Well be looking at the crippling problem and what can be done to alleviate. All that and more on making money. Charles break out the nasdaq 9,000 hats, folks. It has been a decade for technology, which now, influences all facets of our lives and the process has created wealth beyond anyones imagination. Even not too long ago, think about this, after the Technology Bubble burst, the nasdaq composite, slipped into a form of purgatory if you will. But once technology really began to catch up, the hype began to impact the daily lives, sparked a modernday gold rush that shows no signs of slowing down. Considering this, total volume of nasdaq, in 20,173,000,000,000,000. Now almost 18 trillion, even todays session, the big names in tech are leading nasdaq even higher. The question, can the biggest winners of the session of the year, of the decade, keep it going into the next year, even the next 10 years . Here with me jackie deangelis, money map chief investment strategist, keith fitzgerald.
Charles the economy continues to be a lot stronger than the expert consensus. This morning gdup 2. 1 , beat consensus. Durable goods up. 6 a percent, beat consensus. Business investment crushed consensus. What does it mean for the markets . I would like to bring in fhn financial chief economist chris lowe and jack ablin of crescent wealth management. Let me start with you. Economic data continues for the most part coming in better than anticipated. It does the same experts. You are part of the expert pool. Say, of course it came in better. The gm strike is over. Of course it came in better but im just, i find it remarkable, it feels like it can continue . It does. And i think thats, if you take a step back, think about how the story has changed in the last three or fourmonth, the biggest thing is we were talking about recession, right . Will it come before the end of the year . Is it a 2020 story . Nobody is talking about recession anymore. The economy is fine. We are growing and i kno
The Corporate Tax from 35 to 2 and repeels the obamacare individual mandate as well. Im very excited about this moment. It has been years in making. Tax reform bill is disaster had helps wealthiest and hurts middle class. President trump says he wants the bill on his desk by christmas. Meanwhile russia probe continues. Robert mueller getting heat this morning from Trump Administration for what they say is obtaining of thousands of emails from transitions team. President s lawyers say mu mullers team got those emails without permission. Muller investigation is looking into whether mr. Tr trumps team coludeed with russia taken to fear with the 206 president ial election. Sexual misconduct allegations continue of course to flood capitol hill. Late theingt time is woman. Angie ramsey of kansas that dropped bid after male subordinate accused her of this is latest . String of accusations impacting both side of aisle, men and women and reports that an attorney paid attempted to pay someone to
From johannesburg. Theres been no official word from the African National congress as to the outcome of this meeting held by the National Executive committee the top Decision Making body of the a. N. C. But we do understand based on reports from the National Broadcaster the s e b c that as well as the secretary general of the a. N. C. Met with jacob zuma to relay a message from the a. N. C. And according to the state podcast that was that jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the l. C. Has been meeting throughout the day in fact will rip him up or so returned to the any sea so it would appear that the conversation theyre having isnt entirely over yet but jacob zuma is certainly under pressure all indications are given his behavior in the last ten days or so he is resistant hes resisting this resignation he doesnt want to step down and if that continues to be the case the a. N. C. Would then have to Institute Proceedings for a motion of no conf
Response to orders by president michel tema for the military to take over policing the government says its to counter rising Gang Violence those are the headlines inside story is coming up. Aljazeera where every. Shifting alliances in Syria Kurdish fighters backed by the u. S. Say the syrian army used to help them face turkish troops the border area and an increasingly dangerous jigsaw into little boy groups who want different outcomes theres russia in the us and whats next to get on syria this is inside story. Hello again im peter davi welcome to the program after seven years of war the complex mosaic that is the battlefield in syria can still surprise the u. S. Russia iran turkey a myriad of rebel groups and of course the Syrian Regime are all involved and they all want to second guess where the conflict is heading next its Northern Syria where their attention is now focused because it is there that we may be seeing a new front the kurds aligning themselves with the regime ready to t