Balloons increasing 26 to just a little less than 1 trillion. Joining us for the hour is chris verona, Strategas Research partners here we are, we can see it, we can taste it, a new record high and everyone is really calm around hiere. The lack of euphoria is telling. Theres this great divide between perception and reality what are the headlines impeachment, recession, china, pmi under 50 but the reality is, signs of cylicality are starting to show up in every corner of the globe. You see it with semis and with trucking stocks, german dax is at a 52week high, the banks are acting better. I think the tone of the market is so different than what the tone of the front page of the paper says every day and i think thats bullish great to have chris with us for the whole first hour of the show, particularly given that we might have that record alltime closing high for the s p 500 the key level to keep an eye on, by the way, 3025. 9. We are at 3022 at the moment lets focus in on the big storie
Until the sun comes up here in japan. The president met with working dinner with the Prime Minister of australia. In about nine hours or so the president has the next meeting with the Prime Minister of japan, shinzo abe. Sources close to the Administration Believe they will talk about trade with that deal. They say a trade deal with japan is more likely than a trade deal with china in the near term. The president , source close to the trade talks says that the meeting between the two delegations, chinas delegation, the u. S. Delegation will happen on friday that is a day ahead of the meeting between President Trump and president xi. The president believes, chinese believe that a precon condition for the two meeting, the white house is pushing back saying there are no conditions that have been agreed to. He is perfectly happy where we are, where he is in these socalled negotiations and talks, and if need be we may move ahead, we may move ahead. Okay. On additional tariffs. Reporter chin
Traders barely blink but on the underpricing the risk . A merrier christmas than expected. Beatlothing chains sales projections. Is the british consumer down but not out . Lets talk about these markets. Lets figure out we can expect here in europe. It was a solid story in the United States. Maybe we saw it started to be pricing in in europe. Looks like the dax is going to open reasonably positively. Ftse is going to have a fairly solid start as well. Indicates we could be out for 5 on the beginning of trading. The question is, will miss fed see lighter volumes today . It did become the story yesterday here in europe. Lets give you some details. The s p pushed on towards the back end the session yesterday. Yesterday in dollars trading down a little bit. Heres was happening in the commodities space. Some of the metals coming off. Oil remains a story at this time. Lets move you want to the next move. Gold is trading up around 3 10 of 1 . Copper is trading down a little bit. Copper is trad
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They did. For our complete American History tv schedule, go to cspan. Org. Announcer the director of the National Institutes of health testified at a Senate Hearing about nih funding. Senator roy blunt chairs the twohour subcommittee hearing. Sen. Blunt committee will come to order. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and Human Services, education, and related agencies will come to order. Related agencies will come to order. Before my opening statement, i the personognize that we had a chance to meet and talk about her cancer fight, and the success she has made. We are glad you are here. I was just told the youngest of your six children just got their drivers license. Good luck with that. [laughter] chance toad to have a meet with her. We are glad to have dr. Collins and the other Institute Directors here today. The budget, of course, proposes assured theu rest committee will find unacceptable. The 7. 5 billion cut from nih was, according to analysts, would cost nearly 90,