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The 27,700 level. Remember, it was 18,000 on march 23rd. The s p, what, nearly 3400. New alltime high. The nasdaq well over the 11,000 mark. Who would have thought of that. Add it all up and yes, we are now in a brand new bull market. Heres another reason for the rally. Terrific performance from major retailers, target, out today with a blowout report. Online sales nearly tripled. It was targets best overall growth rate ever. That stock is going straight up. Add this to the numbers from walmart, home depot and its clear the major retailers won big by staying open in the lockdown. Really, though, kind of tough on the smaller operators. Got to get to it. The convention, boring in my judgment. Tv ratings way down. Wheres the excitement . Everything is on tape and the whole thing lacks the spontaneity of a live crowd. The performance of the old guard, bill clinton, john kerry and a grim chuck schumer. The bright spot was aocs oneminute appearance. She nominated Bernie Sanders. The democrat
Its at the 27,000 level, up from 18,000 in march. Check your 401 k and smile. Whats going on here . Well, first theres a lot of talk about congress adding to the president s virus aid. The democrats made a big mistake walking away from mr. Trump from any deal, allowing the president to jump right in. Wall street would love another trillion or two of stimulus. Here we go. Can you believe this. Putin says russia has a vaccine. They have not finished Clinical Trials but his daughter has taken it. Im a skeptic. When the news broke, it did lift stock prices. We will tell you all we know. I do know this. Tim cook is a billionaire. He owns a chunk of the most valuable company in the world. Bernie sanders might not approve but i think its good to see a brilliant executive join the billionaires club. He and apple are wildly successful. All right. Look whats coming up. Maybe joe bidens choice for Vice President , maybe today. Hes boxed himself into an identity politics corner. A prediction that
Investors are increasingly pinning their hopes to a virus recovery on the vaccine so modernas news is helping the market this monday morning. And its own stock, of course. The dow industrials, probably going to go up a few points, maybe 70. S p up about 12. The nasdaq, up 85 points. Green this monday morning. Next headline, gold. The price is now at an alltime high, closing in on 2,000 an ounce. A weak dollar plus the fear of a postvirus bout of inflation, plus the u. S. china escalation, all pushing the price to, what, 1956 per ounce as of right now. Were expecting the republicans to detail their trillion dollar stimulus plan perhaps today. 1200 checks, Liability Protection for business extended but reduced emergency unemployment bonuses. Larry kudlow on that later on todays program right here. Now, look at big tech. Top executives from four of them virtually testify to Congress Later this week. This is important. What are we going to do with the crown jewels of americas business . Ta
The dow industrials this wednesday morning are going to go up about 170 odd points at the opening bell. S p, modest gain. A fractional loss, though, for the nasdaq which is at the 11,000 level. Stocks overall getting help from the virus relief talks. Mitch mcconnell talking compromise. Senator schumer talking concessions from both sides. Theyre looking for a deal by the end of this week. My opinion, there is no way Congress Leaves Town friday without spending at least a trillion dollars. I think a deal is coming and the market likes it. Two stocks in the news and moving. Disney, up sharply despite losing 5 billion during the pandemic lockdown. Disney plus has 60. 5 million paid subscribers, 100 million overall and they are starting another streaming service next year. All of that helps. Disney is up seven. Novavax, their phase one trial showed their vaccine to be safe and created an immune response. That stock is way up, 30 bucks a share on the upside. All right. Something different. L