But we will be told to proceed with caution and dow closing for the first time in history over 30,000 the question tonight, are we headed yes, thats right, are we heading higher and higher . There are positives. The president ial transition is under way. We have three coronavirus vaccines ready to rock so, is the next 10 move higher and higher or are we headed lower and lower . Well that song, thats a miserable song thats why we chose it. Please dont at me on twitter. In the list of bullish things we talk about, the peaceful transfer of power as being a bullish thing. You would think that would be a given. I find the market took that as a positive today fascinating. I will be the first to say in terms of the Broader Market, i have been dead wrong we have had individuals stocks we have done a good job with Broader Market not so much we are so over it in terms of valuation, euphoria, the things that can go right, not just the head winds out there despite it has bnsecause i been market we
Came on our air and said they were bullish, in part because everyone is so bearish each one took turns explaining how those bears would turn into bulls, propelling stocks higher. Buy, buy, buy. Just one little problem when one strategist says everyones bearish, thats a listen up moment when two strategists say everyones bearish, you might get a little suspicious. When three bigshot strategists say everyone is bearish, you got to figure the consensus is wrong. We dont have too many bears we have too many bulls and maybe thats why the averages rolled over today with the dow tumbling 317 points, s p sinking 1 , and, by the way, things were a lot uglier for the dow in the early afternoon you see when most investors are bullish it means there is no one left to buy. They have plenty of facts on their sides. Everything from low Interest Rates, massive earnings, liquidity, i would let any of them manage my money if i were allowed to have money managed. Unfortunately, these positives have a whi
Hackett was brought in, he was a board member, previously he had done a great job at steel case the Office Furniture company in michigan and when he came in and he said, look, we are going to transform ford, get it ready for the future for Autonomous Vehicles, for electric vehicles. That hasnt happened ford has been mired in really not being making the move that its needed to make since 2017 they are starting to change that a little bit some of that because of the moves that jim farley has made as coo, he becomes the ceo effective october 1st and the marching orders are pretty clear. Transform this company, get ready for a future with electric vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles at some point, not immediately, but at some point, but, guys, this is the most interesting stat that i can find. If you go back over the last, what, 20 years, 19 years, only one ceo at ford, alan malaly posted a positive gain in ford shares there you see hacketts performance since may of 2017, down 38 , similar to fi
Right now. Its great to have you with us on this thursday. Our Investment Committee stocks giving up big gains the dow is up more than 185 points earlier in the session. The feds front and center. Policy makers are gathering as we speak if jacksonville Steve Liesman is there, speaking with philly fed harker his comments really impacted the markets here. Reporter yeah. I think maybe the key is this. That harker is not a hawk but his talk or his answers to my questions were somewhat hawkish. Heres what he said when i asked him, you know, where should rates be where should they go ididnt think the cut was appropriate, necessarily, but i went along to it to get back to neutral. But im on hold right now. My forecast is hold where we are for exact one of the reasons is that that i think we run the risk of creating too much leverage in the economy. Reporter that comes against the backdrop of course harker did not want to raise rates in december now hes okay with where rates are right now. And
Business that logged the worst session since march of 2020. 166 billion wiped out that is equal to the entire market cap of nike and amd or disney that cloud weakness spilled over into amazon. We will hear what amazon has to say tonight after the closing bell amazon shares off from yesterday at 1. 7 . Treasury yields picked up. The 2year treasury at 5. 12 thats the key level those are good facts you gave you can find a lot of companies uccompanies. Boeing ibm. Ge to lose that and still be worth a lot is the good news and bad news maybe good news and bad news morning. Uaw and ford reaching a tentative deal to end the sixweek strike. Phil lebeau is joining us with details coming out overnight good morning reporter good morning, andrew the final push for the deal was this week after the uaw called for more strikes ford earnings were set for thursday they finalized a deal. It kaulscalls for a 25 hike foe several four and a half years. There is more Profit Sharing for retirees here is shawn