And for stock investors all around the globe, virtually no matter the market you were in, you made money this past year. Sometimes lots of it. Here in the u. S. , the major indexes set records seemingly evy week. The dow and nasdaq had 71 and 72 record alltime high closes respectively. No other year comes close. The s p 500 had 62. And those records led to numbers like these for 2017. The dow up 25 . The nasdaq, 28. And the s p 500, 19 . We delved a lip and h and found some surprises in those numbers. If youre worried these outsized results may indicate an overheated market, youre entitled to feel that way. But consider this. Going back to the reagan administrati that began in 1981, none, none of these gaudy percentage gains even rank in the top five year by year. This years dow comes the closest. Sixth best year since 81. This wasnt even the dows best decade, 2013 was, up 26. 5 . It was, believe it or not, an eerily calm year in the market. 2015 and 16 combined saw the s p 500 move 1
Of other customers while youre there . Only 1 of Pharmaceuticals Business is conducted online. One entrepreneur got the bright idea to relieve some of the pain points with a digital full. Reporter when eric went to his drugstore to pick up a prescription medicatio in january of 2015, his headache was just beginning. He waited in line nearly an hour before speaking to a pharmacist. He said, im so sorry, were out of stock of zpack. Im thinking, this is january, its the only thing that pharmacies should have. I cant believe this is an experience that exists on every Street Corner in america. Reporte w42 percent of respo survey said their pharmacy was out of stock at least once, causing them to make a return trip. Eric came up with a concept for an online pharmacy. He refined it for more than a year with an old friend, pharmacist sonia patel. Most pharmacy systems are built on technology that was in use 20 years ago. It didnt work for the pharmacist, didnt work for the consumer, didnt work
Outlook for the future is looking strong. This is remarkable in itself especially considering the news background. The government may shut down the end of this week in the president is talking about withdrawing from nafta. Investors do not care. A little history if i may. The dow first crossed 1000 in 1972. Hello in the seven hundreds in the early 80s. Today, 26,000. Very glad you are along for the ride. Varney company is about to begin. Another historic day for the market at the opening. First of all, the big tech names. Look at them though. These are premarket quote. This is the price now. Apple, amazon, every single one of them that. Amazon for heaven sakes up 15 backs premarket. The big banks this morning, some of them reporting profit, all of them up with the sole exception of jpmorgan. The rest they gain especially citigroup up to. 5 premarket. Profits more than doubled at United Health driven by a onetime tax gain at the tax code overhaul. That could echo up two bucks. Boeing, C
Call this meeting of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to order. Appreciate secretary shull kin for being here and his hard work. After opening statement, well go to secretary shulkin for statement and then members of the committee for q a. Let me say, this meeting is not about whats happened in the past, its about whats happening right now to correct some things that happened in the past. This is an accountability hearing. Ive told the secretary that we want to take the legislation we passed last year on accountability, on appeals, to give them the tools to address the significant problems confronting the veterans of america, vsos of america, and this committee, to begin moving away from the problems of the past and toward the solutions of the future, in particular on appeals, in particular on accountability, in particular on the gi bill, all those things that are important to the veterans and their families. And i pick particularly on the leadership of the va as well. I want to t
For being here and his hard work. After opening statement, well go to secretary shulkin for statement and then members of the committee for q a. Let me say, this meeting is not about whats happened in the past, its about whats happening right now to correct some things that happened in the past. This is an accountability hearing. Ive told the secretary that we want to take the legislation we passed last year on accountability, on appeals, to give them the tools to address the significant problems confronting the veterans of america, vsos of america, and this committee, to begin moving away from the problems of the past and toward the solutions of the future, in particular on appeals, in particular on accountability, in particular on the gi bill, all those things that are important to the veterans and their families. And i pick particularly on the leadership of the va as well. I want to thank secretary shulkin. Ive always been complimentary of him. People say im too nice to him. Im not