The big boet on bitcoin thats got everyone talking. But first, we begin with a trip back to the future for the markets and this was flagged by our own dan nathan a year ago today it was trading at 2900 and basically back to that exact level and lets fire up the flex capacitor to see what life looked like and wow, the world would change this time last year the s p 500 would trade 17 times pe and the tenyear note, and unemployment j was just over 3. 5 and Flash Forward to today, it is trading 20 times, and the yield. 6 and unemployment is projected to hit 16 and gdp is negative for the first time in over a decade. The world has been turned upside down and the market doesnt steam to care. So if youre an investor, should you make like a tree and get out of there i am told thats a funny line from the movie youve never seen the movie i saw it. The movie was released in the summer of 85. I think i turned 50 that year. It dawned on me as i listened to your intro the economy is george mcfly. Th
Much as yesterday, of course, when it posted one of it best days since january joining us for the hour is mark tepper, founder and ceo of Strategic Wealth partners. And mark, you know, a rally like this going into year end has got to make your clients feel good but do you tell them not to expect the same thing next year . Thats absolutely the conversation were having with clients right now. I mean, it has been an awesome year markets are up about 30 all on the back of no Earnings Growth whatsoever. So its all been multiple expansion. Its all been an increase in Investor Sentiment so were telling clients right now, manage your expectations for 2020 dont expect a repeat of 2019. I think, unfortunately, a lot of Retail Investors tend to have a shortterm memory when it comes to market performance. So, its not easy. You do have to work at it. Expect good gains in 2020, but nothing like this. Lets focus in on the big stories were watching today Frank Holland is tracking the nasdaqs run to ne
Whether jay powell will cut Interest Rates further. And big earnings on deck, disney and wynn after the bell joining us courtney. Tell us how youve navigated the last 24 hours. You know, its been really, really interesting when you look at where the vix has been in august, were hitting 25 i think in july we ended around 12 that volatility is incredibly interesting. For someone like me thats looking to buy positions on the dip that i think are quality positions to buy and hold, it was a really good time in my opinion to do that interestingly enough on our desk at Loop Capital Markets we saw a tremendous amount of low, probably in the overnight markets, probably the most active weve seen all year. Buying or selling interestingly enough, buying. Some very balanced program bus we also saw a number of our fundamental clients buying in developed markets and a little bit of selling or less buying, well say, in some of the emerging markets so were starting to see some of that flight to quality
Well talk about that coming up. Speaking of taxes, coca cola ceo tells cnbc what he would do with a Corporate Tax cut well have all of those details coming up. Then theres best buy, its sitting out the rally today. Down pretty sharply. In fact, its off the lows right now. Less than 4 decline is the iphone to blame, iphone x to blame we have a debate on best buy coming up here. We begin, though, with the breaking news. Stocks hitting session highs as the house passes the tax bill. Ylan mui, our intrepid reporter on capitol hill has the latest for us right now ylan reporter bill, that final tally is 227205, that is a comfortable margin of victory for republicans. They said they were going to get this done by thanksgiving. No one really believed them. They were able to pull it off. Republican leadership held a press conference to celebrate. From the very start, we said that failure is not an option and the president and his team have worked so constructively every step of the way with us.
And welcome to power lunch. Eye melissa lee, your money carving out some small money today, and russell 2000 at rosh highs. Its a global rally. Lets check out bitcoin is bouncing back after falling below 10,000, Goldman Sachs say its a bubble bigger than the dotcom era and famous tulip bulb mania, and p g was down travelers rallying by almostsh topping expectations tyler . Thank you very much, melissa. Welcome, everybody we begin with a major decision from the white house the administration saying it will slap tariffs on solar panels and washing machines. If youve got a solar powered washing machine, you are not, kayla, going to have whiter whites Kayla Tausche is at the very white house with more. Reporter those tariffs are steep and final. For companies outside the United States empowereding washing machines into the United States theyll sue new tariffing between 20 and 50 , depending on the number of washing machines they are importing. For components that 50 . For solar part manufa