Dealt a blow this past month the nasdaq up 5 the russell up 5. 5 . The dow up 1. 5 . So goes the start of the year. So goes the rest i mean, historically, you come out of a great january and most of the time you do get followthrough. Of course nothing is perfect if it were that easy, you would set a formula and there would be no need to think i dont know if its as simple as extrapolating a good january, a good first quarter, what have you, but theres a reason why that kind of thing does tend to persist over the years and decades. The stocks change. The ceos change. The products and services that theyre selling change what doesnt change is human nature and when the indices get a good start, that generally leads to chasing and generally leads to people just feeling more upbeat and better about things and interpreting data points as bullish rather than bearish so they can stay in the game. I like the way the year started. Guarantees us nothing, but probably it does do well the rest of the
Tracking here defying concerns for investors. We have seen a big advance from the 18 1989 peak from last months and onward past the 40 saddles and the 40,000 mark. Despite concerns investors thought the gains were too rapid. You had the rsi above 80. It has been above 70 for almost three weeks now. Certainly in overbought territory, perhaps, from that indicator. Still we are above the 40,000 mark for the first time, very much erasing taking us all back to the levels we were at, as we said, during the early 90s when you had that bubble bursting. Japan, the gains you are seeing in the session, the nikkei up point data presented broadly. We will be watching that one. To Holding Around 150. We know that that weakness the yen weakness has been supporting Japanese Equities given the large number of exporters. Company profits up 13 on the year end sales as well increasing, and positive indicator lending to Japanese Equities. Now, not to forget. As you said, japan, the focus on Corporate Gover
Senator jd vance waiting in wings to talk about it but first Jonathan Turley, our favorite constitutional scholar and fax ne fox news contributor, what do you think closing arguments who being treated well who is not . Give us a hint. Defense continues to struggle with this judge. Who is ruling largely with the prosecution that is continuing in this hearing dealing with the en vehicl vehicthe instructions in the case, which is important stage, how he instructs jury on law could well dictate outcome in this case, government is trying very hard to adopting lower standards for the jury. Including arguing that they dont have to prove a willful intent on all of the elements before the jury to establish a crime. That would make it much more likely they could convict, i was in the courtroom with former President Trump he is taking an active role in this passing notes to his attorneys, and being very attentive as they debate what the standards should be in these jury invehic invehicinstruction
Well head to the courthouse in just a moment. Then senator jd vance waiting in the wings to talk about all this. Now lets go straight to jonathan turley, gw law professor, our favorite constitutional scholar and a fox news contributor. Jonathan, what are you thinking here . Closing arguments, who is being treated well, who is not being treated well . Give us a hint. Well, the defense continues to struggle with this judge who is ruling largely with the prosecution. Thats continuing in this hearing dealing with the instructions in the case. Thats a very important stage in this trial. How he instructs the jury own the law could well dictate the outcome in this case. The government is trying very hard to adopt lower standards for the jury, including arguing that they dont have to prove a willful intent on all of the elements before the jury, to establish a crime. That would make it much more likely they could convict. I was just in the courtroom with former president trump. He is taking a
Trump is longer stronger than ever. We head to courthouse, senator jd vance waiting in wings to talk about it but first Jonathan Turley, our favorite constitutional scholar and fax fox news contributor, what do you think closing arguments who being treated well who is not . Give us a hint. Defense continues to struggle with this judge. Who is ruling largely with the prosecution that is continuing in this hearing dealing with the en veh the instructions in the case, which is important stage, how he instructs jury on law could well dictate outcome in this case, government is trying very hard to adopting lower standards for the jury. Including arguing that they dont have to prove a willful intent on all of the elements before the jury to establish a crime. That would make it much more likely they could convict, i was in the courtroom with former President Trump he is taking an active role in this passing notes to his attorneys, and being very attentive as they debate what the standards sh