i am paul sweeney in new york with caroline hyde. welcome to a special edition of "bloomberg markets." this is simulcast, radio and tv, doing it from the radio studio, which is an awesome radio studio. markets, futures, a little bit of green on this black friday. s&p up about eight points, dow 24 points, and nasdaq 21 points. black friday, everyone is shopping. vonnie quinn out at macy's, we talked to her earlier. caroline: i felt like the rather wet parade was synonymous with how some were feeling. paul: great point. i was surprised looking at the parade, people were out and about. it did not stop anybody, not the bands. caroline: did you do a turkey trot? it was packed. it was raining cats and dogs at 8:00 a.m. when i hit the road, and everyone showed up. rain or shine. paul: what was it, 5k, 10k? caroline: just a little 5k. paul: are you a runner? caroline: i am in terms of running for trains. 5k, exhausted. paul: we are going to break down some retail outlook, break down what is happening in the market. we have some 2025 forecast

paul sweeney was on early with me and i was filling in for tom keene.to point out small caps and the russell 2000 come because not only is it the last trading day of the week, it is the last trading day of the month. up 11%, it just briefly intraday today crossed its high, closing high from 21. it came just below that if you look at it the gip function here. it keeps running up against the resistance but still trading around the all-time highs for the first time in three years. when you talk about the russell 2000, you need to point out the amount of zombie companies in the index. 38%, close to the all-time high you would've seen with companies during covid. very different than the s&p 600, another gauge for small-cap stocks. that has more profitable companies and that is at all-time highs, troo. vonnie: i wasn't quite aware of the number of zombie companies. jess, why is the market still on the same ideas? it seems like a calm day, therefore nvidia is up and bitcoin is up. jess: a lot of that has to do with what we have been seeing. chipmakers are high

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