high interest rates, geopolitical tensions. how did you do it? it s great to be here. so thank you so much. well, i think that when we look at the performance of the nasdaq index, i think you have to have focus on this technology, which is, of course, why we re here at consumer electronics show. so the wave of technology, the next generation of technology and its potential to change every industry, i think is really what the investors were getting excited about as they went through the year. there are a lot of challenges in the world and i would say that right now we re dealing with a lot of a lot of global that right now we re dealing with a lot of, a lot of global complexity, a lot of economic complexity. but there is also this great promise out there with technology. and i think that s really what you re seeing with the index performance. given the economic complexities you just referred to. what is the outlook for 202a? we would describe it as cautiously optimistic and i would say
going to open up leaning towards a risk on tear tore, so a couple points higher, basically around the flat line. we did have a mixed close yesterday, though, with the s&p and dow both ending in the red pulled down by energy stocks. nasdaq still fared better, however, up about 8 basis points. alphabet was one of the big winners in the nasdaq index yesterday. one of the other stock market indices nikkei a lot of focus on that index this morning because it has reached a new 3446 week high. that is the japanese stock market index. there has been a lot of excitement what s going on over there. as for data there s not a lot to watch out for. the main event is going to be a speech from the new york fed president williams. but of course the major event this week is going to be that u.s. cpi print. everyone is watching out for that one tomorrow. meanwhile, this is a story i saw yesterday and didn t really like. the world bank is forecasting the economy s worst decade in 30 years. what do they