Welcome to Closing Bell, I'm Scott Wobbler live from Post 9 here at the New York Stock Exchange.

We have a big exclusive interview coming up this hour, billionaire investor Mark Lazzry with us in just a bit.

We'll talk the markets of course and also his new sports fund as he looks for new investment opportunities.

In the meantime this make-a-break hour begins with the bullcase for stocks and why some argue the rally in the year end could be just getting started.

Here's a scorecard with 60 minutes to go in regulation. the year end could be just getting started.

There's a score card with 60 minutes to go in regulation.

Right, we're taking a much needed and probably deserve

to breathe her after putting in the best week of the year.

Small caps leading declines today and that's after a solid five day stretch there's

your scorecard as it looks right now you see the Russell giving back about one and

a quarter percent muted gains elsewhere yields though they're bouncing a bit today following their

rapid decline last week there's the tenure 466 takes us to our talk of the tape

the setup for stocks and whether it has improved enough to support a rally into the end of the year.

Let's ask Anastasia Amaroso, I-CAPitals, Chief Investment Strategists here with me at

post-9.

Welcome back.

That is the central question after that unbelievable week we just had does that mean

our chances of a year-end rally have now improved? I think they have I think they're

back on and you look over the last couple of weeks a couple of months I should

say we had a lot to worry about it specifically

we're worried about what the Fed is going to do about the upward movement rates

across the curve we worried about the Treasury and what the borrowing estimates are

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