As will be several other events. Of course, our primary thoughts are with mr. And mrs. Trumps as well as hope hicks who also tested positive, and we wish them all a speedy recovery. As you know, over 200,000 americans have died. But its also important to note that the vast majority of those who are infected make a full and swift recovery. Theres no reason, particular reason to think anybody at the white house now will be any different. Now, predictably, there were those who sought to make immediate Political Capital out of the first couples suckness. You might want to avoid looking at the comments on the president s twitter feed this weekend. But clearly, this latest Unsettling Development will have important political ramifications for the rest of the campaign, and ill take a look at those with a renowned pollster in a few minutes. Later in the show, well look forward to the confirmation hearings and ask whether Amy Coney Barrett could be the model of a new conservative feminism. But
Your portfolio. And sony and microsoft are set to reelite next generation video game console ahead of the holidays, is and most repreorders have already preorders have already sold out. On the round table, my colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, i thought the debate might be the big story of the week until we all woke up friday morning to find out thats president and first lady have covid19, but the market largely shrugged it off. Whats going on . They say that the market hates uncertainty, but investors have been planning for a lot of it. If you look at the vix, the markets fear gauge, theyre expecting a heightened level of volatility all the way through january. So Something Like this comes along, and it shocks the market, but it doesnt shock it, i think, as much as people would have normally if it had just come out of nowhere. And theres also stimulus talk going on, and actually i wouldnt say in the background. That was taking up a lot of attention this week
Of course, our primary thoughts are with mr. And mrs. Trumps as well as hope hicks who also tested positive, and we wish them all a speedy recovery. As you know, over 200,000 americans have died. But its also important to note that the vast majority of those who are infected make a full and swift recovery. Theres no reason, particular reason to think anybody at the white house now will be any different. Now, predictably, there were those who sought to make immediate Political Capital out of the first couples suckness. You might want to avoid looking at the comments on the president s twitter feed this weekend. But clearly, this latest Unsettling Development will have important political ramifications for the rest of the campaign, and ill take a look at those with a renowned pollster in a few minutes. Later in the show, well look forward to the confirmation hearings and ask whether Amy Coney Barrett could be the model of a new conservative feminism. But first, a few thoughts on another
Week as traders rotated in and out of sectors. And amazon prime days kicked off an unusual Holiday Shopping season with retailers adapting to the challenges of the covid19 crisis. Which companies will benefit . Apple unveiled its new iphone 12. Will 5g drive a phone sales super cycle . My colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, lets start with you. Mr. Market is sometimes described as manic depressive, but this week it was more sort of schizophrenia that we saw. Whats going on . Yeah. It was just a very indecisive market. There were days when investors flocked to tech, and other days the nasdaq went down, other parts of the market went up. It really just depended on the news of the day. Early in the week we had plenty of things that could have caused the market to sell off including drug trials at johnson johnson, eli lilly for Covid Treatment being halted, and we also saw, you know, cases of covid rising. But the market actually pulled through all that and even g
Means for the Energy Sector and your portfolio. And sony and microsoft are set to reelite next generation video game console ahead of the holidays, is and most repreorders have already preorders have already sold out. On the round table, my colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. Ben, i thought the debate might be the big story of the week until we all woke up friday morning to find out thats president and first lady have covid19, but the market largely shrugged it off. Whats going on . They say that the market hates uncertainty, but investors have been planning for a lot of it. If you look at the vix, the markets fear gauge, theyre expecting a heightened level of volatility all the way through january. So Something Like this comes along, and it shocks the market, but it doesnt shock it, i think, as much as people would have normally if it had just come out of nowhere. And theres also stimulus talk going on, and actually i wouldnt say in the background. That was taking