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
In politics, the house will vote on the g. O. P. Health care plan. It will be a partisan vote and its just the first step in a lengthy process to ultimately make this bill a law, but we begin with late night politics. Steven colbert he doesnt completely back walk or walk back from his vulgar antitrump monologue. Varney company begins. Folks, if you saw my monologue on monday, you know that i was a little upset with donald trump for insulting a friend of mine. So, at the end of that monologue, i had a few choice insults for the president in return. I dont regret that. I have jokes. He has the launch code. So, a fair fight. Well, that was Stephen Colbert from last night addressing in the comments he made the night before. Want to bring in James Freeman with the wall street journal editorial page. Seems like he did stop short of apologizing. Yeah, i think a lot of people are asking, wouldnt he be fired in many circumstances . What im happening for here is some market discipline. Stuart fr
Good morning and welcome to another special edition of Worldwide Exchange. Im sara eisen in washington today. And im wilfred frost reporting live from london. Good morning to you all. Good morning. It is the friday before Independence Day. Were wishing america a happy birthday with some of best usa themed songs today. Lets get straight so the markets on a friday. Lets show you what u. S. Futures are doing. Under a little bit of pressure after pretty giant rally. The dow climbing more than 200 points again yesterday. Giving back about 48 on the session here. S p future down. Nasdaq down 14. The first half of the queer nye officially in the books. The dow and the s p 500 up nearly 3 for the year, but check at the nasdaq, it is down by the same amount. Six sectors are positive here today led by tell kom up 21. 8 pjt. The worst performer the financials down 4 for the year. As for the ten year treasury note, we have seen another strong week. Buying a treasury sending yields lower. Down to 1
Italy and in spain. Our road map begins with a search for a major retailer, any major retailer who didnt miss on november comps. Gap, macys, target, all disappointing. Is it all due to sandy and what does it mean for the holidays. Tiffany is not a statement on lucksy, but Rather Company specific. Quite near meets with the president today. And we have another upgrade for research in motion. This time at goldmansachs saying the blackberry 10 will not only beat expectations but also put the company in the black by fiscal 14. Target, macys and kohls reporting unexpected declines. Number of retailers blaming sandy for the lackluster results, david and jim. They say the second half of the month wasnt so bad, but still a lot of White Knuckles as somebody said about the holidays. I think that one of the Untold Stories may still be exactly how bad sandy was. Sandy is going to turn out to be a 100 billion storm. But i think its a shutdown. It was the shutdown of a major part of the infrastructur
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