He said simply, this doesnt matter, and december could be green. Could be grim. Jonathan the markets are looking at the data in the second half of 2021, not 2020. Tom jon will get to the data of a market lifting and all of that. This ecb announcement a bit ago is buried, and im sorry, it just sets up the theme of extend and pretend into 2021. They are going to extend bond buying forever and ever. It is Central Banks to the rescue. Jonathan the ecb wants you to focus on the duration of the Bond Buying Program and not the size of the package they might announce this week. That has been a big push on the communications side. I imagine that will be the focus for them when they communicate with us. For us, we are all getting used to the idea that Central Banks will be there for us. Weve been conditioned by that all year. The biggest challenge through 2020 was to somehow divorce how you feel about the world around you from your view on financial markets, on where we will be 12 months out. Th
Investment committee is ready to go Halftime Report starts right now. Welcome good to have you with us on this thursday, the first trading day of 2020. Our Investment Committee here today. Lets begin with the markets its the first day another record setting day for the major averages there you go right now dow off its best levels, not by much new record high, 28720 nasdaq back above 9000 s p 500 positive as well the russell is a drag. But for the most part, its the same story semis hitting fresh new highs. Apple extending its record high. The beat goes on. What im particularly excited about are the International Charts i know a lot of american investors say what do i have to Pay Attention to that for . Its note worjnoteworthy were g with countries in europe up around 1 , looking better than our markets. Germany is up over 1 . European banks this morning as a group are up 2 . European Technology Names as a group are up 2 . This is noteworthy emerging markets is up double what the s p is
Sterling in just a few minutes. And of course, the u. K. As well, where weve seen quite a volatile quite a lot of volatility. A little more than we expect it for labor turnover, 7. 2 6 7. 26on billiard million. Now for the extrusive interview. Kathleen i want to welcome our bloomberg audience for this interview with Robert Kaplan, president of the Federal Reserve bank of dallas. It is a windy, rainy day. Clyde you could make it over here. Interesting because you made it clear you are a voter next year. Lets put that on the table. Youve made it clear you are one of the 13 fomc members. You must be one of the dots that sees no rate cuts, no rate hikes unless something happens in 2020. What has to happen . Robert there has to be a Material Change in the outlook, either for better or worse. Ive already got baked into my outlook, we are going to have weak manufacturing next year, sluggish growth, pretty sluggish Business Investment, but with a strong consumer. There would have to be some Ma
We got a new stimulus plan and a rate cut from the ecb ahead of the feds meeting next week. Joining us in the next hour, were 130 points on the dow. The high of the session was up 170. Continuing a good week sector wise below that certainly different than the start of the week we had a big value rotation on monday and tuesday. A little bit yesterday giving it up a little bit today. Thats, i think, because he got that ecb news on the Monetary Policy which basically was in line but very accommodating for a long time. Welcome back the fbi reportedly opening an rates rallied because the u. S. Data investigation into myth real a the core cpi is the highest in capital. This session cofounded by peter thiel, thats pretty important. And i think that also the alleging financial misconduct. In a statement to cnbc. Initial claim story remains very strong as well i mean i think you have a the company sayings in a foiled rotation today but i think next plot by a selfserving week if we get less exem
Conference in steamboat springs, colorado. He offers his thoughts on how conservatives should promote their ideals. Sen. Demint that guy looks better than i do. It is great to be with you. Thank you for including me im looking forward to discussion in a few minutes. For being part of supporting the Steamboat Institute and inspiring america to greatness. I want to start with a few minutes of framing what we will talk about. A lot of this is coming from the book entitled conservatives knowing what to keep. It will be out in a few weeks. A would have loved to have copy today but we are about two weeks away from it being printed. Speech comes between the thank yous. Thank you very much. For all you do for the conservative movement. Toer the speech i will have thank the audience for listening to me and not throwing any of that good food at me for what i said. If a political speech were a sandwich, the thank yous would be the bread. It means tod what be a conservative, you have to make the t