Dow jumps 350 points, hits record high as hopes of effective vaccines fuel market rally

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The Dow jumps more than 350 points, hitting a record high as hopes of effective vaccines fuel the market rally.

during a late-stage trial. The promising Moderna announcement makes the Massachusetts-based biotech firm the second drugmaker to say it has a potentially effective vaccine.

Wall Street was coming off a mixed weekly performance in which beaten-down value names led the way higher at the expense of high-flying growth names. The Dow climbed 4% last week, and the S&P 500 notched a 2.2% one-week gain. The Nasdaq Composite lagged, however, sliding 0.6%. "Encouraging vaccine news continues to support pro-cyclical and value sectors, which have seen strong relative performance this month after a period of historic underperformance," said Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide, wrote in a note. "Supporting this rotation is the prospect for additional stimulus, continued improvement in earnings, a historic valuation gap and the prospect for improving global trade under a Biden administration.

More than 11 million Covid-19 infections have been confirmed in the U.S., according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Data from thealso showed that a record of more than 68,500 people in the U.S. are hospitalized with the coronavirus.

 

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Rich get richer. Everyone else, meh.

The stock market has NOTHING, I repeat NOTHING, to do with the economy.

6 million missed rent and/or mortgage payments in September. Eviction/foreclosure moratorium expires on 31 Dec. But all is fantastic as far as Wall Street is concerned

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Record high...Hope.?

Euphoria fueled by hopes instead of fundamentals.

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