Close at the open. The road map begins with that renewed vaccine optimism and detailing their own strong data. Plus as for the market, the u. S. Stocks poised for new records and the futures are and investor optimism about that vaccine and dow is within striking distance of 30,000. We have a lot of deals this morning. Pnc looking to become one of americas largest banks and set to buy spanish bank and 11. 6 billion the Purchase Price and other deals to tell you about this morning carl lets start with the moderna news excellent news for the second week in a row. Dr. Fauci on some of the networks earlier today saying the data are striking and the results are just as good as it gets i really think we have to go back just a couple months and recognize that even if we had any hope that there would be a successful vaccine maybe 70 , 80 . 50 to 60 for the flu is something we learned moderna Insider Selling was bad and turns out the Insider Selling was bad meaning they sold badly i do think wha
Level as the controversy continues. President biden met with his Economic Team at the white house today, the administration has not yet said much on the controversy only saying talk to the sec and the feds are monitoring the situation. Strong backlash by some lawmakers including alexandria ocasiocortez and republican ted cruz. Republican senator josh hawley talked about this on fox news earlier. What youve seen with this gamestop meltdown that wall street is having now is these folks at home have got more criticism and more scrutiny than the people who singlehandedly crash the entire Financial Market in 2008. And they got bailed out, the government bailed out those people. It shows you that the fix is in. John White House Correspondent Kristin Fisher picks up reporting for us on this friday live on the north lawn. For the third day in a row, the white house is declining to weigh in on this controversy that has consumed both wall street and main street. The White House Press secretary w
In china. China rolls out its fiveyear plan, promising to build a tech powerhouse. Coming his party also wants greater sustainability. At the ecb says more stimulus is coming as eu governments proposed new virus lockdowns. It says bond buying and support wont seize until the covid wont cease until the covid crisis dies down. Shery quick check of the markets, u. S. Futures coming online under pressure, down 1 after disappointing markets in earnings. We managed to end the session higher by more than 1 , s p 500 gaining the most in two weeks. We had strong data to surge Third Quarter u. S. Economic growth and a decline in weekly jobless claims. That recovery in the u. S. , setting us up for a recovery in asia as well. Look at new zealand trading at the moment, ever so slightly higher, asx futures pointing to a gain of. 4 , reversing declines of 1. 6 we saw thursday. Nikkei futures pointing higher, a little weakness though in seoul. Top story, plenty of action after the bell in the u. S. W
Two side by side comparing their policies and personalities. We have a live preview. Plus we hear from the Trump Campaign. All that and so much more on making money. Charles all right, so after a couple of strong sessions the market settling back, lets call it a more anxious posture if you will. Despite the bounce, most key technical hurdles they were not cleared on the upside. Then unknowns from exogenous forces. Theyre all still in place. The stimulus questions out there, politics, of course and the coronavirus. Now beyond those issues there are traditional inputs into the market, things that normally move it like earnings and valuations. How to balance the two in an environment that has most stocks substantially lower for the year . Will we see this really change . How does this needle move and how do you make money . Here to help with these answers bny mellon chief strategist alicia levine. We have Payne Capital group, which im not affiliated. Ryan payne. Alicia, just how critical
Clerk thank you, very much. All right. We have quorum. Thank you. Greetings and welcome for joining todays board of education meeting. Knowing that we all know this, i would like to say these are stressful and strange times, times we never thought would be visited upon us. I thought it was strange enough trying to wait out and resist the person currently occupying the white house. But now things have gotten more bizarre with the same person trying to bully students, families and teachers and other staff back into school buildings. Thats what were dealing with. Thats what its come to. Today we will be absorbing our fall learning plan. I know many will find aspects they will object to but this will find solace in the approach. This is the time for us to pull together collectively to row lie upon one another to make this year as good and meaningful as it can be for our childrens sake. And to continue to find, within ourselves, a sense of grace and compassion and flexibility as we move for