About the election . No clean democrat sweep for example or a trump . Is it telling us a stimulus package is coming, not to worry about lockdowns . We will get into all of that. You are looking at a big preelection rally. So, whos going to win . I dont know. On one side of the polls shows biting with a lead nationally, but in battleground states mr. Trump has caught up and look at this impromptu trompe rallies has popped up overall all of the country over the weekend. This was in florida with convoys of Trump Supporters shopping traffic in several states and at trompe rallies, long lines of people trying to get it in. I didnt see any biden rallies or biden bumper stickers. Theres clearly an enthusiasm. Today a mad to the finish line with people lining up that mr. Trumps rallies. I switched on my tv at midnight last night and saw the president just starting his final rally joe biden will attend to events in pennsylvania and one in ohio today. The biden camp is worried about the low turn
About the blockbuster revelations about hunter biden, biden got a pass, the network fix was in, beat up trump, give biden a pass. We do have news on the stimulus. A little give on the part of the white house, Speaker Pelosi and secretary mnuchin have agreed on the democrats Virus Testing strategy. It is not much, a strong report on retail sales just came out, a halfhour ago, big loss for the stocks yesterday but a rebound today in part on the back of the retail sales report. The dow is up triple digits 130 points, the nasdaq, 93 94 points higher. Censorship are very much in the news, social media may be in trouble after blocking coverage of the bombshell allegations against hunter biden, the authorities are taking a close look at facebook, twitter and other social media liability immunity after four years of obvious media biased in social media censorships and is there any doubt that you are blocked so frequently from seeing or hearing conservative opinion. We will get more on that com
And up to 200,000 deaths. The president listening to his medical advisers and he has adjusted policy. The social distancing rules will be extended until april 30th. Therefore, the shutdown of the economy will continue well beyond easter. The president says the recovery will start by june 1st. On the markets, expect continued volatility. We have certainly seen that already today. At one point early this morning, futures showed a loss of a couple hundred points. Now we are looking at a gain at the opening bell of a couple hundred points. That would be almost 1 . A similar gain, better gain, actually, for the nasdaq, up about 1. 25 and the s p also up over 1 . A rally at the opening bell. Investors seem to like the idea of more pain now so we get out of it faster. The other big financial story is the price of oil. This is apart from the virus. This is the price of oil. Look at it. Its down to 20 a barrel. Earlier it hit 19. 20. 48 is the price right now. The saudis have declared war on Am
S p off by almost five and nasdaq down by 24. You see President Trump calling out china and a little afternoon, word about nancy pelosi announcing an impeachment announcement, then President Trump saying hell release the full transcript. This is just the volatility we saw. Definitely wall street watching washington to see what news comes next weworks cofounder adam neumann is stepping down as ceo. The starrup once valued at 47 billion has shrunk in a matter of weeks he said, quote, i am so proud of this team and our company. Our business has never been stronger in the recent weeks, the scrutiny towards me has become a distraction. I have decided it is in the best interest of the company that i step down as executive each will have three votes down from 20. Weworks former copresident and vice chairman have been named coceos of the company the Parent Company, we, could layoff 4,000 to 5,000 in response to this there may be a search attempt for a new ceo. They named two and said they were
Heres another factor. The all important Big Tech Companies announced their Financial Performance in the next two days. Theres a few nerves here. Any disappointment would upset the whole a the cart. We should also say that the market is due for a setback after 15 month near straight up rally. Well thats money. Now politics. Tonight, the state of the union speech. The as the is cleared his schedule today to prepare hes likely to sell his growth plan and maybe reach out for a bipartisan immigration deal. And heres the news that is truly rocking the world of politics. The memo, spelling out reportedly deep state goings on before and after the election. We may get to see it. The fbi director read it and promptly got rids are of Andrew Mccabe fbi guy at the center of the memo. Money and politics, what a day. Varney company is about to begin. Have we got a big deal to report right off the bat . And it is moving the whole market. Amazon Berkshire Jpmorgan they are teaming up to create a new co