at how investors are placing their bets. of course, what we hear from powell, joe, that will be key as well. all right. thank you so much. cnbc s seema mody. thank you. thank you very much, seema. still ahead on morning joe, new signs that omicron may have reached its peak. we will talk to the u.s. surgeon general about the case rates trending downward across the country. plus, coronavirus has had a clear impact on students. new data shows graduation rates taking a dip. also ahead, more trouble for british prime minister boris johnson following news of a birthday bash during covid lockdowns. and a story that will have you checking your spam folder this morning. you are watching morning joe . we will be right back. we will be right back.
take a look at this. this is is s&p 500, i know you look at the dow, because there s a live number all the time. the s&p 500 is 500 shocks as opposed to 40 stocks in the dow. it s up 18% in donald trump s first 11 months in office. that s probably three times what the average gain in this market is over the last 100 years. this is what i want to remind you, while the markets under donald trump have performed well, that s the the donald trump area, that s the barack obama era. it started an upward climb in march of 2009. donald trump has presided over a fantastic market, but other global markets are doing just as well, some better and they don t have a president trump leading their countries. japan s nikkei index, one of the biggest in the world is up 20%, compared to the s&p 500, the hang sen in hong kong, up 28%, the dax in germany is up only
technology. it s been an incredible year, up 40%, that s the technology sector, big names like facebook, netfl netflix, apples, it s market cap is expected to hit $2 billion in 2018. the billest companies in the world used to be industrials, they used to be pharmaceuticals and banks and tech companies. before we go, let s get a quick check on markets right now as we speak. we are looking at markets that are mostly lower across the board, but not by much, i would call that generally speaking flat. that s it for me, i will see you back here tonight, 11:00 p.m. eastern for brian williams tonight and i ll be back tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern, and at 3:00 p.m. eastern. you re going to get tired of me. continuing coverage on msnbc with david geren. it is 4:00 in the east and
12%, that s, again, pretty good and no donald trump there at the helm. donald trump likes to claim that no other market has seen as big an upswing as the market right here. again, not true. let s just look at first years as president. president obama s first years, the gain was 38%, sure the u.s. was coming out of a really bad recession, so you would expect a big gain. but it was substantially bigger, more than double the gain of george w. bu george w. bush. to talk more about this, i want to bring in cnbc global markets reporter, i think the question on most people s mind, in regards to who you credit for this market, what do i do? is 2018 going to look like 2017? reporter: the stock market