growth along with excitement about the republican tax overhaul. the lower corporate tax rate and incentives to return overseas profits could spark a wave of share buy-backs. the reason many analysts are raising the forecast for next year but in the background idling behind this economy is inflation which could wind up pushing the federal reserve speed up interest rate hikes. united airlines is apologizing to a passenger claiming they gave away her seat to a texas congresswoman. they say their internal system show she can celled her flight last week after a weather delay but simon denies she ever cancelled. she said she ended up on the flight in coach. united says the update was automatic and not because she
we re watching. enjoy the 29 in new york city here. what s in store here really drops us down eventually into the lower 20 s by new year s eve. single digits when the ball drops. okay. thanks very much. some investors may be wishing 2017 never ends. that s because the dow has had its best year since 2013. it s up 25% for the year and if the holiday spirit winds up lifting spirits again, we could see the dow go above 26.5% by the end of the year. it would make it the strongest gain since 1995 when it spiked 33%. it s not just the dow on fire. the s&p 500 is up 20% for the year. that s the best performance in four years. and the nasdaq had left both behind up nearly 30%. euphoria on wall street has been driven by a combination of things, healthy fundamental, strong economic and profit