Jessica Menton

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431 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2018 last heard Apr 2019

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Energy Stocks Soar to Begin 2019 · 11 Jan 2019 podcast

And that's really what's been driving the rally so far this year when you're looking at U.S. voice-verified

oil prices and global oil prices. voice-verified

And another side to that is really the fact that some of the global growth concerns have eased a little bit. voice-verified

I'm sure that will come to the forefront again once we get some more economic data. voice-verified

But those two things that really weighed on oil prices in the last quarter have eased a little bit. voice-verified

And that's why the sentiment has shifted to be a little bit more positive right now. voice-verified

Thanks for having me. voice-verified

WSJ Your Money Briefing · Why January Could Bring Big Gains for Stocks · 8 Jan 2019 podcast

So on January 4th, we saw quite a big move in the market. voice-verified

The Dow ended the day up more than 800 points. voice-verified

And that was really driven to the fact that we got a very robust jobs report. voice-verified

And at the same token, Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman, came out and said the Fed would be more flexible with its policy. voice-verified

And I think those were voice-verified

comments the market was really looking for. voice-verified

And it was a huge bounce back after the market had over the course of the first two trading days was really the market's worst start to a year since 2000. voice-verified

January also is typically a very strong month in the markets, and it sort of sets the stage since we are in the what traders and analysts call the pre-election year, the year before the election. voice-verified

Typically, the market does perform well, and that's usually because incumbents will increase. voice-verified

implement new policies or push for lower taxes ahead of the election in an effort to boost the economy. voice-verified

The only sort of caveat to that is we did see Congress cut rates at the end of 2017, and that did filter through into 2018 with a boost to earnings growth when you're looking at companies, especially in the S&P 500, and you're looking at voice-verified

how well the economy performed versus its peers globally in 2018. voice-verified

The question sort of is, can the U.S. voice-verified

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