Good afternoon. Welcome to a brand new hour of markets now. Melissa fighting for green. Dow struggling in to stay positive but the trading day is not over yet. Can we make it six Straight Record closes for the dow . Lori the case for why a rising tide doesnt lift all boats ahead. Melissa forging bipartisanship in washington. Freshman republican congressman joins us on his pledge of allegiance to the u. S. A. , not strictly to the g. O. P. Lori paul ryan unveiling the balancing act. House republicans roll out his partys plan to balance the budget in 10 years. What do democrats have to show for it . But first time for stocks now. Nicole, the dow is fighting for another record close today. Were not too far off the unchanged line, lori and melissa. The dow is down not even two points, nasdaq down almost a half a percent and s p 500 down a quarter percent but that wasnt before the dow hit another record day high here of 14,478 so getting closer to 14,500 but some of the experts that ive bee
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In the reverse happens, that is why we are seeing the vix at record lows. How long will it last . Some folks coming up saying for the vix to be this low isnt a sign of health but the sign of things coming around for the d dow. I do believe we have nicole now. What about the vix, is that a positive sign in the marketpla marketplace, or are they viewing this as a sign of warning . Nicole we see it down at levels we havent seen since 2007. There is a sense of caution on wall street, but people are too nervous to short. Liz if you shorted thin zynga, youre getting squished like a bug. Nicole that is right, we watched zynga on the move. David and there is the closing bell, here we are with yet another record. Inflation little bit from where we will get into that in a couple of moments. We had one of the indices in the red, see if it stays there. These are the small and midsized caps. Everything else is up in regards to the dow, another record on the dow. We are running out of champagne bott
Rich. And close corporate loopholes. Neil close corporate loopholes. Whens the last time you offered to cut something . That constitutes a cut, closing loopholes constitutes a cut, okay . Democrats have to hold the line neil i would so fail your class. Were not making progress, bottom line; right . Were not. The whole conversation in washington is disingenuous, a 2 cut here that wont make a difference, but why do it . Its a step in the right direction. Neil the professor says this is a bad step. Its not close to big enough. We have to take steps. The government eventually has to rain in the balance sheets. This is a step in the right direction. Nobody likes it, its a difficult conversation. Neil the professor wont let us have the conversation. Not with this Medicare Advantage program. Neil wish we had more time, blessedly we dont. Be profitable, be well, well get through these ills. Sthaim on stossel . The Teachers Union doesnt like my reporting. Im the problem. Theres a solution. They