And it just got a hunl buy call. Well debate in our call of the day. Halftime report starts right now. All right, welcome. Good to have you on this wednesday. Our Investment Committee, jon and pete, anastasia is the global strategist at jpmorgans private bank rich, one of barrens top 100 Financial Advisers we begin with the late e on the markets. Stocks are higher again hour the dow is barely holding on to a gain as are the major averages the nasdaq did a new record even as the house stands to impeach a sitting president for the third time in the history of this country. Well get to d. C. In a moment, but lets begin with the surge rick, you want to take a stab at the sector that keeps marching higher 70 is a new Record Facebook tops 200. Adobe. Nvidia, lamb research, all hitting new highs. Every investment portfolio has to have tech stocks its a part of the market and its important to have them for a lot of characteristics number one, theyre generating large amounts of Free Cash Flow.
Of mismanaging funds. Coming up on afternoon sport now on afternoon live with Chetan Pathak live, all the sport. Its been a good week so far for the english clubs coming up on the sport, tottenham in the Champions League, and tonight spurs will be looking and Manchester City may have already to avenge that heavy defeat to Bayern Munich earlier qualified for the last 16 of the in the competition. Champions league, but they both have tricky away games tonight as they lverpool and chelsea secured their places in mondays look to end the group stages with a draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League. Nothing to worry about for spurs, they are already into the last 16. Win. Theyll finish runners up in their group whatever happens, and matt taylor Bayern Munich have already won it. Has all the weather. Their biggest result was the 7 2 at tottenham. It was the heaviest defeat of mauricio pochetinnos also coming up, would you eat managerial career. A chocolate bar if you knew you had
Next, a Public Health official looks at efforts to improve. Vaccine and develop a universal flu vaccine. This house, science, space and Technology Committee hearing is about 2 and half hours. This hearing will come to order and without objection, declare a recess at any time. Good morning and welcome to our witnesses. Todays hearing on science and innovation, the worlds population, killing approximately 300 Million People in the 20th century alone. Smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated thanks to the development of the vaccine. Another devastating disease, polio, 33 cases reported worldwide in 2018 compared to 350,000 cases in 1988. Every day it save lives especially lives of children and other vulnerable populations. There is no such thing as healthy skepticism when it comes to vaccines. Unfortunately there is a wellfunded Disinformation Campaign targeting the public and weakening Public Health laws. School vaccination requirements have been commonplace in the us for gene
Testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on funding and research efforts. This is about two and a half hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Thank you all very much and we apologize for being late. They his take on a life of their own. I wanted to say good morning and welcome back to labor the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say thank you on the behalf of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for this site visit. Thats the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn about nih is outwork. We met with a who are working to cure Sickle Cell Disease and develop treatment for major depressions and shrink cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials it wasnt informative moving experience as well. And we welcome our witnesses including the five institute senator actors returns today. And in addition and always a great addition doctor Francis Collins who has joined us many
Overnight in asia. The nikkei higher by 1. 1 . Hang seasoning up 2. 3 and shanghai up. 8 . Youll also see green arrows in europe the dax up 1. 9 . Cac is up. Gains for italian stocks too in the treasury market, at this point, 10year yielding 1. 67 . Twoyear at 1. 551 30year up at 1. 61 . Iranian Officials Say two missiles trunk an iranian tanker in the red sea crude prices, as a result of this, they are jumping up close to 2 wti crude now 54. 47. They are saying that damaged two store rooms aboard the tanker and caused an oil leak that attack happened about 60 miles north of the city jeda six months after the attack of the oil tanker in hermuz and the saudi attack never good to conjecture anything they have been the attacker and you wonder was there Something Else going on because they didnt point fingers, you wonder. Was it a screw up but we have no idea. No idea they were attacked by someone. Who knows. Two missiles hit a tanker that much we know. Lets talk about the trade headlines.