Small caps having a pretty good day as well. The commentary seems to be the market feels a little tired. Is that how you see it yes i do suspect that the market is fatigu fatigued certainly on monday mornings consecutively weve been greeted with excellent news for society as it relates to the vaccine but markets dont seem to be responding as positively as they did two weeks ago. Scott, you began the show by suggesting that we have a potential end of year run. For there to be an end of year run, we are going to need a catalyst and i suspect its not the vaccine, its not earnings, and it really falls back to washington, d. C. And the ability to try and offer some form of fiscal bridge to get us to the other side in the absence of that, i would just highlight december 15 the and 16th, you have a Federal Reserve meeting. Theres a wild card scenario there where the Federal Reserve steps in and enhances some of the landing programs and provides the bridge in the absence of fiscal policy maker
Away from new highs. Joe, i begin with you. The question is how are we going to get to those new highs . Value is outperforming today is this the start of the longawaited rotation . Well, your initiating a great conversation, scott, because as you have identified the s p 500 is basically sitting less than 1 above its all time high whats critical, though, in getting there if you are not going to have a significant outperformance from what has worked, which is clearly hyper growth, is youre going to have to have the participation from the value names. Lets put in context where value really is. Scott, the russell 2,000 is still sitting 9 below its all time high it achieved in august of 2018. When im thinking about value i also have to think about value and get contribution from small cap value, not just Large Cap Value because there has been such a differentiation in the Small Cap Index this year. Small cap growth is up 22 year to date. Small cap value is down 12 . So, yes, i believe it h
Nest nestle im morgan brennan. That news on boeing is shaving about 100 points off the dow concerns about the china coronavirus are frustrating emerging markets Software Stocks did help the nasdaq hit an intraday all time high earlier joining us for the hour is steve weiss. Great to have you. We certainly have seen major averages take a leg lower between this first confirmed case of the coronavirus here in the u. S. And then this news from boeing pushing out its forecast for return to service to the summer you still invested in boeing so i said on the halftime report, i think thursday, i told just about a tag into my position that morning then the news hit later in the day. Now we get a statement i was looking at it this morning. You hate to be reminded youre losing money i figure if the stock, when the max goes back stock maybe misses on the first 10 but i wont have to deal with that and losing capital heres the statement from the company. Ill read the first few words. As we have emph
Stock higher from here the Investment Committee is ready to go. Halftime report starts right now. Great to have you u with us on this wednesday, the day before thanksgiving. Our Investment Committee, joe, jon, steve and jenny Stocks Holding steady, but enough for the dow, s p and nasdaq to hit new highs. The nasdaq trying for its 25th record close and its 11th this month alone. Tech, industrials, consumer staps, all hitting record levels we continue to buy into this rally, joe yes, we are in the middle of a melt up. Thats what with we can call this its being powered by significant dispersion on many sectors. Technology, health care, financials, so you can find opportunities in each of these sectors. Are we pulling forward some of the gains from 20 . B potentially, but thats not a concern we have now. We think a lot of it is predicated on the basis that the consumer is strong when you look at Balance Sheets and you think of governmental ambulance sheets, corporate. What better Balance S
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