And, folks, a key part of the estate tax, controversial tax to begin with, being almost totally ignored. Is the irs about to strike back . Well tell you about that one. We certainly will. We start with fed chair janet yellen getting grilled on capitol hill on regulating the banks and also her comments on the economy. Steve liesman, take it away with the highlights. Shes just finishing up testimony now, mandy, on the last question of the hearing that gab at 10 00 a. M. This morning that was supposed to be aboutbac banks but ended up mak news on monetary policy. Chair janet yellen told markets to wake up and get ready because december is a live possibility. What the committee has been expecting is that the economy will continue to grow at a pace thats sufficient to generate further improvements in the labor market and to return inflation to our 2 target over the medium term, and if the incoming information supports that expectation, then our statement indicates that december would be a l
Election or the overvaluation of stocks, and they just come in and buy buy buy their faves. Thats whats happening rights now with the dow gaining 168 points, nasdaq climbing. 93 today. Why the sudden love for the market . First, its december and december, we get what i used to call the Old Hedge Fund the era of good feelings. Thats when you get a tacit deal between Major Investment Firm Research Departments and large institutional shareholders. Its kind of like the deal my grandmother mary told me. If you dont have anything nice to say, dont say it except it applies to stocks, not people. Simply put, the analysts understand that it isnt worth rocking the boat and downgrading stocks at the end of the year when it could hurt the very accounts of the hedge funds and mutual funds that their firms cover. Whats the point of knocking down a stock now when it might damage the annual performance of the big bill payers . So if the analysts dont have anything nice to say, they shut up and save it
Just ahead. We do begin with the markets. Oil prices have moved higher at this hour. The disney downgrade weighing on the dow. Lots of folks wondering whats in store for your money now following this weeks fed hike. Josh brown, what is going on over the last couple of days. I think accident scott, that people are pulling their money out of the stock market to buy tickets to star wars. Its as much as 200 online. We have to factor that in. Since the feds announcement. The s p financials are down 3. 5 since the fed decision. Bonds are up. Bng, which is the total Bond Market Index Fund from van garde. Its actually up. 4 since the feds decision. Everybody says, hey, theyre going to be the best sector to be in. When the fed is in a rate hike cycle, whats going on . For having fixed income instruments is still there. However, i think it will be shortlived. I think this is just a blip, and that well see a shift into equities. In terms of the market today, you have the expiration. Thats a major
Their faves. Thats whats happening rights now with the dow gaining 168 points, nasdaq climbing. 93 today. Why the sudden love for the market . First, its december and december, we get what i used to call the Old Hedge Fund the era of good feelings thats when you get a tacit deal between Major Investment Firm Research Departments and large institutional shareholders. Its kind of like the deal my grandmother mary told me. If you dont have anything nice to say, dont say it except it applies to stocks, not people. Simply put, the analysts understand that it isnt worth rocking the boat and downgrading stocks at the end of the year when it could hurt the very accounts of the hedge funds and mutual funds that their firms cover. Whats the point of knocking down a stock now when it might damage the annual performance of the big bill payers . So if the analysts dont have up and save it for january. The corollary is true, too. The rule of december is that if you have some good things to say, then
Their faves. Thats whats happening rights now with the dow gaining 168 points, nasdaq climbing. 93 today. Why the sudden love for the marketet first, its december and december, we get what i used to call the Old Hedge Fund the era of good feelings. Thats when you get a tacit deal between Major Investment Firm Research Departments and large institutnal shareholders. Its kind of like the deal my grandmother mary told me. If you dont have anything nice to say, dont say it except it applies to stocks, not people. Simply put, the analysys understand that it isnt worth rocking the boat and downgrading stocks at the end of the year when it could hurt the very accounts of the hedge funds and mutual funds that their firms cover. Whats the point of knocking down a stock now when it might the big bill payers . So if the analysts dont have anything nice to say, they shut up and save it for january. The corollary is true, too. The rule of december is that if you have some good things to say, then y