Period, the nasdaq has more than doubled, up 115 in that time, carl, and it really tells you how important technology, and particularly those large caps, have become to this market and just how much they have surged this year as we see a Digital Transformation amid the pandemic. Thats a great point. And jon, were going to continue to look for names that are going to perform well, no matter what kind of reopening or reclosing environment were in amazon, one of the top leaders, but so is zoom on teleconferencing and in tuit on payments and those are the markets well be paying attention to. Tech investors have a lot to be thankful for this year in a tough year overall for the world. Lets talk more about the need em Portfolio Manager and chief investment strategist. Guys, good morning brian, where are we now with kind of rationalizing and strategizing around the tech trade, given how far so many of these trends have run . I think some of these trends existed before the pandemic and have be
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
One of the hottest stocks in the market, General Motors dives in and the ceo will join us in just a moment power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Im dominic chu. One bright spot is the Housing Market you have restoration hardware, williams sonoma, theyre jumping and then you have trex, which makes decking and railingtype products for homes and two Retail Stocks hitting new highs, will brands a the a 52week high, target at an alltime high yet again today after its big blowout Earnings Report yesterday. And, kelly, you mentioned the electric vehicle trades tesla a the at a new high is up 20 in just this past week kelly. All right, dom. The dow sliding today and heading now for a down week. Lets go to bob pisani for the action the markets are still having a hard time to figure out on what to focus. Do you focus on the spring reopening in 2021 and Second Quarter or on the covid winter right now . Today a little more focus on the covid winter the good news is tech which has be
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