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
Arizona for First Time Since 1996 and thats where we will begin this morning as the president continues his legal challenges today. President elect biden winning the state of arizona, thats according to nbc news decision desk overnight further cementing his victory in last weeks election biden now holds 290 electoral votes, to trumps 217. Georgia and North Carolina are the ones that are still too close to call, jim but if you put those two together, even flipping those for the president would not be enough yeah, look, carl, this matters tremendously there was a lot of uncertainty in the last four days that perhaps the president wouldnt leave the white house, the legal challenges would go on forever, december 13th would come, 14th is the last day, and there would be no concession about the electoral college. And this kind of makes it so that it is less likely, plus the attack on fox, believe it or not, made people realize maybe there is a second life, maybe a station that will be owned
Be made permanent and the speaker of the house is rather ominously warning that quote the enemy is within. The acting chief of the Capitol Police department recommended the fence remain around our Capitol Building indefinitely and that there be a Back Up Force always stationed nearby to respond to any such violence. This follows yesterdays warning from our own department of Homeland Security about the potential for attacks by those inspired by the assault three weeks ago now. And an attack even Donald Trumps former defense second said was fomented by the former president and all of it because of the big lie. A lot of members of congress have received threats to their lives while in washington. And back home in their districts. 32 members of congress have now asked House Leadership for more protection. We will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the house of representatives. A threat that members are concerned about. In addition to what is
Attacks by those inspired by the assault three weeks ago now. An attack even Donald Trumps former Defense Secretary now says was, quote, fomented by the former president. All of it in service to the big lie. Since january 6th, a lot of Members Of Congress are reporting, 32 Members Of Congress have now asked House Leadership for more protection. We will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the house of representatives. A threat that members are concerned about in addition to what is happening outside. What did you mean that the enemy is within in. We want to bring gun on the floor and have threatened violence on other Members Of Congress. There is of course already tension over initial moves to enhance Safety Procedures like Metal Detectors which some republican members have walked around, refusing to use. But there is also increasing anger among democrats about other members of the house, like freshman republican Marjorie Taylor greene of
Away from the alltime record high, there you have it the worlds most valuable company, apple the stock is up again, the worlds most innovative dynamic seller, amazon the stock is up again. The market, that is digested a lot of Bank Earnings already, goldman did very well in the dow is looking at 80point gain and look at the nasdaq up about 26, 27point again, i see a lot of green this wednesday morning. Heres the headline dueling townhouse tomorrow night instead of a second debate, mr. Trump working with nbc, joe biden working with abc, obvious question why not reinstate the debate, the Electoral Commission really blew it by insisting on virtual. Did you see Speaker Pelosi getting rattled on cnn, in primetime will blitzer asked her what was wrong with the president 1. 8 trillion stimulus plan, why not pick up the phone, call the president and make a deal. She became very flustered and accused blitzer and his colleagues of being an apologist for republicans. Have you ever watched online