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
Member at your place of worship. Maybe it saves the lives of one of your childrens teachers. Maybe it saves your lives. So, please, i implore you, wear a mask do it for yourself do it for your neighbor. A mask is not a political statement, but it is a good way to start pulling the country together i want to be very clear. The goal of mask wearing is not to make your life less comfortable or take something away from you. Its to give Something Back to all of us, a normal life the goal is to get back to normal as fast as possible and masks are critical in doing that it wont be orever, but thats how well get our nation back, back up to speed economically so we can go back to celebrating birthdays and holidays again so we can attend sporting events again, so we can get back to the lives and connections we shared before the pandemic. It doesnt matter whether or not we always agree with one another. It doesnt matter who you voted for. We are americans and our country is under threat. And now
Come on, jon. Theent an hour reviewing dynamics. Theres been a real deterioration. Mike Allen Publishing moments ago for axios, and he melds the two stories together. Hes focused on wisconsin and montana being those swing states with huge pandemic issues. Jonathan and yet, wheres biden and harris going to be this week . Biden in georgia, harris in texas. Who would have thought that was to the election, those are the two places they would be. Tom georgia has really been front and center. Londonitical analyst in Francine Lacqua mentions she is focused on george as well. Jonathan new restrictions across the continent, and what are we not talking about this morning . We are not talking about stimulus conversations. This market adjusting lower. Lisa perhaps you can blame the fact that we havent gotten a fiscal deal. Week, wasch a huge andt days to the election, the data does stay pretty soft. 10 00 a. M. , we are getting u. S. Newhome sales. Expect deceleration in the full number based not
Tomorrow. We will have our fed coverage as usual. Then onto an exceptionally busy end of the week. Theres no question about it, you wonder where this stimulus debate will be in washington by the end of the week and into the sunday talk shows. Jonathan 98 days until the election, you would think washington, d. C. Would get it together. Just as the economy starts to roll over, as that recovery starts to plateau, the collective will to do a whole lot more fades. That is the story, and it is always the story you when you exit the immediate crisis, the collective will fades. Tom Lawrence Kudlow still talking about a vshaped recovery. I am looking at the 3m and 16 , 20 s, unemployment. Where is the recovery . Jonathan as of q3, theres your v. After that you rollover. That is what everyone is expecting, even with the reopening. Everyone expected that mechanical lift as you go from shut down to reopen pretty much every economist expected it to fade as we got deeper into the summer. The big con
That is highly unusual. There is an effort to do the facetime, but lets not kid ourselves, they are far, far apart. I cant convey that for everyone in america, the clock is ticking for july 28. Francine rent needs to be paid and fees. Lets get to the bluebird first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. The bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell unveiled the republican proposal, House Speaker nancy pelosi called it pathetic are capped she says she will try to fight , and she says she will try to fight. The hardest hit u. S. States after Health Officials posed unpopular members like closing bars and requiring masks. Texas had its lowest total in two weeks. Now states wonder whether they can keep infection rates down until a vaccine arrives. China is buying american imports, but not enough to hit returns of the two nation trade deal, according to bloomberg calculations based on chinese come sims Chinese Customs A