The Dow rose 116 points, its first gain in four sessions.

The S and P 500 climbed 30.

The NASDAQ jumped 198.

Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen told lawmakers in her confirmation hearing Tuesday that this economy needs a big stimulus package toe offset the slump caused by the health crisis.

Neither the president elect nor I proposed this release relief package without an appreciation for the country's debt burden.

But right now, with interest rates to historic lows, the smartest thing we can do is act big in the long run.

I believe the benefits will far outweigh the costs, especially if we care about helping people who have been struggling for a very long time.

Those were the words Wall Street wanted to hear, says vascular capitals Geoff Thomas alot.

So when we have this stimulus package coming out, you have thio see the future and say to yourself Hey, people are obviously going to use that money to do both.

They're going to invest.

They're going to spend money.

And on top of that, we have a vaccine that is starting toe work, right.

If you think six months out where we're gonna have a lot of pent up people that want to travel and they're going to spend more money in the next five or six months, I think that's where you're seeing a little bit of a pop today.

Wall Street also had to digest corporate earnings.

Bank of America Beat fourth Quarter Profit Forecast Goldman Sachs saw its quarterly profit more than double, but the big news of the day came after the close from Netflix.

Faced with increased competition from Disney Plus and a growing list of others, the streaming giant still trampled paid subscriber forecasts.

It took an 8.51 million new watchers last quarter, almost 2.5 million Mawr than expected.