BERMAN: All right. Welcome back, everyone. You're looking at live pictures, Arlington National Cemetery. That, of course, is the eternal flame. It was lit to honor the life of President John F. Kennedy.</s>ROMANS: He was assassinated 50 years ago. We're remembering his life throughout the day here on CNN. It's an emotional place to be on any day, but especially today, 50 years later. Good morning, everyone. I'm Christine Romans.</s>BERMAN: And I'm John Berman. We are at the bottom of the hour right now.</s>ROMANS: All right. Now, another story that we're watching this morning in</s>THE NEWSROOM: the Dow, which is opening above the 16,000 mark for the first time ever this morning. Right now, employees may be looking to go higher with the 41st record of the Dow this year. Alison Kosik is live on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Alison, what are you expecting?</s>ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Yes. We're expecting that, yes, as the bell rings, 16,000 and above, this is the 40th record high of the year. Today could be 41 if the Dow closes higher. You know, stop a minute, stop to consider how amazing this is. I mean, you probably see it in your 401(k) especially with the Dow, the NASDAQ, the S&P; up anywhere between 22 percent to 31 percent this year. You look historically a more normal return is about 8 percent, so that's huge, the gap there, and it's broad-based, not just concentrated in a few areas. You look at the Dow, only two stocks of the 30 are down this year. Only about 50 of the S&P;'s 500 stocks are down, and investors are loving it. Stimulus is flowing, interest rates are low, inflation is low. But we all know there's this disconnect. Economic growth is weak. Earnings growth is slow and you're seeing some big CEOs warning about the economy. And Black Friday, Christine, just a week away, expectations aren't high for consumers getting out there and spending a lot this holiday season.
The Dow Opens at Record Highs