Although its been said before, weve got new old news, i guess that the Drug Companies and the opioid business are facing a criminal probe. All of which would have at one time virtually trashed this market. Instead, the dorn thing just wont quit. Dow gained 55 points. Nasdaq advanced. 18 with all three closing at record levels. So we have to ask ourselves, what the heck is going on here so you know what im going to do in honor of these records, im going to run down all the reasons why this rally keeps on trucking first, while, indeed, discounter dollar tree had problems with the tariffs, the big guys are doing just fine. Walmart, target, amazon, costco simply havent felt the pain. The tariffs air problem for some many chains but the sky is falling narrative hasnt played out. Inflation remains subdued. When you consider everybody was predicting the trade war would devastate all retail, things are going much better than expected. Number two, the enterprise is very soft, but far fewer comp
Yep, 1997 because the s p is having its best start to a year since then that song youre hearing, you fast money fans out there, this is not one of our traders losing a fast pitch. Thats unbreak my heart which was topping the charts in 1997 in the box office a little movie called titanic was smashing records. Here is the question heading into the Fourth Quarter. Will it be a smooth sailing for stocks or like the titanic is the market headed for a giant iceberg . Guy adami. Well done. Iceberg or smooth sailing choose your own adventure. I watched the titanic movie when it came out it was a good movie. It was very realistic. You felt like you were on the boat the thing about icebergs, just to get some science here. I was waiting for that. You only see this much of the iceberg they should have a saying like that. Below water. Below the water so the market has done an incredible job of navigating through what have been numerous icebergs this year its weaving its way through the people stand
Where the stock goes from here the Investment Committee is ready to go. The Halftime Report starts right now. Welcome good to have you with us on this thursday our Investment Committee at the table, joe terranova, steve weiss, the najarian is here, megan chu with Wilmington Trust and also with us our senior economics reporter steve liesman. We begin, where else, where the story is stocks following the worst day of the year. Big concerns that the trade war is threatening to push the u. S. Economy over the edge so weve got 60 of the s p, a little more than that in correction territory. Thats 306 out of 505. What should you do in the market today . Today you should do nothing. What are you doing . Im looking to sell further on strength, and heres why. I think the situation continues to worsen and the goal line continues to be pushed out a lot of people took comfort in monday when the president tweeted about delaying some of the traffics some of the tear i was until december i actually tho
Dutyfree. Sounds a lot like falling stock prices, doesnt it the averages started strong. But after the news broke the dow ended up plunging 281 points s p plummeted. 90 , the nasdaq fell 1 . One fell swoop, President Trump has given the hard liners exactly what they want if you import goods from china, hes making you pay, no exceptions that includes the iphone no wonder apples stock reversed it went from up big to just, well, ugly because its the most visible importer suddenly everything either they need to eat the tariffs or they need to make their phones even more expensive relative to samsung, which does its manufacturing in south korea can you imagine, the outcome of this is that samsung is the winner but apple is one example out of many i used it because its so in your face. The president figures hes given American Companies enough time to get out of china, roughly a year and a half sins aluminum and steel and change sourcing. Thats up to them. The reaction was so negative the yie
Im melissa lee, coming to you live from studio b at the nasdaq we start off with a sharp reversal in shares of jpmorgan today. The big bank hitting an alltime early in the session, but taking a tumble midday. The drop coming off Ceo Jamie Dimon said this at the companys investor day i think were in a very good position to continue to invest in our future, and were not going to buy back stock now. Share buybacks have been a big driver for stocks this year. Look at the gains in alphabet and apple since the Companies Announced massive repurchase plans. But with stocks at alltime highs, the nasdaq posting a record close today the dow setting a new intraday before pulling back. Have valuations gotten ahead of themselves if jamie dimon is not buying at these levels, the question is, should you why are you laughing already you read my mind. Im thinking to myself, if hes not buying, why should you mouthing it but the reversal today is very interesting. Yeah. Noa lot of volume, this reversal mo