The s p up 11 the dow up nearly 13 on pace for its best month since january of 1987. The nasdaq up about 12 . Check out the small caps because the russell 2,000 is up almost 21 in november alone. Thats the stock world but, melissa, our other favorite topic, bitcoin thats been moving a lot, too. Maybe joes favorite topic, at least bitcoin after recently hitting 16,000 were seeing it recoop some of those losses in recent days its up by almost 2 today, above 18,000, 18,540 guggenheim is reserving right for 5. 3 billion Macro Opportunities Fund to invest up to 10 in the Gray Scale Bitcoin Trust which is only invested in bitcoin and of course this follows many large investors including stanley drunken miller voiced support for this krip cro currency, joe. Yes, it has been getting traction interesting recent trading and good to see you, melissa and andrew its tough to come back from vacation, but having you here, melissa, i dont know, it just makes me feel very, very comfortable, happy my he
Take a hit. The covid consumer, walmart, home depot and kohls among retailers reporting earnings today. Walmart says ecommerce sales up 79 . And elon musks billions, tesla getting a spot in the s p 500. It is among the highest valued companies to ever enter the benchmark index and musk is on top to become number three, that is the third richest person in the world. Indeed, guys. Well start with the retail picture this morning, jim, youve been vocal as to the investor response on home depot and walmart. I guess thats related to the news out of amazon. Look, by the way, those stocks do tend to run up in the quarter and sell off thats nothing new a more aggressive amazon is always something we have to Pay Attention to i remember when amazon bought pill packs, the drug stores got killed i also point out that walmarts online david, thats not going to go away you can argue someone is going to argue thats the peak i would argue that amazon and walmart have taken so much share in this country,
But after the huge moves we have seen related to some of the vaccine news of late, this is a relatively quiet session. If you look at the headlines as well, the mnuchin and powell spat doesnt seem to have caused much aggravation during the market session thus far. Seeing weakness in the turkish lira today, but after that big move we saw yesterday by the work of central bank and the shift higher in the lira, people may be fading that move a little bit on some expectation that maybe erdogan will not stick with his recent decision to maybe go to more mainstream economics. Alix lets get to our top story, governments rushing to issue vaccine approval. The modernas that and Pfizer Biontech vaccines could be approved by december. If all proceeds with no problems, the conditional marketing authorization for biontech and mentor in a could happen as early as the second half of december 2020. Alix joining us now is sam fazeli. I love how she kind of couched it and said if. What are the options in
Business owners are slamming city leaders as their Stores Remain shut, were going to be talking to one of those desperate Business Owners on what he wants to see from city officials and then to massachusetts where forensics are now requiring most students to receive the flu vaccine to ease the burden on our Health System during this pandemic what doctors are saying about the move and why a lot of parent s are protesting but first , all eyes are now in the rnc the Republican National committee as the dnc, the democrats come to their conclusion. Democrats wasting no time slam ming President Trump, specifically for his response to the pandemic. Watch. Donald trump hasnt grown into the job, because he cant. And the consequences of that failure are severe. 170,000 americans dead. My dad was a healthy 65 yearold. His only preexisting condition was trusting donald trump and for that, he paid with his life. The tragedy of where we are today is it didnt have to be this bad. Just look around. It
Online classes. It is one of 10 Largest School districts offering some inperson instruction. All others are st onlinepers fulltime, mostly in the south. The patchwork of plans nationwide is spurring debate and division. We want schools trom. Reporter elcart, indiana, scrapped its learning plan hours after parents protested. With schools starting online instead of of a hybrid plan. This chicago mom worries her 6yearold daughter, hazel, will have too much screen time and too little socialization. I know if she goes to Virtual Learning fulltime, it is going to be damaging to her forever. I just dont want to do that. And it is its sad. Reporter nationwide, parents are somewhat split. In one poll, 44 surveyed say it is safe to send children back to school. But 56 do not. It is skewed among teachers. 82 are concerned about inschool instruction. Remember this photo of a crowded hallway and few masks at a georgia high school, well, six students and three Staff Members have tested positive. In