Today. This time dow industrial rising. Nasdaq at 28. 1 . These were all miraculous record closed by the way. Where did that momentum come from momentum is a tricky thing i can tell the market is on fire because employment is red hot. We know adp, at least incredibly strong numbers the Labor Department will give us a positive non farm payroll report tomorrow. I can tell you people are buying stocks, good feelings, breaking up with u. S. And china thanks to phase one trade deal chinese seems to be placing large orders with american business, dont you think . There is just one problem. I am not buying that these i am not just pushing these medical forces i think theyre not the force of todays market momentum. Why . Well, because momentum is what happens when a stock keeps worrying for emotional reasons and not financial reasons. A stock that goes higher because buyers went in at any price, that my friend is momentum now especially i like it when stocks rally i am not a fan of momentum bu
Keys to the alfa bank castle. Chime is now in charge. Tech shakeups of the year. Abigail doolittle is in new york to break down the top Market Action of 2019. It has been a massive record run that i continue to be astounded by. Abigail it has been a spectacular year for stocks in the u. S. , really around the world. Sectorwise, when a difference a year makes. Sectorwise, when we think about a year ago, all 11 sectors lower, led by the defensive sectors, utility and real estate. This year, a completely different story. Up 48 on the year, its best year since 2009. That of course was the year following the financial crisis. Investors buying stocks hand over fist. That is the degree of buying power we are seeing perhaps that weakness last year has a lot to do with the buying power we are seeing this year. This year, nine of the 11 sectors up more than 20 . Interesting, one consistency between last year and this year, energy was the worst sector last year. This year, up 7 . Stocks on fire t
This years no different while the averages got hit and dow dipped 120, and the nasdaq only slipping three basis points, in fact, the nasdaq, though, is up more than a percent for the year while the other averages are barely positive and the tech part of the index which is what im focusing on tonight is pretty much on fire yep, today we saw remarkable moves and all sorts of tech stocks after analyst after analyst issued bullish recommendations that reverberated throughout the whole sector pit action this is a special time when the analysts survey their universe and make predictions so far the predictions have been positive as they pretty much are every year but why not theres plenty to like better than expected quarter from a company that you probably never heard of called microchip bolsters a host of semiconductor stock, Analog Devices with a big upgrade. Both of those companies are seeing Strong Demand you always have to buy these stocks coming off the bottom thats what ive been telli
Cade it is like this big with pack man. You have a minigalago my best present was an hour off for a nap. We dont Exchange Gifts for the adults we dont either it is for the kids we do under 35 or under 25 exchange for the adults. I lost mine at davos a few years ago. My little fur hat. I got a new one of those with the flaps i remember yours was like really big like a russian style. Yes i lost it. He looks like a cool kid wearing it so cool brian williams, ill never forget, i was walking into 30 rock years ago wearing the hat he said, you know, they make those for men too. There you have it. Lets talk about the u. S. Equity futures this morning, if you think this is a quiet holiday week, you would be mistaken looking at big gains again dow futures indicated up by triple digits this morning after all three of the major averages set new records seems to be happening on a regular basis. Dow indicated up by 106 points s p futures up by over 10 points nasdaq up by 36 and the nasdaq closed ab
Listening to him say i dont watch the stock market seems fanciful given that he tends to be firmer on his trade rhetoric when the market is close to alltime highs when he frames things these way i wait for the moment he stands up in an arena like alabama and says all those Treasury Bonds the chinese hold, how did they get it . They stole it. Thats where hes headed if hes around another four years, thats where its headed. Youve raised that point before it seems a natural conclusion and it would be totally in character. Not paying you back. Threatening not to pay back totally, right . Treasury. Remember this conversation because when he says it in front of one of his crowds, theyll cheer. Theyll cheer. Markets wont no, they wont. Brings up the mindset of President Trump where he looks at the stock market at record highs and says we can afford Something Like this today because were doing well thanks. Congratulations on paper back. Michael lewis. Good Tuesday Morning welcome to squawk alle