Ideas. The Investment Committee is ready to go. The Halftime Report starts right now. It is did to hais good to hh us joe terranovterranova joins us lets kick it off with stocks. Record highs for the major averages, volatility, the lowest since the summer the question now does it clear the decks for a major move higher by the end of the year, josh brown, that question goes to you first hey, judge, how is it going how are you heres the big picture. Take the s p and the dow out of it look at the etf for atwx, global stocks without the United States in it, or look at the efa index, theyre both hanging at new highs. That is something that not a lot of people expected going into this year. There was a conversation about how the trade war would be damaging to europe and brexit would be damaging to britain what if i told you german stock market is up 25 year to date, japan is up 17 , the United Kingdom is up 28 . You wouldnt have expected those things to be happening that back drop is importa
Lets start at the New York Stock Exchange. Nicole good morning. Thank you, sir. I appreciate it. Lets talk about what we are seeing here on wall street. The Dow Jones Industrials are down 28 points. We see the nasdaq is managing to squeeze out a game. Johnson johnson, walmart, boeing, procter and gamble are weighed on the dow. We are also keeping an eye on mcdonalds. They came out with quarterly numbers. The comp sales abroad were weaker. Mcdonalds has a down arrow right now. Back to you. Connell thank you very much. Dagen president obama expected to speak about 25 minutes from now. Connell rejected is that the white house today. Rich the president should be speaking about a half hour right now. They will not say how many people have actually signed up and got them through and been successful with this. We are not sure what ramifications will become of this. Now that the Government Shutdown is over, the issue of these Online Marketplaces are back at the forefront. The transparency or l
Benefits nationwide . All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, december 4th. Good evening everyone. Its four in a row. The dow and s p fell again today backing away from last weeks record setting highs. Blame it on a new bach of positive reports on jobs, housing and the upbeat survey on the economy. The take away for investors, the fed will taper back stimulus plans and that might not be good for the markets. All this comes just two days before the release of the monthly jobs report. A key data point for Central Bank Policy makers. Its no wonder stock averages between gains and losses and finally ending mostly in the red for the day. The dow lost 25 but down as much as 125 earlier in the day and the nasdaq edged up a fraction and s p fell two points. The same concerns about the feds next move sent the yield on the benchmark treasury note above 2. 8 , the highest since september. How does the Federal Reserve see the economy right now as it prepares for the nex
Wednesday, december 4th. Good evening everyone. Its four in a row. The dow and s p fell again today backing away from last weeks record setting highs. Blame it on a new bach of positive reports on jobs, housing and the upbeat survey on the economy. The take away for investors, the fed will taper back stimulus plans and that might not be good for the markets. All this comes just two days before the release of the monthly jobs report. A key data point for Central Bank Policy makers. Its no wonder stock averages between gains and losses and finally ending mostly in the red for the day. The dow lost 25 but down as much as 125 earlier in the day and the nasdaq edged up a fraction and s p fell two points. The same concerns about the feds next move sent the yield on the benchmark treasury note above 2. 8 , the highest since september. How does the Federal Reserve see the economy right now as it prepares for the next policy meeting next month . Steve liesman looks at the beige book survey and
Nightly Business Report for wednesday, december 4th. Good evening everyone. Its four in a row. The dow and s p fell again today backing away from last weeks record setting highs. Blame it on a new bach of positive reports on jobs, housing and the upbeat survey on the economy. The take away for investors, the fed will taper back stimulus plans and that might not be good for the markets. All this comes just two days before the release of the monthly jobs report. A key data point for Central Bank Policy makers. Its no wonder stock averages between gains and losses and finally ending mostly in the red for the day. The dow lost 25 but down as much as 125 earlier in the day and the nasdaq edged up a fraction and s p fell two points. The same concerns about the feds next move sent the yield on the benchmark treasury note above 2. 8 , the highest since september. How does the Federal Reserve see the economy right now as it prepares for the next policy meeting next month . Steve liesman looks a