To try to get there first and that sort of thing so im hopeful we will very much try to learn as much as possible from that facility and from all the other ones too we have a lot to learn here. So well certainly be trying to do that. In terms of fiscal concern, so, you know, for many years ive been before the fed i have longtime been an advocate for the need for the United States to return a sustainable path from a fiscal perspective at the federal level. We have not been on such a path for some time, which just means that the debt is growing faster than the economy this is not the time to act on those concerns this is the time to use the great fiscal power of the United States to do what we can to support the economy and try to get through this with as little damage to the longerrun productive capacity the economy has possible the time will come, again, and reasonably soon, i think, where we can think about a longterm way to get our fiscal house in order, and we absolutely need to do
Welcome to power lunch, everybody. Stocks are just off the lows of the day. The dow down b about 200 points. Still on pace for its Third Straight session in the red with apple the biggest drag and gold reaching 1600, its highest level in seven years and utilities leading today on pace for a record close the second best performing sector this year next to tech up 9 for more on where the money is move ng todays market, lets get to bob pisani at the new york stock exchange. Hello, again. Much of damage is cue to apple and theyre worried about krohn kro coronavirus. Exxon mobil, another new 52week low there and also were seeing some of the big global industrials like caterpillar, 3m pretty modest response leon cooperman was saying the the biggest risk to the markets is the u. S. Elections and this is the way a lot of the Fund Managers seem to think bank of america, 150, the biggest Fund Managers in the world. He said that, too. The 2020 election is the number one thing. Were all worried ab
The rise of sky walker already on pace to break some records. Weve got those details as powe lunch starts right now check out this record rally. The market on track to wrap it all up at all time highs check out shares of boeing that stock down a percent as united says it will not fly the 737 max until june well have more on that story in minute yes, we will. Thank you. Gdp numbers, Gross Domestic Product are out this morning 2. 1 growth for the fourth quarter. Closing out the first decade in recorded American History without a recession. We have more on the slow and steady, what do we call them 2010s . 2010. The teens you work on that. Ill come out later. Were going to work on what we could call the most boring decade youd say Nothing Happened gdp averaged 2 . It fell 2. 5 in the Great Recession in 09 in 09 the lowest it got this decade just 1. 6. The lowest average inflation and we hit the lowest Unemployment Rate donald trump who brought big Corporate Tax cuts and the trade war that
The Investment Committee is ready to go. Halftime report starts right now. Good to have you with us on this monday. Our Investment Committee, joe, josh, steve, jon, shannon is here, the chief Investment Officer at Boston Private Wealth begin with the markets stocks modestly lower. Now some key questions about whether there is enough momentum to carry stocks higher between now and the end of the year. Weiss, optimism is rising and has been and you can see it in a number of different ways, interest rate, 10year pushing 2 there are socalled unloved assets that have joined the rally according to some which is another bullish sign justified . Enough momentum to carry us higher i think there is. The seasonal trade is difficult to bet against, however i took off a little exposure and sold some of the smh. I kept adding to it and added through earnings, because i thought the semis would have good quarters and they did now that that fundamental part is over, im more in the Market Movement trade
Companies in the sector over the next year, rerun the analysis next year and present more analysis and set of recommendations. I will pause and pass it over to luke now to discuss similar analysis we have done in the Utilities Sector and what we have done here is conducted a similar analysis to identify companies to engage within the Utilities Sector over the next year. This is a separate memo attached to the same item. The way the pages are numbered it is broken up. We tend to say boards recommendation. On which page is the item. I see several items. We can make up the motion but i want to make sure we are on the same starting point. Page 36 has the summary of recommended actions. This is three parts. It references tables on the other pages that contain the list of companies. This is the company name. Okay. It is all the same starting point. We dont have to adopt 36. Lets work off that point. Board questions . Just a comment that on the cover page there is three recommended motions. P