Its on fire again. 3. 8 gain yesterday can something similar, up to and half percent again today. Why the big rally . Leader mcconnell says there will be a stimulus package probably this year and that helps. Divided government means no big tax hikes or green new deal, that helps. The fed will most certainly keep printing, so check your 4o1k and a smile. Lets deal with the election, the president ial winner still in doubt. It will come down to four battleground states, pennsylvania, North Carolina, georgia, nevada. Its close in all four states in the trunk team will go to court to make sure only valid votes votes are counted and we expect an update on the count in nevada. That state may be called today. Watch las vegas, 11 30 a. M. , but from campaign may be filing a legal challenge there also. This is the place to be if you follow money on politics. Varney co. Is about to begin. Stuart i wanted something more upbeat and lively with the market rally to die for. We will try next hour. Th
Town halls. Who came out on top . I will ask. Also coming up, pfizer announcing it will hopefully be able to move forward with its vaccine next month as americans try to hold out hope. We have the very latest on the trials and how they impact the investing. Of course, its all about your bottom line. We will talk about that at the bottom of the hour. All that and so much more on making money. Charles all right, folks. The markets bolted out of the gate initially powered by higher than expected retail sales through september. Huge number, crushing wall street. In fact, overall, up 1. 9 . The street was looking for up. 7 . More than 300 more above the 0. 4 in consensus and the control group which goes into the gdp report, up 1. 4 . Department stores, they saw a huge rebound, clothing popped as well. Even the internet, its interesting, though, because it had a more pedestrian move. Meanwhile, restaurants, they picked up really nicely as Grocery Stores seemed to have plateaued. Auto sales w
The question is, what is the catalyst that will get market to move higher. Were all over that. Speaker pelosi struggling to explain the holdup. I want this very much now. People need help now. No use giving them a false thing just because the president wants to put a check with his name on it in the mail. Charles okay. Well, this is not the ownly issue for democrats who are running out of the ways to try to stop the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett. Back on the hill for another day. I will ask rnc rep Liz Harrington about her performance. Deneen borelli is with us. Her take on rapper ice cube reaching out to the trump administration. All that and so much more on making money. Charles you know it is another quiet day on the markets. The broad market, i think this is a consolidation phase, right. Big recent gains in front of record levels for the major indices. Headwinds versus tailwinds. Narratives staying with this market the last two months. More or less on hold. Leaves investors won
Putting your money . Plus yesterday we brought you our america invests together virtual town hall. Well continue to answer your questions. As violence erupts across America Joe Biden tries to separate himself from the rye oats as he visits the ratest hot spot kenosha, wisconsin. His message of law and order is beginning to close the gap. All that and much more on making money. Charles the meek shall inherit the stock market rally. Dow jones industrial average, finally broke into the clear yesterday, out of the shadows of nasdaq and s p with a strong performance. It moved the index back above 29,000. Three major equity indices are floundering. It is clear money seeking out blue chip names. Within the s p 500, biggest losing sectors for the year, theyre coming on with h with gangbusters. They are universally loved. Stocks associated with reopening the economy are dominating the toppersage gainers, cdc there are reports out they want states to be ready for Vaccine Distribution by november
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