Because as we kick off the final hour of trade on this mongsd the markets which had been done earlier are starting to go into the plus side here. Dow still down 25 points, s p, though, now up 8 and weve got the nasdaq punching higher by 3 points. So what may be causing this weve got to tack you straight to actually the top of the dow heat map to zero in on intel right there at the very top here. The Semiconductor Company is the leader here gaining 5 and a half on little to no news news simply is the extension of the a. I. Driven rally which looks like a gigantic pulling magnet from thats a record. To taiwan semi, that hitting a record. To and micron and broad dlption and klac, arm is not Holding Record here but other two are but this is a very big movement here on very little news speaking of records after clocking its 15th record gain of the year so far. Any gain for the s p will add another record high right . But at the moment we are up just a fraction or 8 points, earlier it touche
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Mitch mcconnell stuns everyone by announcing hes stepping down from the leadership post in november. Listen. Its been the honor of my life, to lead my republican colleagues has been a privilege. Its time the next generation o leadership. And the eight term senator l continue to serve on capitolnd hill through september 27 as a senator, but who will take over as leader of republicans in the7 senate. Were going to s batore asking senators eric schmitt and ted cruz straight ahead. President biden delivering remarks from thestra white housn actions to fight crime and make communities safer across the u. S. Guess what hn, te failed to men . The horrendous uptick of crime by illegal migrants. First up, fox news senior t congressionao l correspondent cd pergram live from capitol hill had on Mitch Mcconnell stepping down as leader. Interesting day, chad. Absolutely. Mitch mcconnell is the longest serving Senate Leader from either party, from the majority and minority. He became leader in 2007.
Neil how about buyers and sellers, read it and leap at the corner of wall and broad, final extra day of february. Opened up a lot for a while but still for the month pretty good. Leap year put an extra kick in that. Mostly good news on inflation, not as much is the newfound interest over the month and anything artificial intelligence. That has investors buying technology. We are four hours from wrapping up the second month of the year it really wasnt for the month all about technology. Meridian Equity Partners on what he sees and what he likes as we wrap up the month. Great having you. What do you make of how we are ending the market. The dow is little under pressure, the s p and the nasdaq around record territory. What do you think of it . We look at Economic Data coming in every day that will dictate the market, we see whats happening today, the market is going backandforth, not really understanding how to digest this information because what weve done is weve become so dependent on
Im larry kudlow. The New York Times got it w completely wrong talking about donaldrog trumps inflation whh by the way was get this, 1. 6 al an annual rate on average, over the entire firstfi term, 1. 6. Sandra smith and steve forbese will setfo the record straight. Plus House Oversight chair jamet comer will be here to unveil a new subpoena for Merrick Garland and senator mike lee will talk about joe bidens lawless Student Loans and oh, why is wendys jacking up their hamburger prices . And finally, is Mitch Mcconnell about to endorse donald trump and mark simone and David Chaffetz will weigh in later in the show and a aaron comb will e here as well. Im edward lawrencmie is in c washington, swimmingan as best e can. Whats cooking down there today. Reporter sinking in the swamp in washington. The presiden pt is feelingg pressure over the economy, feeling pressure over ukraine funding. The president also feeling pressure with the wave of migrants illegally crossing the southern border. Co