Bloomberg casa julie hyman is with us. Julie pullback has continued and accelerated in todays session as investors are looking for more details on fiscal policy prescriptions that werent really given at that press conference. We still he is not in office yet. We will at some point presumably get more details. I wanted to look at the scorecard of where the three major averages stand since the u. S. Election. About a 5 gain for the three major averages. If you take a look at the bloomberg ive made a chart of the three majors going back to november. The dow has been in the lead consistently ever since the election. Whats interesting is the nasdaq was lagging throughout the month of december and as we got into the new year it played catchup and overtook the s p 500 in terms of its return as the nasdaq has been setting new records. He yesterday it was the three major averages to close at a record but its a different story today as we see tech stocks pullback including Companies Like apple a
[inaudible conversations] good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second bubble confirmation hearing of this anon girls feet. I would like to start by thanking senator korn and for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee is. Always good to have you. Our fellow committee member, senator mention from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for a nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed the meeting that we had together, learning more about your leadership as governor of the state of texas, including your accomplishments in the area of energy and environment. Im going to withhold this morning and a reference to text size versus alaska size. Weve had that discussion. But in all seriousness, we know that you are seeking to leave the department of energy at an inter
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