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Tenth Straight Record close driven by all the names that worked all winter long plus a strong read on Retail Holiday shopping numbers do not disappoint. And jobless claims fall pointing to continued strength in the labor market joining us for the hour, anastasia om row sew it is great to have you with us. Great to see you. What do we make of this its typical. We melt up into year end i mean, think about all the things that got resolved in december weve got the phase one basically a done deal bet...

On you may have returned the ugly christmas sweater you got from your brotherinlaw you dont like but what if you could turn the ugly stock you would own the desk gives the names we will start with the nonstop on wall street the nasdaq hitting a milestone, crossing above 9,000 the first time ever. Records keep falling stocks keep climbing and fundamentals, tim serial dont seem to matter much. They dont. You can find an argument for valueses within megacap tech if you look at intel, sysco you cant...

More following the announcement that up from the u. S. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Zarif commented on the attack friday in toronto. On americas action. Is an act of terrorism and by leaching of iraqs sovereignty which is murdering who dedicated their entire fighting terror russian terror. To be outdone u. S. President donald trump held an address at his palm beach resort mara lago on friday rationalizing the attack in issuing a warning to anyone who would harm americans and my leadership for...

We bring you todays market moving news from around the world. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We want to begin with china. The government has agreed to cut import tariffs on a wide range. F goods joining us is stephen engle. Break down what we know about the tariffs, why now, etc. Stephen this comes fresh after a trade one agreement a phase one trade agreement. A gesture, yes, to show its lowering trade barriers, but it also wants to spur domestic spending ...

And its impact upon us all. And im christiane and washington hands alike out that today. It would almost be americas actually without any doubt is an act of terrorism and violation of iraqs sovereignty i mentioned in the middle east have roiled markets that the u. S. Has a fascinated and iranian general in iraq we break down how the attack has moved markets and what this could mean for the future of geopolitical relations but the saga of multinational businessman carlos growing takes another tur...

We are seeing a balance for the s p 500. Starting at 200 and moving on. Up. 4 . Are down 1 ing right now, another setback for boeing, its star liner heading to the iss did not make it. Boeing has put out a statement saying it was the wrong Mission Timer installed and it is unclear. They are looking at sending another unmanned crew into orbit, but not sure if they will yet. Another setback for boeing and that stock is down today. It is worth noting the brazil regulator has given the goahead for t...

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Highest level in two years trade headlines have us on record high watch for the s p, a closer call for the dow and nasdaq and would be the 27th record close of the year for the s p. Joining us for the other, stephanie link, good to have you here this afternoon. What does it mean . The computers take each headline as if its fresh what a difference a year makes is all i have to say last year we had tight fed policy, no idea what would happen with trade. This year we have much more accommodating fe...

Today, along with utilities. The dollar index weaker. Lets get to the markets now. Joining us in studio is Dennis Debusschere, evercore isi head of portfolio strategy. We have a great piece on the bloomberg today talking about the decade beginning with everything crumbling and a lot of panic, and now we are heading into a new year when apparently nothing can go wrong. Dennis i think part of the reasons the market is acting like that is because people think everything is going to go wrong. That h...

Libre is set to debut next year. We will hear how the head of libre and the facebook coo touted this big promise. But first our top story. Recordbreaking sales for amazon. Posted itsrce giant largest advance on thursday. Amazon didnt release specific sales figures, but they say it backs up broader reports that Online Shopping picked up this year. I want to bring in spencer and darren baker. Spenser, talk to me about what we learned from amazon this holiday season. In terms of their statement, we...