Growing up. You were just too busy and too fabulous. Too busy. Too busy. Cheryl its a fabulous friday. Welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Tracee good morning, im tracee carrasco, in for lauren simonetti. Last friday of the decade, of the year, my goodness. Cheryl it is. The last friday were going to see marc markets trading and, w, its incredible what the markets have been doing. This morning, after all major averages hit yet again new records on thursday, as you can see the dow is up 64, s p up 5 in the premarket, nasdaq up 22. Any gains today means more records will be hit. Strong holiday sales, the fed cutting rates this year, less regulation, trade tensions easing, all of these things have been market positives for the year. Tracee lets take a look at stocks in asia, mixed after that record day on l wall street. Nikkei and shanghai pointing lower. Europe, we can see gains across the board. The ftse up by 30, cac up by 17, dax up by 33. Cheryl following us here. An
Things where its always on the horizon, were about to do it. I think they will do it. That will take a huge uncertainty out of the way, usmca, nafta 2, getting that out of the way. The other thing to avoid is a trade war with europe over auto parts and imports. With all the optimism, bank of america said 68 of managerses think the markets going to be good. Thats usually a bearish sign. Lauren i know. When everyone starts saying things are so good, mitch, you study this, you know the stock market, does that mean you should go in the other direction. Not necessarily. Think about what happened last year. We were worried about the fed raising rates. This year the fed lowered rates three times. The markets are sending them a message, saying we like lower rates. I think fed talk will be the thing to look at. I would look at corporate earnings next year. Baked into the market this year is the fact that next year will be a good year for earnings. Last year was a meh year for earnings. Lauren i
Yes, it seems like. A brandnew day. Cheryl and good morning. It is the day after christmas, everybody. Welcome back to fbn a. M. And good morning. Im cheryl casone. Tracee good morning, cheryl. Good morning, everybody. Im Tracee Carrasco in for lauren. Cheryl how was your christmas . Tracee it was great. How about you . Cheryl i watched the numbers go up over my vacation and i loved it. Right now weve got another green start to your markets. We have four trading sessions left for the year, the dow is up 34, s p up 5, the nasdaq, look at this, unbelievable, now of course, we were closed yesterday but the nasdaq hit the ninth record close. Unbelievable. The nasdaq is up a fraction right now. Lauren. Tracee lets take a lot stocks in asia right now, edging higher this morning. The hang seng is closed for the christmas holiday. Good news over there, though. Cheryl mor. Cheryl more gree. In europe, all of the markets are closed. The top story this morning, President Trump is not taking a bre
Take me away. A secret place. A sweet escape. Take me away. Take me away. To better days. Take me away. A hiding place. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Happy monday. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at how your money is moving. U. S. Stocks indicating a strong open, all three major averages up three months in a row on the first trading day of december. Dow gaining 102 points. Cheryl Strong Manufacturing data out of china helping to lift asian markets. China is going to sanction human rights and worship groups. More on that in a bit. There are green arrows in sa as. Lauren in europe, we have green arrows for the french and german markets. Cheryl the top story this morning, a bullish sign for online retailers and the economy this holiday season. Another possible nail in the coffin for brick and Mortar Stores. Consumers jumped online over the weekend and shopped, an estimated 29 billion in sales going into cyber monday. A record amount spent
Starts right now. Everything is all right. Breathe. Youll see, everything is all right. Lauren good morning. Halfway through the week. Happy wednesday. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl you may need to breathe as we look at the markets this morning. Lauren its that bad. Cheryl a little bit of pressure, folks. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at your money. The dow is down 99 points right now in the premarket. It was down triple digits yesterday. The nasdaq hitting an alltime high, the third in a row. Nasdaq down 34 this morning. Cheryl no comments from chinese authorities on stalled trade talks. We had a lot of pressure in asia, all of the major markets there in the red overnight. Lauren those comments from the president , you know, making europeuropean investors nervouss well. The German Market is down 12 this down 1 this morning. Cheryl lawmakers are getting ready for round two of this weeks impeachment inquiry later today after four witnesses testified yesterday wit