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• Dow surges over 400 points as U.S. stocks finish sharply higher on Election Day
  Heading into election night, stocks delivered their strongest session...
  Heading into election night, stocks delivered their strongest session in weeks on fresh signs of economic strength even while Treasury yields and volatility eased. How things go tomorrow could depend on what investors know by then, and the big question might be unanswered when Wednesday's opening bell rings.
  
  "Remember, Joe Biden was not declared the winner until the Saturday after Election Day in 2020, and the polls were not nearly as tight in the run-up to that race as they have been in 2024," said Michael Townsend, managing director, legislative and regulatory affairs at Schwab. "Market volatility is likely to increase this week if we have ongoing uncertainty about the outcome."
  
  He added, "Markets don't care much about the outcome, but the markets are eager for an outcome. Investors, like most people, mostly just want the election behind them."
  
  If you're wondering how the outcome might affect the market, check the latest election insights from Schwab's experts. Issues like taxes, immigration, and the regulatory environment all could be affected by the results. You can also learn how to follow futures trading trends tonight as vote totals roll in.
  
  Here's where the major benchmarks ended:
  
  The S&P 500^® index (SPX) rose 70.07 points (1.23%) to 5,782.76; the Dow Jones Industrial Average^® ($DJI) added 427.28 points (1.02%) to 42,221.88; and the Nasdaq Composite^® ($COMP) increased 259.19 points (1.43%) to 18,439.17.
  
  The 10-year Treasury note yield (TNX) dropped two basis points to 4.29%.
  
  The CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX) slipped to 20.72.
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• Diamondback Swaps Delaware Assets, Pays $238MM For TRP's Midland Assets
  Fresh off closing a blockbuster acquisition of Endeavor Energy...
  Fresh off closing a blockbuster acquisition of Endeavor Energy Resources, Diamondback Energy is getting deeper in the Midland Basin through an acreage trade with TRP Energy.
  
  On Nov. 3, Diamondback and TRP entered into an agreement under which Diamondback will trade certain Delaware Basin assets and pay $238 million in cash in exchange for TRP’s Midland Basin assets.
  
  TRP’s Midland assets include around 15,000 net acres in Upton and Reagan counties, Texas, and 55 remaining undeveloped operated locations, Diamondback said while announcing third-quarter earnings on Nov. 4. The deal also includes 18 DUCs.
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• Boeing machinists accept an offer, will return to work
  Fifty-nine percent of the rank-and-file members of the International...
  Fifty-nine percent of the rank-and-file members of the International Association of Machinists at Boeing’s West Coast factories voted yes to the struggling plane company’s third contract offer, which will provide them with a 43% pay increase over the next four years. They will also get a ratification bonus of $12,000, but they won’t get the traditional pension plan they fought for. However, union leaders had urged the membership to vote yes on the offer and “lock in these gains and work to build more in future negotiations.” The Anderson Economic Group estimated that the workers lost $600 million in wages while striking, and Boeing lost $6.5 billion through the end of last week. The biggest loser was the US economy, which shed $11.5 billion due to the strike. The union members will return to work tomorrow.
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• ☕️What Else is Brewing Election Day Morning
  Exploding packages bound for North America traced back to Russia. In...
  Exploding packages bound for North America traced back to Russia. In July, two “incendiary devices” caught fire at DHL facilities in Leipzig, Germany, and Birmingham, UK, respectively. European investigators just revealed that the packages contained electric massagers “implanted with a magnesium-based flammable substance,” according to the Wall Street Journal, which were sent from Lithuania. Officials say the packages were sent by a proxy for Russian spies and that they were part of a broader plot to test whether dangerous packages could infiltrate the US and Canada. When asked for comment by the Wall Street Journal, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the story “traditional unsubstantiated insinuations from the media.
  
  The treasurer of America PAC, through which Elon Musk is running his $1 million daily “lottery,” said in a hearing that the recipients “are not chosen by chance.” Regardless, a judge rejected the Philadelphia district attorney’s request to halt the contest.
  
  First-time homebuyers in 2024 had a median income of $97,000, and their median age was 38.
  
  ​​OpenAI and Jeff Bezos invested in Physical Intelligence, a robot startup with the aim of “bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world.”
  
  A former Ohio police officer was found guilty of the murder of Andre Hill in 2020.
  
  Colleges are charging “talent fees” and “athletic surcharges” on sports tickets and at concessions stands to help offset the pay college athletes now receive.
  
  
  
   
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• U.S. stocks finish lower ahead of Election Day
  Wall Street lost ground in a stagnant session as investors waited for...
  Wall Street lost ground in a stagnant session as investors waited for tomorrow's election. Losses were limited, though, as investors seemed in no mood to take on large new positions in either direction with so much uncertainty in the air.
  
  Though major indexes ended in the red, a rallying Treasury market showed signs of life and the benchmark 10-year Treasury note (TNX:CGI) yield dropped from Friday's four-month highs. Yields move the opposite direction of Treasuries. 
  
  "The rally looks like the unwinding of election-related trades of the past few weeks," said Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at Schwab. "Yields had moved up more than was justified by the economic data and are now re-adjusting lower."
  
  Whoever ends up in the White House, long-term investors should ignore the noise and focus on their goals and financial plans. Presidential elections have historically had very little impact on markets—stocks, for example, are more influenced by corporate earnings, monetary policy, and economic data than the election outcome.
  
  Here's where the major benchmarks ended:
  
  The S&P 500^® index (SPX) dipped 16.11 points (–0.28%) to 5,712.69; the $DJI dropped 257.59 points (–0.61%) to 41,794.60; and the $COMP lost 59.93 points (–0.33%) to 18,179.98.
  
  The 10-year Treasury note yield (TNX) fell five basis points to 4.31%.
  
  The CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX) edged up to 22.11, still below last week's peaks.
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