all-time highs. and a bullish call on a number of stocks the traders take their positions. apple, boeing, microsoft, and facebook a. blockbuster week of earnings ahead we will get you set up the investment committee is ready to go. halftime report starts right now. and welcome. it is good to have you with us on this friday our investment committee here today we begin with the markets. stocks did open at another new high as you heard carl say at the end of the last hour, some of these headlines of late have dragged stocks into the red. the dow is down triple digits now. though the debate about where stocks are, that rages on. it defies imagination it reminds me a lot of early 99. it is frothy? you could definitely make that argument it is like 1999? no. the market is fine. they are in a goldilocks place. i am just a little bit worried that this is becoming a momentum deny driven market. what i am really concerned about is that the market has gotten ahead of earn
storeys high holding 1500 per ride - the man that is building the tallest ferris wheel in the world. we talk to him we begin with an horrific act that has escalated the tension between the israelis and palestinians. jewish settlers in the occupied west bank are suspected of setting fire to a home in douma, and 18-month-old boy was burnt to death as he slept. his parents and older brother were critically injured. israeli and palestinian leaders condemned the attack. many fear the attackers will not be brought to justice. stephanie dekker reports. reporter: the family share the only bedroom. they would have been fast asleep when their window smashed and the small place set on fire. they heard screens, this person saw the attacker standing over the parents. he went to get help. when he came back the two men were gone. translation: smoke was coming out of the house. i saw the 4-year-old. i pulled him out. they told me another baby was inside. the flames were big. there was
dow still 25 points shy of those levels. six straight days six great sessions with the s&p 500 climbing following last week s plunge of 1%. it has come back, and then some from those levels. one of the things limiting what would be bigger gains is the price of oil, following the opec ,eeting with oil down 4.2% below $50 a barrel once again as opec extended the production cuts but not for a full year, rather nine months. there was optimism that had been percolating that it would be longer. oil shares today, they pulled back with many drillers and oil services companies taking hits, transocean and marathon on this list. stocks are higher today, not lower or being dragged down by these energy shares. consumer discretionary a strong group, best buy is trading at a record, up 22% in today s session after the company comparable sales unexpectedly rose in part because of mario and the sales of the nintendo switch with sears holdings trading higher after the company reported its fi
with the u.s. is at its deepest and it is a great partnership. the partnership is built on trust and knowing intelligence can be shared confidently, and i will be making clear to president trump today that intelligence that is shared between your enforcement agencies must remain secure. she made her comments while attending nato summit in brussels. in other news, former greek prime minister, lucas, was injured in his car in athens after reportedly opening an envelope that contained an explosive device. that was according to a great political books woman. the driver and a third person, believed to be sitting next to him, also thought to have been injured. the injuries are not like not life-threatening. asserved as prime minister six months and is a former deputy governor of the european central bank. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i m growth i m mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. with 30 minutes f
the labor secretary will retain his position as well. talks to exit the eu are scheduled to begin in less than two weeks. people, mostly civilians, are dead after soldiers clashed over food aid in somalia. fighting erected at a distribution site after some soldiers tried to steal food meant for refugees and soldiers to stop and others try them. many refugees have been streaming into somalia searching for food and support from international aid agencies. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 overalists and analysts in 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. julia: live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, im julia chatterley. scarlett: i am scarlet fu. joe: i am joe weisenthal. first news, what did you miss? : tech stocks getting slammed on heavy volume. have we seen the top in big cap tech shares? learning to expect the unexpected. u.k. election results leave investors with few clues on how the pound will trade in the near term. . deadly drug