Shift absolutely in the way the market views the relationship between the white house and the economy. And therefore the stocks. It was an amazing transformation which continued today, even as the dow gained 40 points, s p declined 0. 14 and nasdaq advanced 0. 54 . Nice little recovery for the nasdaq. Looking ugly there. We spent all week talking about the markets reaction to trumps election. How it went from being shocked and dazed and confused and scared to suddenly bullish in the blink of an eye, with investors reaching for stocks that benefit from aggressive Economic Growth while they dumped the nogrowth gridlocked names. The sea change was radical because the two candidates were radically different. Clinton stood for more regulation, higher taxes, and if she won, shed have a Republican House of representatives, which would have meant for gridlock. Thats what the stock market had been banking into going into the election since the polls showed clinton way ahead. Trumps a real estat
Which continued today, even as the dow gained 40 points, s p declined 0. 14 and nasdaq advanced 0. 54 . Nice little recovery for the nasdaq. Looking ugly there. We spent all week talking about the markets reaction to trumps election. How it went from being shocked and dazed and confused and scared to suddenly bullish in the blink of an eye, with investors reaching for stocks that benefit from aggressive Economic Growth while they dumped the nogrowth gridlocked names. The sea change was radical radically different. Clinton stood for more regulation, higher taxes, and if she won, shed have a Republican House of representatives, which would have meant for gridlock. Thats what the stock market had been banking into going into the election since the polls showed clinton way ahead. Trumps a real estate developer, though. He develops real estate. What does he stand for . Lower taxes, fewer regulations, borrowing money to build infrastructure. When trump won, we had to throw away many of the s
Investors continue to believe that the fallout from the brexit vote will be limited and todays buying picked up steam after britains central bank said new stimulus was likely this summer. More on that in just a moment. All of the major inddeese rose more han 1 today. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 235 points to 17,929. The nasdaq added 63. The s p 500 was up 28. For the first half, the dow and the s p 500 posted gains. The nasdaq fell, but the final numbers for the First Six Months of 2016 dont tell the whole story and what a story it was. January 2016, it was the worst start of the year for stocks ever. In just ten trading days the s p 500 erased nearly 1. 5 trillion in market value. February 2016 the selling intensified. The major stock indices hit multiyear lows. Oil prices cratered and gold prices took off. By march things start to turn. Global uncertainty seemed to fade. Stocks rose along with the price of oil and the market hit new highs for the year. That climb continue
Investors continue to believe that the fallout from the brexit vote will be limited and todays buying picked up steam after britains central bank said new stimulus was likely this summer. More on that in just a moment. All of the major inddeese rose more han 1 today. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 235 points to 17,929. The nasdaq added 63. The s p 500 was up 28. For the first half, the dow and the s p 500 posted gains. The nasdaq fell, but the final numbers for the First Six Months of 2016 dont tell the whole story and what a story it was. January 2016, it was the worst start of the year for stocks ever. In just ten trading days the s p 500 erased nearly 1. 5 trillion in market value. February 2016 the selling intensified. The major stock indices hit multiyear lows. Oil prices cratered and gold prices took off. By march things start to turn. Global uncertainty seemed to fade. Stocks rose along with the price of oil and the market hit new highs for the year. That climb continue
Investors continue to believe that the fallout from the brexit vote will be limited and todays buying picked up steam after britains central bank said new stimulus was likely this summer. More on that in just a moment. All of the major inddeese rose more han 1 today. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 235 points to 17,929. The nasdaq added 63. The s p 500 was up 28. For the first half, the dow and the s p 500 posted gains. The nasdaq fell, but the final numbers for the First Six Months of 2016 dont tell the whole story and what a story it was. January 2016, it was the worst start of the year for stocks ever. In just ten trading days the s p 500 erased nearly 1. 5 trillion in market value. February 2016 the selling intensified. The major stock indices hit multiyear lows. Oil prices cratered and gold prices took off. By march things start to turn. Global uncertainty seemed to fade. Stocks rose along with the price of oil and the market hit new highs for the year. That climb continue