Another record close for the Dow industrials the S&P less than 1% from a new all-time

high as well but the small caps the real outperformer today that is the

scorecard on Wall Street but the action is just getting started

welcome to closing bell overtime I'm Morgan Brennan with John Fort

and one of the last major earnings reports of the years due for delivery in just minutes when

consumer bellwether FedEx shares results we're going to bring you the

numbers and expert analysis. Plus we'll talk about investing in defense as tensions ramp in the Red Sea with

Doug Philip on the global head of defense at Palantir and the co-founder of

VC firm Snowpoint Ventures.

And Charles Schwab, Chief Investment Strategy,

Liz Ann Saunders, is going to join us to talk about stocks relentless push higher

into year end and where she sees them going in 2024. Stocks climbing again today with the Dow and Nasdak

notching their ninth straight day of gains, the S&P 500 logging its eighth positive day in nine.

Mike Santoli's at the New York Stock Exchange and Mike on the S&P

were almost exactly where we were two years ago,

at least on the top line number but I take it things have changed

quite a bit beneath the surface. They have for one thing you know we're getting

back to these levels that remember were first reached a couple of years ago when the

economy was a little bit smaller when you had earnings base that was lower and

when you you even had valuation slightly higher even though things are getting a

little rich again so making a round trip in two years is

slightly higher even though things are getting a little rich again.

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