Stocks have been driving all of that action within technology. Justiertodate, look at the lens of exchangetraded funds, the spdr, the s p, up 16 , very respectable and take a look at the tech sector spdr, xlk, 32 so a doug over its competitors within the market. Take a look also going all the way back to 2009 this was the last time that we saw this kind of outperformance by technology overall. That gap is just widening out as we see that performance. We took a look within the xlk, the spdr technology action, so we looked at stocks over 100 billion in market capitalization and have posted better than the index returns. Check this out nvidia no surprise there doubling so far this year. 129 billion company facebook, we talked about it earlier on the show. Up, a 526 billion and broadcom, 112 billion market cap. Everybody talks about apple all the time, nearly 900 billion of market cap 50 upside there and match the card 47 , its 160 billion company so a lot of names out there driving on the
Mostly higher taking its cue once again from the u. S. Through the shanghai composite, nikkei average and kospi. The hang seng lower by half of a percent. The saudi ipo is on track. The managing are getting some hopes to big investors that the oil giants public debut is on schedule for next year despite the speculation that we are going to see some private investors on the steel like the chinese, which may very well will be likely. The push for tax reform back in the u. S. President trump set to head to capitol hill to encourage republican senators to move forward on tax reform. First daughter ivanka trump spoke about the importance of getting the reform passed. Watch. The tax reform is so critical. We are doing it administratively, and the regulation ever really feeling entrepreneurship in the state in terms of optimism, stock market. I would hear it in every conversation i had with the people through the course of the day. So that is what fuels them and that is what we are fighting f
Everybody is trying to pick the bottom and its not working out so well. The proof is in what you get, right . What you get is when you find these earnings out and find out where they are, you look at somebody like macys. When you miss on the revenue as badly as they did, scott, they call themselves a transitional stock and they are. But they are still a ways away from the transition that they need to make to be competitive. Thats the problem they have got right now. When you look at look at those numbers. The same store sales numbers. Those were almost double as bad as expected. Its unbelievable how difficult it is right now in retail when youre not amazon. You want to talk numbers, doc. Sure. You saw macys is down 14 . Rubbing some salt in the wound, judge. Kohls down 6, nordstrom 7, macys 8. You can go down the list. Dillards 12. Overall retail sales are up but not at the retailers you named, judge. When we talk about easy comps and tough comps on the show all the time. These guys, m
Replace obamacare. Hospital stocks are leading the way, but insurers are outperforming the market and drugmakers, too, have been going up well have much more on the proposal and the impact on various stocks thats coming up in just a few moments here. Molina health care is one insurer really profiting from obamacare. How will the bill affectmanage cops like molina well have the ceo weigh in. And were pleased to welcome Goldman Sachs new president and chief executive officer Harvey Schwartz who is with us here at the New York Stock Exchange. Well talk with him exclusively about financial reform, the latest round of the stress tests which, by the way, are coming out a little more than an hour from now a lot to talk with harvey coming up in a little bit here. Lets begin though with the Health Care Stocks rising after Senate Republicans released their discussion draft of the bill Kayla Tausche joins us from washington with some key takeaways. Kayla. The discussion draft is seen as an openin
Selection of secretary of state. Reportedly, president elect donald trump is close to selecting his secretary of state and the name comes from big oil. Andtillerson, the chairman ceo of exxon mobil is a worldclass dealmaker, stay tuned, according to donald trump. Alreadyators are expressing reservations because of his close ties to Vladimir Putin. Putin is a thug and murderer and anyone else who describes him as anything else is lying. We cannot have an accommodation with the russians until they understand what Ronald Reagan taught them and that is peace through strength. Right now, we have no peace and no strength. I dont know what his relationship with Vladimir Putin is, but it is a matter of concern. David joining us now is the president of the council of Foreign Relations. Book, aso author of the world in disarray. Thank you for being here. What do you make of this possible nomination . Do you agree that is where it is going and what would it mean for state . It is a hard transitio