The nasdaq up by about 120 yesterday was a down day for the markets. The dow off by about 270 points. But if you want to take a look at november hes historic gain, check this out, the dow actually up by 1. 8 for the month, that is its best month since january of 1987. The s p no slouch either it gained about 11 while the nasdaq was up nearly 12 november by the way was the best month for all of those indexes since april which was a huge month. Also small cap stocks were some big winners. The russell 2000 finished the month up more than 18 , 245ethas right, 18 in one month, the best month since that index was created back in 1984 so here we are heading into december and year to date, the nasdaq is the superstar, up nearly 36 the s p 500 is up by 12 and the russell 2000 up by 9 . The dow up by 3. 9 so fantastic november for all of these indices. Nasdaq leading the way in terms of year to date. Joe. Yep, coincident with the surge. Go figure. The second surge are you sure it is never too ea
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A president s judicial nominee but it created a new rule of the mcconnell rule absolutely no hearing or no vote for a nominee in Election Year period no coffee 7 outs and Many Republican senators agreed with him including the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham of South Carolina who at the time said quote verbatim heres what he said quote i want you to use my words against me if theres a republican president in 2060. And a vacancy occurs in the last year of the 1st term you can say Lindsey Graham said lets let the next president whoever it might be make the nomination continue to quote and you could use my words against me and youd be absolutely right and of quote. Well in our other top stories irans president has warned of a crushing response to the u. S. After it made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions has an rouhani vowed never to yield to american bullying claiming that washingtons latest move to pressure to iran has left it isolated from need to
May the 11th but elsewhere in europe restrictions are beginning to be eased as countries say theyve turned the tide on the outbreak dominic kane reports monday at this mood red building site means a return to work after weeks in lockdown because in this and a few other sectors of the economy the toughest restrictions have been lifted some spanish politicians say now is not the time to relax the vigilance even to this small extent and in most other regards the existing lockdown will remain in place for much of the next 2 weeks in italy a small number of stationery shops book shops and Childrens Clothing stores can reopen from choose day because here the number of new infections remains considerably lower than joining the worst days last month but as in spain the mortality rate remains high the point pope francis referred to in his Easter Monday address at the vatican. Orgy. Of recorded arctic on during this easter week i would like to remember with closeness and affection all the countr