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What the world needs now is love, sweet love thats how investors felt about drug stocks this week, but if you missed the rally, relax. Theres one name you can still buy. The action begins now. Lets get right to it. Called the commodities crush, gold and oil both tumbling more than 3 and nearing multimonth low. Even copper got dragged down in this selloff. So is there more pain ahead, or could this be the ultimate buying opportunity . Lets get in the money right now. Dan, what did you think . Wev...

Lows. Even copper, which saw a huge move this week, got dragged down in this selloff. So is there more pain ahead, or could this be the ultimate buying opportunity . Lets get in the money right now. Dan, what did you think . Weve talked about this a little bit over the last few weeks. Crude oil has been in a tailspin here. Obviously, the dollar has had this move up to the high end of the range, that its been over the last year. One thing thats really caught my eye is oil stocks caught really goo...

Apple about what trump is going to do. Is he really going to be that much antitrade . Everybody is watching that. I was watching the 60 minutes interview to see what he would say about trade. Nothing. Its still on watch. The goal for the stocks that are ea easy, the ones that he has talked about clearly with policy and thats, of course, health care, financials, and thats the place you should go. I think there is some tech stocks that are good to buy. Take a look at graphics. Well talk about that...

You see behind us, it is cooled off a bit. The dow is down about 15 points. But keep in mind, folks, we have seen huge moves in stocks, bonds and the dollar. Just since the election. And watch out for oil. Crude oil hitting a new threemonth low. Well have more on what is driving oil prices down straight ahead. Tyler . Thank you very much, brian. Tyler mathisen here. Here is what else is happening at this hour. Strong after shocks continue to rock new zealand following sundays 7. 8 magnitude eart...

Group terry duffy will also be with us today. First, we want to welcome in gary is president and ceo of Goldman Sachs. Good to see you. Thank you for being here. Thanks for having me. Good to be here. I think we should start in the obvious place. How surprised were you by the election result . Honestly not as surprised as i think many other people. Having seen what happened in this year, the year that i would call a year of great uncertainty, weve seen other results in other elections whether it...

This now for at least a couple of weeks. How big of an issue is it . Its a big issue when we get into january, and we hear from corporations what the impact has been and what the impact Going Forward could be. Secondarily what will the chinese do as it relates to deappreciating their currency. Why do you have to wait until january . No, its not. No, its not an issue. You are not going to get the headlines from the companies who are going to cite the appreciating dollar. You dont make the moves n...

Announcements from the donald trump transition today. First of all, Jeff Sessions as the choice for attorney general. The alabama senator is someone whos been a sharp critic of immigration both legal and illegal, someone who was rejected by the senate for a federal judgeship during the Reagan Administration because of his racial views. Then for National Security adviser, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, a fiery critic of what he calls radical islamic terrorists, and he is very forward leaning i...

A new record high for the nasdaq today. Its a violent move away from bonds and into equities. It continues to gain team. Yes, the markets, josh, are in the red right now. Bank of america was out with a note today. Michael hartnet saying theyve seen the largest equity inflows in three years and the biggest outflows in three and a half years, the biggest disparity between stock and bond flows ever. Look, nothing brings out positive inflows to the Fund Industry like new record highs, and i think it...

Take a look at the stocks across the board where are were seeing steep gains. Chesapeake up. Marathon up 5. 5. Conco phillips, hess, all big winners on the day. Does this rally continue . I think in the last couple of weeks certainly the place not to be has been energy in this quarter. I think this deal this morning, and i read jeffs note, which is fantastic, and the news over the weekend regarding opec, i think it gets you more sneptiveized to add back into energy once again. I dont know if i g...

19,000 for the first time today as well. Yeah. I think context is important here, scott. The russell had actually had the toughest time. A lot of that had to do with the huge earnings revisions downward because of energy and industrial and things of that nature. That is now reversed multiples expanding and weve seen the repair being done to forward looking earnings estimates. I just want to make a broader point, and this is really important. On the s p 500 it is not abnormal to make new highs. I...