Nov 10, 2020
Stock market investors try to look beyond the pandemic
An electronic billboard in Times Square announces "stocks soar on vaccine hopes" on November 9, 2020 in New York City.
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It's not "stay-at-home" stocks like Zoom doing well so far this week. Plus, the number of confirmed COVID cases in the U.S. surpassed 10 million. We spoke to people who say they're still not worried about the coronavirus at all.
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Big money shifting in markets with an eye on the world less restricted by COVID-19
Marketplace’s Nova Safo reports.
Is it too premature to be looking forward to a post-COVID future?
Jeffrey Cleveland, chief economist at Payden & Rygel, says we should “just pause and soak up the optimism for a second,” given everything that’s been going on in the world. “I think it’s good that there’s some light at the end of the tunnel for the world and for investors with regard to this pandemic,” Cleveland said.
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