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turbinetree

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Tue Jun 30, 2020, 12:56 PM Jun 2020

Dow pops higher to join tech-driven rally as investors await Powell, Mnuchin testimony

on the coronavirus response

Published: June 30, 2020 at 12:24 p.m. ET
By Mark DeCambre

Within the U.S., COVID-19 infections have climbed in 35 states over the past 14 days, according to a New York Times tracker

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U.S. stock benchmarks rose midday Tuesday, as investors awaited a congressional hearing featuring Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that could provide more investor guidance about the government’s economic response to the rising numbers of coronavirus cases.

Tuesday marks the final day of the month, quarter and first half of the year, which may lead to some choppiness as investors make last-minute changes to their portfolios, and as investors continue to monitor COVID-19 developments, experts say.

The stock market will be closed on Friday in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-futures-bounce-around-as-investors-await-powell-mnuchin-testimony-on-the-coronavirus-response-2020-06-30?mod=home-page

Investors are waiting to see what these two have to say........ ............Let me say it, bullshit, the public still has no idea where over 550 billion went too........ .....and the senate is libertarian republicans are sitting on the Hero's Act................because the right wing senate thinks that taxpayer money is investors money and should be given to them........ .........., and the libertarian governors that think state rights during a pandemic over ride national security is a abject failure, we are now seeing it play out in real time again and again and the death toll keeps going up....... .......hey earth to United States..................the plan is not working, the entire country needs to shut down and contain this virus............JFC..................

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