Consumer discretionary stocks up the most. Utilities the biggest losers. And while individual trading sessions may have been choppy, it was another month of low volatility. The vix remained below 20 for the fourth consecutive month and thats the longest streak since february of 2007. A big part of the market story has obviously been a big topic dominating the sunday talk shows. Tim geithner arguing republicans need make the next move in negotiations. Republicans have said that they dont like those reforms or they would like to do more. And if thats true, then they should tell us what they would like as an alternative. Build on those, tell us how. But we cant react to anything until we see the details of the proposal and we need it on the rates and revenue side as well as on the spending side. Weve given them our best view what makes sense for the country. Meantime john boehner says that his party has a plan and he has already offered dozens of alternatives. You can cap deductions at a
And the nasdaq is up by nearly 31 . By the way, if those numbers arent big enough for you, check out how far stocks have come from their march 2009 lows. The dow over that time period gaining nearly 145 , the s p 165 , and the nasdaq nearly 213 . Yeah. March 2009 lows, what a long way weve come. As you take a look at futures this morning, theyre flatlining at this point, probably unsure what to do after yesterdays big gains. As for the rates with the tenyear, at this point the tenyear is yielding 2. 782 , so below 2. 8 , but its been rising and rising on the expectation that the fed is going to have to start tapering at some point, and that will eventually lead to higher Interest Rates. The obama rallys in full force. 2009. What happened in 2008 . The election. Yeah, thats right. Here we are, baby. Rich people are getting richer, though. Thats the only problem. I know thats your new problem. Heres my two anecdotes. Yesterday, over at the gym trying to, you know, get rid of whats the na
Its unfortunate that the egyptian ambassador had to go, so we will see, but that should not be a reason to stop any kind of that we have to face. Israeli defense minister ehud barack joining us live from tel aviv. Do stay safe, and we wish the best for not only the people of israel, but the palestinians, and we hope that you can somehow come to some kind of a consensus to stop this violence between your two parties. Thank you for being with us and for answering. Our apologies for the difficult connection, but we have been struggling throughout the hour to make that connection with the defense minister, and now we know why. The air raids going in israel. Particularly in tel aviv. Thank you for watching us in this hour. Please stay tuned now for my colleague Suzanne Malveaux who takes over with newsroom international. Welcome to newsroom international. Im Suzanne Malveaux. Were taking you aron the world in 60 minutes. Former cia director David Petraeus is breaking his silence with the me
And women, and not for Small Business . Do you think where theyre many coulding from. There isnt an exemption. That is what the problem is here. Actually my staff and i have to go into the exchange, whether it is here in d. C. , if we decide to take it from d. C. Or whether it is back in california where i represent. So we will go into the exchange. We will pull off of that a policy that is available to each and everyone of the people who qualify in my district under obamacare. The difference is that right now the federal government is paying part of that. That is part of the benefits that we receive under the package we receive. And the official Management Personnel Office said they will continue to do that. Melissa im asking you to hang on one second. We listen to the president. Have all the responsibilities of the constitution endows to congress, two should be fairly simple. Pass a budget, and pay americas bills. But if the United States congress does not fulfill its responsibility
Down the profitmaking machine. Shy is a newlyelected socialist in seattle. She tells machinists her radical opinion after the union turned down a contract that would guaranty 20,000 jobs in the area. Now boeing just might fly those jobs elsewhere. Here is seattle radio show host david bose. What do you think about this and what is the reaction there. Like a Christmas Gift to every other state trying to get work out of boeing. Here you have a woman saying she wants workers to take over the private property of the business. The business that is right now actively considering moving significant work to other states. Provides tens of thousands of jobs to washingtons economy. She is basically saying, we would like to steal everything you have. This is in addition to the machinist vote that said, a big no, a very colorful no, to the companys offer for extended contract. Meantime boeing has to be looking at this and asking themselves, is this really how the people of seattle feel . Melissa i