Apple or a netflix or a tesla. After another day where the market hung in there, the dow gaining 67 points, nasdaq advancing. 26 , starting to be a pretty good year. I think its shining a light on the stocks that i follow in order to get a better feel for whats going on out there in the real economy, both domestic and international. So you have a sense of where we truly are. Lets start with my mainstays. Lets start with the rails. All aboard im always trying to measure the actual strength of our economy, and im not using all those data that comes from the fed and the government. That doesnt get there for me. One way to do that is by looking at the rails before there are only four publicly traded railroads of any size, and they all carry the same cargo so we can get some valuable nationwide comparisons. They move chemicals, iron, lumber, steel, cars, coal, ag products. Dont forget that they carry trucks too. So they doship merchandise that would normally be viewed as over the road cargo
That is the inauguration. I propose we begin a massive attack on crippling and killing diseases. [applause] i shall propose to this congress a 10 billion nationwide Clean Waters Program to put modern municipal waste Treatment Plants to make our waters clean again and do it now. The president sets the tone for the legislative agenda. Whether or not congress chooses to follow them or rewrite them, the president has given them an outline. Sometimes president has never had a chance, harrison and garfield died before their first opportunity. They came into office in march. So in the 19th century, state of the Union Messages were given in december. When the constitution was changed, they moved the congress up to january and now they are usually in january and february. There have been some miscues. President cleveland sent a controversial proposal dealing with a tariff and the days before we had a income tax. And one of those things that divided parties and created great passions and unfortu
Lori a very good afternoon. I am lori rothman. Melissa i am melissa francis. We need a deal before christmas. Neither side has talked with the other in nearly two days. Towns are bracing for the fallout. Tampa mayor tells us what the fiscal cliff means for his city. Lori all talking and no advancement towards a deal. Frustrating. On and on and on those politicians go. We will bring you an update. Tom corbett saying going over that cliff would be absolutely frightening for the keystone state. He will join us later. Melissa president obama has been named person of the year. Go figure. [talking over each other] lori was i on the list for rock. Melissa on top. Lori lets get you updated on the markets. Lauren simonetti is covering stocks for us today. We go break a twoday winning streak. For the s p, it has been the best two days in more than a month. We are still a little bit more positive. Traders kind of sitting on their hands digesting what we have recently had. If you look at, i say ri
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