Businessman turned president , donald trump. President trump together well make america strong again, well make america wealthy again, we will make america proud again, well make america safe again, and yes together we will make America Great again. Maria his blunt speech on Inauguration Day setting the tone for a contentious year in politics. All the major stock indices hitting record seemingly day after day with 6 trial in value added since his election. This is a very big day for your money. 24,000 on the dow. Maria Business Leaders credit much of the runup to the probrings policies of the trump administration. Economic growth of 3 or better for three straight quarters. President trump there is a tremendous enthusiasm for business in this country. Maria but there were set backs. A thumbs down from john mccain killing the gop promise to repeal and replace obamacare. But in the climate of less regulations, mega deals littered the landscapes of corporate america. Cbs trying to acquire aetna. And at t fighting the government in its bid to own timewarner. The good and the bad of technology was on display. But hackers making their mark, a huge breach of the information equifax was supposed to protect. 100 million americans personal data stolen. But it was a great year for telling as well. Amazon and google crossing 1,000 a share. Apple has sold more than 1. 25 billion i phones. Then there was the scandal of the decades. Sexual harassment. From the slew of hollywood people to major media figures like matt lauer, bill oreilly and charlie rose. And the Boys Club Culture in Silicon Valley taking down executives. The year ends with a question everybody is asking. Is bitcoin a bubble . It cracked the 20,000 range. Where it goes from here will be the story. Lauren as maria mentioned the markets have been on a tear posting their best performance since 2014. Taking a look how the markets ended for the year. The dow up 25 in 2017. Its note worth think its noteworthy five stocks accounting for over half of the dows rally this year. The nasdaq up over 28 . And taking a look at the s p 500 closing up 25 . 9 of the 11 sectors are up. The managing partner at high toh thightower. Everything went right news were in the insurance business. If you took risks this year man out of the United States this year, you were rewarded. Lauren what were the best performing sectors this year and the ones you think will do well in the new year. Technology was the best performing. And for good reason. Companies with lots of cash. Plenty of ways to grow by acquiring companies or investing in new technologies, and you are in the middle of a revolution in terms of technology and selfdriving cars. Lauren the tech sector is up almost 40 . Does it still go that much higher . I dont know if you will get a 40 run in 2018. Nor a 20 run in the stock market. But double digits is still in the cards. Fueled by tax cuts in the United States andologier countries are lowering their Corporate Tax rates. And companies are growing. Lauren you brought up tax policy. Well see the impact of that in 2018. We might see a plan emerge in the next couple weeks of the year. Are these all positives for the market . If you are an accountant you have seen it already. My accountant is working through the weekend. If hes watching, business is good. And the attorney. So you will start to see the impact of that. You had some announcements friday of corporations that will see repatriation of capital that will cost them a onetime earnings charge. I think the market will overlook the charges and look through to what it means to the bottom line. The most of impact is going to be felt in small and mediumsize companies that pay high tax rates to begin with. And next year i think you will hear talk of it getting busted up into different parts. Thats why value outperforms growth. The low p. E. Companies that will benefit from lower taxes and have assets the companies repatriating, they will be looking to make acquisitions. Lauren there is a lot of talk that tax code will enrich companies and their shareholders and not necessarily go to the employees with bigger, fatter paychecks. But this is the flip side. If we do see wage growth and we have this fed starting to hike Interest Rates maybe arguably too aggressively, would that be the catalyst, inflation that takes count markets in 2018 . I think there are three potential takedowns of the market. Inflation, joe omi geopoliti. Most of inflation from comes from wages and home prices. I think home prices do come back, especially in the tristate area of california. Not being able to deduct your it rates and taxes, that will hurt. The third is more likely. You get an earnings miss. Now that the market is trading. If you see a couple of well Weather Companies miss on the bottom or top line it may hurt the market. So 12 Earnings Growth and the best companies will be growing 15 to 20 . We are tilted more towards small cap companies, but absolutely. Thank you so much for your perspective. Do not go anywhere. Folks at home, more wall street week after this short break. Announcer telling isnt just a young mans game. The schools founder and ceo joins Maria Bartiromo next on wall street week. The moment a fish is pulled out from the water, its a race against time. And keeping it in the right conditions is the best way to get that fish to your plate safely. Bacteria can multiply to high enough levels that even cooking it will not destroy all of them. Its definitely the most important thing in my business. How fresh is the fish . Where it comes from . How it gets here. The more i know, the better. Sometimes the product arrives and the cold chain has been interrupted, and we need to be able to identify where in the cold chain that occurred. We took our world Class Network and we developed devices to track environmental conditions. This device allows people to understand whats happening not only with the location of that asset, but also if its too hot, if its too cold, if its been dropped. Its completely unique. We ship fish, beef, poultry, vaccines, insulin. This is about monitoring and protecting everything we ship. I catch all this amazing, beautiful fish and then once its out of my hands, i have no control over what happens to it. If you have a sensor that can keep track of your product, it keeps everybody kind of honest that way. Its really all about the network. You are looking at trillions of transactions a year. Not too Many Companies in the world can even scale to that type of volume. Who knew a tiny sensor could help keep the food chain safe . Food has to be fresh. Its that simple. Another day at the office. Why do you put up with it . Believe it or not you actually like what you do. Even love it. And today, you can do things you never could before. Youre working in millions of places at once with iot sensors. Analyzing social data on the cloud to create new designs. And using blockchain to help prevent fraud. So get back to it and do the best work of your life. Lauren the tech world considered a young mans game. But the Flatiron School in new york has become a place where anyone of any age can learn how to code, a skill crucial for the impending a. I. Revolution. There is a misconception that people who are coders are born in the matrix and sit there alone. Its totally false. We found that the single most of important thing to be successful as a Software Engineer is creativity. Its a highly creative field. We take people with no background with no Computer Programming and turn them into Software Engineers. The most of successful students are people with creative background. People with a passion for writing or photography or music because they like to create. As our economy has changed, what he lost the ability to make things, americans love to build and create and make things. This is that new wave, the new form of manufacturing is making software, building things. Maria making software, writing software are important skills that we need as we see a. I. Come into play in he industry. When people think of tech they think of facebook and google. And of course there are tons of jobs over there. But thats only a small percent of the jobs that exist in tech. Every industry, everything you do today is controlled by code. If you were buying concert tickets or flying an airplane or getting in a car. Its controlled by telling. Nothing is controlled by code any more. Whether you are interested in fashion or media or music there are coding jobs in all of those industries. Maria this article on Campus Technology says 97 of flatiron graduates land jobs. Its one of the Fastest Growing jog segments in the country. Not only that, somehow copier science graduates from Traditional University are not nearly keeping up with pace. We are projecting a shortfall of a million Software Engineers. These are highpaying jobs. These companies are dying to recruit talent and universities arent doing the job of creating enough people. Maria people think it many a young man, young womans job. You here at flatiron are saying all ages try to figure it out and learn it. You were right the first time. Many people think its a young mans job. We are really proud to have achieved gender parity in our online programs and we work hard to do that through a lot of scholarships and partnerships. But our students ranged to 18 years old to over 50. We have had harvard ph. Ds to Community College dropouts and all of them are successful. Its a skill anybody can learn if they are motivated and put the time in. Announcer adam enbar explained why the supermodel went back to school. Your brain is an amazing thing. 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I dont know if thats true or not. If a. I. Put naits anything, im sure the Software Engineering jobs will be the last to go. Second of all, historically its been easy to envision the jobs that disappear but impossible to predict the jobs that get created. Today people are talking about bitcoin and crypto currency. Think of the jobs being created in that industry. The iphone was invented 10 years ago. The idea of an entire multi Million Dollar industry being built on apps didnt exist. We cant even conceive of what jobs will be created. Selfdriving cars in the Trucking Industry and invest in training for our workforce. You cant go to college and learn for four years and work for the rest of your life without investing and continually training yourself. Technology has a way of expanding opportunities and we have to be willing to learn. Maria you dont want your doctor to stop learning. You dont want to ever stop learning as the world is changing. Unfortunately our current Education System is not built to allow that. Going to school is expensive and it takes a long time. You have to quit your job. And thats what we are trying to build in the Flatiron School, a world where people can make learning part their careers. Designed upscale in the areas. Maria tell me about the curriculum and how long you go to the Flatiron School. Its not a 4year college we are talking about. You can go and get trained in a short period of time. Our programs are 15 weeks long. We also have online programs that are flexible. Some students will finish the programs in three months, others will finish them in 10 months. If you are a working mom it night take you longer. Anybody can do it. Its just about putting in the hours. The industries out there look for coders and some of the wear engineers, are there industries you see that are more in demand for that kind of skill set . Who is hiring coders . Everybody. I cant think of a single industry right now that has not been entirely transformed by technology by code in the past 10 years. Maria one is healthcare. You have selfy conductor chips in your blood stream and chips all over your body to track everything. Entries you might not expect. Media and journalism. Most of us consume our news on apps. Media companies have giant teams of Software Engineers building those apps. The stores that you shop at that send you emails, somebody is building that. That creates diversity and especially gender parity is the realization its not just about inventing semi conductors. While thats important, you can pursue your passion, whatever it might be, whether its fashion or media or accounting, if thats your thing, while being a Software Engineer. Maria you had a soup per model go through flatiron . Yes, car live foss is an incredible inspiration. She turned scholarships for young women. Free summer camps for High School Girls around the country. Its amazing to see. People like that showing technology is accessible its a way to build an amazing career and you can do it while pursuing whatever your passion is. Maria when you look at the wages. We are talking about wages. We have been waiting for wages to move. When you have a degree in coding or Software Engineering, you will get a job thats much higher paying than other jobs. Whats the salary typically . We take reporting ever seriously. We invented independently audited jobs reports. We have cpa review our outcomes. Students leave Flatiron School and go to a variety of paths from apprenticeships tofultime salary roles. The fulltime rolls have an average of 75,000 a year. Lauren lets look at market events that could impact your wallet. The abp release their employment report thursday, and the neighbor Department Release theirs friday. We get numbers from market movers, International Trade and factory orders. Another flight week for earnings. But keep an eye on quarterly numbers from right aid, walgreens, and monsanto. The president and Senate Return to d. C. And we could see the beginning frame work of an infrastructure bill. Next week Maria Bartiromo wills guest, ralph schlosstein. That will do it for us on wall street week. Maria is back next week. Happy 2018, everybody. Ive been practicing law and living in las vegas, ground zero for the american realestate crisis. But it wasnt just vegas that was hit hard. Lives were destroyed from coast to coast as the economy tanked. Now its a different story. The American Dream is back. And nowhere is that more clear than the grand canyon state of arizona. So we headed from the strip to the desert to show you how to explore the new landscape and live the American Dream. Im gonna help real people who are facing some major problems, explain the bold plans that are changing how americans live, and take you behind the gates of properties you have to see to believe. 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