The Investment Committee is ready to go. The Halftime Report starts right now. Welcome. Good to have you with us on this friday our Investment Committee here today joe terranova, john levanthal, josh brown, and marc lasry is here. Lets fwin with the markets. Stocks extending gains, more trade optimism marc, good to see you again. Thanks for being here. Ill turn to you first were looking at the major averages dow is about 70 points from 28,000 what do you make of the markets in the here and now . Are you surprised we are where we are in. Yeah. Im very surprised, actually why so . Well, if you sort of look ate it, gdp growth is slowing down youve got issues sort of everywhere youre turning. And yet the market keeps hitting new highs. I think thats its great if youre an Equity Investor for what we do we need sort of the market and gdp to be around 1 to 2 . I think what we do, its great i think on the equity side, its going to be a tough year for the next year. You do . Why so because of g
In the trade war the Halftime Report with scott wapner begins right now. Our Investment Committee at the desk today and back with us today is marc lasry, Avenue Capital groups chairman and ceo nice to have him back. Lets begin with the latest on the markets. Clearly waiting on the fed that News Conference just a couple of hours away the s p 500 just about 1 away from a new record high jim, is the market going to get what it wants today . It better get what it wants today, which is something dubbish from the fed i think were all chuckling. Jon is over there. If they turned to a hawkish tilt, you will see a drop in this market that will being dovish enough i think after december when chairman powell made two mistakes, i think hes not going to make a third mistake. The idea that hes caught in the political crosshairs and i think that is empty. Because i think at the end of the day, he wants to keep the expansion on track and he knows the stock market and the financial of the markets overa
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By the senior tory mp tobias ellwood. Soaring energy bills. A large part of the rise in the cost of living. Well look at where help is being provided. Schools not out in wales, with a trial to lengthen the school day by five hours a week. And the start of the Winter Olympics torch relay heralding the official start of the games in two days time. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel how green is your club . How tottenham and liverpool find themselves top of footballs sustainability table. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The government is this lunchtime announcing its plans to close the gap between rich and poor areas of the country, as part of its so called levelling up agenda. The policy, which the Prime Minister has described as a defining mission, will take until 2030 to deliver, and aims to tackle regional inequalities and help overlooked communities. There are 12 missions or targets which include. Increasing regional devolution with plans to create more mayors w