ocasio-cortez. could that be a little bad news for the banks we re right near the session highs on the dow at 185 points the high was 220 the dow leads the charge in part because banks are doing so well. goldman sachs is one of them banks are having a good january. they re having a good january, good week and certainly a good day goldman was up 9.6% a moment ago. sort of digesting the headlines from the beige book. modest to moderate conditions in all of the different parts of the country. let s begin this final hour of trade with the top story steve liesman with more details on the beige book headlines. willem marx has the latest on brexit and leslie picker has more on black rock s earnings. steve, we ll start with you and what we got out of the fed this afternoon. as you said, sara, eight of the 12 districts saw increased growth at a moderate amount but four districts, including kansas city, new york, st. louis and cleveland saw somewhat less robust growth. it was
lately, we have a debate with a bull and bear on whether home depot s fortunes can last. that s coming up. this is a catchy tune, though. i m kind of digging it. it s a good one. it may help mortgage place, lending tree, it s up more than 50% this year. the ceo joining us to talk more about that on a first on cnbc interview coming up. by the way, don t adjust the sets, i m wearing my gene simmons kiss platforms today. that s why there s a height difference. the latest from the white house, some members of the republican party concerned about what the president trump told russian officials. we ll look at why u.s. stocks don t seem to be phased by all the drama coming out of d.c. these days. starting, though, with a new bank of network report that s calling the most crowded trade in the world right now, the nasdaq. tech heavy index, of course, as you know, hitting record after record, in record territory right now, as a matter of fact, and the latest 13 filing shows hung fu
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