Its on fire again. 3. 8 gain yesterday can something similar, up to and half percent again today. Why the big rally . Leader mcconnell says there will be a stimulus package probably this year and that helps. Divided government means no big tax hikes or green new deal, that helps. The fed will most certainly keep printing, so check your 4o1k and a smile. Lets deal with the election, the president ial winner still in doubt. It will come down to four battleground states, pennsylvania, North Carolina, georgia, nevada. Its close in all four states in the trunk team will go to court to make sure only valid votes votes are counted and we expect an update on the count in nevada. That state may be called today. Watch las vegas, 11 30 a. M. , but from campaign may be filing a legal challenge there also. This is the place to be if you follow money on politics. Varney co. Is about to begin. Stuart i wanted something more upbeat and lively with the market rally to die for. We will try next hour. Th
Despite election polls moving against the president , despite the media aggressively questioning his treatment and his doctor statements and his hospitalization, all of that despite it all and by the way they really hated this, the president ial driveby, thinking his supporters, cnn said he exposed his secret service driver, the president had a good night, hes been treated with remdesivir in a steroid and his doctors will update his position in two hours, you will see it, that could move the market, i have a sign of the virus time story for you, the regal chain of theaters will shut down indefinitely, 540 in america, 120 in britain, they cannot handle the delays in the release of big budget movies, james bond never say die and they cant handle the publics lack of enthusiasm for watching movers out of the home, the virus rippling through with all kinds of indications, throughout the show we are checking the president s medical condition, his possible return to the white house and the ma
So were keeping a close eye on that. We have David Rubenstein joining us from the carlyle group. He has a great book out about Technology Giants who lose their worth after they get over a billion. It is gravy apparently after that according to him. Well get the latest on new york city. We know the possibility restaurants there will be closed through the end of the year. Now word that schools will open up but not for another couple weeks. It was supposed to happen by the 10th. Now pushed back to the 20 first. Even that looks kind of dicey. The big apple and all the problems apparently cant stop. It feeds on itself. Back to the major story, the lead story, the president of the United States going to kenosha, wisconsin. Normally president s when they hear local leaders are complaining they dont want to see them they back off. Not this president. Not this time. Mainly because not all local leaders feel the same way. Well talk to one congressman who welcomes the president. Says the city and
Saying if the infection rate in new york state remained low and statewide give or take, it is low, hovering around the 1 mark the schools could open. Governor cuomo previously said if it stayed below 5 they could open if it were to spike up to 9 they would then close down so this is in line with that, what the governor is saying today. The most important part of all of this is what the local jurisdictions decide to do, and the way it played out in new york is that the local superintendents of School Districts around the state submitted their plan by last friday. Now, some didnt get a plan in at all but most did, and most of those superintendents submitted a plan that had some blended approach, meaning that even if School Districts be open to in person learning, students would not be going backtoschool five days a week, in some districts they would, but in most they would not. It be one or two or three days a week, some rotating system that allows the schools to have a smaller presence
Nobody wants a second wave. The market starts the week on the upside again. Investors like the get back to work trend and there are several forecasts of imminent recovery for the economy. Secretary mnuchin says there will be a rebound july, august and september. The dow is looking at a 200 point gain first thing this morning. Thats close to 1 . A nice gain for the s p, close to 1 . The nasdaq will be up over a half percentage point. Now, the reason the nasdaq is up, because of this. This week, many Big Tech Companies report their financial position. Strong results expected because the virus lockdown has a more limited effect on these companies. Premarket, most of them are up. But look at oil. No joy for the drillers. They are looking at 12 a barrel and the worldwide glut shows no sign of easing. Over the weekend, the price slump claimed another victim, diamond shamrock. The drillers declared bankruptcy. The price of gas still falling, albeit slowly, about one cent down a day. The avera