Earthquake hitting the philippines in the middle of the night. Buildings crumbling. People killed or trapped by falling debris. Bridges broken and runways ripped open hampering the rescue efforts. And caught on camera, a school bus filled with High School Students slams into a van then flips on its side. Seemed like everything was in slow motion. The latest on the injured this morning. Hey, good morning. Happy saturday. Lets take a look at maralago, President Trumps private resort in palm beach, florida. Hes waking up there this morning with some powerful guests in residence. The Prime Minister of japan and his wife. Looks so peaceful and beautiful and theres trump and Prime Minister abe in the white house on friday engaging in a very long handshake right here. They got a whole lot of people talking on social media. This morning, in florida they will be golfing together at maralago. But the press does have some pressing domestic concerns including Big Questions about how to proceed aft
Good wednesday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Jon fortt, sara eisen and me at post 9. Markets once again chasing some record highs, eight straight gains now for the dow, which, of course, hit a record intraday high earlier this morning. Thats a 13 jump for the industrials since the election. Joining us this morning, paul christopher, head of Global Market strategy at wells fargo investment institute. Paul, its good to have you today. Thank you. As the debate goes on about how much of this is fundamentals versus political expectations. You think its the economy at work here, dont you . Yeah, we do. We have a lot of clients, though, investors who think that, well, gee, if this is really all just about policy, then this rally is riding on thin air. We dont think thats necessarily the case. The economy started to improve long before the elections, just started getting noticed on november 9th. We got the s p now above the average yearend strategist target of 2,364, or just about there, b
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