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Nearly half a percent. Well, you know what its like . Its like when the tide goes out. You can see whos really swimming naked versus who whats got the latest speedos or whatever theyre wearing these days. What do i mean by naked . Anyone who be knocked down on versus on whos being hurt by china the bear market over there. By the way its morphed into the bull market. And would be hurt by higher Interest Rates and the super freaking strong dollar. Its a very, very big group. But the others . The companies who have actually got their swimsuits on in the s p rip tide they stand out while everyone else is naked and yeah drowning. All this is being revealed with the perfect moment. We know lets say were a big chunk of earnings. Which means we can make some judgments. Spot a couple of positive themes we can rely on. Probably from now until year end. Let me tick them down. The first theme the first theme thats withstanding the s ps undert ....
The s p 500 will do in the next six months of these 23 folks 63 say it jumps more than 5 . 21 say moves up, but less than 5 so 85 say stocks are going higher yeah. And you know how i love to play a contrarian, judge, but unfortunately, im not a contrarian with this one i agree with it. I think the second half of the year, we pick up momentum again, that we had in the First Quarter, that we basically traded sideways, except for tech and a couple of the health care names, in the Second Quarter, but i think second half, a lot stronger than weve just experienced. All right pete, so youve got the dow up 8. 5 s ps up 9 nasdaqs up 16 history guests that docs right. If you look since 1988, when youve had firsthalf gains of at least 6 , im going to read you some of these numbers. 2013, we were up 12. 5 first half we finished 29 . 2014, we were up 6, we finished up 11. 2012, we were up ....
Reform. It was about getting back to basics, investors turned their attention to upbeat reports on the economy, comments on Interest Rates from an influential member of the Federal Reserve and corporate profit t. Dow jones industrial average snapped an eightday losing streak rising 150 points, the nasdaq added 34 and the s p 500 was up nearly 17. Lets start with earnings. The end of the quarter is a few days away, already the expectations are high. Reporter the end of the First Quarter is just around the corner. The bulls are hoping a strong earnings season may provide a market stabilize tore what is likely to be a very rocky debate over tax reform and infrastructure spending. First earnings are expected to rise 10 from the same last year. That would be the best quarterly showing in six years, it might be better than tha ....
Some deals are more equal than others, and some never even get done because of factors beyond the control of the dealmakers. These aborted takeovers can make the entire market go up or down because they remind you just how fragile stocks can be like in todays muted session where the dow only finished down 13 points, s p inched up 0. 5 , and nasdaq declined 0. 17 after a very rocky morning. Knowing how to identify a good makes us better investors because it means well be ready to buy stocks on the weakness specifically caused by these kinds of breakdowns or maybe to profit from the strength it can generate as both often have nothing to do with the broken deals themselves. Lets talk about the big story right now, the current state of the nondeal of salesforce. Com buying twitter for the rumored make or break price tag of 29 a share, 9 higher than the stock hurt the whole market as was certainly the case at the sessions opening before it came to its senses. First lets go over the genesis ....
Others, and some never even get done because of factors beyond the control of the dealmakers. These aborted takeovers can make the entire market go up or down because they remind you just how fragile stocks can be like in todays muted session where the dow only finished down 13 points, s p inched up 0. 5 , and nasdaq declined 0. 17 after a very rocky morning. Knowing how to identify a good deal or what can kill a deal makes us better investors because it means well be ready to buy stocks on the weakness specifically caused by these kinds of breakdowns or maybe to profit from the strength it can generate as both often have nothing to do with the broken deals themselves. Lets talk about the big story right now, the current state of the nondeal of salesforce. Com buying twitter for the rumored make or break price tag of 29 a share, 9 higher than the stock is now, because thats a prime certainly the case at the sessions opening before it came to its senses. First lets go over the genesis o ....