Good monday morning. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt. The dow puts together the first intraday high in nine months, processing the election, putting closure, perhaps, to that but obviously the big news of the day is out of pfizer and this potential covid19 vaccine once again, well start the hour with meg hey, carl this news that pfizer and german partner biontech provided 90 efficacy in the phase three trial providing hope this is the first vaccine we have seen results from the results are limited. They just the independent committee took a look at the trial. They found 94 confirmed cases of the covid19 in the trial and they found a difference in the Placebo Group and the vaccine group. They also said they saw no serious safety concerns in the trial. Theyre going to he mass two months of safety followup which for half the people in the trial getting their second shot which will take them into the third week of november that is next week after which time they will file with the fachl
This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss ive been sworn in washington coming up at woodys and big point continue to rally another huge day for the stock market all of this despite the idea that remember stocks were supposed to drop on a contentious general election and were going to talk about the Federal Reserve today why your own power may be laying low for the moment how long will that last we got a lot to get to so lets get started. And we begin today with the latest on the coronavirus as cases have exceeded 100000 new cases reported in a single day its the 1st time that has happened the number of new coated cases appears to be soaring across the midwest and the plains states in fact new reports show that 7 states have now set records for hospitalizations for covert 19 the states of connecticut maine michigan minnesota nebraska and north dakota jumps of more than 45 percent and their 7 day rolling average new data also shows us that the data that 1907 deaths
Report help to boost sent men this morning with the u. S. Economy adding 638,000 jobs in october. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 9 the coronavirus surge remains in focus, the u. S. Setting a record with more than 121,000 cases on thursday according to Johns Hopkins data 59 minutes left of the session in what has been a crazy week. Today though essentially flat, sara. Holding onto the gains i would argue, which are very strong so far this week. Ahead on todays show we will ask jeff sonnenfield how americas Corporate Leaders are thinking about the heated election race. Big news out of cvs as larry merlo announces hi retirement. We will also speak with the ceo of hershey asking about how cappy sales fell during this years unusual halloween season. Lets get to the final hour of trade, the markets and the election mike santoli tracking all the action for stocks. Frank has the vote count in pennsylvania ylan moi is covering the balance of power in the senate how georgias undetermined races
Recovery will be slower without additional stimulus, but more aid may require cooperation between democrats and republicans. Mindaltering drugs, is it time to invest in pot stocks . Ben levisohn, carlton english and reshma. Ben, voters are always half unhappy, half happy after an election, but investors were clearly gleeful, and the market was up 7. 5 , almost 7. 5 , its best postelection return since 1932. Break it down for us. Yeah. I mean, its a new narrative going around the market now. Before the election it was all about the blue wave and how you were going to get this massive stimulus thats going to drive the market. Now its about glued lock, that were not gridlock, were not going to get tax increases, massive spending, but without the tax increases, everythings going to be okay. Were basically going to have status quo with some small changes around the edges, and you could even get lucky e and see a little cooperation between biden and mcconnell who knew each other from years i
Chairman Jerome Powell saws recovery will be slower without additional stimulus, but more aid may require cooperation between democrats and republicans. Mindaltering drugs, is it time to invest in pot stocks . Ben levisohn, carlton english and reshma. Ben, voters are always half unhappy, half happy after an election, but investors were clearly gleeful, and the market was up 7. 5 , almost 7. 5 , its best postelection return since 1932. Break it down for us. Yeah. I mean, its a new narrative going around the market now. Before the election it was all about the blue wave and how you were going to get this massive stimulus thats going to drive the market. Now its about glued lock, that were not gridlock, were not going to get tax increases, massive spending, but without the tax increases, everythings going to be okay. Were basically going to have status quo with some small changes around the edges, and you could even get lucky e and see a little cooperation between biden and mcconnell who