Financial News and Portfolio Management Discussion through November 14th

Global stocks surged over the week on news of highly effective vaccine results with US stocks ending the week at a new record high.  The S&P 500 rose 2.2% and the Dow surged 4.1% for the week.  Abroad, the FTSE All World Ex US climbed 2.9% for the week.  The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose over the week to end at 0.89%.

Results from a vaccine candidate from Pfizer showed 90% effectiveness, much higher than anticipated.

Coronavirus hospitalizations set a new record on Wednesday, while a record 150,00 new cases were reported on Thursday.

New US jobless claims fell to their lowest level since March at 709,000.

With most S&P 500 companies reporting earnings, analysts project profits fell 7.5% from a year earlier, much better than the expected 21% drop.

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