International one column break with the news this hour is just turned 8 pm on tuesday here in the russian capital its 6 pm in the u. K. Thats where were starting this hour where the Prime Ministers unveiled a range of new coronavirus restrictions to counter the latest surge in case numbers that may have forced in england to start with and similar measures will need to be introduced in other parts of the u. K. Saudi reports from london. In the wake of the number of rising chases across the whole of the United Kingdom when it comes to coated 19 the government how strong back into action announcing a number of measures and in all of this in response really to those rising numbers with Government Experts Health Experts and scientific advisors all the warnings now the prospect of a 2nd wave is very real about all of these measures are absolutely necessary we always knew there were we might have driven the virus into retreat the prospect of a 2nd wave was real and im sorry to say that as in
Playbooks. And jon najarian is tracking the market for opportunity Halftime Report starts right now. Good to have you with us on this thursday. Your Investment Committee on boxing day no sparring. I know, a different thing. Lets begin with that market milestone, the nasdaq hitting 9,000 for the first time ever. He joe, i local feel like this is the fomo rally, feerp of m ff missing out. Is it sustainable when i the calendar flips over . I think it is for the month of january why not wait and see what earnings will look like before we moderate the rate of appreciation as you move into february and march and the reality of a looming election maybe takes the market and presents it as a pause but you mentioned boxing day remember, this all began one day ago on boxing day, you had the dow jones up over 1,000, you had the nasdaq up over 5. 5 . It began there it followed into the january 2019 with the tremendous pivot from the Federal Reserve and i think that that has been the story that has
North Koreas Nuclear weapons are a reality and the button is on his desk. Hello, from sydney. Im haidi lun. We are one hour out from a just first major market. Happy new year. Happy new year to you. It is just past 5 p. M. In new york, still new years day. In this neck hour, we will take a look at how wall street action could play into the very first asiapacific trade date of 2018. Lets get a quick reminder of how u. S. Stocks ended last year. Ended in negative territory with the s p 500 down about half a percent. The dow about the same, losing about 100 points in the last 15, 20 minutes as traders try to close out the position for the year. Year to date through 2017, the s p,the dow, and nasdaq were up about 25 . Russell 2000, the was up about 14 year to date. Green across the board. Absolutely. Looking for fresh drivers as we go into the brandnew year, tax reform getting done. Interesting if trading does get underway in asia. It will be a truncated start because look at the markets t
President s address and the monthly jobs number. We got shares of dr. Pepper and keurig is buying the maker apple continues to move in the opposite direction of the market another report of the iphone weakness as the month heads into the home stretch, s p 500 on track for the best january since 87 busy earnings calendar including results from all, you got the president s address tomorrow night, yellens last meeting as chair of the central bank and the jobs number on friday. 271 is getting peoples attention. There is some theory that yellen is more hawkish on this run. She ought to be hawkish i look for weakness in this economy and i cannot find it consumer is strong and corporate spending i got to tell you, tax reform is working. The more ceos that i speak to or everybody in the Overall Community lets call it the more you realize, there is still not in any way full appreciation and even only a slight of appreciation at this point for what the ramifications are going to be. Many words a
Britains new Prime Minister theresa may named her new cabinet, but her choice of brexit champion Boris Johnson as foreign minister has drawn international derision. Brent it is good to have you with us. Tonight, reports in the u. S. City Presumptive Republican candidate for president , donald trump, has decided on his Vice President ial running mate. Several Media Outlets say that trump will nominate the indiana governor mike pence as his partner in the president ial race. Unlike trump, pence is a seasoned politician with 15 years of experience in washington. Trump is due to announce his nomination officially on friday. Lets bring in our u. S. Correspondent Richard Walker. He is on the story for us tonight in washington. Good evening. What more do we know about mike pence . Why would trump choose him and why would he choose donald trump . Richard first of all, it is very important for us to caution that this is still not official. The official announcement will be coming tomorrow morni