And welcome to Closing Bell.

I'm Mike Santoli in for Scott Wopner.

We begin this make or break hour with stops finding some traction

thanks mostly to Big Tech once again supporting

an otherwise somewhat wobbly tape.

You see the S&P 500 up about three quarters of 1% again largely on some of the big tech names.

And Apple upgrade, upbeat results from Taiwan Semi.

They have the Nasdak up again in the lead more

than 1% of the good on the day while investors elsewhere

unsure what to do with a run of pretty solid economic data that has Treasury yields

firm near their five week highs.

The Dow and Russell 2000 getting a modest lift in the past hour or so with the majority of stocks

across the major exchanges still in the red and that's been a

pattern for most of the days the last couple of weeks that leads us to our talk of

the tapes or is this still a routine and needed pause after an overheated rally at the end of

2023 where is the pressure building towards something more serious.

Here to discuss is Dan Greenhouse of Solis alternative asset management, Joe

Terranova, Verdes Investment Partners, and Victoria. Greenhouse of Solis Alternative Asset Management, Joe Terra Nova,

of Verdes Investment Partners and Victoria Fernandez of Crossmark Global Investments.

Joe, of course, a C. M.C. contributor and thanks to you all for being here.

So Dan, the S&P 500 is almost literally flat year to date.

You know there are two and a half weeks in. Yep, the majority of stocks have had a pull back.

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