The nasdaq is the leading indices and oil hitting a threemonth highly after military strikes in the middle east energy is the bestperforming sector today joining us for the hour is josh brown, ceo of Ritholtz Wealth Management josh, obviously seeing a little profit taking here is this a tax situation scenario or is there more to read into about losing steam and sentiment . If you see profit taking on the what penultimate the penultimate is that not an american word as well . It is, we just dont use it as much. And it doesnt sound as good when i say it. It doesnt, sorry when youre seeing profit taking on the second to last day of the year, thats not tax related, but it could be front running what others suspect might be fax related, meaning look at a typical investment portfolio this year, if they own sector etfs, for example, they have a ton of Technology Large cap tech has done unbelievably well this year. Or if they own individual names. If you own apple, youre up almost double. Now
Well tell you what it is and what to expect in the new decade but first its the final countdown cool. The whole show lousy song yeah . Its a miserable song right up there with the eye of the tiger which is one of the five worst songs of all time. Great movie. The movie it was in jordans bulls were introduced to this song the other night, werent they . Good memories for me. Okay. Well, it is the final countdown nonetheless, guy, whether you like it or not its the final countdown theres one trading day left before we ring in the new year and a new decade and its looking to be an ugly end to the year with stocks posting the biggest losses in four weeks so should you hold off on popping the bubbly or was today just a minor blip i think its a minor blip i thought the market was going to go down since september i said it earlier that december is going to be at best a choppy month but at worst a volatile month. Didnt pan out that way. Look, i do think that things have gotten ahead of themselv
Balloons increasing 26 to just a little less than 1 trillion. Joining us for the hour is chris verona, Strategas Research partners here we are, we can see it, we can taste it, a new record high and everyone is really calm around hiere. The lack of euphoria is telling. Theres this great divide between perception and reality what are the headlines impeachment, recession, china, pmi under 50 but the reality is, signs of cylicality are starting to show up in every corner of the globe. You see it with semis and with trucking stocks, german dax is at a 52week high, the banks are acting better. I think the tone of the market is so different than what the tone of the front page of the paper says every day and i think thats bullish great to have chris with us for the whole first hour of the show, particularly given that we might have that record alltime closing high for the s p 500 the key level to keep an eye on, by the way, 3025. 9. We are at 3022 at the moment lets focus in on the big storie
I am Francine Lacqua in london. You can see the stoxx pretty much unchanged, and if you look at the chinese were nimby the renminbi, china does not want a comprehensive deal with the u. S. , and we are looking at the pound, because we are seeing a little bit of a move on brexit, things on both sides, the eu saying they are looking at a proposal but are expecting more from the u. K. , the u. K. Saying they want to speak to Emmanuel Macron, the president of france, directly, and the euro is now at 1. 0973. And hsbc is cutting jobs, but bloombergs get to first word news. Reporter ready to emerge with impeachmentrump inquiry, a Law Firm Says it is acting on behalf of multiple whistleblowers. Abc news earlier reported the second whistleblower has not yet spoken to the committees investigating the president. The white house says this does not change the fact that trump did nothing wrong, and ealspects for a brexit d fading, after doubt be a cast on whether a deal can be reached before the oc