsung to have a better image for public

opinion into the trial. taylor: sohee kim with the latest developments on samsung. coming up next, gold climbing thee the $1700 mark as investors think that the fed will continue. ,e will speak to jodi stanton who has seen transaction volumes jump 660% since january. this is bloomberg. ♪

taylor: welcome back to daybreak australia. a quick check of the markets and for that we go to sophie. sophie: taking a look at the board, future is moving slightly to the downside. sidney stocks set for a positive start after the long weekend. we will watch miners in australia after iron ore top $100 with a 10th of the output being disrupted by the suspension of the brazil operation. in chile, copper mines are being called upon to step up virus protections after the death of a worker. this morning, copper futures continue to add shire. i want to check out this chart showing bully on atf holdings. we did see some caps friday with the first back to backdrop since march as gold prices market

third week of losses. checking on how bullion is starting up the week, looking on a firmer footing with prices testing $1700 as investors are looking towards the fed being dovish of the end of the policy meeting. haidi: let's continue that focus on gold with our next guest joining us from sydney, jodi stanton, ceo and cofounder of sendgold. great to have you with us. tell us the kind of interest you have seen since we have seen the fed resuming extraordinary monetary policy. seen aeah, we have significant increase. sendgold was inspired by previous crisis and a weakening economy so our transactions are up 819% since january with a 311% increase in the average transaction price.

we are also seeing more frequent purchases by women. for example, those setting up regular purchases of gold. we've introduced level two accounts which significantly increase the transaction limits. last week, we launched business accounts in australia. companies and trusts around the world. mariarecently appointed as our chief customer experience advisor. she spent some time speaking to several of our customers. what we are finding is while our earliest were skewed towards white-collar professional, we are seeing an increase of blue-collar as well in regional areas as the crisis unfolds. not only are people looking to protect their wealth, but more than ever, people can control their assets digitally from their homes and hold some assets

outside of the banks in the current environment. haidi: do you see the slide in the dollar which is the biggest we have seen in about a decade, do you see that driving further upside for gold? jodi: absolutely. i'm certainly pleased to see the recent jobs data. it definitely skewed towards the haves and have-nots. there are still struggling minority groups, but gold is really unique. one thing, it is an investment. but on the other hand, it is a heads and it is out of reach of government manipulation. i have heard the phrase recently on bloomberg, rocks beats stocks. outperformed both shares and bonds on a 10 and 20 year basis. shares have rebounded but the companies shares have seen a 50%

drop in earnings. bond interest rates are headed to zero and negative in some markets. gold is also hedging against inflation. gold is gold. it doesn't change. what changes are the bank currencies around it. it takes more and more bank money to buy a house, groceries, pay the electric bill. these goods and services have not changed, but the bank money is losing its buying power that every year. covid has simply fast tracked the crisis. in an environment of low interest rates, record high date, hyperinflation on the menu, the question is really not whether gold prices will continue to climb or how high. it will go. we think of gold as a long-term play. we believe gold will absolutely prove to be a profitable investment over the course of

this decade and provide security across portfolios. taylor: while it is a long-term play, curious, the people who are buying gold right now, on the short-term are they doing it for a hedge, foreign investment, for an insurance policy? people buying now, why are they doing so? jodi: first of all, you have to figure where they live. in australia, we are seeing a lot of people coming in simply because it's cheaper on an australian dollar basis. overall, gold with the u.s. dollar, it is not lost too much round. the australian dollar, you have. i think more and more people who are buying gold now, it is about buying power and maintaining buying power. i think it has always been an insurance policy. people buy gold for different things. customerspoke to our

and they said there and list three or four reasons why they are buying gold. it fits on so many levels. taylor: what is the biggest risk to the downside for goal? if that inflation never gets to 2%, what do you see as the biggest risk to the rally? jodi: look, again, it depends on what country. gold does not change. it very much is about the currencies that change around it. i think the short-term fluctuation, we don't concern ourselves with too much. i think if you are trading goal, it is different if you are cumulative through the long haul. now's a long time to a key blade for the long haul. really justrisk is about not getting into gold at all at this time. what about central-bank normalization? if the key factor is the fed staying dovish, we see continued

dovish and globally, making gold a one-way bet, what happens when we start seeing that being withdrawn? we have not recovered fully from previous crises. i worked on crisis management and wall street during the asian financial crisis. ang-term capital received $3.7 billion bailout to avoid a domino effect across the under major banks. 2007-2008, central banks came to the rescue, taking its balance sheet from $800 million to $4 trillion. enter covid stage left, with current debt levels, it is not possible to fight inflation with the interest rate increasing. we already have a sovereign debt crisis underway. normally, the imf has two or three nations at a time needing a bailout.

last week, more than 150 countries have asked for a bailout. much more money printing and lower interest rates could occur. they are both on the menu and both are good for gold in the long-term. taylor: sendgold cofounder and ceo jodi stanton joining us from sydney. coming up, short-sellers are flocking to one of asia's best-performing segments, biotech. we will tell you why the space is a breeding ground for the bears. this is bloomberg. ♪

haidi: the continuing protests and reopening are igniting fears of another wave of infection. the vice dean of john hopkins bloomberg school of public health tells us about the risks ahead. >> i have been worried about police tactics and particularly if they are resting a lot of peaceful protesters and putting them inside together in jails. we know that's a location where the virus has spread a lot. thatgenerally, i think there's a little bit of a sense and i am just saying generally, ok, we are now moving past coronavirus, but we cannot move past coronavirus because the virus is still there and has the same it always had. whether we are protesting, which

i think people are protesting the right things, it is incredibly important. or whether we are doing other things, whatever it is, we have to have the coronavirus in mind to keep us safe as possible. >> what about schools? is the reopening of school something that needs to be done more quickly than we have so far or less quickly? thee have fall coming up in u.s. when school with no really open. kids have really suffered not being in school. it is really important that kids not only get education, but breakfast and lunch that comes with school, the support of teachers, the social interaction with friends. all of that is extremely important. it should be more of a national priority to get ready for school but school looks a little different this fall. still have to keep the coronavirus in mind. there are ways to reduce the risk like keeping small groups of kids together all day. spacing out the desks more. extra cleaning. we've really got to get on that

now for us to be ready in the fall. >> why have we had such a different response from a lot of european economies reopening schools? compared to the u.s. were most schools will not reopen until september? >> i think typically in the united states, we don't have school over the summer so i think people will take the summer to prepare for the fall. kids will lose more ground over the summer unfortunately. what's tell you exactly happening in other countries based on whether school schedules are. i think they are starting relatively slowly in other countries and they will have some experience that hopefully we can learn from. >> what is the one thing you would learn looking back at what has happened over the past three months? >> i think we have come to appreciate how important this a symptom that expressed is before people get symptoms that they can really spread the virus on. that has led to big shifts in

the understanding of how to respond. int has been hard knowledge a way because a lot of people have gotten sick particularly in nursing homes. i think it really tells us there's a certain scenario we really want to avoid, particularly large groups of people indoors, people who are vulnerable. we need to figure out ways to use equipment, reduce events, to do other things to stay apart from each other that really prevents that kind of spread from happening. >> how much do we understand about the virus? i know we understand more than we did to, were three weeks ago but can this virus become something else next winter? >> i don't think it is going to morph that much but i think it will have all kinds of dangers with respiratory season and flew happening at the same time. we don't understand a lot with the virus does to the body. this a lot of evidence pouring

out about the impact on so many different symptoms -- systems. a story about blood vessel issues, blood clot issues. it's a very difficult and serious illness for a lot of people. i think that's made it hard. on the other hand, we are learning some more about treatment. i have been heartened to see some of the treatments about the use of antibodies. if it is too late, it doesn't work earlier in the disease, it appears from several studies that are really benefits and bigger studies are happening. that can provide a really important way to help people before they get really sick. taylor: johns hopkins vice dean for public health, joshua sharf stein. it is supported by michael bloomberg, founder of bloomberg lp. shortselling interests in asia's biotech and pharmaceutical stocks has more than doubled so far this year compared to 2019,

according to data compiled by bloomberg. joining us now is jackie edwards who worked on the story. why are short-sellers so interested in the biotech space right now? jackie: there's a couple reasons why short-sellers are targeting the sector. the first is that health stocks around the world has seen this monster rally as equity markets cover for march lows and investors have been piling into health stocks. the other reason is that valuations have grown white high in the sector after the rally we have seen. short-sellers can be expecting a pullback now that prices have gone back so much. are drugmakersn in australia attracting so much short interest? jackie: australian firms make up almost half of the top 10 most shorted shares in the sector. part of that is because the four , theylian companies

faced quite a bit of uncertainty at the moment. they are in the early stages of product development and they have a lot of growth. pharma is mayne implemented turnaround strategies so there's lots of risk involved. taylor: how much of this really rich valuations versus just a fundamental view that maybe they don't like the companies and think they should be valued lower? is this a valuation play? jackie: it is hard to say. short-sellers have different opinions about why they target certain stocks. valuations probably do have a lot to do with it. valuations have grown quite high. if you look at the australian, the four australian stocks that we focus on, they are trading at a forward priced earning ratio that is more than twice as high as the index.

valuations are definitely at play here. haidi: thank you so much for that, jackie edwards from bloomberg. let's get a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. chesapeake energy is set to be planning for bankruptcy which will give control to its senior lenders. the oklahoma based oil and gas company is negotiating a restructuring for its so-called filo lains take a majority of the equity. around $9 billion and debating whether to keep interest payments until next week during negotiations. deciding whether to launch a lawsuit over its scandal by next week after a new report found the former executive involved in the issue failed to comply with the rules. around 75 officials including the former chairman and president took cash and presence worth around $3.5 million from the former deputy mayor of a town to get the nuclear power plant.

lookings said to be for an into its communal living. the company will be handing over its site in washington, d.c. in looking at options for a second location on wall street. wework expanded into shared living under its co-founder and former ceo adam neumann. car sales rose in china last month for the first time in almost a year, climbing about 2%to 1.6 million units. tesla rallied as mainland demand accelerated with a range of cars. tesla has raced ahead in china since it resumed production of the shanghai park. it cut prices twice on the mainland in the past two months. let's check in on the markets after a euphoric trading session on wall street. we are getting some of that through when it comes to the asian session we are seeing. new zealand extending the rally,

up by half a percent. today is actually the first day that we are seeing new zealand lifting those social distancing restrictions, going back to the lowest level of the coronavirus. the kiwi dollar also trading from strength to strength as we are seeing the aussie dollar, the proxy of risk appetite, sitting to firm above $.70. cindy futures resuming futures after the long weekend, up by 7/10 of 1%. coming up in the next hour, we take a look at the dollar slide, the longest in a decade. the economic recovery and the outlook for the industry. we have sean callow with us. plus, australia is instituting its biggest investment reform since 1975. we discussed the prospects for foreign investment as well as m&a and dealmaking in the age of

increased australia-china tensions. sandy mak will be with us. lots more ahead in the next hour. this is bloomberg. ♪

>> welcome to daybreak: asia. we are counting you down to japan,open in australia, and south korea. here are some of the top stories. asia-pacific stocks looking for modest gains after the s&p 500 wiped out losses for the year. the dollar falls for an eighth day, the longest slide in a decade. little change in oil trading after