
Across the board, there was nothing but green in the markets Tuesday. The Labor Department reported that inflation was unchanged from September to October. Further, consumer prices last month rose 3.2%, 50 basis points lower than a year ago, and the smallest increase since June.
As I write this with a few minutes left in the day’s trading, the S&P 500 is up 1.90%, the Dow 1.36%, the Nasdaq has gained nearly 2.4%, and the Russell 2000, which represents smaller stocks, is up a whopping 5.3%.