There is the thenwhat later in the week that will be interesting. Francine right. Depending on whether it is a contested election, that is what i keep hearing on the markets, that if it is contested we could see a lot of volatility in all sorts of asset classes. And of course, there is a bit of news on brexit, and coupled with news on restrictions in the u. K. Economy, it is giving us more neutral pound going forward. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The president ial campaign is in its final full day. If there is of polls show joe biden leading President Trump nationally and in battleground states. Some of those states remain extremely close. Candidates will Campaign Today in pennsylvania. The state is vital bidens chances, and it could become almost a mustwin state for the president as well. The white house slammed Infectious Diseases chief Anthony Fauci after he ramped up criticism of the way the coronavirus pandemic was handled. He told the Washin
Both sides involved in a very hot contest. This morning as we are counting. The ballot said that have already been cast, but the voting is far from done i the countdown thats going to be the herculean feat for a number of states as they try and get these numbers out as. Quickly as they can. But they do have their own legal processes that vary from state to state but yeah interesting and it was 2 different stories last night when we heard President Trump prematurely say that he had one. The battleground states and joe biden saying patients because as we said james, there are still. Our least hundreds of thousands of ballots yet to count. These are not new votes. These are not ballots that have just been found. But they were cast in many cases months ago, yeah, thats right. These were the early polls. Counts the mail in ballots that for some states had to wait until day of ballots were counted before they could then be process which is why its no surprise that for some states were still
Election uncertainty poised to bounce from the worst week since march businesses are bracing for election unrest. Live in manhattan. Well take a look at how companies are preparing for the unknowns of this week ahead. And with no preelection stimulus lifeline, how airlines are now preparing to stem the losses and lure passengers back in to their seats. Carl all right, jim, what do we think is going on this morning doesnt sound like you trust futures at this level. We really sold off terribly friday until the last half hour. This is continuation of what looked like a short covered rally. I think a lot of people who are betting that no matter what happens it will be contested and therefore the market has to go down so, why not just come in short my problem with that is what happens if its actually not contested . What happens if its a landslide for either side. The reeason i point that out if youre betting on a contested election its entirely possible with our 24hour coverage its entirel
I mentioned microsoft reporting. You have four big names on thursday, amazon, apple, alphabet and facebook. Tech is the sector most likely it is see its earnings hold up. Care were theh sectors that posted profits and sales growth. All of that is priced in, which is why value stocks have outperformed in october for second straight month. Gina martin adams at Bloomberg Intelligence says Growth Companies are beating estimates more widely than Value Companies , but analysts are upgrading their forecasts more for the Value Companies and for growth. When value stocks do beat estimates, they outperform the. P 500 david weve been talking about the stimulus. Now it is pretty clearly off, at least until after the election. Our markets reacting to that . Scarlet we still see it in the equities because we are not getting we also see it in safe havens like the u. S. Treasury market. The 10 year yield is down for a third day. Also below its 200 day moving average, trying to get past that but we are
Employees. Weve got those details. But first we start with some breaking news. The electoral vote count stands right now at 227 for mr. Biden and 213 for mr. Trump. And we still have eight uncalled races. In wisconsin, which is still too close to call, biden holds a narrow lead of just 20,000 votes. Well within the margin of error there. Well within the drift that lets the president call for a recount. The Campaign Says they will immediately do so, request a recount. Another place biden holds a narrow lead, thats michigan thats where we find Brian Sullivan in grand rapids any update on this very close race reporter yes, and no how do you like that im like an economist on the air. Im going to give it to you both ways heres where we stand right now. Heres the reason i answered that way number one, heres the count 94 of michigan has come in. Its that last 6 that is the issue. Now, youve got joe biden who is up by about 45,000 votes right now. To your point, there are far more outstanding