we are joined from new york by vonnie quinn who has been monitoring others for us.to us about where both candidates stand on the back of this debate. was there a clear winner eventually? quick to compact consensus is forming that harris won the debate. both want to a political, they're all saying that harris clearly won. that doesn't mean that she will win the election or anything like that. the polls are pretty much neck and neck. she will have to transfer some undecided voters and the slides will be won by potentially 10 or tens of thousands of votes and is they say, polls right now are very close to what did she want to accomplish out of this? she wanted to take control of the narrative once more. keep that momentum going that the democrats had out of the dnc. she did make donald trump -- meet donald trump about the size of his brothers. he had him asking for a second debate in the spin room at the end where you never see candidates. one of the more important things coming out of this debate was postdebate. taylor swift on instagram posted her endorsement of kama

i'm vonnie quinn. donald trump do to speak moments from now the economic club of new york, where his detailed economic -- where he will detail his economic platform and answer questions. we will bring you that live. we are at session lows for the indices. interesting to note the will waited s&p is down more, treading ever so slightly lower after a tough week with fewer components of the stocks higher and the stocks index being lower on the session with just about three stocks inbound from bank of america saying the pullback has creating an enhanced buying opportunity. if you look at the two-year yield and the 10-year yield over the last day, it's been quite the hallelujah moment. we saw a dissenter version, but what does that mean? right now we are at 375 on the two-year, just barely pimping at lower on the 10 year. let's get straight to a discussion now about the treasury market and what it is telling us about the yield curve with the global head of fixed income. in a sense, this has been but we have

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. (♪♪) >> this is ""bloomberg markets." , i'm vonnie quinn.for the stock of the hour, smart sheet. blackstone and vista equity partners have agreed to acquire the software provider for about $8.4 billion. we are joined by ryan gould who is been following the story. yet another software provider. what is going on in the industry that these software providers are having this happen to them? >> it is the fifth-largest largest department deal this year. i think it really underscores the fact private equity still sees a lot of value in and around the public enterprise software companies. even though we've had s&p 500, the dow bounced back to record highs, software companies have been slower. they are more interest-rate sensitive as growth rates get impacted, you want interest rates to fall down and help bolster performance. you mentioned blackstone and vista, but also the abby dobbie investment authority. >> i noticed that, which is fascinating. they are obviously looking for opportunities. what will private equity do with it? it is being used by 8

i'm vonnie quinn. ♪ ♪ with so much great entertainment out there... wouldn't it be easier if you couldd what you want, all in one place? my favorites. get xfinity streamsaver with netflix, apple tv+, and peacock included, for only $15 a month. >> this is balance of power. live from washington, d.c. kailey: it is ee of the vice presidential debate. welcome to "balance of power" on bloomberg tv and radio. i am kailey leinz in washington with joe mathieu in new york. tomorrow of course where we will see tim walz and j.d. vance. ordinarily that would dominate the news cycle. but as they get ready to debate we are dealing with a natural disaster in the united states, which of course is dominating conversation. it potential strike of dockworkers that could have impacts on the u.s. economy, with just five weeks to go until the election. and of course more escalation in the middle east between israel and hezbollah. joe: it is great to see you and i will be looking forward to you joining me in the york for the debate tomorrow. but you are right, it feels almost like this campaign is entering a

i'm vonnie quinn.moments from now the economic club of new york, where his detailed economic -- where he will detail his economic platform and answer questions. we will bring you that live. we are at session lows for the indices. interesting to note the will waited s&p is down more, treading ever so slightly lower after a tough week with fewer components of the stocks higher and the stocks index being lower on the session with just about three stocks

andre plink of it has been speaking to vonnie quinn. >> it is up to the american people to decide what is important that america walks out of the elections by strengthening american democracy because everybody looks up at what happens in the u.s. and last time we felt that the u.s. democracy was weakened rather than strengthened so we very much expect an orderly and democratic process and a smooth transition, whatever the transition will be. >> domestically, you are in your third term. a more difficult election this time around. in spite of the fact that you brought croatia into the european union. you were disappointed that those successes do not lead to an outright victory in the since you had to make a coalition with the far-right. >> we always had a coalition in the first, second and third mandate but we converged on the main points of our government program and the government program is predominantly the program of my party and i think that the croatian citizens gave us confidence for the third time and maybe it could have been one mandate more or less but when i look from a large