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The strongest week since back to april. However, you have to put that in context. Two weeks ago was a lousy week in fact, two weeks ago the dow lost just over 1800 points, down by 1833 points last week the dow was up by 1821 points so that was a giveback for the dow kind of starting things over if you look at the other major averages, they got back much more ground than they had lost the previous week. Last week the s p was up 329 points after being down 195 the week before and the nasdaq was up by 983 points last week after losing 636 points the week before but again these gains this morning are significant ones they are adding to what we saw last week. Also, take a look at whats happening in the treasury market youll see that right now the treasury, the tenyear, is yielding 0. 812 so its stabilized after bouncing around quite a bit during the election and the election counting last week stabilized at 0. 812 andrew thanks, becky our top story this morning, president elect biden wastin ....
There say couple of people in some room in pennsylvania, i dont know who they are, i dont know if theyre working yet, maybe not up yet, maybe working 9 00 to 5 00, i dont know who are going to determine what matters the most, i can put a price multiple on bristolmyers better than anybody in the world unless you tell me there is a big sweep or something that is going to happen. You know when you deal with a lot of the companies were looking at, the price sharing multiple will be decided by the notch up or down by the president ial election. I think you dont think over the last two yesterdays trading session, potentially what were going to see today, the market is already making a decision in terms of who it thinks the president is going to be and what the composition of senate is going to be. Yes, it is. Youre talking about workers in rooms as though theyre make the decision, the decisions have been made, theyre simply doing an envelope, taking a ballot out and putting it in a pile so i ....
Discussion this evening. Francine we are not brexit free, i have just been sparing you. We have actually been increasing the numbers of icu beds because people need them more. And brexit negotiations are ongoing. There is still the selfimposed deadline of october 15. ,om and i want to make clear the case dynamics in europe are extraordinary for the slopes of those curves are distressing. Its been an extraordinary thursday. Thank you to our team for an incredible news flow. It seems like we are doing the same thing today, we are waiting for washington to wake up and drive forward. Heres riddick group to with the first word news. With first word news. The Global Food Program was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. They especially operate in conflict zones. To 100 millionse people in 88 countries last year. The white house is shifting its position in stimulus package, ag ....
Points the s p which is then up five out of the last six weeks and up the last six sessions in a row is up by 5. 5 this morning and then the nasdaq which has been this incredible out performer for months on end is the other performer this morning its down by 13 points but remember nasdaq was only down friday after being up for several sessions in a row. Setting a new high every one of the closes. The s p is less than 1 from its all time high. Its up back in february the treasury markets youll see right now. The treasury yields are where they have been the ten year is at 0. 556 . Melissa. We have an update on the pandemic the United States surpassed covid cases. It took just six weeks for u. S. Covid cases to double. The growth appears to have leveled off at an average of 54,000 per day over the last week in College Sports news over the weekend the mid american conference scrap ....
There are two parts to the story here. The first is the spike in coronavirus cases which the market seems to be shrugging off. But the second part is stimulus, extension of the ppp program. Which is more important right now. At least when it comes to investors. I think the shrugging off part is the most important. Investors saying no matter what happens with the coronavirus well not go back into lockdown and number two, the ppp and other stimulus measures will over the past several months help dampen the blow lets say. Jackie right. Sometimes the markets can be spot on sort of looking forward. You mentioned the fact they think no more shutdowns. Well continue to recover. The economy is going to reopen slowly but surely. Sometimes the markets will get it wrong. What if there is an unforeseen event here . What if the young people that are contracting the virus do potentially spread it to the more vulnerable and older populations . What if the market is miscalculating adam . I dont think ....