Short bet. Traders take their positions fast money Halftime Report starts right now all right welcome. Big show today our Investment Committee is here joe, stephanie, josh brown lets begin with the markets those comments from paul jones, what he told cnbc in daf as about what he calls the explosion driving markets. We are just again in the crazies craziest monetary mix in history. Its explosive it defies imagination. And i dont think anything is changed. It reminds me a lot of early 99. So early 99 we had 1. 6 pce 2. 3 cpi we had ex act same metrics today. Thats out in davos josh brown, turn to you. Answer the question. Time to worry or party like its 99 i think most investors are doing a little bit of both the data does not show that any segment of investors, whether talking about institutions, hedge funds, retail, Family Office foundation, there is nobody out there right now acting in word or indeed as though its 1999 you just dont see that form of euphoria out there in the market do
Prices are. It does not mean that the market will down tomorrow but it does mean that the odds are not, in my opinion, in the investors behavior. Jp morgan hoping that revenue will benefit. Hit today. S also manus it is daybreak europe. The theme is rip it up and start again. They say growth will be 1 . 2. 3 this year. Against the going consensus of the march of the market. I quite like what they say, between bond traders and equity traders, apparently they say that bond traders might be more right but of course they are not infallible. It is a really interesting bearish call. What i would say about the equity market, both of us have observed the fact that that rally has been led by the mega caps, so you can question whether you look low the surface, if the equity market has that much conviction in growth. Caps did, maybe the small would not be lagging as much. Manus one sentiment, that it is no longer a currency manipulator, that moniker is gone. Break 6. 8 . , willie will it break 6.
Matt no cheating. The Trump Administration removes its designation of china as a currency manipulator ahead of tomorrows expected signing of a phase one trade deal. Proceed with caution. Markshares howard tells bloomberg exclusively, investors should beware of the bull market. The market has been up for 11 years. We are in the longest bull market and expansion in history. Profits are not rising though stock markets are. It does not mean the market will go down tomorrow but it does mean that the odds are in my opinion in the investors favor. Matt fit and focused. Can the former maintain its dominance when it comes to fixed income currencies and commodities . We are just an hour were away from the start of cash equity trading. Let us take a look at future us. Daxave green arrows here on futures and ftse futures and cap futures. We are looking at gains of about. 2 per 0. 25 green arrows in the u. S. Futures picture although they are not quite a strong with the exception in general, they a
Happy tuesday. These are your markets. A lot of the focus this week will be on earnings. We have a lot in the u. S. And europe. Of days awayle from the signing of that phase one trade deal between the u. S. And china. We are still trying to figure out what happens between the u. K. And the eu. There is a lot of speculation. While Bank Earnings c,itif with j. P. Morgan and wells fargo will follow after. We will focus on what blackrock Just Announced moments ago to focus on more sustainability. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. The Worlds Largest asset manager is upping its push to a greener future. Blackrock will put Climate Change at the top of the investment strategy. Inwill avoid investing companies with sustainability risk. The u. K. Is likely to secure a trade deal with the eu, according to Boris Johnson. He said he is very, very, very confident. The transition phase is currently scheduled to end on december 31. Iraqi leaders privately want u. S. Troops to stay in the coun
Start. Up 15 since the beginning of the year, and it just got a huge upgrade. Its our call of the day netflix, ibm, intel, and more, a ton of big names report earnings next week. Well get you set up the Investment Committee is ready to go. Halftime report starts right now. All right. Good to have you with us on this friday our Investment Committee, jim lebenthal, josh brown, steve weiss, and shannon shikosha. Lets begin with the markets. The s p set another new record high today all three averages in fact doing so word this morning from appalo a appaloosas david tepper saying at some point the market will get to a level that i will slow down that horse and get off. The fed put money into the system, china tensions eased, and the sign seemed clear to him about where the market wasgoin to go whereas there was a lack of clarity in the months before that because of all the noise around china trade it outperformed in december and january. It is a fair bet tepper has been adding to his indiv