All that and much more on making money. Charles an indifferent session became one of high anxiety and selling. There is debate what is impacting the market most. First the World Health Organization held the coronavirus update, noting that iran finally reported numbers of those infected including two deaths. The doctor portrayed a race against time arguing the window of opportunity to contain the virus remains open. He urged everyone not to squander the chance to arrest this situation also noting that the window may close. That coupled with reports that u. S. Hospitals are gearing up for a pandemic triggered the selling. Then there were also comments from fed vice chairman Richard Claire reed today, who threw cold water on potential fed rate cuts this year, noting that the u. S. Economy is strong and in his opinion most Market Participants dont expect rate cuts this year. Weve got some major Market Participants who will weigh in on that. Meanwhile the selling is swift and has since stab
There have been 10 serious patients on that cruise ship. For now, lets get a check from the markets and see whats happening across asia. Heres our cross as it reporter. To, thes you did allude mood is optimistic, China Mainland and hong kong. The who said overnight despite we saw yesterday was not necessarily reflective of a larger surge in cases. Yes, we did today get 5000 new cases reported, but much less than the 15,000 yesterday. You can see the csi 300 climbing. S p futures have turned higher after closing lower in the United States. And the nikkei is falling down 6 10 of 1 . And really weighing on though he nikkei is nissan. Its a smaller weight, but its the worst performing stock, having the worst space, falling the lowest level since 2009. This came after an Earnings Report that cut its profit forecast for the second time and slashed its dividends. Back to you guys. Haidi we are getting some of the updates from japan. The Health Minister speaking to reporters, saying they are s
Today but we start with todays turnaround after a weekend of threats and a global selloff that saw markets from asia to european drop, u. S. Stocks prove resilient with all tree indexes finished in the green. So faced with one of the most significant escalations in mideast conflict than weve seen in years, investors are Holding Strong could anything shake this market what do you make of the action. Welcome back courtney and tim has been away. Thank you. It is shocking. At one point the vix was 16. 5 and in an environment where the vix has no business in my opinion below 14 i explain it with beginning of the year inflows in a significant way and the fact that the Federal Reserve keeps pumping in liquidity at record paces. Now north of 400 billion since september. At this pace, by april of this year well have exceeded the alltime high for the Balance Sheet for the Federal Reserve which in my mind is just madness. I think that is the explanation. Now the fact that taib contin s continue f
Good thursday, everybody welcome to power lunch lets take a look at this record rally. All three major indices at new high the dow is up 21 in 2019. The s p up nearly 28 and the n nasdaq up 33 just this year were in the green today check out some of the new highs across the board micon, citigroup and kellogg joining that party ty thank you very much with a few trading days left in whats been the best year for the market since 2013, bob is at the New York Stock Exchange with a look at what worked in 2019. Hi, bob. A lot worked. Thats the good news the rally has opinion fabeen fa but dont kid yourself top 23 stocks in the s p 500 all were up. All 23 were up some of them were up really big. How big . S p 500, up 28 . The top ten stocks by market capitalization were up more than 40 . That means as they get bigger, those stocks have more and more influence on the s p number one, nothing knows bigger than apple this year look at this, 77 . Thats not a typo. How much is that thats 800 points
Outlook. Congress is on track to pass two massive spending bills averts a Government Shutdown and new data shows Home Building increased more than expected in november and permits for future Home Construction surged to a 12 1 2 year high. Joining us for the hour, is keith bliss from i hue capital llc. The Housing Starts number comes in, just one more optimistic data point on the data front and i think despite trading on the alltime highs, this market is still poised to go higher thats my belief what drives that . Theres lots of factors, which i know well talk about during the hour. But the continued strong Economic Data that were getting out of here, a very compliant and easy money fed that we have, theyre expanding their balance sheet. Low inflation around the world the need for capital to go where it gets rewarded and seek yield. All of these things, you throw them into the mixing bowl. Once again, all three of the major averages higher. Only slightly higher, but anything positive is