Report help to boost sent men this morning with the u. S. Economy adding 638,000 jobs in october. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 9 the coronavirus surge remains in focus, the u. S. Setting a record with more than 121,000 cases on thursday according to Johns Hopkins data 59 minutes left of the session in what has been a crazy week. Today though essentially flat, sara. Holding onto the gains i would argue, which are very strong so far this week. Ahead on todays show we will ask jeff sonnenfield how americas Corporate Leaders are thinking about the heated election race. Big news out of cvs as larry merlo announces hi retirement. We will also speak with the ceo of hershey asking about how cappy sales fell during this years unusual halloween season. Lets get to the final hour of trade, the markets and the election mike santoli tracking all the action for stocks. Frank has the vote count in pennsylvania ylan moi is covering the balance of power in the senate how georgias undetermined races
Prime time tonight. There is speculation he may claim the title of commander in chief. We shall see. But reports out of the Trump Campaign are that the president will not concede until recounts are completed in states ranging from pennsylvania, where votes are still being counted at this moment, to a couple of others that we have just showed on our screen. Our fox Business Reporters are standing by live in the crucial areas with the latest developments. Pennsylvania, arizona and georgia. Meanwhile, as team trump yells election fraud, there is no talk of one thing. Foreign hacking. We have got the ceo of the company that state and local governments turned to for keeping their Ballot Systems safe. Matthew principles is he mathew prince is here on that. We wrap up the strongest week in seven months. The october jobs report, we will show you that, big gains but also signs the Pandemic Recovery may be slightly slowing. After a big runup this week, the Dow Jones Industrials down 116, less th
Data from the late stage kile of its Covid Vaccine and could reveal that data on how things work very soon were keeping our eyes on shares of southwest the airline saying it sees a deceleration in revenue improvements for the rest of the year, carl jim, well start with the balance between these covid numbers and the expectation that winter is going to be tough. But got to say some of the encouraging headlines out of curavac today saying that this might not be something we need every season because the mutation peers less frequent and more stable at basically refrigerator type temperatures. Look, im convinced that the people evolinvolved in this, i n well get good news from all these companies. Havent stopped the times. I expect good news from moderna. I expect good news from j j. I speexpect good news from glaxs behind, but astrazeneca. Here is the problem, carl, i keep thinking what happens, when do we get it when do we go to walgreens and just get it . And will everybody get it . I j
Claims came in better than expected, 709,000 signaling more improvement in the labor market. And treasury yields dropping sharply following yesterdays bond market closure. Thats putting pressure on banks, which are among todays worst performers though still strong performers for the week 59 minutes left in the session, sara every sector firmly in the red. Ahead on todays show, chipotle unveiling its first ever digital only restaurant this week without a dining room or a line for ordering we will speak with the ceo brian noccol about the strategy there. And Jeremy Grantham said he thought the market was a mccoy bubble we will get an update on his that it is since those comments. Disney, pal an tear and cisco reporting after the bell we will bring you the numbers as they happen. Mike, whats the market dealing with. Contending with worries pileup of news on the shutdown, on the virus, maybe getting worried about what growth is going to look like in the First Quarter or two the s p 500 was
Came on our air and said they were bullish, in part because everyone is so bearish each one took turns explaining how those bears would turn into bulls, propelling stocks higher. Buy, buy, buy. Just one little problem when one strategist says everyones bearish, thats a listen up moment when two strategists say everyones bearish, you might get a little suspicious. When three bigshot strategists say everyone is bearish, you got to figure the consensus is wrong. We dont have too many bears we have too many bulls and maybe thats why the averages rolled over today with the dow tumbling 317 points, s p sinking 1 , and, by the way, things were a lot uglier for the dow in the early afternoon you see when most investors are bullish it means there is no one left to buy. They have plenty of facts on their sides. Everything from low Interest Rates, massive earnings, liquidity, i would let any of them manage my money if i were allowed to have money managed. Unfortunately, these positives have a whi