And apple named a top pick for 2020 the tech titan is on pace for its best year in a decade and one wall street analyst has five reasons it can continue to outperform its our call of the day the Investment Committee is ready to go. Halftime report starts right now. Welcome, everybody. Its good to have you with us on this friday. Your Investment Committee to wrap out the week. Jim . John and carrie. One of the top 100 investment advise advisers congrats thank you number 25 top 100 top quarter according to my math thank you the overall markets, the nasdaq is trying for its 10 th straight day of gains. If that happens it would be the first time thats happened in a decade so its great. People are buying stocks feels like almost like theyre worried about just gooing it up, santa clo santa claus rally, whatever you want to call it, but im worried about next week. Thats legitimate to be worried about it, but lets not worry too much lets be joyous and expect to ring in the new year with sp ent
Plus, nordstrom and Dicks Sporting Goods both surging in the premarket as the Consumer Sector coming off what was its best day in nearly two weeks and teslas second largest shareholder suggesting elon musk should step down as ceo. We have details. Central bankers and economists from around the world are gathering at the kansas city feds annual symposium in Jackson Hole Investors bracing for tomorrows speech by fed chair powell among the president s repeated calls for additional rate cuts some big live interviews coming up today and tomorrow from the summit our Steve Liesman will have harker in about an hour. Hes got bullard tomorrow. But we know what the minutes did to odds of a 50basis point cut yesterday. Yeah, everyone is a little talking at different moments here you have the president saying things, the economy is fantastic, which is why we need to cut rates but now hes focused on germany. You have the fed focused on the data and a little more torn. The fed is clearly thinking abo
Factor, tax cuts. A deal in the senate looks very likely. Yes, there is lastminute bargaining but all 52 republican senators including john mccain voted to get on with the debate. That is a positive signal. President trump in full Campaign Mode in missouri yesterday pushing a tax deal hard. He says tax cuts pour rocket fuel on the economy. Oh, the crowd loved it. Thats our show today. 24,000 on the dow, tax cuts and a liveaction presidency. Varney company is about to begin. Senator claire mccaskall, is doing a tremendous disservice, she wants taxes to go up, shes weak on crime, shes weak on borders, shes weak on illegal immigration and shes weak on the military, other than that, i think shes doing a fantastic job. [laughter] stuart that the way you get a democrat senator to vote with you as a republican . He took you could te he took a shot right at missouri senator claire mccaskall, shes a democrat. The debate on tax bill is under way. A number of senators still have concern but surel
Mrk blockbuster breaking records before it even hits the big screen with soaring reviews, exciting kids across the country. Will it be one of the biggest blockbusters ever . And we do say good morning, america. Great to have everybody with us this thursday morning and you know whos going to be really having a great time . The people of philadelphia. Theyre already gearing up for their super bowl parade. That right there is a live look. Thousands of people already packing in to celebrate the eagles. They expect 2 Million People to be there so schools and the government are shut down. So they can celebrate together, the first ever super bowl win. They deserve it. We have a lot more on that coming up. Extra long weekend in philly. Thats right. We start out with the firestorm in the white house. One of president trumps top aides has resigned after two exwives have come forward with abuse allegations. Staff secretary rob porter is denying their claims and now Big Questions. Why was he allow
Black panther breaking records before it even hits the big screen with soaring reviews, exciting kids across the country. Will it be one of the biggest blockbusters ever . And we do say good morning, america. Great to have everybody with us this thursday morning and you know whos going to be really having a great time . The people of philadelphia. Theyre already gearing up for their super bowl parade. That right there is a live look. Thousands of people already packing in to celebrate the eagles. They expect 2 Million People to be there so schools and the government are shut down. So they can celebrate together, the firstever super bowl win. They deserve it. We have a lot more on that coming up. Extra long weekend in philly. Thats right. Were going to start out with the firestorm in the white house. One of president trumps top aides has resigned after two exwives have come forward with abuse allegations. Staff secretary rob porter is denying their claims, but there are pictures and now