To war. The nightmare stage of trumps rule is here, says michelle gold berg in the New York Times and paul krugman simply calls our president a bully. Democrats lining up to attack the president , Bernie Sanders says hes like putin. Assassinating dissonance. Meanwhile, theres real chaos, where hundreds of thousands on the streets for the funeral procession of Qassem Soleimani and then a stampede. Iranian state news media says more than 30 are dead. Overall this is a morning of confrontation, war talk threats and military preparations and as for the market, a shrug. Monday the dow made a 200point uturn and actually closed higher. This morning were looking at futures, minor loss for the dow and the s p, a 10point gain maybe for the nasdac at the opening bell but look at oil, another shrug on that market after the Soleimani Killing the price of oil moved to 63 64 a barrel today its back to 62 and the price of gas, Holding Steady the National Average still right there at 2. 58 per gallon.
Mayor buttigieg thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. What a wonderful welcome. You always make me feel right at home here in iowa. Thank you coming out in joining us tonight. And lets hear it one more time for representative barry. So honored to have your support and thank you for your leadership in the state. I am thrilled to be with you. It has been a great day back on the trail. We took a beat. Had a lot of not quite so healthy food over the last few days. Buddy got a christmas present. Our rescue puggle. My fatherinlaw made a step ladder for him to get on to the bed, because he does not have the vertical leap to make it on his own. If we dont put him on the bed, he will cry all night. Anyway, we had a great christmas holiday. So thrilled in the middle of the holidays and some interesting Football Games on television. Youre all spending that is all i will say about football this evening, i promise. So glad to be here with you. Really coming together to discuss the future of our
[cheering] mayor buttigieg thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. What a wonderful welcome. You always make me feel right at home here in iowa. Thank you coming out in joining us tonight. And lets hear it one more time for representative barry. So honored to have your support and thank you for your leadership in the state. I am thrilled to be with you. It has been a great day back on the trail. We took a beat. Had a lot of not quite so healthy food over the last few days. Buddy got a christmas present. Our rescue puggle. My fatherinlaw made a step ladder for him to get on to the bed, because he does not have the vertical leap to make it on his own. If we dont put him on the bed, he will cry all night. Anyway, we had a great christmas holiday. I am so thrilled in the middle of the holidays and some interesting Football Games on television, youre all spending that is all i will say about football this evening, i promise. So glad to be here with you. Really coming together to discuss th
[cheering] mayor buttigieg thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. What a wonderful welcome. You always make me feel right at home here in iowa. Thank you coming out in joining us tonight. And lets hear it one more time for representative barry. So honored to have your support and thank you for your leadership in the state. Im thrilled to be with you. Its been a great day back on the trail. We took a beat. We had a lot of not quite so healthy food over the last few days. Buddy got a christmas present, thats our rescue puggle. My fatherinlaw made a step ladder for him to get on to the bed, because he doesnt have the vertical leap to make it on his own. If we dont put him on the bed, he will cry all night. So anyway, we had a great christmas holiday. Now, im so thrilled in the middle of the holidays and some interesting Football Games on television, youre all spending and thats all i will say about football this evening, i promise. So glad to be here with you. Really coming together to
Losses in tech. The s p is looking at the best year, potentially here in two decades. Deirdre bolton kicks us off. She is at the New York Stock Exchange whether thedre . Thats a great question, blake. You mentioned the s p 500 is on track to havehe year since 1997. Todays red on screens doone foe year. The groups putting most pressure on the markets right now are ones that outperformed last week. Really sent stocks to all new highs for the christmas rally. They include info tech, consumer discretionary, also communication stocks. Youre seeing that pattern as individual stocks too. Some of the biggest winners of the year are lower today. Here are some top three weve been following. Apple, microsoft, visa. They are all stand out stocks for 2019. Apple, we have to highlight. It is the best performing stock on the dow for the year. It is up 82 . The gains pushed companys market cap back above the 1 trilliondollar mark. Analysts talking a lot about wearables. They are beating forecasts. By