Ready to go. Halftime report starts now. Welcome good to have you with us on this monday our Investment Committee is here with us. Chief Investment Officer at boston private wealth. Begin with stocks battling back heightened tensions in the middle east continue to drive trading. Watching gold, oil hit highest level. Weis, happy new year, havent heard from you in a few weeks. The question we have today, are the risks becoming too big to overcome this rally . I dont think so. I dont regard happening in iran as geopolitical risk a factor. Weve seen it so many times before markets have gone through it if oil has a sustained rally and moves higher, that will impact the economic picture particularly in europe i dont see that happening either were the large zest producer. We can measure demand to meet prices to me a bigger risk that just came out is bolton testifying in congress in the impeachment hearing. Youre reading news its literally just crossing the tape we might as well tell everybody
And probably a vote we expect somewhere between 6 30 and 7 30. It is important that everybody remember that it is im not saying it is a side show there will be people who are going to be talking about and i heard some of them today saying, listen, there could be a surprise in the senate, might be some defections. I dont see it that way. I look at i only have history not a lot of history with these things, but day by day of when clinton was impeached in trial and anniversary of which is tomorrow. Yes, it is. And you got that period from january 7th, 1999, february 12th, really the most turmoil and thats where you at the height of when things were bad, the nasdaq lost. 18 s p down 3. 0 dow down 2. 6 and after that the market roared. If you want to know when to buy, might want it buy into the teeth of tomorrow, maybe even next day. Because it is just a great opportunity. It doesnt feel as though when it comes to the markets that there has been any real impact from this no. None whatsoever
Negative year in five years. Plus, new highs in striking distance stocks set for what would be a muted open after another round of wall street records. And the shipping wars, amazon blocking sellers from using fedex ground for prime fedex does report tonight after the bell lets kick off with boeing, though now on track for four straight declines the Company Confirming it will suspend production of the max beginning in january as regulators make it clear they will take their time in approving the jets return to service. Boeing says the decision is driven by a number of factors including the extension of certification into next year southwest, jim, is delaying return until april now thats the second delay in two months. They cant get this right and throughout this, the thing that people talk about, speak to large Money Managers look i do, we cant move the move this to 400 this thing gets through, we cant. Well stand there and buy the stock. Not going to let it go under 300. We want every
We create second down d 260,000 month. And there is the idea of a recession looming around the corner most of the big picture data points tend to be small. The Labor Department and payroll report this one tends to linger, painting the whole market in whatever light that report is and in this case, of course, its a positive light. These matter why . Because we head into next week its going to affect all of our game plan. On wednesday the Federal Reserve will reveal the next move when chairman Jerome Powell holds his press conference and after the fabulous numbers we got today, i dont know im worried. Im worried he can turn hawkish like did he late last year he took a wrecking ball to the economy. Colin powell, a wild card. Even though we have great job growth, there is not much inflation. That will be a Huge Positive if you take more hawkish tone, well, you no he what look out below and hes capable of that sometimes i think he just cant lose the old model the other big nine earnings eve
Day of november on the backs of home depot and kohls, both tumbling after cutting outlooks and comps forecast. The record rally for stocks, it rolls on. Futures as you saw pointing to renewed all time highs at the open and vaping crackdown. California suing juul for marketing to teens new york set to make a socalled major announcement of their own later today. Well start with retail, though, home depot shares down on the premarket, earnings did beat but sales missed and company cuts the full year outlook saying integration is not delivering as quickly as they thought. Kohls tumbling on weaker guidance i was curious to hear you say a moment ago that lowes is getting to be the better buy because well see that print tomorrow. Yes i have to tell you, i think Marvin Ellison energized the place. One thing that happened was that lowes fell behind home depot technologically. They didnt have the systems that is no longer the case as Marvin Ellison rolls out technology at every single lowes, and