Of play for stocks as we build into our discussion. Youve got dr. Birx on the task force. The covid surge, quote, the worst event the country will face coming this winter. Stocks have run a lot coming into november. The vaccine is getting closer day by day values been outperforming lately the value etf coming off its fifth positive week in a row thats the First Time Since its fiveweek stretch ending the end of december of 2019. So my question to you to start things off, where do we go from here it seems like the market wants to go higher i think its been incredible all year it seems to definitely be picking up steam in november and pt fir the first part of december, investors are leap frogging, the political discord in washington, the lack of fiscal stimulus and leap frogging that and buying stocks in general and buying growth stocks, buying momentum stocks, buying value stocks, airline, energy, all of the above. It a really good time to reflect as investors, you got to be in it to win
Halftime report starts right now. Welcome. Its good to have you with us on our wednesday. Jim lebenthal, Pete Najarian and from naples, florida, lizann sonders. Highs of the day, approaching big numbers, dow 30,000, nasdaq 10k, not that far away and cooperman weighing in on the state of stocks, telling us its not time to worry, yet. I would say were in the early stages of knocking on the door of euphoria but not quite euphoria certain parts of the market, like tesla, are in euphoria. Other parts, like energy, are in pessimism. These big numbers not all that far away, pete. All good, the market depends on what were focusing on. Are we focused on the coronavirus . If so, we go down. Generally were focused on earnings and we go higher. Thats where the market has been trading. Yesterday was interesting because apples with a little bit of both, right you look at apple. It was getting pushed down because of their guidance about what they were facing right now, what they were seeing Going For
Give that money to working families. Chris hughes is a cofounder of facebook and he says that his proposal would help close the income gap between wealthy americans and those who are struggling to make ends meet. His idea is this weeks cover story, guaranteed paycheck. In 2004, a group of Harvard Students launched a new social media site they called at the time the facebook. Among the cofounders with Mark Zuckerberg was his roommate, chris hughes, a scholarship student from a small town in south carolina. He worked there three years before leaving. In 2012 facebook went public, raising 104 billion, chris hughes earned half a billion dollars. Now incredibly wealthy himself, hughes wants to help wealthy americans who are struggling. Since 1995 the income gap between the top 1 and bottom 50 continues to climb. At the end of 2017, the Federal Reserve found the top 1 of americans hold 39 of the countrys wealth. To help reduce income inequality, zuckerberg is among Technology Leaders proposi
And flowing on the tire swing, and flying as he ran up the wall. Just another hair raising run for daniel gil, and hes standing by with kristine. Daniel, you looked amazing out there. How great is it for you to be competing as a vet this year instead of a rookie . Oh, i feel so good. Im back, and im bringing it this year. You know what, you almost got the fastest time of the night. You lost it to this guy. Tom beat you. One year in the making and i finally did it. Ha what do you feel about this . I mean, this was just qualifiers. Wait until city finals comes around. Oh, smack talk. I like it. Okay, well, were gonna see you at the city finals, and i think you might get the fastest time. I dont know. Thank you very much. Matt and akbar, back to you. Well, heres that final leader board with Thomas Stillings and daniel gill finishing at the top. Other finishers included the man with the great backyard course, brian beckstrand, and 54 year old jon stewart who ended up 13th among our 15 fini
You know how strong and how hard that is . All brian brian and the crowd chanting his name. All Brian Brian Brian brian looks like hes gonna go for an early dismount. Come on, brian and hes through [cheers and applause] brian arnold hoping to be just the second finisher of the night, but now facing the invisible ladder, an obstacle hes never tried before. [both yelling indistinctly] and right now he is well ahead of ian dorys time. And i know he wants to make it all the way to the top. Hes not gonna be the guy that didnt make it. He wants to be right there with ian dory. And hes up. Gonna need that willpower. Hes closing his eyes. Ten feet. He doesnt want to feel the pain. He doesnt want to see the pain. 20 feet it will take moxie. Get the elevator punching up to 30 because hes making his way all the way to the top. And there he is. Wow. Yeah [howls] brian arnold is going back to vegas and he has the fastest time of the night the wolf pack howl. [howls] brian arnold, could this be his