Stocks Fall as Stimulus Plan Stalls & More Stimulus Updates...

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 We are on the stimulus 'see-saw' again. 

Yesterday, Mnuchin said that it was a 'very good' chance that a stimulus plan would be passed before the election. Now he is saying a new stimulus plan most likely won't happen before November.


Mnuchin: Deal on Coronavirus Stimulus Will Be ‘Difficult’ to Reach Before Election


SOURCE:  Claire Hansen, US News World & Report


Stocks Fall as Stimulus Hopes Fade, Banks Slump: Markets Wrap

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/stocks-drop-on-mnuchin-s-remarks-as-banks-tumble-markets-wrap/ar-BB19ZBuo?ocid=uxbndlbing

SOURCE:  Rita Nazarath and Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg (via MSN Money)


The stock market's near-term fate could be decided by the tight Senate race as stimulus remains in limbo, Morgan Stanley says


SOURCE:  Ben Winck, Markets Insider 

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