U. S. And iran is not the last. Irans leader, vowed retaliation tweeting the great nation of iran will take revenge for this heinous crime. The killing of soleimani send shutters through the financial world. Oil shot up stocks under immediate pressure. But that came after the best year since 2013. The dow ended 2019 up 22 with the s p 500 and the nasdaq a doing even better. Of course wall street seems to live in the perpetual state of worry. So despite overall optimism that the stocks in the economy will continue to grow in 2020, there are fears about what could finally put the brakes on the expansion we have seen since the Great Depression more where the binned unknowns of the president ial election. President of trump has gone over Strong Economy. And if it stays strong that will bode well for the incumbent. After all they famously told us when it comes to winning president ial elections its the economy, stupid. But trumps potential rival see things a little differently. They. To inc
Official and we are on record high watch today. The s p seven points above an alltime closing high and the nasdaq trading in record territory as well today. Joining us for the hour is stephanie link from atiaa company. The market moved higher in the morning and weve sat there all day, upward bias because u. S. China trade headlines we have three reasons the deals that you mentioned early on, theyre positive for shareholder Value Creation but more positive in my mind because the ceos are showing they have confidence and they have visibility in spite of the trade tensions which to me is a very powerful statement thats one of the reasons for sure one area thats not getting a lot of attention, the german Business Confidence ticked up month over month its not back to july levels, i get it, but theyre making progress, right . And then of course the china talking about ip theft and being more friendly, more positive gesture. Who knows how thats going to turn out but those are the three reason
After a rough day where the dow tumbled 314 points, s p plunged 1. 56 , and the nasdaq plummeted 1. 67 , i think the problems simple a list of stocks that are working seems to grow smaller by the day. Isnt that what it feels like . We have fewer stocks that are safe to own and more that are down right toxic as we saw near the end of the day when the bears crushed the bulls toward antichina fueled trading. Today felt like a vicious pro Football Game where the quarterback was under pressure all day and succumbed in the Fourth Quarter in football, a quarterback tries to do a check down, looking to receivers for the best opportunities down field sometimes the Wide Receivers are wide open. Sometimes the qb has to thread the needle to hit a receiver, a slant pattern. Other times, times like today, the bears are swarming, and its like a jailbreak as they head toward the quarterback if he doesnt get rid of the ball in time, hes likely to be sacked, perhaps for a big loss or a fumble or even an
Easy philadelphia victory, i decided to take on a number of twitter followers who insist that anyreality from these levels is entirely phony a move based on easy money from the Federal Reserve and a j gigantic budget deficit. Therefore they say its all false. It has to end badly. I read all these thoughtful 280 character or less arguments, and they all have one thing in common they hate the market see this as a gigantic house of cards thats waiting to collapse the dow lost 92, well, some of it, the s p shed 0. 5 . Theres one huge problem with this world view, history look at this, i got in this business in the fall of 1981 with the s p trading at 120. 120. Its now at 2,938. The dow, the dow was at 85 6. Its now at 26,478 if this isnt dispositive, i dont know what is i dont know if youre a short seller it seems unfair that there could be a moment where the feds propping things up and theres a gigantic budget deficit, perhaps with a liquidity bubble, but thats just not how it works peopl
13 points. The nikkei was down. Closed down by a half percentage point. You did see that stocks were higher in china. Hang seng up by 1. 5 then this morning in early trading in europe, take a look things are mixed stocks are slightly low ner germager lower in germany and france. Stocks in italy down by 0. 6 then you have crude oil. Crude Oil Yesterday ended up down back below 58. This morning its up, but still below 58, trading at 57. 57 to the story of the morning the closely watched senate race in alabama, Democrat Doug Jones is the apparent winner there, though republican roy moore is not conceding just yet john harwood joins us from birmingham he has that story. Good morning good morning. This was a very big victory for the Democratic Party first time they won a United States senate race in alabama in 25 years a big defeat for President Trump and his party. Look at the numbers. Twopoint lead for doug jones. Roy moore has not yet conceded he said gods in control were still waiting f