A Wall Street Record, and Why India Cut 130 Million Names From Its Voter Roll

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  From the New York Times, it's the headlines.

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  I'm Will Jarvis, in for Tracy Mumford.

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  Today's Wednesday, October 7th.

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  Here's what we're covering.

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  Wall Street has reached a new record high.

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  Yesterday, the S&P 500, the world's most widely tracked stock index, ticked up to an all-time peak,

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  blowing past a series of other records it set earlier this year.

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  Overall, since January, the index has shot up more than 14%.

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  I think these things can sometimes seem counterintuitive because we see war in Iran,

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  we see war in Ukraine, we see rising deficits, more government debt,

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  we see affordability issues in the US and people struggling just to make ends meet each day.

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  But that's not what the stock market reflects.

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  The stock market reflects the profits of the biggest companies in the country.

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