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Major breakthrough in treating the coronavirus, a steroid that could cut deaths significantly among the sickest patients jay powell assuring the market is willing and able to backstop the economy. And finally, fiscal stimulus reports the white house is preparing a trillion dollar infrastructure package for everything from roads and bridges to 5g network. So, were these the three things the market needed to hit it big today . The three horsemen. Hi, mel. Hi, guy how are you well, i mean, they definitely helped, and im looking forward to Jerome Powells testimony tomorrow when somebody asks him what his favorite hardhitting question, what his favorite color is thats always riveting to me its all about the fed i think we all agree with that their commentary has been nothing short of astonishing the infrastructure supposed infrastructure bill, obviously, caught everybodys attention im hard pressed to believe that will get through this ....
Pulled that into this. Treasury, we want treasury to be able to have the cash that it needs and we are essentially taking that to our work. There may come a time when we talk about that. I think we are more focused, frankly, on the bill purchases the year end and review of supervisory and regulatory issues that were digging into and we think these are structural things, right just allow the liquidity that is already there to flow more freely perhaps by making fairly straightforward noncontroversial changes. We think there is some of that if they take role changes, it will take three months and things like that these things that were working on now, like going through year end with the overnight facilities and the bill purchases and the term repo, those are things we have to do right now and are doing. Chris hi. I wanted to ask the only change in the statement was a drop in the reference to uncertainties around the economy you seem very confident or it implies theres a lot of confidence ....
The half. Im scott pop ner the next flicks numbers hours away now, those earnings coming up can the beaten up stock get back on track it is 12 00 noon and this is the Halftime Report. Announcer netflix facing its final quarter of calm before the streaming wars with apple and disney begin, but investors need to tune into retail sales falling for the first time in seven months are cracks beginning to form in the consumer and what does it mean for the market . Amazon getting a huge price hike ahead of its earnings next week the traders take their position. The Investment Committee is ready to go. Halftime report starts right now. Good to have you with us on this wednesday, our Investment Committee, joe chenova, steve wise the count down to the netflix numbers, competitors lining up to do battle with that compan ....
It is like a gulf. This is not separated in terms of politics. Actually, ill take this side. Im really not sure you may be closer to me than him this guy is a nut. Im going to need a lifeline. We could put Chris Christie in between us. Lets check on the markets this morning. You know what i didnt look at today, constitutional crisis concerns looking at the stock market, i cant see it there up 115 points on the dow jones the nasdaq up 41 treasury yields up 71. My mind is wandering the predicted volume and money is very small. I checked the odds of impeachment. They are up 60 cents odds that trump does not finish his first term or odds he does finish is 80 . At 4 00, there is a meeting. Maybe it is one of those situations you do it and hes not removed. How do you read that im no expert but saying this is a political decision. Impeachment is a political decision bringing charges is different than a case. They have an election in 2020 ....
Now we are at 29. 80ish we have been going side ways most of the year in 1997, the year started at an alltime high and went up. It is true. You think about where we were Christmas Eve and we had taken a huge plunge. We got it back interesting on the performance. Similar to the u. S. But china lagged significantly where we are in the trade war. Who is hurting more or less. Down about 4. 7 china has closed today but something to keep your eye on treasury yields are up part of that because of a weak japanese option not exactly for risk on reasons. I wonder if the new quarter means youve loosened up a little bit looking even at absolute levels, a lot of that has been weak. At the end of the quarter, it hasnt money too significant well be a bit of a head wind. Still talking about growth from 6 yesterdays day was fractionally better the eurozone manufacturing and final print was a tiny bit of expectations still the worst to october 2012, ....