Of the covid tunnel. Two down, two to come, Johnson Johnson and astrazeneca. Thats the main reason for the big monday morning rally with the dow jones up about 450 points. Tao, 30000. If we gain 500 points the dow jones is at 30k, again in a one half percent. Smaller game for the s p and nasdaq slightly lower. That is the market. Love the rally. Hate this of violence. Trump supporters attacked in washington dc last night with tens of thousands rallying peacefully, but after nightfall violence. A limited Police Presence and virtually no mention about this in the Mainstream Media and so far no statement from the biden harris camp. Bernie sanders now says he has not met anyone who wants to defund the police. Has he talked to aoc . Editorial, the company ministration deserves credit for the Rapid Development of the vaccines. Republican states like florida deserve credit for opening their economies to get the country moving forward and democrat governors in new york and california and elsew
Well be on and bridge you all of the bring you all of the big headlines. First the november to remember dow surging towards best month since january 1987 s p and nasdaq handing in best work since april energy up more than 25 percent financials up more than 17 percent. Small caps, best month ever. Bulls werent hiding, check this out, each of the past four monday he got big vaccine news before the market open and look at diminishing returns, the market fell despite moderna requesting emergency use of its vaccine. So weve been talking talking black or white or red and green in terms of diminishing returns. I took that economic class my freshman year and learned all about diminishing returns which is why i often invoke it here, i think so, absolutely tell you something, the vix is telling another story. I thought a day like today, monthend i thought the vix would close closer to 25 but here it is closing lower on the day, maybe its a function of that specific security, but ill tell you giv
Activity after christmas and the new year will be different this year. Just this week then your Governor Andrew Cuomo defended his mandates. This Holiday Season is the problem, this is not a political issue, this is not a normal thanksgiving, keep your children home, close businesses, stay home, stay home, stay home. Gerry i think you got that message loud and clear, many businesses the next few weeks are usually crucial for the ability to thrive or survive, we spend a disproportionate amount of our income on this. Every year, but its coming at a time when the coronavirus maybe hitting the maximum spread and a few months before the widespread availability of vaccinations. Companies especially small firms that have been entered badly damage now face potentially exponential threat, we will take a detailed look on how the pandemic and the lockdown has affected key sectors of the economy and what future there might be when this is all over. Consumer spending accounts for more than two thir
Since our inception we believed in the power of partnerships. Id very much like to thank the center for Global Security analysis and our wonderful partners the museum of American Finance and the cfa society of new york who are sponsoring todays conversations. The centennial series was designed to shine a light on important trends. One of the things weve realized is reflecting on our history provides new insight into the current challenges that have disrupted and changed industries and Business Models. Todays session focuses on the challenges we face and survive as seen in the latest book j. P. Morgans fall and revival how the wave of consolidation changed americas premier bank. Im proud to say j. P. Morgan is the largest employer of the schools graduates and i know many of them are on today. A few ground rules. First, president and ceo of the museum of American Finance will introduce Nicholas Sergeant following the discussion we will facilitate audience questions and ask you type your
Question, we will move to the next senator until resolved. I remind all senators that the five minute clock still aflies. You should have a box on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is remaining. But we have had some troubles, and i have had senators who cant find that box or dont see it. And so, in fact, last hearing one of the senators ask me again to get a reminder, i will do that at this time for everybody. So at 30 seconds left on your clock, there will be a tone, a bell ring, to remind senators and the witnesses that their time has almost expired. At the end of the five minutes, a bill will ring. That way we can all know how the clock is working, even though we dont find it on our screens. Today we will receive testimony from the security and Exchange Commission chairman jay clayton, regarding the work and agenda of the sec. I thank you chair clayton for your appearance before the committee today, which is e