December 8, 2021

By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora

To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today.

Good News

Please click here for a chart of semiconductor ETF (SMH).

Note the following:

• There is good news from Pfizer this morning. Three doses of the vaccine neutralize omicron in laboratory tests.
  • It is not known if this positive data from the lab will hold up in real life.
  • There are many cases of people with three doses being infected with omicron.
  • To understand the market behavior, investors should pay attention to the market reaction to the news.
    • Yesterday near the close, news came from South Africa that there was a 41 fold drop in the antibodys’ capacity to neutralize omicron compared with the original virus.