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On Monday (14), the first batch of new corona vaccines is about to be released, and the new US rescue case is expected to break the deadlock and launch a new rescue case. US cruise and aviation stocks
However, as the new crown epidemic heats up and the death toll from the new crown in the United States surpasses 300,000, New York City Mayor Bai Sihao and New York Governor Cuomo They warned that they might be psychologically prepared for another complete blockade. Dow Jones turned red in the last few hours of trading and fell nearly 200 point, technology chip stocks remain in the general market, the Nasdaq and Fei received middle red.
Senators and congressmen from both parties are trying to push through a $ 908 billion compromise bill. One of the plans is for $ 748 billion, including subsidies for the unemployed in small businesses. The other $ 160 billion split involves making the two parties. Terms that have fallen into serious disagreement include assistance to state and local governments, and corporate exemptions.
Electoral colleges in each state will formally vote on Monday to formally elect the next president. As of 4:55 pm ET (Tuesday, Taipei time), voters in all but two states have voted. Biden received 247 electoral votes, while Trump received 232 votes. Biden is expected to get 306 electoral votes in the White House.
The global epidemic of new corona pneumonia (COVID-19) continues to have a fever. Before the deadline, according to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the number of confirmed cases worldwide has exceeded 72.33 million and the number of deaths has exceeded 1.61 million . More than 16.25 million cases were diagnosed and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 300,000.
The UK announced on Monday that it had discovered 1,000 variants of the new corona virus, triggering the rapid spread of the epidemic in south-east England. The United Kingdom maximized the restrictions to prevent the epidemic in England.
Monday (14) the performance of the four main US stock indices:
- The Dow Jones Index fell 184.82 points, or 0.62%, to close at 29,861.55.
- The S&P 500 Index fell 17.96 points, or 0.49%, to close at 3,645.50 points.
- The Nasdaq index rose 62.17 points, or 0.50%, to close at 12,440.04 points.
- The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 32.17 points, or 1.19%, to close at 2,736.25 points.
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The five kings of science and technology mixed. Apple (AAPL-US) fell 0.51%; Facebook (FB-US) rose 0.23%; Alphabet (GOOGL-US) fell 1.27%; Amazon (AMZN-US) rose 1.30%; Microsoft (MSFT-US) was up 0.44%.
The 30 shares of the Dow Jones closed more in the black. Disney (DIS-US) fell 3.65%; Chevron (CVX-US) fell 3.26%; Merck (MRK-US) fell 2.42%; Johnson & Johnson (JNJ-US) fell 2.54%.
The shares of half of Fei’s components rose sharply. Qualcomm (QCOM-US) was up 1.39%; AMD (AMD-US) was up 3.42%; Intel (INTC-US) was up 1.49%; NVIDIA (NVDA-US) was up 2.27%; Micron (MU-US) was up 1.43%.
UMC ADR performs best on Taiwan stocks. TSMC ADR (TSM-US) fell 0.45%; ASE ADR (ASX-US) fell 0.54%; UMC ADR (UMC-US) rose 1.23%; Chunghwa Telecom ADR (CHT-US) was up 0.37%.
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On Monday, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced that, in accordance with antitrust law, it will punish the three cases of merger of Alibaba with Yintai Commercial, the acquisition of Xinli Media by China Reading Group from Tencent Holdings and the acquisition of China Post. Smart Delivery by Fengchao. Alibaba (BABA-US) fell 3.22% and Tencent Holdings ADR (TCEHY-US) fell more than 2%.
JPMorgan Chase (Xiao Mo) analysts said that the current overall sales performance of the iPhone 12 series, iPhone 12 Pro continued to gain momentum, continues to put pressure on existing supply, but demand for iPhone 12 Pro Max is slowing . Apple (AAPL-US) fell 0.39%.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine, and the first batch of Pfizer’s new corona vaccine was distributed from Michigan to the United States. The FDA plans to ship 6 million doses of Moderna’s new corona vaccine after approving the Moderna vaccine this week, which is exactly double the amount that Pfizer first issued. Pfizer (PFE-US) fell 4.64% and Moderna (MRNA-US) fell 1.19%.
Services related to YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive fell without warning on Monday. The company later responded that services had been restored, but did not explain why. Additionally, Google announced that it would allow employees to work from home, and as of September 2021, parent company Alphabet (GOOGL-US) fell 1.27%.
Wall Street Analysis
Brent Schutte, investment strategist at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management, said the market is fluctuating back and forth due to possible additional lockdown. Investors should focus on economic stimulus and vaccine news, this is a tug of war
Jean Boivin, director of the BlackRock Investment Institute, said in a report Monday that vaccine distribution will begin to bring disruptive changes, despite disappointing employment data in the United States in recent weeks, and several European countries announced in recent days before Christmas. Take stricter lockdown measures to control the epidemic. Vaccine distribution is a clear idea for decision makers, families and businesses to enter the post-epidemic phase.
The Fed will hold its last interest rate meeting of the year on Tuesday and Wednesday. Neil Dutta, chief economist at Renaissance Macro Research, said the financial environment is still conducive to economic activities, so the Fed is waiting for the opportunity. At this week’s meeting, the Fed may provide more forward-looking quantitative easing guidance on its asset purchase plan, tying it to the future economy, but it will not increase the scale of asset purchases.
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