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2017 bring in. Rob, if you just brought the s p 500, you got your 10 rate of return on stocks. What should the longterm investors go into next year reflect on . Dont panic. We started with a massive selloff, and mixed data at th end of the summer caused another selloff, albeit shorter. Brexit as well caused a selloff. I think the idea of focusing on fundamentals, looking beyond the immediate market noise and media noise, investors would have done well by doing that. The second thing i would say is dont confuse the base case with a done deal. Brexit markets priced in a stay. It surprised everybody. Then the trump election. In each case, again not focusing on the noise, focusing on fundamentals made sense. The final thing i would say is dont underestimate the Central Banks. There has been a lot of talk about policy reaching its limits and becoming less and less effective. What they have proven whether it be the fed other ecb or any c ....
Stock market fueled and i think quite rightly so on optimism that donald trump is looking out for america. Hes going to do the right things economically, Foreign Policy. But economically i think theres still a few gotchas for most people out there. Look, we have Median Household Income thats still inflation adjusted still lower than it was in 1998, dagen, its lower than it was in 2007. We have a Labor Force Participation that continues to decline. Just a couple years ago was 66 . Now its barely just a little bit below 63 . So theres people out there that dont have a job and still they feel, my gosh, i cant keep up with inflation with what im making. Lets put the money back in their pockets. We know the government doesnt spend it effectively. We know the people, its their money, they earned it, its the ....
Youre passing these propositions, creating laws raising crime. Not good for our community and not good for officers. Dagen we have the latest ahead. A Small Plane Crash killing four americans. The planes slamming into a Shopping Mall just after takeoff. Earnings focus on wall street this morning. We will hear from walmart in the macys, home depot. But they tell us about the health of the consumer. U. S. Markets open back after the long holiday weekend. Gains in the future is across the board. In europe, markets are little changed at the moment. The mix markets. Ftse 100 in england down ever so slightly. In asia, the action was also mixed. Gains in shanghai on the nikkei in japan and the cost south korea. Snapchat selling spectacles to the masses. Wyatt will drum up sales ahead of the ipo. Joining me on marty mann, Lea Gabri ....
Technology giants where the money has been flowing at all of the big names open today at new highs. Euphoria in the world of money. Politics a different story. President s reagan and bush got there tax cut billed by mid february, the trump bill is late. Republicans on tax form are divided. The media remains as contemptuous as ever especially the Washington Post. Look at this. I didnt think i would ever lead the cia but because of trump i quit. The Trump White House is already cooking the books. Outspoken opposition to the president but the trump stock rally roles on. 55 approval for the president in the resolution poll. Varney and company about to begin. This is now the white house, new plan on immigration expected very soon. We have a couple details. Ashley what we hear from senior admin a station official, quote, we will have a big immigration launch, not a new executiv ....
Sadly 55 years young, brenda lost that fight to cancer and i dont know how we will ever be the same. She inspired us all and taught us all so much. Brenda was the first anchor and host i ever appeared here with at fox news. It was initially in an audition tape in the late 90s and i was absolutely awful on the air but brenda was kind and gracious and supportive and encouraging that day and every day after. She made us all better people in work and in life. Brenda brought Boundless Energy and joy to everything she did. Watching this show, her show, every saturday, you know that. She created the personality of bulls and bears with her spirit, humor, love of life, depth and brilliance, so brilliant. You would never hear her bring that up, the fact that she graduated from harvard with honors, was an oxford road scholar. Instead, in hosting this show and living her life, she pulled them in. And let us be our best selves, her generosit ....