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That s the second best performance in a president s first two years in office. the markets also wrapped up their best january in 30 years. the s&p 500 and the dow were both up more than 7% in january. those actually marked the biggest gains since january of 1987 and 1989 respectively. the president took to twitter, of course, to celebrate the january numbers tweeting this. we have, by far, the strongest economy in the world. so everybody wants to know why have stocks been on the rise recently? a combination of strong corporate earnings, continued optimism about the economy and a shift in the federal reserve s interest rate plans for 2019. all that factors in to the big rallies that we saw happen in january. especially the language that fed chair jay powell used. the fed is going to use patience in raising interest rates. next few weeks will be fascinating. thank you, allison. a new cnn poll shows us where president trump stands on ....
Money in the stock market. you made it handsomely the past month. stocks are hotter than hot. for the s&p 500, the last time we saw a month them pressive was back in january of 1987. ronald reagan was president at the time. the new york giants had beaten the denver broncos in super bowl xxi. whitney houston and lionel richie were winning big at the american music awards. the dow jones industrials crossed 2,000 for the first time. keep in mind, we re 25,000 right now. that was the same time that wall street and greed is good came to the scene. these people are too young to remember this. we have susan li with us, katherine rooney and john. john, an impressive star to the year for the s&p 500. the best start since january 1987. we know what happened the end of that year. but i m curious, what do you make of this start and what it portends for the rest of the year? i ll point out that i ....
sports illustrated. she stays with me. that is nice to get to know you a little bit sgrchlt sometimes yes. sometimes no. you learn more than you like. bloody mary. i like that. let s get a check on cnn money stream. the dow on an incredible nine-day win streak. all of these gains are record highs. nine all-time highs in a row. the last time that happened was in january of 1987 when the market hit 12 straight and dave only had about 200 issues of sports illustrated. it crashed later that year. and lalysts do not expect that e fate. futures are higher. stocks in europe and asia are mixed. it is a measure of corporate profit. not the broader economy. there are fresh signs this morning. home sales jumped 3.3% in january. the highest level in a decade. the average home price up 7.5% ....
korea plans to launch a long-range rocket. why tensions are soaring ahead of a world nuclear summit. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com on this, the eve of a key gop primary in louisiana, rick santorum is charging hard. polls show him as a double digit favorite there, but santorum is also on the defensive today. he s taking a lot of heat from his rivals for hinting that reelecting barack obama might might be preferable to electing mitt romney. listen to this. you win by giving people a choice. you win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who is just going to be a little different than the person in there. if they re going to be a little different we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be an etch a sketch candidate for the future. strong words. let s go live to our senior correspondent joe johns. he s in louisiana. joe, i tak ....