so, howell.going? we had a vacation early in our marriage that kinda put us in a hole. go someplace exotic? yeah, bermuda. a hospital in bermuda. a hospital in bermuda. what? what happened? i got a little over-confident on a moped. even with insurance, we had to dip into our 401(k) so it set us back a little bit. sometimes you don t have a choice. but it doesn t mean you can t get back on track. great. yeah, great. i d like to go back to bermuda. i hear it s nice. yeah, i d like to see it. no judgment. just guidance. td ameritrade. i want to take a look at the stock markets right now. the dow is up a third of a percent, 85 points. it s been up almost all day except for a smidge earlier in the day. dow trading at 25,205. crude oil settled at $68.76
continues to break new records. you re seeing the dow trading at 14,706, well below the previous record high. there is news behind what is moving the dow higher, propelling it higher. china came out with an economic report showing inflation is tamer. europe the uk showed industrial production rose more than expected. the way the u.s. sees it, we know that europe has been in a recession. we know globally there has been a slowdown for the economy for the global economy. when you see the stronger reports come out of europe, come out of china, that in turn is good news for the u.s. interesting thing is, yesterday, actually, after the closing bell, the start of first quarter earnings season, the first big report out was from alcoa, aluminum maker alcoa, wasn t out there. it is interesting to see the dow hitting the new record highs. it is the trend of one analyst putting it this way, brooke, the economy, even though we had that lousy job report on friday of