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Patients and doctors using our lab, national franchise in private practice and the dental lab and all three seeing an uptick. why is that? people feel like they have more money in their pockets. >> we were just talking about that. definitely consumer confidence there. more money available. the whole tone in the economy. looking back to 2008, it was like and we were talking about you would think a dentist industry is deputies industry is recession proof. you know. a good barometer looking at this...

A buying opportunity and you can literally hear sighs of relief here on the floor the last ten days have been quite messy but now the vix is down a barometer for fear in the markets and were looking at strong earnings season so the markets im really concerned with this particular trade gap for us who are investors getting back into the markets they are buying at the moment what is the sense that move all eternity to come or was this just a one off. well i think the main concern or risk is inflat...

You wapiti this. i am -- you anticipate this. i think the one thing about him bragging about the market is, its what people use as their barometer. its okay to say this is going to happen. in that same 2 or 3 year time period, the economy has gone to places it hasnt been in a long time, the market should rebound. it was a tough week for the market. it was long overdue. the fundamentals have not been this good that i can recall for a very, very long time. all phases of our economy are firing on a...

Market. >> oh, its completely nuts what hes done in terms of talking about the stock market as a barometer of his success because, you know, every president, every trader knows that you cant control the stock market. and theres all kinds of factors feeding into it. and hes certainly gone very quiet about the stock market over the last day. but the much bigger question is what is driving the stock market and these crazy gyrations we have seen. the key time to watch will be 3:00 to 4:00 when a lot...

I think he is hoist on his own petard here. the reporters at the white house are saying that he had been advised by outside advisers, dont keep talking about the stock market as a barometer of how well the economy is doing. except that he continued to do that. if you see a decline, the president has to find a way to explain and it the democrats will jump at this. theyre going to say, this is an overheated economy that you didnt need a big corporate tax cut in the first place to do an economy tha...

The market. >> and weve been celebrating the market, smashing one record after another and did that a few days ago. it will be interesting to see whether he reacts to a down market by trying to talk it up or by trying to blame some other forces in the mark. maybe hell try to blame the democrats. who knows. but we havent seen him -- while in office him deal with a down market. >> and markets as barometer of the economy. this is a big billboard, which is why were staring at it. if it didnt exist, ...

Indicative of a recession. we dont have -- economic problems of that sort on the horizon. but if this market keeps going down. people will want some response. >> people -- want some response but at the same time the fed is going to want to not respond to the market. they dont want to be seen as doing -- making policy with regards to the economy using the stock market as a barometer because the famous saying, paul samuelson said the stock market predicted the last -- nine of the last five recessi...

Mind who watches the market or watches economic data that many of the trends weve seen play out over the course of president trumps first year in office were firmly in tact before president trump even took office. the real issues going to be the communication side of things. you hit the nail on the side of the head, you and your panel did. theres got to be an accountability factor for taking credit on the upside but the downside as well. im not sure if this administration wants to do that, but e...

Good. its those who need the wage increase who are suffering. >> you know, look, i hear you. i believe that the market is a barometer of overall economic activity. and i believe that as the economy improves, jobs will improve and wages will go up. id like to see a broader participation in the economy. and i think were beginning to see that right now. so, again, it can be better. it should be better. but the trends are good. >> well, i know deregulation, especially in the financial industry, is v...

You have an economy that, yes, can and should boast about the record stock prices but recognizing 50% of americans dont own a single stock. 80% of the stocks are controlled by 10% of american families. using the stock market as a barometer for economic growth is not the right measure. its helpful but not inclusive of many of the folks and families i was with last night. the students we were with at vocational school. it is helpful but that will not guarantee them a way to a solid middleclass lif...