>>> our guest host for all three hours this morning is joe terranova. he is from vertus investment partners he is a cnbc contributor, and it's great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> we have a lot of market news to talk about. let's start taking a look at the u.s. equity futures at this hour you did see new record highs yesterday for both the s&p 500 and the dow. for both the s&p 500 and nasdaq. first time we've seen that in a while. the nasdaq had its highest close since october 3rd. you'll see that things have picked up a little bit you are looking at green arrows across the board once again with the dow futures indicated up by 26 points. >>> really it's consumer discretionary. it's energy, financials, industrials, staples health care. materials. consumer discretionary, technology, they've exceeded the 18 highs reets, utilities, they already exceeded the 18 highs about three weeks ago. it's really only four sectors that have elevated above 18. >> i would say, too, though, if you are flat, right, since the last all-too many high, it's not compl