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
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Let us quickly check on the markets. Quite a lot going on. I am looking at the stoxx 600 in europe which is gaining a touch on the backs of gains in Energy Companies and a bullish outlook from one of the sectors bellwether. Looking at the dollar. And the fed and what we will hear from powell. Therude oil including impact of the opec meeting. We need to wait a little more to see how long we will cut production. A lineup our lineup today is looking pretty good. We feature some of the top names in banking and economics including Tidjane Thiam. We speak strategy and outlook on the Global Economy. And jim oneill. He speaks u. K. And emerging markets. Later, we will also speak with John Studzinski from blackstone. Let us get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra in the u. S. , the Senate Tax Bill is headed for a debate. Should it pass, Republican Leaders will have to hammer out a compromise. Two republican members of the senate what your say they may not agree to vote the measure
In the city of persia on monday night. Demonstrators defy a Government Social media blackout posting these pictures from cities across iran of damaged cars frightened crowds and burning buildings. Just hours earlier in the capital tehran there was little sign of the turmoil which is engulfed parts of the country but the issues which have sparked the protests such as iran stuttering economy after years of sanctions and the fear of unemployment are serious concerns for people here i mean john the car im working but in this society im always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood. And there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult i have a daughter in. The high prices that really put me under pressure at home irans leaders say some protesters may have b
Mercedes. He was armed with a gun and two knives. Take a look at video from a couple of hours ago. Just after 2 pm today a swat team fired smoke devices at the mercedes in martinez. A short while later the suspect a 38yearold came out of the car with his hands up and was taken into custody. Police say they decided to wait until they safely disarmed him of a gun and two nights before moving in. The negotiations went on around 19 hours with him. Some might ask why so long and the reason is preservation of life. We are here to preserve everybodys life no matter what they do and we want to get him in coughs with no one injured or hurt or killed. Reporter police say a day earlier this suspect shot and killed a 47yearold woman and walnut creek near the lindsay wildlife experience. Police said the suspect and homicide victim were in a dating relationship. When police first stop the mercedes last night, the suspect was in the passenger seat and the driver who was a friend of the suspect left t