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Stocks. It really started, if you think about it, a year ago today with a big rally the day after christmas, the after the Christmas Eve selloff last year. Now as we get set for a new year, nasdaq 9,000, what is next . What are you thinking about . Im really optimistic where the markets are going in 2020. It is kind of interesting, if you look at this historically, with a year where markets are up over 20 , on the average the dow has been up over 75 of the time with an average of close to 9 . The s p 500 has been up over 83 of the time with an average over 11 . Past returns are not indicative of future returns but if stats is on our side, history is on our side, markets are still good value, there is still room to grow and a lot of potential as weve seen in the past. Connell gary you and i spoke couple days ago right before christmas. Youre more of a worrier, right . Nothing wrong with that. Someones got to but how do you look at this run . At this point, is it getting toward as point
The forefront. President trump says republicans are united but one republican senator is already expressing their concerns. Hello, good evening. Im blake burman in for elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Blake records abound. Not just on the corner of wall and broad. We have it covered with jeff flock in chicago how holiday shop remembers expected to return as much as 41 billion worth of gifts. Ups alone is anticipating a record amount of returned shipments to start off the year. Well have the Market Reaction with gerri willis, who of course is at the big board. We begin with jeff in the windy city. Hello, jeff . Reporter blake, good to see you. Not just at corner of wall and broad but corner of state and randolph. The sun setting on extraordinary day in chicago. Shoppers are still out even though the sun has gone down here. 62 degrees, alltime record high made it easy for those returning their exists. This is the kickoff of the return season. We had Holiday Shoppin
Jackie we have gerri willis on floor of the new york stock exchange, jeff flock in chicago. What happened today . Dow only needed 36 points to do that. It beat that level. Were at a new high. As you were saying that is the 21st record close of the year. S p only needed a little more than half a point to finish record territory. It achieved that, and more. Here we are, fueled mostly by apple shares. Finally, we got the nasdaq through 9,000. Very big finish for the nasdaq. Tech very critical part of stocks move. Well talk about amazon for just a second here. The company saying they added five Million People as prime members over the Holiday Season. They said it was a record Holiday Season for them. They did very well indeed. And, just adding a lot of people who can add to their bottom line. Some of the people actually signed up for a trial membership on prime. Others actually paying that 119 a year. So amazon, with a very good day. Meanwhile, apple also pushing the nasdaq to new highs, f
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