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Markets trying to figure out the fallout from the u. S. Strike meansilled the general for their portfolios. And what it means for the price of brent. Is at theere bryant moment. Gold at the highest in six years. Data. Also getting some Euro Area Services pmi coming into 52. 8 just a touch better than expected. We are at the eurasia summit talking 2020 risk. We will talk to the italian Prime Minister. In the International Rescue committee chief executive David Miliband. Those are coming up on bloomberg surveillance. Lets get to the first word news in new york city. We begin with Australian Authorities counting the cross of newowns on the south south wales in neighboring victoria. Blazes are the generated drive thunderstorms, thousands have been evacuated to Recreation Grounds, converted into makeshift camps. A new top man from china and hong kong, a communist party of thel who is now part anticorruption campaign. After nearly seven months of political unrest. Shows beijings intention to
It was being called the christmas protest. Three big hours for you. Buckle in. Merry christmas. Varney company about to start right now. Charles huge gains for the markets this year. The calendar year, in fact, has wall street looking extraordinarily well. Want to bring in market watcher Rebecca Walser on these gains and of course, at this point in time, we always look ahead. What do you make overall of this market, considering all the negative headlines, all the negative speculation . First to have this kind of market is really remarkable. Charles, it is. Merry christmas. Im having such a great retail season high. I dont care what the retail experts, you know, were expecting. We got 3. 4 growth and Super Saturday, charles, the biggest shopping day ever. 3. 4 billion on Super Saturday. Thats what happens when you have a short Christmas Shopping season, right, from thanksgiving to christmas. Charles yeah, no doubt about it. And i got to tell you, its anecdotal but as i looked around at
The first model 3 built in china rolling off the Assembly Line and elon musk tells his employees quote, pay no attention to the stock price, unquote. Im Ashley Webster in for stuart. Varney company about to begin. Ashley lets take a look at the gains for the major averages this year. Wow, oh, wow. The nasdaq, 35 . The dow, 22 . The s p, a mere 29. 25 . Joining us now, market watcher keith fitzgerald. Fitz, for big gains for next year . What do you say . Why not . Oh, i think weve got all the right things in play. Weve got record consumer confidence, great economics, companies growing. This is a great time to be alive and be an investor. There is always a possibility of shortterm correction but you know what, even a busted clock is right twice a day. Ashley more and more of those socalled experts are calling for that correction. Ten, maybe 20 . Whats going to trigger that . Well, you know, its the same old stuff. It could be a misplaced headline, could be a misguided escomputers. They s
Economic outlook remains favorable. Plain english, no recession on the horizon. Growth continues. Top banker jamie dimon joined the optimist club. Growth will continue, he says, and he expects a phase one trade deal with china. This week, we reported on jpmorgans call for market rally next year and Goldman Sachs call for a Strong Economy next year. 2020 looking good. Todays Market Action is somewhat clouded by the uncertainty of whether or not theres going to be what the results will be of that white house trade meeting. The dow will be down 30, 40 points. Small loss for the s p. Small loss for the nasdaq at this point. Now, the president s looking good. Reports this morning that some House Democrats will not vote to impeach. That means a split Democrat Party and a hyper partisan impeachment process. Not supposed to be like that. Oh, and the brits are voting. Looks like the socialists will lose. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart all right. We are beginning with the trade meeting