Here is a look at the nasdaq. Both of which did not do as well as they had hoped. That was something that hit Goldman Sachs. You have Michael Court that over at citigroup. It was not as strong as they would have liked. Ashley nicole, thank you so much. Lori bernanke giving to be what is expected to be his last appearance. Hate, lori. It was a little bit of a History Lesson from chairman bernanke. Some of the measures, as you know have continued to draw criticism on capitol hill. Listen, i know that there are folks out there that are critical of the fed. Hopefully some of this pressure will abate. As we tell our story, more information comes out about why we did what we did. They understand what we did was necessary. It was a main street set of actions aimed at helping. I am hoping that these political concerns will wait. He also acknowledged up for him personally the most credible risk of trying to unwind all of this and wind down qe and starting the tapering and shrinking the feds for
Signal a slowing economy. Something well be kicking around a lot. It is the talk of the town. The Dow Jones Industrial average meanwhile is off 168 points at the session low. We were off more than 200. A little bit of a comeback here clawing its way back anyway. Still negative. Meanwhile the nasdaq off. 6 . Or 25 points today. The s p 500 shedding almost 1 , 17. Right in line with the dow there. The russell 2000 has been the leader to the downside for much of this move lower. But today even though it was down 1. 4 or thereabouts at one time, that has come back this afternoon. Interestingly. The blue chips have not followed suit. Something well keep an eye on as we go into the final hour of trading here for this thursday. Lets kick things around in our Closing Bell Exchange today. Sharon stark is with us with d. A. Davidson. John kosar from asbury research. David molnar from high tower. Greg ipf from the economist. You think the bond market is way too bearish on the economy. Right . I t