Judicial nominations. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Ee ternl god, we are grateful that you continue to rule the universe. We being a knowledge that though wrong seems so strong your purposes will be fulfilled. Lord, we praise you for your promise that in everything you continue to work for the good of those who love you. Mighty god, let your will be done lest our law makers bless our lawmakers. Listen to their prayers. Quench their thirst for your proence with your abiding love. May they not forget the many times you have helped them in the past. We pray in your gracious name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding of
Its the fed on a day where the fed presented the monthly heati lly meeting, surprise we heard endless chatter how the stock market is in a bubble of the feds making. After a good day, the dow gained 160 points and nasdaq fell to 1. 35 . You need to know that i think this is totally nuts yeah, right. The all powerful fed created an environment where equity is the only asset class worth owning and bonds are for suckers. Its our central bank with the illuminati and free masons im sick and tired of hearing were in a bubble that the feds over inflating the price of stocks by printing money to keep the economy moving believe it or not, there is more to the economy than the Federal Reserve and certainly more to the stock market first, im not saying the fed doesnt matter of course, its important. They could raise shortterm rates to five and that could crush the stock market that would make the bears happy. I can hear them coming on air and praising the fed for giving investors a reasonable al
Index, measures the strength of manufacturing slips to the lowest level since 2009, everybodys going to freak out theyre worried about a recession. Which is why the dow lost 304 points, s p 5001. 23 and the nasdaq dropped 1. 13 that was last week now this market was due for this beatdown but i also told you that i dont believe were headed into recession. Im standing by that position. But the recession thesis became more compelling today and you need to get your head around it if you want to understand this market so let me lay it all out for you. One place. The single biggest problem behind the recession thesis is the president s trade policy but maybe not the way you think. Trumps towers and chinese exports have done realdamage t the chinese economy. Second largest in the world. As china falters, it is taking the rest of the trading partners with it, especially europe, throwing worries about brexit along with a lack of fiscal stimulus from germany and you have a worldwide slowdown goi
What happened in your christmas household . It was wonderful. At with my sister. And best gifts . You know, the usual what is the best gift that we could get, you know sf what is t best we could do at this point is that appropriate for Morning Television i got socks socks are good. I got some very thoughtful sweatpants i got some sweatpants how thoughtful could sweat pants be they were very comfortable. Did you get new yoga wear lululemon, yeah see, i knew that i was going to get you that, but i knew someone else would. We cant just all keep repeating. Okay. Anyway, im Andrew Ross Sorkin joe kernen is here, melissa lee is here. Becky happily has the day off. A quick look at futures. We have the dow looking like it would open down. A few days where we talk about things opening or at least looking like they will open in the red. Right now dow would be down about 32 points. Nasdaq off about 7 1 2 s p 500 off or rather up margma marginally bitcoin is rising, recovering from a selloff last
Im a total loser. Im with you. You are with me i didnt mean it with me. Sounded just like you did lets look at futures, of course speaking of exciting, our markets have been exciting lately a higher open this morning after that turnaround yesterday, european markets and well answer and assume well have spain and italy in there there they are all down this morning. Spain the worst performer of those european markets the 10year note yield was a concern. The budget deal exacerbated concerns about a growing deficit. Will we be able to finance it without rates moving higher . Whats the feds role going to be there you see it 2. 866 is the current number. Lets get to the road map. It starts with the stock market seeking stability after those recent very volatile days. A higher after being in the red for most of the morning. Twitter shares are up more than 25 right now in the premarket the social Media Company reporting its first ever net gaap. They didnt fall into the gap any soared into the