halloween friday october 31st. good evening, everyone. well, nothing spooky or scary about this halloween friday on wall street. both the dow and the s&p 500 surged to record highs this friday and posted gains of 2% or more despite all those wild swings. after today s wild rally, investors can thank investment bank for the stimulus plan. also helping, some strong economic data right here at home. the shoppers index in the midwest rows more than expected. consumer sentiment hit its highest level in more than seven years. even though consumer spending fell last month for the first time since january, personal income rows nearly 1%, the biggest increase in more than six years. so add it all up, and it was a blockbuster day on wall street. the dow skyrocketed at almost 200 points, closing at 2,390. the s&p added 23 to the new high of 2,018. looking at the scorecard for october, the dow was up 2%, the nasdaq jumped 3% and the s&p added more than 2%. bob pisanti has more on this
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halloween friday october 31st. good evening, everyone. well, nothing spooky or scary about this halloween friday on wall street. both the dow and the s&p 500 surged to record highs this friday and posted gains of 2% or more despite all those wild swings. after today s wild rally, investors can thank investment bank for the stimulus plan. also helping, some strong economic data right here at home. the shoppers index in the midwest rows more than expected. consumer sentiment hit its highest level in more than seven years. even though consumer spending fell last month for the first time since january, personal income rows nearly 1%, the biggest increase in more than six years. so add it all up, and it was a blockbuster day on wall street. the dow skyrocketed at almost 200 points, closing at 2,390. the s&p added 23 to the new high of 2,018. looking at the scorecard for october, the dow was up 2%, the nasdaq jumped 3% and the s&p added more than 2%. bob pisanti has more on this
syria, i.s.i.l., whatever, is not relevant to. this it s not affecting us one way or the other. we have one set of criteria in our mind. charlie: we conclude with our political panel looking at the med-term elections. david lee, john dickerson, nancy corps december and anthony salbano. the democrats have been talking about the republicans nonstop. you look in north carolina, for example, not only is tom tillis talking about kay hagan s relationship with president obama but crossroads, super pac republicans running three adds against kay hagan, all saying she voted with barack obama 90% of the time, connected to barack obama. on the house side, national republican organization dealing with house races. almost all their commercials make this connection with barack obama. the problem for democrat, have been trying to emphasize every issue but barack obama but have had difficulty. charlie: and we talk poll six when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications fr
halloween friday october 31st. good evening, everyone. well, nothing spooky or scary about this halloween friday on wall street. both the dow and the s&p 500 surged to record highs this friday and posted gains of 2% or more despite all those wild swings. after today s wild rally, investors can thank investment bank for the stimulus plan. also helping, some strong economic data right here at home. the shoppers index in the midwest rows more than expected. consumer sentiment hit its highest level in more than seven years. even though consumer spending fell last month for the first time since january, personal income rows nearly 1%, the biggest increase in more than six years. so add it all up, and it was a blockbuster day on wall street. the dow skyrocketed at almost 200 points, closing at 2,390. the s&p added 23 to the new high of 2,018. looking at the scorecard for october, the dow was up 2%, the nasdaq jumped 3% and the s&p added more than 2%. bob pisanti has more on this