Then the third phase requires a further piece of legislation. Charles this is all very confusing so we had to bring in the best. People are frustrated about some of the things that are in the bill and some of it has to do with process. You bet. You cant have a budget reconciliation bill and bring in anything you want to. It has to be about the numbers, about the math, about the money. Some of the thing they want to do isnt about that. You want insurers to sell policies across state lines in that will take a bill. Thats the third part of what as going to come. Charles the third part, you need 60 votes. Thats where the big hurdle is. So they have to separate these things out. We are talking about a fifth of the economy. 20 of every Dollar Strength in the this country goes to healthcare. Obamacare changed everything. Turning this around is no small project. Charles why are all the knives out . Are people just anticipating this is phase one, we have been promised the internals will be clea
Take a look at the splash, there is positioning that is starting to take place in anticipation of what could be, maybe a fed Interest Rate increase. Hedging their bets tachlt a look at this one. The two year note yield for u. S. Treasuries, already over the korts of the past week, moving higher. It was near 80 basis points about a week ago. Now its up towards 90. Again, look in the grand scheme of the year to date period, eliminatively on a low basis here. One place where that battle, that hedging is starting to take place. That positioning. Also look at this. The dollar a big part of that story as well. Gold also playing into that. Again, 1275 a week ago her ounce. Now were around 1250. A 2 loss over the course of the past year. Gold has been a hot trade. Its still up. Up marketedly. So but some of the bets being paired back in anticipation of what could be a fed Interest Rate increase. Then one more place well look, one manufacture places well look, again, regional banks. Weve seen t
Dom chu is here with perspective. I dont know is the bottom line. I do know im not getting paid twice as much anyway, so but lets look at this. If you look at the s p 500, we screamed those Member Companies for stocks that have not participated in the rally but could be trending a little bit higher here. Remember, these are all stocks that have been big down movers over the course of the past year plus. 500 s p members, we looked at those ones within 10 of their recent lows, just hovering right around their recent lows, 52 week or otherwise, within 10 of their 50day average price, just to give you an idea of trend, and still below their longterm average price trend line. Again, still below the longterm trend, but going a little bit higher, maybe dead cat bounces, maybe not. But only 27 stocks in the s p fit that bill here. Among some of the highlights, most of them, the vast majority of those 27 are in the health care sector, whether or not it is pharmaceuticals or biotech, two bigger
We are going to have a great conference. This morning, we heard a anthemul version of our by katie huffman. Her credits and awards are far too numerous to list here. She has starred on stage and television. She is best known for her role as ula in the smash hit the producers, and she remains one of broadways bright stars. But she is also a passionate advocate for veterans. When i called katie and asked her to come share her talent with us here today and i told her what you all were up to, if myaid, and i quote, little boys can help in any way, of course i will be there. After you heard her this morning, we all know she doesnt have a little voice. But katy wanted to be here, and ladies and gentlemen, ooa purrington,n please welcome back to the stage my friend, miss katie huffman. [applause] music plays] nine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord he is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored he has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible, swift sw
Mr. Russell i had the privilege to task the command force one to two. 122. 2003 2 2004. In and we got involved largely due to geography. It was not something that, you know, where we thought that specifically we would go find saddam. We were in Infantry Battalion task force that was occupying his hometown. And it became readily apparent very quickly that saddam was probably being harbored there. We got incredible information, and we began to work that. We work to that with a number of other teams, two special Operation Forces teams, and evolved from the ground up a lot of our own intelligence. My commander, colonel jim hickey, he was a marvelous warrior. ,eneral the chief of staff he was our commander in the fourth infantry division. So those were my two immediate commanders. They gave me great attitude, and im very grateful for not only their bravery, but also their trust. And we Work Together as a team. My unit was not the only one involved, but it was one of about half a dozen. And