Halloween friday october 31st. Good evening, everyone. Well, nothing spooky or scary about this halloween friday on wall street. Both the dow and the s p 500 surged to record highs this friday and posted gains of 2 or more despite all those wild swings. After todays wild rally, investors can thank Investment Bank for the stimulus plan. Also helping, some strong Economic Data right here at home. The shoppers index in the midwest rows more than expected. Consumer sentiment hit its highest level in more than seven years. Even though Consumer Spending fell last month for the First Time Since january, personal income rows nearly 1 , the biggest increase in more than six years. So add it all up, and it was a blockbuster day on wall street. The dow skyrocketed at almost 200 points, closing at 2,390. The s p added 23 to the new high of 2,018. Looking at the scorecard for october, the dow was up 2 , the nasdaq jumped 3 and the s p added more than 2 . Bob pisanti has more on this months tricks a
Halloween friday october 31st. Good evening, everyone. Well, nothing spooky or scary about this halloween friday on wall street. Both the dow and the s p 500 surged to record highs this friday and posted gains of 2 or more despite all those wild swings. After todays wild rally, investors can thank Investment Bank for the stimulus plan. Also helping, some strong Economic Data right here at home. The shoppers index in the midwest rows more than expected. Consumer sentiment hit its highest level in more than seven years. Even though Consumer Spending fell last month for the First Time Since january, personal income rows nearly 1 , the biggest increase in more than six years. So add it all up, and it was a blockbuster day on wall street. The dow skyrocketed at almost 200 points, closing at 2,390. The s p added 23 to the new high of 2,018. Looking at the scorecard for october, the dow was up 2 , the nasdaq jumped 3 and the s p added more than 2 . Bob pisanti has more on this months tricks a
Next tuesdays midterm elections. nr shake it off shake it off woodruff close to a million fans buy taylor swifts new album in its debut week. Why some pop stars still sell despite huge changes in the Music Industry. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the space industry suffered a new catastrophe today. A Virgin Galactic Space Tourism rocket crashed during a test flight in southern california. The copilot was killed, and tho pilot was badly injured. The wreckag
Syria, i. S. I. L. , whatever, is not relevant to. This its not affecting us one way or the other. We have one set of criteria in our mind. Charlie we conclude with our Political Panel looking at the medterm elections. David lee, john dickerson, nancy corps december and anthony salbano. The democrats have been talking about the republicans nonstop. You look in North Carolina, for example, not only is tom tillis talking about kay hagans relationship with president obama but crossroads, super pac republicans running three adds against kay hagan, all saying she voted with barack obama 90 of the time, connected to barack obama. On the house side, National Republican organization dealing with house races. Almost all their commercials make this connection with barack obama. The problem for democrat, have been trying to emphasize every issue but barack obama but have had difficulty. Charlie and we talk poll six when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in
Halloween friday october 31st. Good evening, everyone. Well, nothing spooky or scary about this halloween friday on wall street. Both the dow and the s p 500 surged to record highs this friday and posted gains of 2 or more despite all those wild swings. After todays wild rally, investors can thank Investment Bank for the stimulus plan. Also helping, some strong Economic Data right here at home. The shoppers index in the midwest rows more than expected. Consumer sentiment hit its highest level in more than seven years. Even though Consumer Spending fell last month for the First Time Since january, personal income rows nearly 1 , the biggest increase in more than six years. So add it all up, and it was a blockbuster day on wall street. The dow skyrocketed at almost 200 points, closing at 2,390. The s p added 23 to the new high of 2,018. Looking at the scorecard for october, the dow was up 2 , the nasdaq jumped 3 and the s p added more than 2 . Bob pisanti has more on this months tricks a