Scott Wapner and the Investment Committee debate their strategy as some key earnings reports boosts the markets to record highs. Plus, we hit the latest Calls of the Day. And later, Josh Brown spotlights some Biotech names in his &quot;Best Stocks in the Market.&quot;<br><br>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Navigating a Stock Market at Record Highs 8/4/26

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[SPEAKER_C] I'm Scott Wapner and you're listening to CNBC's Halftime Report, the podcast, the most profitable hour of the trading day. We record this live weekdays at 12 Eastern. Listen in. Carl, thanks very much. Welcome to the Halftime Report. I'm Scott Wapner. Front and center this hour, stocks at record highs and some key earnings reports boosting the markets today. We're trading all of it with the Investment Committee. As always, joining me for the hour, Joe Terranova, Jim Blaventhal, Rob Seitz, and Josh Brown. Let's Taking you to the markets, highs of the day across the board. NASDAQ's good now for 2%, at a near 900-point gain for the Dow. That's 1.75% above 54,000. So we've been at record highs. The Russell's ripping.

Navigating a Stock Market at Record Highs 8/4/26

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

Navigating a Stock Market at Record Highs 8/4/26

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.