The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the department of defense fiscal year 2021 budget request. Welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service in both dr. Mark esper and general mark we have a pair of marks in this morning. This committees top priority is ensuring the effectiveness of the National Defense strategy. Thats our vote that we had heard, adhere for a long period of time now. About three years. Unfortunately, the last administration we ask our military to do more with less and that got us into trouble between 2012 and 2017 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our Defense Budget in the readiness of our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he inherited American Military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his promise to begin rebuilding the u. S. Armed forces. He negotiated the highest level of defense spending ever, a down payment toward getting our military back to where it needs t
And joint chiefs of staff chair general mark milley were on capitol hill to testify on the president s 2021 budget request for the pentagon. They were also asked about military modernization efforts and defense funds being diverted from border wall construction being diverted for border wall construction. [indiscernible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] the Committee Meets today to receive testimony for the 2021 budget request. We welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service. After mark esper and general mark milley. Top priority is ensuring the effectiveness and implementation of the National Defense strategy. Unfortunately under the last administration, we asked our military to do more with less, and that got us into trouble and 2017. 12 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he a country in crisis. Rican military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his
Thinks peloton is not just a fad. Cap bullish sentiment coming up. Continue with dominance of tech in the u. S. Markets. Up 1. 7 percent, nasdaq of more than 1 . Is something bigger going on . Let 2019. 2019. Feels like yesterday after the signing of the trade deal, it was just the stocks that dropped. Typically a relief rally would come after a big selloff from the major averages. It feels a little bit more like perhaps the early stages of euphoria with the bubble paradigm. It and dislocation been into the economic phase than a euphoria and 10 eight. Does that match the fundamentals . Greater than 20 times forward pe, as you note last year earnings fell by double digits. They are expected to fall for the Fourth Quarter and the First Quarter of 2020. By the end of the year, analysts are looking for double digits growth up for tech and the chips. For the chips, the first half of the year is difficult. Speaking of getting ahead of ourselves, i want to show you a chart here. Another day a
We are down across the board these would be losses for the week that will end four weeks of gain weve seen up to this point. Does this count as the first week of 2020, even though it is only two days . We could look at the fiveday thing and if it is up, we could say that is the first week this is up as we see crude oil prices jumping we see that wti is up 4. 1 the gain to 63. 72 a barrel ice brent up by 4. 3 Natural Gas Prices up. Crude is the real focus as tensions are on the rise in the middle east. The market is up 30 from last year that is a place for people to look this year as for gains. We are moving crude from 60. We are not moving from 62 but based on the tensions rising you think about the heighten tensions and what this will mean for the potential repercussions in the middle east the idea of additional strikes of any ships going through the straits of hormuz, people will be watching that closely theyve been blessing with the Oil Production for months. We always look forward
Thinks peloton is not just a fad. That bullish sentiment coming up. First, we begin with a continued dominance of tech in the u. S. Market. Stocks upadmit, the 1. 7 , nasdaq up more than 1 . Is something bigger going on . It feels like 2019. This unstoppable rally keeps going. It does not feel like a relief rally, because yesterday after the signing of the trade deal, it was just the stocks that trumped 1 . The other averages posted average highs, s p 500 and dow. Typically a relief rally would come after a big selloff from the major averages. It feels a little bit more like perhaps the early stages of euphoria within the bubble paradigm. That starts with capitulation, then with dislocation into the economic face and then phase and then euphoria. Does that match the fundamentals . Trading at ant, greater than 20 times forward pe. As you note last year, earnings fell by double digits. They are expected to fall for the Fourth Quarter and the First Quarter of 2020. By the end of the year,