10 in its debut, valued at 1. 9 trillion the largest listed company in the world. Plus, the fed and a trade waiting game stocks poised for a muted open as investors seek further tea leaves on trade and the fate of monopolies arent bad if they are not abused tim cook coming to the defense of business but said apple isnt one. Saudi aramco strong public debut. Shares jumpedon the open, the maximum 10 on the Stock Exchange in riyadh limit up. The state owned oil giant is the worlds most valuable company list at 1. 9 trillion, thats about 6 exxons and above apple which has a market cap of almost 1. 2 trillion. Well placed deal. A lot of people in saudi arabia decided to buy this stock. And that boosted it. I think sometimes you get deals and they pretty much determine where it is going to be. So now the question is, yield. And whether the yield exceeds what mike worth is offering on chevron. I think it will. I dont think it makes people suddenly all excited about the oil stocks, but it does
By and by down by the sleigh well wander, sweethearts you and i wait til the sunshines, nelly, by and by terrific. Merry christmas, everybody and one of the traditions is to bring children and grandchildren down on the floor. Theres a number of them here today. Tell me your name. Shannon youre the daughter of a retired member, right . Yes. His name . Michael spidaro do you know why the New York Stock Exchange is important . It makes new companies and businesses thats the right answer thanks mike, one of the big traders for gts does all of the Retail Stocks your work through the year, keeping the markets moving and keeping liquidity in the market. Thank you, bob. Merry christmas. Art cashin, 55 years, started almost this day, 1964. Thats correct. In the same book as John D Rockefeller and jpmorgan they were just a touch older than i am. Lets hope youll outlive them all by a long way thanks very much Merry Christmas. Thank you all for coming down for a great tradition that goes back 150
Slowing economy. Joining us for the hour, stephanie link great to have you. What do you make of this market right now . I have fatigue over trade i really do. Its impossible every day it changes. So im trying to ignore it and focus on fundamentals. Today i thought we got some good data on the economy. The philly fed better than expected vince were better than expected meaning he they went own maybe were bottoming. Lets see the flash pmis tomorrow existing home sales up 5 yearoveryear good consumer, lets talk retail earnings have been very good Minus Department stores and some one office. I think that bodes very well for the consumer fatigue over trade but excitement over m and a. Very much so. Im still excited by trade. Im more excited about bristolmyers closed earlier than expected. Thats a great story for 2020. So theres a lot underneath the surface to this market of whats going on and thats what im trying to focus on versus trade. Lets get straight to that big story, the potential c
Austin, texas and carl icahn out with a new bet against some place i bet we all hung out as teenagers. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening im Brian Sullivan if there is a president cook some day, you can say you heard it here first. That song as annoying as it is gives us a big theme today that is retail yesterdays slam of home depot and kohl sending shock wave through the world. That one, ouch, Urban Outfitters down 16 first, lets go to the macromarkets and stock futures are down again they are in the red today. Off 1. 07 right now technology continues to power on yet another record for the nasdaq and nasdaq 100. The nasdaq 100, if you are not paying attention, please do, its soaring on pace for the best year in a decade year to date. We are up almost 32 because we always like to make you a little bit smarter here. Listen to this, 49 of the 100 stocks are up 45 this year. Two of them, semiconductors lam research and amd have doubled. In the bond market, not moving too much down
Roku tumbling on a downgrade, wells fargo, deere also getting undercut. The Investment Committee is ready to go, Halftime Report starts right now it is good to have you with us on this monday, our Investment Committee joe chernova, jim lachb that will, Jenny Harrington is the ceo and portfolio manager, rob seechum is back, one of forbes top 100 financial advisories stocks are on pace for the best year since 2013. Tech, small caps also posting their best month since the summer, we enter december with a lot of momentum, derailed for the moment by an ism manufacturing report that throws into question that the industrial economy is bottoming and a headline from wilbur ross that says tariffs will be increased if there is no deal by december 15th. Thank you very little. Yeah, well, we came in position we strong and aggressive for further appreciation, but you have to Pay Attention on a day like today to your point when you get the ism manufacturing, it reverses a lot of the optimism we were