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
But the equity markets are open. We are up by 1. 2 . Earnings season getting up tomorrow with j. P. Morgan, but stimulus talks are not going anywhere. The german tenyear yield, yields are going lower. We are also seeing some pressure caught in periphery. We are getting awful close to a has 100 spread that basis points on it, and that is certainly something we are watching very carefully. We note the comments from mr. Lane over the weekend. The other thing we are noting as well is what is happening with chinese currency. The pboc over the weekend basically putting two way risk back into that currency pair. The question is, will that be marketto stabilize this and keep the pboc happy, or is further action ultimately going to be required . Kailey joining us now is mark mccormick, Td Securities global head of fx strategy. Lets talk about the u. K. First. More restrictions to stop the spread of the virus there. The market doesnt really seem to blink at any of these new additional restrictio
Merely dealing with partisan gridlock the dow inched up two points and the nasdaq jumped 1. 12 , this i what we have to think about. Six months ago it looked like the world was ending everyone in congress had a reason to reach a compromise both sides have an incentive to be more stubborn they get to blame each other in the runup to an election but as Speaker Pelosi told me this morning, the deal is still on the table. I took her full statement as a sign getting a deal done could be extremely difficult im saying this purely in micah pasty as your investing coach without a stimulus deal, there will be a ton of private company losers and could be a much worse place a year from now if we get a vaccine by the end of the year too many struggling Small Businesses cant wait that long. Now if you got a white collar job you can do from home you may not realize how bad it can be. The future is fine for anyone that can work from home whether we get another bailout or not. For millions of americans
The securities and Exchange Commission focusing on disclosure. We will get into it. 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Chairman jay is here live. We will talk about it. Isaias leaving millions without power, the deadly storm causing disruption across the east coast. Did you lose power . Novaxx with trial, research and Development President gregory glen is here to walk us through the progress. Markets this morning look like this. Indications are for pretty good rally at the start of trading. Futures indicating gain 200 points right out of the gate. Dow industrials up 198 and nasdaq up 1. The momentum continues. Up 38 points yesterday, the dow up 164 at the close yesterday and the s p up 11. Gold committerring glittering. Take a look. Up and a 3 quarters percent. 2020 voting in focus. Battle intensify over mailin ballots, the campaign sue it is state of nevada. Plus some of you may have heard but i have a very special announcement later this morning. Stick around, big announcement coming up. Mornings w
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