Within the hour he will huddle with economic adviser howard lorber, still working to fill two cabinet secretary positions. Blake burman on what they are and also how the trump family plans to celebrate tomorrow night. It is nighttime in russia, but is Vladimir Putin sleeping . Maybe not after what happened today. In a multicar caravan, his 35 diplomats hightailed it out of town after being expelled from the u. S. By president obama. Are we on the verge of a new cold war . President Ronald Reagan turned to Defense Department big wig larry korb during the last cold war, hes with us exclusively on this new and potentially dangerous game with the russian bear. Plus, its the ultimate new years eve entrepreneur story. The wine lover who used a syringe to keep a cork in it revolutionizing the way wine lovers enjoy their collections one glass at a time. Its a fox news exclusive with the founder of the wine needle. Happy new year, everybody. Im so glad youre with me. Were about to ring in the final closing bell of 2016, so lets start the countdown. Liz to this breaking news, it is literally just happened, president elect donald trump has just sent out a tweet just as Russian Diplomats are at their last stop in d. C. Before flying out of the United States. This is what donald trump is tweeting great move on delay by have been j putin. I always v. Putin. I always knew he was very smart. What does he mean by delay . Vladimir putin says he will not retaliate, he will not expel u. S. Diplomats after president obama booted 35 Russian Diplomats from here in the United States allegedly for interfering with our election. More on the escalating tensions and, actually, they are escalating right now just two minutes into the final hour of trade. We have the former cold war adversary, the guy who dealt with all of the cold war leaders straight ahead, larry korb, and get ready to kick yourself if you got spooked and pulled your money out of the markets no matter what the headline story was. Were about to give you the 2016 numbers that show what a mistake it was to stay out of the markets. Turns out, itll be a year to remember for all of you who did stick with stocks. The dow looking at its largest point and percentage upside gains since 2013. Up 13. 4 . The s p 500 and the nasdaq both eyeing a 9 and an 8 , maybe 7. 5 gain respectively. But its the russell 2000 and, quite frankly, the dow transports who really stole the show over the past year. It was so dramatic, we put it up on the screen. 20 bursts to the upside. Look at the russell. Small and mid cap names. People counted them out. Huhuh, they did beautifully as did, of course, the dow transports. The individual stocks that made investors money . Lets get to the 2016 mvps. Caterpillar boasting a 36 annual gain. And check this out, a real star on the s p 500, graphic chipmaker invidia. Now, if you had bought invidia at the end of 2015, you would have made a stunning 224 gain. Right now and actually in the past 48 hourses its taken a bit of a hit, down about three and twothirds percent right now because a short seller said in this stock could get hurt in 2017, but right now as you look and we stretch it out and give you the perspective, it looks really good for invidia. Okay, we should mention applied materials, number two, thats the second best performer. Its the chip equipment maker surging 73 year to date. I like this company. Its been around forever. It supplies most of the chip makers, looking very nice for year to date numbers. President elect donald trump, hes got big plans for new years eve, but at this moment hes expect today meet with campaign economic adviser howard lorber, president and ceo of the vector group. Hes also expected to sit down with the former economic adviser to george w. Bush al hubbard. This all comes on donald trump focuses on rounding out his cabinet with nominations. Here are the last two to fill, secretary of agriculture and the secretary of veterans affairs. Blake burman is standing by live in washington, d. C. To give us the latest details on not just trumps meetings today, his celebration plans tomorrow and this breaking news where hes complimenting Vladimir Putin. Reporter yes. And the president elect, liz, he will have one final Holiday Weekend at the florida transition headquarters, that being maralago, before he makes his way back up your way in new york for the final weeks of the transition here. The interviews are continuing today, a little bit of a quieter day, but there are still several key cabinet slots to be filled. Among them, the head of veterans affairses and the the president of agriculture, and several of the folks who have been walking into maralago or who are expected to in the next few hours appear to be folks who could be on that list for the ag secretary. No time frame on when those picks might be coming in. Meantime, with the middle of all that, mr. Trump sent out a social media post today promising to enhance the countrys military. It was somewhat of a long one. He said, quoting here were going to be building up our military, were going to make it so big, so strong, so great that i dont think were ever going to have to use it. Nobodys going to mess with us, that i can tell you. Now, the backdrop we all know is russia, and all of these sanctions. Dont know if that had anything to do with russia or just a thought of the day on the military. But the Incoming White House press Secretary Sean Spicer did say this morning that mr. Trump does not have any plans to speak with Vladimir Putin and that the next step for the president elect is to be briefed on the matter next week at some point with the intelligence community. And then just moments ago, liz, as i believe you said, there was that tweet in which mr. Trump basically said to Vladimir Putin, well played. Of course, one of those, basically, putin saying im not going to do anything until weve got a new president over there in the u. S. Liz the bromance continues. Lets not make light of this, we fell about 101 points on the dow. Right now were down 82 points on this final trading session of 2016. Although, look, one day does not, certainly, tell the whole story of 2016. What a year its been. There is no arguing that stocks had a blockbuster year with. But you can forget about these two commodities making headlines all year long. First lets check on crude oil, looking at a 45 an ideal gain, and annual gain, and how about gold . Not the same massive runup as oil to, but still the largest oneyear gain since 2012. Whats interesting here is that you see that gold has real ups and downs, and people were trying to guess wheres gold going. Lets start spinning forward to 207. Traders at the new york stock exchange, cme group and the nymex. Teddy weisberg, youve seen them come, youve seen them go. What a year its been. But lets all agree on one thing, anybody who got spooked whether it was by brexit, venezuela, anything that happened here, the attempted coup in turkey, lost out because weve seen some great wanes this year. Gains this year. Oh, yeah, absolutely, liz. The best course of action this year was to hang onto them and do nothing. You know, a year ago january, early february, we were in the doldrums. I mean, we were in, we were in kind of big trouble stock market wise, and what a great recovery. And a lot of it, quite frankly, came on the heels of the, what i would call the white swan event, if you will, from the election results. Completely unexpected. Market perhaps wolf done better no matter finish would have done better no matter who got elected, but with the prospect of real fiscal change coming out of washington on top of a slowly improving economy, i mean, stocks just couldnt resist, and here we are. And you gave the averages, up anywhere from 9 or 10 to almost 20 in the energy, in the energy sector. I mean, its just been a great, its been a great couple of months, and thank god because it salvaged the year. Liz yeah. Listen, thank god youre still with us, ted key weisberg. [laughter] chris robinson, as you look at what is really to be expected in 2017, give us your predictions. Teddy, well come back to you and get yours as well, but, chris, to you first. I think well have to continue to look at the rising dollar and also were in a rising Interest Rate market, so those are are two things that i think are set in motion. I doubt if theyre going to spin around. And then were going to have to see is all this money and you talked about if people tried to get in and get out if this money gets frustrated and watches the dow go above 20,000, if you see a lot of new people come in, that could be risky. Typically, when everybody jumps back into the water, were going to have a correction. So thats what i would watch. I would watch those three things; money flow and also the continued rise in the dollar and whats going to happen if Interest Rates continue to ratchet up. I think those will be the three things to watch in 17. Liz yeah. And youre predicting the tenyear yield will hit 3 . Were on that march, certainly. Alan harry, to your predictions for 2017, and what a year its been for oil. I first have to push you on one. Does the opec cut, the Production Cut that they have agreed upon, does it hold in 2017 . It does. Especially in the beginning. Were going to see compliance, and were going to see come compliance at a level that the markets not expecting. So even though were in an oversupplied market and we may have a little bit more downside, not much. When we start seeing the compliance, up it goes. And i think were going to hit 60 in 2017, first half, and then by the end of 2017, 208, i think were going to hit 70. Liz did teddy give his predictions . Teddy, go. Yeah, i sure did. I think the election was a game changer. We know markets dont go straight up, but i think the direction is up, and i think you want to be long the insurance stocks, you want to be long the financials. You want to be long the energy stocks, and you want to stay long these foreign stocks that do business in the u. S. To take advantage of the strengthened u. S. Dollar. So i kind of agree with all of your other guests, and i hopefully put it all in one sweet package. Liz calling donald trump a white swan, not a black swan event. All right, you guys want to know mine . Yeah . Yes, liz, we do. [laughter] okay. Number one, snapchat actually, no, let me go to yellen. Janet yellen will stay. Thats my prediction, because donald transfer will probably meet donald trump will probably meet with her, and i believe that janet yellen and donald trump will possibly hit it off. Well see if im right on that. And then number two, snapchat will go public. And it will thrill and then chill. Why . Because people will realize how frightening it is to see Charlie Gasparino and i do the dog tongues [laughter] and thats about it. [laughter] thats about it. And whatever that creature is. And charlies not here with us today, but i sure wish he was because, guess what . Were going to show some real best of 2016 that involves him. Teddy, chris, alan, happy new year. Thanks for being such troopers. And as i said, the special yearend edition of wall street week, thats tonight at 8 p. M. Eastern. And coming up, our yearender from countdown. Weve had so much fun this year and some serious stuff too. Closing bell, 48 minutes away. Goldman sachs made you fold this year. Goldman leading the dow 30, it was the third biggest mover in the group, up about 33 in 2016. Liz cabelas hunting for gains today after the federal trade commission asked for more information about its proposed sale to Bass Pro Shops. Use that stuff often, Bass Pro Shops . Yeah, you sit there and you throw the line. The Outdoor Equipment retailer right now is down about four and twothirds prosecutor. Cabelas up nearly 33 this year. Up next, we just talked about opecs production deal. Well, it could very well drive gasoline prices in a different direction, higher this year. Is that going to be the case. 2017 . Jeff flock filling up in chicago. Jeff. Reporter we talked to our friends at gasbuddy today, and they have a prediction about 2017. But youre going to have to wait to see if we crash the car until i tell you after the break, so stand by [laughter] liz watch out your Insurance Company wont replace the full value of your totaled new car. The guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. No, i picked the wrong Insurance Company. With Liberty Mutual new car replacement™, you wont have to worry about replacing your car because youll get the full value back including depreciation. And if you have more than one Liberty Mutual policy, you qualify for a multipolicy discount, saving you money on your car and home coverage. Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Liz oh, the stock analysts loved to hate in 2016, but drivers absolutely adored tesla. The electric car giant slowed up by some roadblocks along the way. From the big reveal of its model 3 which was huge to the bumpy acquisition of solar city which did eventually go through, look at teslas stock. It is on track to post a has of about 10 for the year, first negative move for the stock since it went public. Still, that has not stopped ben callow from actually making tesla his best pick for next year, for 2017. Heres what he says is making him allish. He believes bullish. He believes the model 3 production could race past expectations as the tesla really gets up and running and figures out how to move the Assembly Line faster. He also likes the Energy Storage business is and also prospects for a mega factory in nevada. Shares right now moving lower by half a percent, tapping the brakes slightly lower on trade here for the session but, again, either way tesla, since its ipo, has been an unbelievable winner. Staying on the road, aaa says thanks to the drop in oil prices, we have all saved a total of 27 billion on gasoline this year compared to last year. But prices, sorry, have climbed 8 since to opec agreed to trim production. That was in november. So what will hold and what will happen in 2017 . Jeff flock on the streets of chicago zooming around. Youre still not in any fender benders yet, i see. Reporter no, i havent had one lately, no, no. In the younger days. [laughter] you talk about tesla, this is not an electric car that im in, im actually burning real gas. But you talk electric carmakers, if you start to get gas prices up again, that starts to become more attractive as you point out. Look at the numbers, up 8 in the last month, up 15, almost 16 for the year, you know, yearoveryear. And, you know, look at arbob futures, they spiked in december with the opec move, and who does it help . It could help the electric carmakerses, but it obviously helps the Oil Producers and the oil explorers, companies like, i guess, Whiting Petroleum would be one example. Im in the wrong lane here, i better get back over. Okay, great. And, so, you know, thats a help to them. But that 27 with that you pointed 27 billion that was money not spent on gas leap, but else in the economy, lifting all of the boats. So what is the forecast . Patrick dehand, we talked to him this morning on fox business, he says gas prices will likely rise 2040 cents in 2016. He says several states, several, his word now, will hit 3 gas. So just for reference, this time last Year National average, 2. Hes saying coming year some states will be 3 gas. So check out your tesla. Or your leaf. Or your bolt. Liz thats right. Your prius, your volt. I know a bunch of people who have volts. People here on fox be, they love it. They love it. Absolutely reporter do you drive cars in new york . I dont people dont drive cars in new york, do they . [laughter] liz i do every single day, cuz im from california, and we people in los angeles, we just cant release the death grip on the steering wheel. Jeff, thank you very much. [laughter] keep your eyes on the road, please. Jeff flock. Happy new year to you and the crew in chicago. Closing bell, were ringing in about 39 minutes. Hey, you want to see what times square looks like right now . To to our live cameras and the finishing touches for the big bash in the big apple are being made at this moment, but traffic is still moving. Guess what . Those streets are going to be replaced, those cars by one million people. But as many get ready to pop the cork and sip the bubbly and wound, were going to and wine, were going to introduce you to one entrepreneur, brilliant, on keeping corks intact, never pulling them out and allowing oxygen to ruin your wine. A fox business exclusive with the founder of the coravin wine needle. Yeah, he was a pharmaceutical executive who said, wait a minute, needles, wine . I see something here. And its been an amazing year here at fox business. The best ratings year ever on countdown to the closing bell filled with such memorable moments like this. J. Edgar hoover, did i get his name right . [laughter] liz not herbert hoover, j. Edgar hoover. A lot going on here. You dont like liz its not, i like everything independently if you guys take the tight shot you can tweet me and tell me. Youve got a striped shirt, a sort of beigey thing. And by the way, im wearing leopard skin underwear. [laughter] liz okay. Talk about j. Edgar hoover. Liz my eyes my eyes leopard skin underwear. Thank you, charlie. I promise, no more gasparino fashion relations, but we do have revelations, but we do have some of our best moments of 2016 straight ahead. Stay with us, youll see it. Three, two, one. [cheering] liz yea, we count down to the markets closings down to 2016, another countdown is about to begin one block that way, one block south. Folks, we have the Weather Forecast on times square. On your screen, that is the scene. Withwer will drop to 35 degrees, 20 chance of rain. But you can squish together with all of the strangers to keep you warm. Also on your screen, hey, look at that, a short time ago test run of the ball drop happened. Heavy security presence consumes heart of new york city while officers work overtime to prepare up to, two million people, they have just updated the number, two million people. Expec