harley is a designer and harley takes it one step further. he says okay, we all know what a car is, it's all settled, it works like this. we can make it, they're all dependable now. what should an american car look like? what should my? that changed everything. he was the steve jobs of his time. by asking that question and trying to figure it out. whenever i am called upon to talk about my books, which is every now and then, somebody always asks, how did you come to this story? what did you come up with us? wanted to pick this story? , some say i don't pick this story, the story picks me. it's kind of true. you devote three to five years overtime, a sort of happens that way. at least for me. so i'll tell you a story about how i came to it, you'll have to ask later, i'll tell you now and i will tell you more about harley. my earliest boyhood memory is of my father coming home from work one warm spring evening in 1955. at the time, my family, my mother and two sisters and dad, we lived in a typical midcentury, midwestern, middle-class suburb. a

sputtering sales outs terence catch up with iconic us motorcycle maker harley davidson provoking a speedy response from u.s. president donald trump spoiler alert it was not amused to. wake up and smell the coffee because starbucks isn't the only game in town chinese chain and lock in coffee is taking on the us java giant all the way to the nasdaq. and one man's trash is a nobody's treasure return ation still export their ways to poor countries but that's gotten harder look at australia struggle to clean up its own at. harley davidson has reported a stall in quarterly profits as it struggles to deal with the impact of tariffs and slow sales the motorcycle makers profits twenty six percent to around one hundred twenty eight million dollars the new sparked an angry response from u.s. president donald trump who blamed europe for the company's poor performance and valid to quote reciprocate the e.u. slapped a steep tariffs on harley davidson bikes last year as a reaction to us today is on steel and aluminum. joining me now is our financial correspondent host san luis de haro there you are alwa

harley davidson has reported a stall in quarterly profits as it struggles to deal with the impact of tariffs and slow sales the motorcycle makers profits twenty six percent to around one hundred twenty eight million dollars the new sparked an angry response from u.s. president donald trump who blamed europe for the company's poor performance and valid to quote reciprocate the steep tariffs on harley davidson bikes last year as a reaction to us today. and aluminum. joining me now is our financial correspondent host. luis good to see you know so this is a bit of a shift in tone for donald trump the first advocated for a boycott of the harley's after harvey said it was shifting production to overseas now it's valid to retaliate on its behalf so tell us jose luis what's he thinking there. maybe but by imposing reeves on european cars they could be the kind of rich really asian that we could see but it's a it's too soon to tell. but it's true that a change of heart when it comes to harley davidson will probably help her deal already difficult trade negotiations with the european union and

slapped a steep tariffs on harley davidson bikes last year as a reaction to u.s. judy's on steel and aluminum. joining me now is our financial correspondent host san luis de haro there you are less than two weeks good to see you now so this is a bit of a shift in tone for donald trump the first advocated for a boycott of the harley's after harvey said it was shifting production to overseas now it's valid to retaliate on its behalf so tell us what's at least what's the thinking there. maybe by by imposing a zone that european cars could be the kind of or a truly asian that we could see but it's too soon to tell. but it's true that a change of heart when it comes to harley davidson will probably help her deal already difficult trade negotiations with the european union and the goal is to avoid any kind of targets on the european auto industry and try to lower or early trade barriers on industrial goods a whole bunch of ministration isn't present to include agriculture us part of any agreement so the harley davidson issue is just another drop in the bucket that seems

taxes just a harley excuse, be patient, maga. the president followed that up two days later with this harley-davidson should stay 100% in america with the people that got you your success. i have done so much for you and then this. other companies are coming back where they belong. we won't forget and neither will your customers or your now very happy competitors. so today harley is trading down, just over about 2 1/2%. since president trump fired that first tweet nearly 10 months ago, it is down about 7%. but flip it to today, the president now tweeting a completely different tune, now using harley-davidson as a tool against the european union. let us get to edward lawrence live at the white house. you know, a, let's put aside the whole are we for free markets or not? do we need the government bearing down and telling companies how and where to do their business? but why is the president now seemingly attempting to use harley to attack the eu? >> yeah, this is all about tariffs and pressuring the european union and getting our b

is this sustainable for harley? >> the jury is still out.y have a big turnaround plan, the heart of which is producing cheaper, lighter motorcycles. that is supposed to be for europe and asian markets, and even an electric motorcycle. they are investing the money, marketing it, but it is still too early to say. their hopes are on asia and europe to sustain growth outside of the u.s. looking for electric bikes to go on sale in august. they seem the polar opposite of what harley is known for, big, powerful engines, loud noises and so on. attempting to get into the kids market with electric bikes. that's right. they are desperate to find new markets and customers. the problem they have is their classic writer is getting pretty old, older. younger consumers cannot afford an $18,000 motorcycle, for example. so they may even sell these electric motorbikes for kids through different channels. you would not go to a harley motorcycle dealership to buy a , but there are different avenues the company is its pyramiding with to try to build a new custome

it was rachel kim reporting the officer says that he will never forget little harley file. and posing as a rideshare driver and raping a woman has been charged with first-degree rape. police say israel. ramos is lots lord, a 27 year-old woman into his car in december. he then raped her before driving her home. another woman has also come forward saying he also proud on her last year now police say that ramos islam dropped her off only to come back and tried to break into her house and then there's a potential 3rd case that they are now investigating that could also be connected to him as well. ramos is being held on $750,000 bill. also happening today facebook and google representatives will face questions on capitol hill about how their platforms are used by white supremacists now the hearing is being held by the house judiciary committee and it comes just weeks after 50 people died in a terror attack at 2 mosques in new zealand that was streamed live on facebook google has been the target of criticism for the role plays in online searches and and spreading hateful ideolog

and president trump then told fans to boycott harley. here he is in june of last year. >> spent a lot of time with them. build them in the usa. your customers won't be happy if you don't, i'll tell you that. >> other news, s&p 500, nasdaq opening at record highs this morning. boeing keeps holding the dow down. tesla reports financials. that will be important today. microsoft, facebook due too. big day for earnings. we were talking tuesday about herman cain dropping out of the nomination for fed governor. stephen moore also running into controversy over several issues in his personal life. failing to pay past alimoniy, miss only tpheuft writing in the past. and wzfg interview in north dakota. >> it's been one personal assault after another. and character assassination nothing to do with economics. but divorce 10 years ago or something i wrote 25 years ago. >> he said he is being kavanaugh'd. we will see if this goes forward. we have not got a good sense how many in the senate would vote for him were his nomination to get to the floor. we

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. >> coming up, the president is upset about harley-davidson's earnings wall street breaks its silenceand forget a rolex. russell wilson with a different kind of thank you to the men that protect him and helped him get his contract it's all ahead, in "rapid fire." hi. this is the man that's going to check your eyes grandma. cognizant ai solutions are helping healthcare companies advance diagnostics and prevent blindness in patients with diabetes. everything looks good. you have beautiful eyes. ♪ monitor their blood glucose every day. which means they have to stop. and stick their fingers. repeatedly. today, life-changing technology from abbott makes it possible to track glucose levels. without drawing a drop of blood, again and again. the most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. >>> welcome back a few stories that should be on the radar today. it's time for "rapid fire. here are morgan brennan, bill griffith and kate rogers we have a full slate of stories to discuss here. >> we do talk fast. >> harley-davidson is a first stop the

it was literally like god sent his angel threw him. >> reporter: harley's mom says words can't express how thankful she is to officer coppell, for saving her daughter's life. they saw each other the next day. >> i asked him, i said can i hug you. i burst it out into tears, and his first reaction was can i hold her. >> tonight, officer coppell, harley, and her family were reunited once again, at the culver city saddle council meeting where the officer was honored for his heroic actions. >> i have never experienced anything like this before. >> how does it feel? >> it feels good. >> she would not be here if it wasn't for him, we are grateful. >> that was rachel reporting, officer coppell says he will never forget the smile on harley's face. >> people who live near the chevron refinery may have noticed an unusual flare at the facility overnight, if you are recorded this video, today chevron confirmed there was some clearing activity, it says it was due to what it calls a process unit upset and that this type of flaring is sometimes necessary to relieve pressure during the refining process

[applause] look at harley davidson. look at harley davidson. i met with them three years ago, one of my first meetings, harley davidson. i said to the people, they're very nice, they were telling me tough to do business in certain -- how you doing in india? they said, we don't do any business. and they weren't even complaining. so india charged 100% tariff on a harley davidson. but when they send their motorcycles, and they make them, to us, we charge them nothing. so i called up prime minister modi, i said, unfair. he cut it 50%, i said, that's not good enough because, look, it's 50% to nothing the. and what we're doing is changing all of that stuff. changing all of that. [cheers and applause] rapidly. rapidly changing. and that goes for military protection also. that goes for military protection also. we are getting ripped. we're defending the world. we're defending wealthy countries that could well afford to pay us, but they've been getting this free military -- or at least massive partial subsidies for so many years it's almost like habit.

that is after he tweeted a response to reports that harley davidson was blaming the us-eu that harleyr its fall in first—quarter profits. the eu raised ta riffs first—quarter profits. the eu raised tariffs on american motorcycles to 31% after washington raised tariffs on european steel and aluminium. here is his tweet... french president emmanuel macron and japanese prime minister shinzo abe confirmed they will back the strategic alliance between renault and listen despite the controversy involving the former chairman carlos ghosn, who is injail in tokyo. —— nissan. they met on tuesday and added the alliance was crucial for the ties between the countries. here isa the ties between the countries. here is a story that is causing turbulence for cathay pacific's cabin crew. the airline has announced it will investigate reports that its staff have been stealing food, drinks and other items such as ice cream from the planes. the boss said it was unfair to blame employees before the issue was fully investigated. let's quickly show you the markets before we go. asian markets have started trad

officer capello arrived to find the baby's mom holding little harley who was in crying and had bloodkes nervous, but one of those things you know your changes kicks and right away officer compel flip the baby over and started striking her on the >>ok cry now. getting air. >>the officer heard the cries and breathe a sigh of medical soon arrived and took over as soon as as we heard that cry it was like an angel. it was literally like that's a tease angel, their him harley says words can't express how thankful she has to officer help for saving her daughter's life. they saw each other the next day. i asked him i can i just hug you and i out into tears and his first reaction was can i hold her culver city police officers received a radio call the choking baby in a vehicle in the area tonight officer compel harley and her family were reunited once again. >>at the culver city city council meeting where the officer was honored for his heroic actions, i've been here 19 yes and have never. >>experienced anything like this before how does it feel it feels it feels good. it feels good. she woul

. >> tariffs hurting harley davidson, a milwaukee company, the income revenue down 27%.armers hurting as well. what do people there, your listeners want to hear? >> well, the farmers, they're going to want to hear that congress is ready to move on the united states-mexican-canada trade agreement. there are a lot of things that make it easier for wisconsin farmers to sell their products, milk, cheese, that has to happen. on tariffs, the president has kind of pulled back on the criticism of harley and he said he's willing to go after the european tariffs that have really, really hurt the company locally in milwaukee. >> you have planned these visits for presidents and presidential candidates before. we'll take a look at one of the polls that steve was talking about. trump approval in wisconsin, strongly approve 30%. somewhat approve. 16%. put that together. it's 46%. somewhat disapprove 8%. strongly disapprove, 44%. which numbers do you focus on when you're planning one of the rallies? >> what you want to do, you want to reach out to the people who are swing voters, who yo

harley-davidson downgraded to market perform. the price target is 41, harley's shares closedt 40.29. we found one upgrade, procter & gamble was es to outperform from market at wells fargo. the organizational changes have created aen of urgency to accountability into the company. p&g shares hit a 52 week high ending at 104.97. >>> disney's ambitious plans to push into the highly competitive video >>> pinterest has filed for an o hat could be worth $9 million. a pinterest ipo would follow the recent offering by lyft which stumbled a bit after its recent for comparison, facebook and instagram have users in the . >>> chuck e. cheese is return wall street p a complex structure, chuck e. cheese's speci is merging with a purpose company, making it the first restaurant company to enter the public market in the last four years. and the ceo says the time is right. >> this is the the perfeim for chuck e. cheese to return to the public market. we launched brand new food, we revitalized ourntertainment and our guests have rewarded us with tha

harley davidson with a double beat, although shares also trading higher.ing lower, although volatile this morning ahead of the numbers, down 2 and a quarter percent many oil big story, continuing to go up after the u.s. ended all iran sanction exemptions crude oil up to $66.04 a barrel. as oil prices go up, stocks have been going down. futures indicate a lower opening for the broader averages. the dow futures are indicating a gain, up 11 points on the dow futures right now. s&p futures are lower by 1 and three quarters points, nasdaq futures also weaker this morning. yesterday the s&p was up slightly, led by energy, communications and technology. s&p was up 3 points at the close. the nasdaq was up 17. the dow industrials down 48 points at 4:00 on wall street yesterday. check european indices, they are mixed. fq100 up 29 points, the dax in germany is lower by 30 points. oil certainly one of the big stories and take a look at where oil is overnight, in asia it impacted markets, nikkei average was up. the shanghai composite in china down one half of 1%. measl

he said harley products could participate.ns they're having, especially the new electric motorcycles for which he said the demand is overwhelmingly for non-riding adults the first electric vehicle will be releasing live wire come this summer shares of harley are down right now. keep in mind they are up 15% since the start of the year. >> morgan, thank you >>> as we head to break, take a look at shares for philip morris international moving higher, up more than 25% for the year we'll talk to the company's ceo when we come back. dow is up 58 points. don't ay.gowa . >>> i'm courtney reagan with your cnbc news update. buckingham palace announcing president trump will pay a state visit to britain june 3rd to 5th as a guest of queen elizabeth. the president made an official visit to the uk last summer although that was not a state visit. an earlier state visit was deferred amid concerns about the president's reception. >>> the death toll in sri lanka rising to 320. the president visiting a bombed church where over 100 people were ki

harley said that you were yoo e european union tariffs were partially to blame for that.n to 38.92. americans are more optimistic now about their retirement. a new survey by the employee benefits research institute says that this percentage of workers and retirees who think that they have enough saved has reached the highest level since before the financial crisis, but are they right? our senior personal finance correspondent sharon epperson is here with highlights from that report. so how confident are people right now? you can wish and you can dream, right? workers are having that dream and they're confident or somewhat confident about their ability to retire comfortably and 67% of workers now say that they have -- they do believe now that they'll b retire comfortably in retirement and the economy has done well and the financial situation has improved and that may have colored their confidence and perhaps their overly confident. in fact, 82% of retirees say they're somewhat confident or very confident and they'll b continue to live comfortably during the golden years. h

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harley davidson posed to close higher than expected profit. slump wasn't as bad as wall street had feared. president trump made harley the subject of his tweets again. this time, he blasted the eu for raising tariffs. inroup considering investing wire cards in exchange for a stake in the german payment firm. an agreement could be announced as early as this month. the financial times reported a wrongdoing at wirecard singapore operations earlier this year. that is your business flash update. speaking of -- -- speaking of softbank, we have to talk about the wall street journal piece on the softbank founder making a big bet. he pulled out at the beginning of 2018, it would seem, and lost a cool $130 million. if you've lost basically 40% bitcoin how much, say, came down from the peak in december to the end of february, quarter ofve made a a billion bet. romaine: that is what i found amazing, not just the loss but the fact that he made a bet so big on a speculative instrument that was already trading at an insane high. caroline: he makes big bets f

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harley therump made subject of his tweets again.f attacking the company for moving jobs overseas, the president blasted the e.u. for blasting tariffs on u.s.-made motorcycles. that is your latest bloomberg business flash. aboutp next, we will talk with what is happening with crude oil, trading higher after the u.s. tightened the screws on iran. it is time for "futures in focus." this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. vonnie: and in new york, i'm vonnie quinn paradis is "bloomberg markets." the core is our stock of hour. shares falling the most since the company went public back in 1991 and the worst performer on the stoxx 600. emma chandra has more. the company is out with a warning on electronic vehicle demand. emma: the company makes parts of electric batteries used in electric vehicles to determine the range, which is important when it comes to electric vehicles. they have been expanding rapidly as electric vehicles have grown a popularity and more companies have made them. they said that profit this year will

harley's strategy of moving production overseas drew more attention from president trump.he focused his anger on the tariffs themselves, tweeting that they are so unfair to the u.s. paul: i want to seeing the biggest fault in industrial output in at least seven years after a decline in the manufacturing of electronic components and weakening tech sales and the ongoing china-u.s. trade war. factory performance fell almost 10% in march, well below even the most bearish estimate of a 2% decline. shery: plenty more still ahead in the next hour. we will have an exclusive interview with the ceo of vmware global, pat gelsinger. that is it for daybreak australia. we will get all the action on daybreak asia next. this is bloomberg. ♪ moving is hard. no kidding. but moving your internet and tv? that's easy. easy?! easy? easy. because now xfinity lets you transfer your service online in just about a minute with a few simple steps. really? really. that was easy. yup. plus, with two-hour appointment windows, it's all on your schedule. awesome. now all you have to do is move...that thin

. >>> once again the list of downgrades today micron, boeing, southwest, starbucks, harley, roku andding close to the lows of the session here steve at jpmorgan goes to an underweight from $6 to $5. >> yeah, again, talking about free cash flow that investors are underestimating the severity of the challenges and underlying risks at ge. this stock has gotten ahead of itself the worst performer in the s&p >> i will note apple is on the cusp of cracking 200 bucks a share for the first time since november it is up 26% year to date back on top, remaining there. market capwise ahead of microsoft by -- >> hasn't seen 200 since november less than 80 cents away. let's goet to the judge and the half >> i'm scott wapner. stocks march toward new highs. does a deluge of downgrades mean it's time to take a rework of your own portfolio it's 12 noon this is the "halftime report." >> boeing, ge, micron, roku, starbucks, southwest, clorox, harley-davidson, all get downgrades what does it say about the stock market this is the s&p comes within 50 points of an all-time high plus, widely followed and ver

the officer rushed to the scene but could not find her until harley's 10-year-old sister, who was in her pajamas, ran out and flagged him down. >> i said officer! yeah. >> and he saw you? wow, you are a hero! you might've to save your sister's life. >> come on, baby! okay, she is crying now. >> the most beautiful cry ever heard in council and the police department honored officer coppell for his heroism. haley's mother went a step further. she's calling him the family angel. >> bravo to them. way to go, big sister! >>> still ahead, san francisco's trans bay transit center is still closed for repairs. we have an update on the progress being made on getting that $2 billion transit hub reopens. >>> first, the celebrity teaming up with apple to create a documentary. >>> you can see that we are off to a decent start on this morning's commute. mateo bridge moving well, heading out to the high rise. >>> rather chilly this morning. some 30s, lotta 40s. it will be a nice day, and the breeze picking up a not as d (dad) this ice cream cake needs a freezer. (mom) freezer's full. (vo) only frigid

. >> reporter: the officer, harley and her family were reunited at the culver city council meeting, where the officer was honored for his rewrote rick actions. -- he wrote actions. >> i've never experienced this before, it feels good. >> she would not be here if it wasn't for him, we are so grateful. >> we like stories with a happy ending. >>> the weather will be in the same category, but not as heroic, despite the fact that there are drops on the lenses tonight, light showers into the bay area, cooling things down as we get into the next couple of days.the foothills, there is nothing left, futurecast, sweeping it out, by sunrise tomorrow morning, increasing sunshine after a few low clouds and the clear afternoon for the bay area for the first time in a long time. high pressure building in, breezy, 30 mile-per-hour winds, bright red colors are fairly gusty winds, not to bed at midnight, but it brightens up tomorrow morning. -- not too bad. >>> increasing sunshine, temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s, the 60s tomorrow, sunshine around. >>> the pollen is looking good until tuesday and

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harley davidson unable to get above it. interesting to see whether or not it can.a look at one of the best performing stocks on the s&p 500 this week, and that is delta. delta actually on a nine day winning streak. that is the longest streak for put inince 2008, and it 17% worth of gains in that time. really taking off on tuesday when the company offered an upbeat outlook on its first-quarter earnings. they also said they were renewing their partnership with amex. $3.4 billion in revenue last year for that partnership. delta getting a lift from the continued grounding of boeing 737 max jets. delta does not operate any of the 737 models. the stock could have further rally next week when we get the full first-quarter earnings report. romaine: thanks. i'm taking a look at duluth holding. this is an apparel maker, the second-biggest decline are in the nasdaq, down 25% after a pretty bad earnings report. this apparel company only has 46 stores out there, but it starts selling tool belts and a lot of work where -- wear and has been trying to expand to casual wear likear

. >>> the president promising new trade retaliation after harley-davidson's first-quarter earnings.27% citing tariffs as part of its weak performance. the president acknowledging that the company's pain on twitter saying the retaliatory tariffs that harley is facing is unfair and, quote, we'll reciprocate and president trump now being honored for going above and beyond for israel. it's controversial. prime minister benjamin netanyahu promising to name a settlement in the golan heights after president trump following the president's recognition of israeli sovereignty over that territory, something no other country has done. netanyahu will take that proposal honoring the president to the israeli parliament. >>> next, she may be struggling in the early 2020 democratic polls but watch the democratic campaign and you see this, the warren effect. do your asthma symptoms ever hold you back? about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. eosinophils are a key cause of severe asthma. fasenra is designed to target and remove these cells. fasenra

congressman harley rue da will join us. we're looking ahead to 2020 in tonight's last word with the policies from one of the democrats making waves in the race. but we begin with the release of the mueller report. attorney general william barr told senators that he will release a redacted version of the report next week. the report could tell us a lot about the president and it could tell us a lot about russian interference. bloomberg reports that rod rosenstein said the report describes russian cyber crimes during the 2016 election. but the mueller report might tell us the most about the man in charge of its release. attorney general william barr who some are comparing to roy koeb, donald trump's personal lawyer in the 70s and 80s who loyally protected him. the comparison comes as democrats questioned barr's independence after barr used the term spying this week to describe the fbi's lawful surveillance of the trump campaign. barr admitted he had no evidence to support his claim. that hasn't stopped the president from he p

. >>> also, harley-davidson's latest results are in.in at 98 cents a share, well above the consensus estimate of just 65 cents. revenue was just above forecast and harley increased its u.s. market share during the quarter. that stock is up by about 2.2%. >>> coming up when we return, a breakdown of coca-cola's earnings cnbc's sara eisen spoke with the company moments ago and she'll join us right after the break. "squawk box" returns in a moment >>> dow component coca-cola reporting just moments ago, and cnbc's sara eisen joins us now i think she just got off the phone with the company about the quarter. sara >> good morning, andrew. coke continues to prove it's in growth mode right now. it's clear from the 6% organic growth there's a caveat, though, with that number. there's some funky timing issues skewing results this quarter ceo james quincey told me to think about it really as a 5% organic growth number. wilfred, you'll love this. it's brexit's fault. remember march 29th was supposed to be the deadline for the uk to crash out of the

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harley's five civilians have been killed during financing on the outskirts of libya's capsule rockets and shells fired by forces loyal to the wall of holy for house to hit a residential area west of tripoli. more than fifty people have been killed in fighting over this past week. the latest civilian casualties are adding to the worries of many of tripoli's residents they fear the fighting could reach their neighborhoods mahmoud reports. that played day for ibrahim in his barbershop since fighting erupted on this southern outskirts of tripoli last week not many customers have come through his doors he's afraid his business might suffer further if the unrest continues and ahead of. the current war is resulting in a low traffic of business and an increase in the price of goods including the materials that i use here i hope they can get back to negotiations. others from outside libya and just as worried about his sufi says he's brought his life savings from his home country sudan and started this green grocery. that my fear is that if war comes to this area i'll have to leave and then i'l

you see things like harley davidson announce selling motorcycles in china this year. that is a high confidence move. the macro environment matters a lot. tilting out to where it is focused on the things that are domestically consumed is where we have been now. a more global macro expansion is something we have an eye on. >> looking forward to seeing you again soon. live, ceo andare cofounder. this is bloomberg. ♪ erg. ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg marketsvonnie:." erik schatzker has a great interview for us now. it >> you bet it will be great. you are a man of conviction for what is your most strongly held conviction? >> the markets are fair. people need to invest. the world was ok, certainly around thewhere corner, it is all about picking the right names in the companies and capital structures. we are -- opportunity. >> particularly in bio plan. are you investing in that stuff for steering clear? >> we have a large portfolio leverage, certainly in asset negative gets a lot of we believe they are a good company. when you can in best. we can find good opportunity and th

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