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For the Dow Jones Industrial average, up nearly 156 points. It finished at 18,288. The nasdaq closed 44 points higher. It was 5,008. The s p 500 also at a new alltime closing high up 12 points to finish the day at 2,117. Berttha coombs joins us with what drove the index to this level. Hi, bertha. Its been an amazing ride tyler. 15 years ago, you had stocks that traded on the nasdaq with valuations that were sometimes 100 times or more what their earnings were, if they had profits at all. Very different index right now. If you take a look at a number of these stocks some of the high flyers they...

Symbolically significant number 5,000. It was a record day, by the way, for the Dow Jones Industrial average, up nearly 156 points. It finished at 18,288. The nasdaq closed 44 points higher. It was 5,008. The s p 500 also at a new alltime closing high up 12 points to finish the day at 2,117. Berttha coombs joins us with what drove the index to this level. Hi, bertha. Its been an amazing ride tyler. 15 years ago, you had stocks that traded on the nasdaq with valuations that were sometimes 100 times or more what their earnings were, if they had profits at all. Very different index right now. If ...

For the Dow Jones Industrial average, up nearly 156 points. It finished at 18,288. The nasdaq closed 44 points higher. It was 5,008. The s p 500 also at a new alltime closing high up 12 points to finish the day at 2,117. Berttha coombs joins us with what drove the index to this level. Hi, bertha. Its been an amazing ride tyler. 15 years ago, you had stocks that traded on the nasdaq with valuations that were sometimes 100 times or more what their earnings were, if they had profits at all. Very different index right now. If you take a look at a number of these stocks some of the high flyers they...

But first lets get you up to speed on other stories. Joe was talking about apple. It has been a rough ten weeks for the most valuable u. S. Company. Shares tumbling more than 6 yesterday shedding 35 billion of market value. Among the reasons cited by analysts, a forecast by an Influential Research firm suggesting that the iphone and ipad maker is continuing to give up ground it rival the android gadgets. There were also unconfirmed reports that at least one major stock Clearing House was raising margin requirements. And then theres the fiscal cliff. Analysts citing fears about a hike in Capita...

This Digital Commerce company are up about 4 at the moment to 25. 69. An upgrade from wells fargo to outperform from market perform. Those are some good individual stock stories, but earlier Liberty Interactive did reach an alltime high. So what exactly is going on in washington right now, and will the market optimism last . Weve got peter barnes stationed at the white house, rich edson, hes planted at capitol hill, nicole is on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, sandra smith at the cme group. Peter, have you seen any comings and goings, again, this meeting that was supposed to start 1 ...