Indexes were pulling back. You can see, were now flat across the board. The nasdaq just inching positive. All and all, one of the rare not up days for your stock investments. And of course all of this coming ahead of what is likely just the second fed rate hike in a decade. Tyler . Thank you very much, brian. We are less than an hour away from that fed rate decision. Most people do expect a quarter point hike. Could it be more . Well explore that in this hour as well. It has been a year since the last hike, then there is yellens News Conference, thats at 2 30 eastern time. Steve liesman following all of it for us live in washington. Hi, steve. Good afternoon. Just a quick note that we got some data this morning, the fed got some data on the second day of its meeting when it makes its policy announcement. And decision. And that data was weaker. I want to show you the cnbc rapid update. What happened is economists have taken. 2 off their forecast for the current quarter, down to 1. 8, th
Can we clap for her . Great to be here, thank you. The answer to the question is yes, financials continue to lead. Im not going to submit ive been some raging bull on financials. I will say this. People say theyve run too far, too fast. If you look at a chart, maybe. What people arent looking at is the fact that in 2007, a lot of these financials were trading over two times book. I dont think were getting there for you. But at 1. 7, 1. 8 times book, for example goldman sachs, which is currently 1. 3, just to it there, 1. 8, consider a 300 stock, which is probably another 15, 20 higher than we are right now. Can they continue to go higher . I submit they can. If the economy improves, cant the book get better too . They could have a better loan portfolio. Their tax situation could be better. A lot of things could get better. Not so much the repatriation, thats not so important for them, its like a onetime thing. America doesnt even have that much exposure. But a stronger book and higher