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Today is 2021's first quadruple witching day – a day when options and futures contracts expire.
What the definition doesn't tell you is how this can have a huge effect on the stock market – driving stock buying that sends shares soaring higher, or triggering a sell-off next week that delivers wild volatility.
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The Dow Jones today is off after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has adjourned the Senate until November 9.
This seals the potential for another stimulus package to come no earlier than February.
Meanwhile, we're seeing lackluster earnings reports from big firms and COVID-19 cases spreading across the country.
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The Dow Jones now is struggling to rebound as four mega-cap stocks reporting earnings.
Today could be an important pivot point after the worst selloff in several months.
Look for earnings reports from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon.com Inc.
(NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet (NASADAQ: GOOGL) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB).
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The Dow Jones today is off again with a surge in COVID cases.
U.S.
deaths have surpassed 225,000, according to Johns Hopkins.
Meanwhile investors grapple with lackluster earnings reports and the ongoing failure of Congress to get a stimulus package off the table.
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The Dow Jones today will attempt to rebound from Monday’s huge selloff.
Markets started the week under pressure due to a surge of new COVID-19 cases across the United States.
There is also doubt that Congress and the White House will come together on a stimulus relief plan by the election.
President Donald Trump faces off against rival Joe Biden next Tuesday.
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The Dow Jones now is off after the number of U.S.
COVID cases hit a new record high over the weekend – 83,000 daily.
An outbreak across the Sun Belt states continues to rise, according to data.
Concerns that the U.S.
will be unable to contain the virus were echoed over the weekend by White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
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The Dow Jones today is struggling after news broke that Iran is attempting to interfere in the U.S.
presidential election.
This was accompanied by news that Russia had obtained Americans' voter information.
John Radcliffe, Director of National Intelligence, said that Iran has been sending spoof emails aimed at inciting political unrest and intimidating voters.
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The Dow Jones today is struggling on stimulus talks ahead of elections, even with positive earnings expectations from companies like Tesla Inc.
(NASDAQ: TSLA) and Verizon Communications (NASDAQ: VZ).
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The Dow Jones now is gaining as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are working to solve differences with a potential stimulus deal in the coming days.
In addition, the market received positive news on the state of COVID-19 vaccine.
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The Dow Jones now could bounce back after a week of COVID losses on Capitol Hill.
The pressure was due to fleeting hope about stimulus negotiations between the White House and Democratic leaders.
While President Trump has expressed his willingness to increase his offer to Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he didn’t plan to introduce a large fiscal stimulus bill on the Senate floor.
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