SCARLET: WELCOME TO "ETF IQ." I AM SCARLET FU. KATIE: AND I AM KATIE GREIFELD. IT IS FINALLY HERE.SCARLET: HOLIDAY-SHORTENED TRADING WEEK. KATIE: AND OUR LAST SHOW OF THE YEAR. NEARLY $19 TRILLION GLOBAL ETF INDUSTRY, THE YEAR AS DISCUSSED IS WINDING DOWN AND STOCKS ARE MOVING HIGHER.THE S&P IS UP FOR THE LONGEST WINNING RUN SINCE 2018. WE WILL DISCUSS THE YEAR THAT WAS AND THE YEAR AHEAD. SCARLET: JUST MOMENTS, SHE WILL JOIN US TO DISCUSS THE OUTLOOK FOR 2026.KATIE: WE DISCUSSED THE SHAREHOLDER VOTE TO CON ...

Coming to the economy. Investors are watching for signals from policymakers heading into a key year for the Federal Reserve, with a new chair expected to be announced soon. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack among those, preferring to hold rates higher for longer.Well, our next guest is taking the other side, voting for a 50 basis point cut at the Fed's last meeting. Joining us now is Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Myron. Very good morning to you, Stephen.Thank you so much for joining us. Good morning. ...

Economic Outlook - The speaker acknowledges recessions are inevitable, and the Fed's role is to mitigate them [1] - The speaker doesn't foresee a recession in the near term, partly because of policy rate adjustments [2] - Adjusting policy rates downward is crucial to counter the risk of rising recessions [3] Labor Market Analysis - The rise in the unemployment rate is a concern, as it has historically preceded recessions [1][2] - The speaker is assessing the risk of a near-term recession based on the labor market [2] Monetary Policy - Policy needs to adjust downward to reflect the downward shift in the neutral rate [3] - Continuing to adjust interest rates is important to prevent recession [3] Economic Shocks - Various shocks, including changes to population growth rate due to border policy changes, have pushed the neutral rate down [3]

We had Wyckoff meeting with senior officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar to advance the talks on the second phase of this Gaza plan. What do we know about those talks. Well, we have a reading from Whitcomb himself, a statement he put out at the end of those talks, saying effectively that those cowards.It's worth remembering that when it comes to Egypt and Qatar, these are long term mediators between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Turkey is on the periphery. It wants to be a stakeholder that is resisted by Israe ...

The market seems pretty good to us. Tactically. I think the one thing that gets us and I'm sure you've all talked about this, everyone complained only seven stocks going up most of this year.It really wasn't true. We disagreed with that. And now you have a day like yesterday with techs down 2%, but then you peel back the onion.There were more 52 week highs on the NYSE yesterday than the day before. The number of stocks above their 50 day and 200 day moving average were higher yesterday than the day before. ...

The Justice Department releasing a new set of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein, marking the most extensive public disclosure yet in a case that's fueled political tension for years. The files were posted online after Congress passed legislation in November, forcing their release, overriding long-standing resistance from the Trump administration. Trump ultimately signed the bill under pressure from Republican lawmakers who had demanded transparency around Epstein's case.What's new is the scope of what's bei ...

Paramount Sky dance. It sweetened its offer for Warner Brothers. Today, Larry Ellison agreeing to personally guarantee $48 billion in equity financing for the proposed $108 billion takeover offer for Warner Brothers.So let's bring in Bloomberg Attack co-host Caroline Hyde now for more on this story. So, Caroline, this is getting really interesting. What I'm curious about is how long can this continue on given that shareholders aren't voting until the middle of next year.I mean, this is such a Hollywood dram ...

At the end of that speech at Columbia, you nodded to the fact that recessions are inevitable. Fed's job It's going to forestall them as much as they can. Policymakers, jobs or that.I'm very curious when you look at the labor market in particular, the rise that we've seen in the unemployment rate, that's kind of rise we've seen customarily before recessions. How do you assess the risk of there being a recession here in the near term when you look at the labor market, for instance. So I don't see a recession ...

But this is a massive deal. General catalyst and trillion taking Janus Henderson, an asset manager private. I mean, do they need access to the the funds that Janus Henderson would have in reserve.Yeah. I mean, I can imagine, Vonnie, that the private equity group is very much interested in the funds under management by Janus Henderson, and it really just speaks to kind of the broader, evolving, just the landscape of finance. Right.We we have seen a lot more institutional investors, the likes of pension funds ...

I'm Ruth Carson, and this is what's important in FX and rates markets right now. We're going to talk about the Indian rupee, which has fallen against a dollar to an all-time low. It's weakened more than 5% this year, making it the worst-performing Asian currency.The Indian rupee has been in a free fall over the past month, coming under pressure from delays in clinching a trade deal with the US and with foreigners pulling out money from the stock market. Indian importers as well have been looking to beef up ...