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off 20.6 and the nasdaq, that s the one that s off 39 as you can see right there. also keeping an eye on the small caps. flipping through and looking for the names as they get more attention on the valuation here and more and more people want to play these as a way to protect themselves against some of these external currency moves. watch this index for signs of overvaluation or a pull back. what s calling the shots today? oil has been continuing to move lower on more evidence of ever higher inventories in this country. we re still just pumping like mad and filling up coffers around the country, so the price of wti crude is now at $45, and brent north sea closed below $55 a little while ago. and, oh, by the way, the dollar continues to move higher as well. so we re now at $1.05 at this point. look at the round number on the dollar index. 100. it was not that long ago this thing was trading in the high 70s. a huge move. again, a lot of that is against the euro but it ....
that s down and a check of the markets at 153-point rally. s&p up 17. nasdaq up 54 this hour. the small cap russell 2000 leads higher off the mid mf-month lows and perhaps more than anything is the october surprise. joining us now, rob morgan, michael cagino, christine short is here, peter costa and our very own rick santelli heading into the weekend. peter, this is a really strong rally now. we re up over 10% on the s&p in just about 12 sessions. how do you feel about it? well, you know, i ve been on the bearish side. i think that what you re seeing right now is people are rotating back into stocks and equities. i think the earnings are coming in a lot better than expected. and i think that, you know, they want to put money to work and still two months left and they feel more risk on and take it off other places. rob i was going to say, peter, we know the costa family fortune. i m not speaking to anyone in my family right now. i would imagine. do you feel ....
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investors are taking note. a big test is next week when gdp comes out for the final three months of last yore and a january jobs report. that could change things around a tad. now at the new york stock exchange, there is the bell. thank you very much. that does it for us. i m victor blackwell for brooke baldwin. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts now. wolf? thanks very much. happening now, don t let today s pictures fool you. president obama is deciding to give top level white house jobs to women. we are also looking at how the pentagon is planning to respond to north korea s new round of threats including nuclear tests and the vice president s sneaky strategy to try to pressure gun owners to support the administrations. pushing for new gun control laws. you are in the situation room. . we begin with the reshuffling at the white house. a few hours ago, president obama announced he is moving the deputy security adviser do into the position of white hou ....
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