Want to cozy up with for the long winter. But a major milestone for the dow, closing above 28,000 for the first time new records for the s p and nasdaq united technologist, alphabet, microsoft all hitting record levels is the market headed higher and higher thats a miserable song, isnt it. You know there was a time and place for it but its not this is not the time and place to talk about it. Nor the place. Kudos on the devg but me that thought the market is grinding higher so many headwinds and things to be concerned about and we rattle them off the market doesnt care. The vix closes at 12, in my estimation way low in the environment but the s p grinds higher on a day where the only real news is the president part of his administration talks about getting closer to a trail trade deal with china i thought we had phase one signed a couple weeks ago. Earnings god but i do think this market is not nearly looking at all the negatives closely enough and at a certain point they matter. I dont
Records. The dow 28,000 thanks to optimism on a trade deal, ral in Health Care Stocks and uppete report on retail sales, an indication the consumer which has been powering the economys still strong. Here arenghe clo numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial average rose 222 points, to4. 2800 the nasdaq up 61 and the s p 500 added23. The sixth straight weekly gain for the s p 500. The longest win streak for that index since 2017. Bob pisani takes a look at what to make of the bullishness. Another day of record highs. The s p broke out of therading range into record territory, universityia is growing and pretty fast frankly. A number of technicians have but notust the chartists ently feeling good about the trends. Eventrategistnd everyday Retail Investors are getting gunning hoe on the market. Barclays for example s that small caps are at a turning d point and poio outperform. Morgan stanley also saying a key rotation from Growth Stocks to value stocks is beginning. Even the average Retail Inves
Organization can play a bigger openness andting development. So that the multilateral trading regime can be more authoritative and effective. Later this afternoon, the chain the china side will host an informal wto ministerial meeting. We look forward to candid exchanges that will lead to globalctions to improve economic governance. I am happy to note that yesterday, 15 countries taking part in the original comprehensive economic concludedp or are cep textbased negotiations. I hope the agreement will be into fourthntered added early date. At an early date. [no audio] applause] china will be happy to include free agreements with countries. China r. O. K. Fta and a China Cooperation council fta. Will stay actively engaged in cooperation within the united and , the g20, a pick, move economic globalization forward. China will continue the belt and road cooperation. Today, with 137 countries and 30 international organizations, sign a has signed 197 documents on belt and road cooperation. Ch
Verdict, all counts. Ignores what was pretty intriguing morning session on capitol hill, the Second Public impeachment hearing. Slugs shrugs it shoulders keeps buying. What do you think . If they dont beat expectations Interest Rates will fall enough to help the downside risk. Worldwide Economic Data is not all that great. The market is very confident that there is some sort of safety net out there, safety net taking form of lower Interest Rates if needed. Neil all right. So if we have the dow flirting with 28,000. Stuart pointing out through the presidency up 10,000 points, is it a rich market through your eyes . Whoever is the white house occupant, for time being is it rich in your eyes . A rich market, from the perspective i would have difficult time telling somebody to go ahead to move into the market. Neil jump in now . Jump in now. I said that a year ago, even before that, and i have been proven wrong. Tough remember, we have Unemployment Rate at 50year low. How much lower can it
Despite it all, were close to record highs. Free speech is in the news. Nba commissioner, he stood up to china. They wanted the Houston Rockets general manager fired after he tweeted support for the hong kong protesters. Adam silver told them were not going to do that. Free speech item number two. Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, he says hes not going to Police Political speech, and hes not going to ban Donald Trumps tweets, as Kamala Harris demanded. Big deal. Big show. Youre going to hear what the president had to say at his big rally last night. The brits, well, theyre on the brink. The brexit vote is hours away. And alec baldwin slams the demonization of wealth. What . Varney company, the very special friday edition, is about to begin. After decades of economic surrender, i have taken historic action to confront chinas rampant trading abuses and weve made great progress and our relationship with china is fantastic. But now were taking in billions of dollars. Theyve had the worst year the