The Halftime Report starts right now. It is great to be with you on this thursday our Investment Committee today, joe terranova, steve weiss, jon najarian so the question here is what do you do with netflix. Is it a preview of what is to come in the coming year when netflix faces more competition doc . Well, it is interesting, mel, that their Pricing Power we all at least many of us, i was one of them, thought that he had that Pricing Power, that disney offering even though it is not, of course, fully rolled out at all, that disney offering is i think perhaps causing some folks that, and the lack of programming which they cited on the call last night. They didnt say lack of programming. They didnt say it that way. A weak slate of programming. A weak slate, thats very thats the best possible way to say it but, you know, now theyre getting back Stranger Things and a bump of the popular as well as, of course, the crown, the second versions of that are coming on to netflix those are all dr
Wapner starts right now. Welcome, good to have you with us on this tuesday. Our Investment Committee here at the table. The ceo of arias Asset Management stocks are in the red, again a day before fed chair Jerome Powell delivers testimony before Congress Amid expectations that the central bank will cut Interest Rates later this month. So much, pete, it seems is riding on that what felt like, i dont know, almost like a foregone conclusion but then you have the jobs report and now there seems to be some question as to whether powell and Company Really have your back or not then you have larry kudlow talking about hes probably safe i mean, i dont know how much you buy. Or is that a negative that he gives excellent coaching in the sporting world everything is great everything is great now youre out of here i tell you what, that wouldnt be shocking to me. I dont know if that is shocking to anybody on the desk it wouldnt be shocking to me. I think that is the focus right now. Trump has gotte
In the trade war the Halftime Report with scott wapner begins right now. Our Investment Committee at the desk today and back with us today is marc lasry, Avenue Capital groups chairman and ceo nice to have him back. Lets begin with the latest on the markets. Clearly waiting on the fed that News Conference just a couple of hours away the s p 500 just about 1 away from a new record high jim, is the market going to get what it wants today . It better get what it wants today, which is something dubbish from the fed i think were all chuckling. Jon is over there. If they turned to a hawkish tilt, you will see a drop in this market that will being dovish enough i think after december when chairman powell made two mistakes, i think hes not going to make a third mistake. The idea that hes caught in the political crosshairs and i think that is empty. Because i think at the end of the day, he wants to keep the expansion on track and he knows the stock market and the financial of the markets overa
News drop . Plus a big call in the financial space just aheard of earnings and were holding the investment committees feet to the fire with the Quarterly Report the Halftime Report with scott wapner begins right now. Welcome, good to have you with us on this tuesday. Joe terranova, steve white, jon najarian, and richard sapperstein is here, high towerer ceo. Shares of apple on the move today, down 16 from its alltime high. Doc, your biggest stock position, people say whats going to get stocks to break out of this range, were finally starting to move that next leg higher apple hitting that new high wouldnt hurt. It wouldnt hurt. As they basically cross the billion sales number as far as units out there in the field, scott, a billion handheads out there, thats huge for apple in terms of the Services Revenue that pete is always harping about. The issue for me is also that a lot of the services theyre selling now are bigger services, recurring revenue, for instance, from like the cloud and
Plus, were taking your questions. The Halftime Report with scott wapner joe, amy of Chevy Chase Trust and j. J. , with us today. Lets begin with the markets stocks digesting another move into the record books, setting up for what lies ahead there is a lot for investors to consider the looming meeting between President Trump, president xi increased tensions with iran, and earning season in the not too distant season we set another new record for the s p. Tech hits an alltime high today. Thats been the second best performing group this month. And i might finally get steve into the camp where he thinks well see rate cuts but thats clearly what the fed told us yesterday. The table is set for them. Now thats jaw boning. When they do it, that will be Something Else i already have a bet for dinner with steve i think hes going to have to pay off on that. Unless you drive in an rv, that ship has sailed. Which ship. Because you said two in two weeks the fed will ease. No, i said if we converted.