that drove the yield down to 2.83 from 2.9%. you say why could you mention that? because money was trying to find a home. a lot of stock traders will tell you a temporary home. they want them back in the stock market. so as crazy as this incredible day was, it s worth pointing out, the markets are up. the only question is, let s see what the senate does with the spending plan and see what the chinese do and see what other lawyers are moving around on pennsylvania avenue. that, my friends, is the making of a washington drama. playing out in real time. more after this.
services because we haven t increased any domestic spending over that time. our big challenges with mandatory spending because we have 10,000 people a day turning 65 and being eligible for medicare. neil: absolutely that s a big deal. old people like myself retire. i m going to cost you dearly. all right congressman thank you very much. we like to hear from both sides. thanks. neil: you know in the meantime i should stress one of the things they re looking at is how these interest rates, we ve heard a lot about is it 2.83 or get up to 2.90 still very very historically low. someone whose not playing this day-to-day movement is mark cuban, the billionaire and the dallas mavericks owner. he just plugged some money down into something that might seem odd but when you step back, way back, it s not odd at all. how that ball is bouncing and the reaction to what he s doing after this. we ve been preparing for this day.
dollars. neil: wow so we ll see what happens great seeing you again thank you very very much and nice to see you. his point about interest rates he s right about that the backup we ended the year around 2.43% on a 10 year note closed this year around 2.83, had gotten as high as 2.9% but you can see that half a point up-tick with something more than was envisioned certainly way back last friday, the friday before yesterday when all of this backup started pecking up steam. let s go to dagen mcdowell, john layfield on all of this. melissa let s begin with you. what do you look for late sunday night when you re looking at asia, or you re looking at how our futures are trading. what do you pick apart or want to discern for maybe signs of stability or norm returning whatever that is. i actually only focus on where the markets gapping, so that s pre-market or post-market activity so sunday night really just have the futures and the morning when you get up in the
this is how the markets have fared since the other lex of donald trump five weeks ago tomorrow. this in the face of oil prices rocketing ahead. $52.83 a barrel now. a number of analysts saying, click the former head of shell oil, sees oil prices around $75 a barrel by the end of the year, this end of this year, three weeks away. not even. not everyone is of that opinion but is a reminder how volatile the situation is, that even the face of that the bull rampages on. still waiting to hear from president-elect trump and who is going to pick as secretary of state. rex tillerson is the front runner. but you say you can t have a guy that steeped in business to run a major department like that, do go back in time to john f. kennedy and that guy who was running his defense department. talk about estopped in business. steeped in business. more after this.
california, also hawaii and alaska are paying the most. areas in green pay the least. missouri has the lowest state average at 1.70 a gallon. the high evident, california, 2.83. four, three, two, one happy new year! yeah. this is a rehearsal at mortuary. 1 million people will jam the streets to ring in 2016 on thursday night. the big apple top s national geographic list of top new year s eve celebration. las vegas comes in second. rio de janeiro rounds out the top three. new york seems to be obvious choice but wallet.com ranks new york as the 25th best. instead they rank orlando the best location in the nation to celebrate the new year. those are your number ones. n wo. huddling with their man after the game is nice too.