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Jim, josh brown, stephanie link, John Najarian and onset is kate moore, chief equity strategist at blackrock. You know what, kate, im going to do you first. We were going to start off talking about the momentum names which really have had a comeback of late. But as we approach 20,000 on the dow what are your thoughts on where we are in the market . I think were in a good place in the market. Not just because imen equity strategist but equities are the place to be in 2017 and that were getting gr...

And im not as crazy about it as id like to be. Its a major reason why the dow still continues to elude 20,000 again. The average ended up dipping 76 points. S p declined 0. 35 even as the nasdaq advanced to a new alltime high, up 0. 19 . Exhibit a in the Great Expectations game, the banks. The bank stocks have been the leader of this rally. The banks are practically the be all and end all of this rally, led by Goldman Sachs and jpmorgan. Theyve got a phrase on aircraft carriers when navy pie lot...

Mario, we talked about the banks on this show almost every day since the election and for good reason, they have soared. What do you think of this particular call that may be the skys too blue . Look, the answer is the following. As goldman is a subset of whats going on in the entire ecosystem of stocks. After the election capitalism beat out socialism as a way to thats good for people who want to have assets protected under the rule of law. Now were putting back innovation and creativity. Goldm...

Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Carl quintanilla with jon fortt and Kayla Tausche at post 9 of the new york stock exchange. Joining us, Business Insider ceo Henry Blodgett. And in minneapolis, bill george, former medtronics ceo, former exxonmobil board member, of course a cnbc contributor. Good morning, guys. Our first story is amazon today, announcing it will create more than 100,000 new fulltime, fullbenefit jobs across the u. S. Over the next year and a half. Our deidra bosa i...

Were going to see fits and starts trying to get through 20,000 when we eventually do we will pull back and try to make another assault and see if that holds, judge. I think the same pattern that weve seen playing out until now is going to continue to play out. And that is, buying dips, any significant dip, even fridays dip. If you buy the dip you get a chance to take profits quickly. The vix is still below 12 but they have been buying a ton of vix calls. Upside calls, in february though, at abou...

Outreach department inside the white house. I think its an Intergovernmental Agency outreach, scott, where we will be talking to state and local governments. Its a business outreach, businesses large and small. Trade associations, but i think we want to do is we want to execute a plan out of that office where people feel that they have a friend and advocate inside the white house that will help them. The cornerstone and the prism that were going to look through everything through i should say mo...

In the United States. Eamon is covering the action from the white house. Hi, brian. President trump here playing his own good cop and bad cop with the c oreos. We saw the big three auto makers here at the white house today. You remember that back in early january, donald trump tweeted about gm, saying they need to make their cars here in the United States or pay a big border tax. That was received on the receiving end of g mrm, you can imagine, with surprise. The ceos are just getting used to de...

Pausing phase. I do believe it does. I mrs. Think 2300 in the s p p is important. Those are the targets for a lot of those on the street. Getting to 23 will be good. It is nice and diversified, the rally today. I know financials are leading. It is clearly from a technical standpoint, something that is sustainable for the market. You are 6. 5 points away from 20 on the s p. Do you think this is sustainable . Sure, why not. We got the election, the trump rally and you kick off earning season. You ...

Hour developing, as well. Mexicos president just cancelling next weeks trip to washington. Michelle cabruso cabrera onset with us. We have the panelists, steve weise, josh brown, pete najarian. Michelle, you first. Maybe not that big of a surprise, considering the jousting that has been going back and forth between our two countries over the last many days and weeks. Yeah, and its been playing out mostly on twitter at this point over the last couple days. The president in mexico putting out a tw...

Quh chair and keep acts as a chil. The question is, what happens now . With us for the hour today josh brown, jim, courtney gibson, Carrie Firestone is here as well, ceo of arius asset management. From toronto, kevin oleary. Josh, i go to you. While some are calling this first week chaotic. S p is up 1 . Dow is up better than that. Closed over 20,000 for the first time ever. Yeah. Investors seem to like what theyre getting. Its so much more than the u. S. Market story. Youve got just incredible ...