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school. we should see 19,000, maybe even 20,000 on the dow by the end of the year. jack admiral is executive vp of a bank. he thinks the markets are overvalued. that s the collision. that s what makes a market. professor siegel, what causes you to feel that we can move, not just a little bit higher, but rather more significantly higher between now and year end? do you see the economy as that strong? well, what i see, i mean, i will admit, i mean, we have moved up in price ahead of the earnings increase. i originally thought we would have to wait until the second half of the year to see that earnings. but let me tell what you i think stock investors are cueing off of. i look at sensitive commodity prices. we re seeing increases in iron ore, aluminum, nickel. the agriculture sector is beginning to boom. these sensitive commodity prices, i think, are a signal to an increase in world demand, a better second half and i think that s what stock investors are looking at as a ....
let s talk what s happening with stocks because you pointed out the dow heat map and the dow heat map is almost all green. here are the two biggest point contributors to the rally. nearly 200 points to the upside today. take a look at this. post 6, the nyse, imc, market makers for boeing shares. up about 2%. they are adding 26, 27 points to the overall rally in the dow. now we re going to turn around here and go around to the other side and this is post-5 for citadel securities where goldman sachs trades. goldman sachs up over 2% as well. that s adding north of 20 points to the overall dow rally so those two stocks are showing real signs of life, and if you take a look at the macro markets overall for the sectors in the s&p 500, we do see that financials and industrials, boeing and goldman sachs, are among the two best performing sectors so far today. also, one more thing to watch here. some of the traders have been talking a lot about oil prices. we can see oil prices ....
cboe volatility index? it has awakened now from its slumber. if you played it today, the etf that tracks the bix, you are up 2%. we re also tracking the euro as the march to dollar parody marches on. now just $1 .10 to buy a euro. then there is the weather. just when you thought it was safe to think spring well think again. a serious snowstorm is about to hit the east. winter storm thor it s called. it s epic. chris hemsworth. i m distracted now. we mentioned the euro-dollar trade. the dollar index at its highest point since september of 2003. good for you. if are you going to europe. on this down day, we got bertha coombs at the nasdaq. first to mary and hi mare. as you said the nasdaq or the margin advisory come well off their lows. it s another modest volume session. what we are seeing is an interesting move among the traditional defensive sectors. the drug group, health care group, getting a bid. that s one of the reasons we see the markets pair their ....