Saw their shadows, got spooked and sold, a lot, as in practically everything. Banks, no, consumer stocks, out of here . Every sector in the s p 500 except utilities ended the day lower. Gx gx was the biggest drag on the dow, contributing 55 points to the indexs loss. Lets take a look at the numbers, shall we . The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 296 points, 1. 8 , its worst day in more than two weeks. Nasdaq dropped 103 points or 2. 25 and the s p 500 fell 36. One of the catalysts, oil. All 5. 5 of oil finishing below 30 a barrel. And the results from two Oil Majors Show just how much pain there is in the energy sector. Exxonmobils earnings were cut in half. Its fifth straight quarterly profit decline, while bp reported its worst annual loss in decades. Exxonmobil saw more than 2 , bp dropped 8. Morgan brennan has the ugly details. Reporter exxonmobil and bp the latest to report steep earnings drops, as Oil Stays Lower for longer. Shares of bp sank after the British Oil Major reported 91 quarterly plunge in profit. It made just enough to cover capital expenditures, but not enough to cover the 7 dividend, borrowing to do so. Even so, management affirms it has enough cash to maintain that payout through 2017, adding it will lay off another 7,000 workers, or nearly 9 of its staff over the same time period. Exxonmobil, which analysts consider the defense trade within energy, held up relatively better. The u. S. Oil giant posted a 58 drop in earnings. The first time quarterly profits dipped below 3 billion since 2002. Exxon slashing spending by 25 this year, a substantial cut to that company. But again, the dividend remains the top priority. Even if management suspends share buybacks for the first time in 15 years. Analysts say it makes sense to fervently protect those payouts, even if those Companies Take a hatchet to investments. I think for a lot of companies, exxon, as well as others across the space, the Growth Investors have largely are headed for the exits, and i think protection of the income investors is something thats first and foremost for a lot of these companies. Reporter still, shares of exxonmobil tumbled in trading, as u. S. Crude once again fell below 30 a barrel. Exxon and bps results come on the heels of chevron, which reported its first quarterly loss in more than 13 years. Later this week, Royal Dutch Shell is also expected to report that earnings fell by roughly 50 , and conocophillips is expected to post a loss. For nightly business report, im morgan brennan. Oil has been a major overhang for the market, but now theres a new worry emerging, politics. Bob pisani at the New York Stock Exchange explains why some investors are feeling the burn. Reporter wall street is starting to Pay Attention to the president ial elections. The fact that Bernie Sanders battled lick lick essentially to a tie in iowa has wall street concerned. Now, many are not happy with both ted cruz and lihillary clinton, but Bernie Sanders creates particular concern among the investing community. Theres the general comment, like the desire to impose taxes on wall street to pay for his program. He has talked about a transaction tax on trading that will be used to make public colleges and universities tuition free, for example. Not surprisingly, he wants to break up big banks and reinstate the glasssteagall act that prevents commercial banks from investing in the business. Ealso wants to put price control on pharmaceuticals. Its simple, for many traders, a Bernie Sanders presidency could mean nor legislation, more regulation, and more taxation. Art hogan joins us now to talk about whats troubling the markets. Its always good to see you, art. Welcome. Thanks, sue. Thank you very much for having me. Lets start first of all with oil, because that seems to be, you know, politics aside, yes, the Iowa Caucuses in the past in New Hampshire is looming large, but oil seems to be whats really resonating with investors. Yeah, it sure is. Its interesting, weve been very correlated with oil prices, much more so than we normally would be. And theres probably three reasons for that. We look at oil as a barometer for the global economy. And thats natural. I think this is much more a supply problem than it is a demand problem, but i think its a natural human instinct. And the other piece of the puzzle is, we look at oil prices and say to ourselves, well, how much money have banks lent these Oil Companies that have gone out and grown their business based on 75 oil. Now were sitting at 30. And that gets us concerned. And if, in fact, we stay at this level for a period of time, there will certainly be bankruptcies and will that have a spillover effect . Oil has certainly been a bother. Last week, we rallied from 26 and change to 34 and change, and the market rallied right with it. And were doing the exact same thing in reverse. Were back in the 29s, and you know, anything in the 20s is just a scary touch point for investors. Some oil and Gas Companies today, art, i dont need to tell you, were downgraded, their debt was. Is there a risk of a 2008style contagion if some of those companies go bust and dont pay their loans and could it reverberate back through the Banking System . Yes, there certainly is. I think thats the biggest concern, tyler. But i think we need to put that in perspective. Remember, in 2008, this was based on real estate. And then what happened after that crash, and banks have made a lot of, you know, money, making loans in the real estate market. And there was no buyer of last resort. People that wanted to get active in the Housing Market couldnt. Mortgages were shut down. You know, financing for real estate just froze up. So, a much larger catastrophe, if you will. Now, we look at energy. There are loans out. Its a much smaller percentage of banks, overall, Balance Sheet to Energy Companies. Its large enough to be scary, but certainly not large enough to be 2008. But its also hard assets behind that. So you have the property and the reserves, you know, that lie beneath this. Believe me, banks do not want to own Energy Companies and theyll do anything they can to either prepackage bankruptcies or sell off assets to other stronger Balance Sheet companies. Where does this put the fed . I mean, it seems to me that theyre kind of between a rock and a hard place, because if we do see start seeing largescale layoffs, that affects t s ths t employment metric, and in addition, with oil continuing to go down, they dont have inflation. As a matter of fact, some would argue, theyre faced with deflati deflation. Right, theres a mandate right there. If, in fact, we see more layoffs than weve already seen. And this has been going on for 17 months and the layoffs have been consistent. The jobs numbers look constructive. If that continues to pressure and that halo effect, those towns and areas that are dependent on energy and other businesses, well certainly have that effect. But i think the fed looks at energy and all Commodity Prices as basically transitory. With the kind of inflation theyd like to see is wage price pressure. Well learn about that at the end of the week. But ill certainly say, from the top of the question, the fed is in a real rock and a hard place situation, inso much as the sense since they raised rates for the first time in nine years in december, that data have been very mixed. Weve seen good data on things like housing and auto sales and mixed data on just about everything else, industrial production, capacitization, o i think theyll have to take a step back and say, we got that first liftoff of, but it may be a while, and may be the first half of 16 before we think about going again. Art hogan with wonderlick securities. And speaking of the federal reserve, one fed official is not concerned about the market sclilt. Kansas city fed president ester george, says the fed will maintain its path of hikes unless the policy changes. George says that the u. S. Economy is in, quote, a generally good position, end quote, and could support further rate increases. One industry benefitting from low oil and gas prices is autos. Sales last month were stronger than expected. In fact, it was the strongest january sales rate since 2000. For the big three, however, the results were a bit mixed. Chrysler reported a nearly 7 increase in sales, its 70th straight month of yearonyear monthly gains. Gm sales were mostly flat. Ford saw a decline of 2. 6 . But for the industry overall, sales are shifting into high gear. Phil lebeau reports. Reporter with the average gallon of gas selling for well under 2 in january, americas desires for trucks, suvs, and crossovers is running as strong as ever. Overall, january sales for individual automakers met expectations. Moving slightly hirgt or lower compared to last year. Despite a massive snowstorm hurting sales for a week, in some east coast markets, sales rebounded at the end of the month. Jeep in particular, remaining redhot, with sales last month surging 15 . With cheap gas driving americans towards bigger vehicles, its clear the traditional car is falling out of favor. At ford, car sales fell more than 12 last month. Overall, prices keep rising, as buyers continue replacing old cars and trucks, with newer models. A trend Auto Executives expect to continue over the next several months. Despite relatively strong sales in january, auto stocks remain stuck in neutral. A sign investors have little interest in the auto industry, even as it comes off of one of its strongest years ever. Phil lebeau, nightly business report, chicago. Still ahead, the tech Company Whose workforce could be nearly cut in half compared with just four years ago. A big win for tech companies. The u. S. Is and the European Union struck a deal that will make it easy for Companies Like facebook, google, and apple to send data across the atlantic. The agreement follows the European Court ruling that struck down any previous path amid privacy concerns that spy agencies might expose europeans personal data stored in the u. S. The race for the white house has been reshaped, following the results of iowas caucus. Investors are paying pretty close attention, as the campaigns head now to New Hampshire. Thats where we find our john harwood. Good to see you, john. So what did we learn from iowa on the republican side . Reporter the republican side, we learned that drump dru donald trump is not invincible. Donald trump has been looming over the political landscape, building a National Lead that people never expected him to get, building a lead in iowa, anyway, which isnt hospitable territory for him. Now building a lead in New Hampshire. We saw that when voting time came, his organization wasnt able to deliver. And it raises the question of whether hes going to underperform his poll standing in primaries like this one here. We also learned that ted cruz is a solid candidate, that he put together a good organization, and finally, that marco rubio really got a head of steam at t the end. That gives the socalled republican establishment that wants the most electable candidate and the one that can work with them, that gives them hope he can rise up to challenge those top two they dont like so much. Lets talk about the democrats. Bernie sanders very close to toppling lihillary clinton yesterday in iowa. He is now the favorite in New Hampshire, his neighboring state. But can bernie travel beyond there . Reporter very difficult. Most people still believe, even if he wins here in New Hampshire, building on that strong showing in iowa, that hes going to run into trouble when the race goes south, and to the industrial midwest, where you have much higher proportions of nonwhite voters, those are people who are pretty loyal to lick li hillary clinton, both blacks and hispanics, Bernie Sanders has to find a way to expand that base. But for now hes a hot candidate, and as you mentioned earlier in the show, the discussion that he has about concentrations of wealth and about how hes going to redistribute wealth are things that american businesses are looking at very closely and not too favorably. Absolutely, which means, i dont think the road is all that clear from here, john. Reporter it is not clear at all. The one thing that we think we know now is that both of these races are going to go deep into the calendar. Hillary clinton is going to have to expend more energy defeating Bernie Sanders than she would have liked and well have to wait a while to see how that threeperson race between trump, cruz, and some establishment republican, probably rubio, how that plays out. All right. John, thank you so much. John harwood in manchester, New Hampshire. Well, yahoo plans to cut about 15 of its workforce, leaving it with 42 fewer employees than it had just four years ago. This is part of a number of big changes the company intends to make, including the expiration of, quote, Strategic Alternatives for its internet business. The announcement came when the Company Released its Fourth Quarter results. For the quarter, yahoo earned 13 cents a share. That was basically right in line with estimates. Revenue of more than 1 billion was a little bit better than expected, and an increase of about 8 from last year. Shares volatile in afterhours trading, as investors focused less on the numbers and more on the changes to come. Trying to make sense of what they may mean for the company, and josh lipton is covering this story for us from san francisco. This was sort of a really big lateday news out of yahoo . Put it all into perspective for us, josh. Reporter well, tyler, you know, its interesting because the fundamentals of yahoo have really, for a lot of investors and analysts, taken a backseat to the Strategic Options that ceo Marissa Meyer really has in front of her. And shes laid out two broad paths. One is a yahoo that gets a lot leaner and meaner. So closing offices around the world. You mentioned 15 of the workforce. So eliminating a significant portion of the workforce there. All attempts to really get leaner, get smaller, concentrate more on those fastergrowing areas she noted in 2015, about 1. 6 billion in revenue came from what she called mavens. That stands for mobile, video, native, and social fastgrowing areas. She also gave a nod to another path, which is, theyre going to explore Strategic Alternatives and remember, tyler, that is what some activist investors have been demanding. They dont trust that Marissa Meyer at the end of the day can grow this company and turn around this company. They want an outright sale. And we do hear some names as potential suitors, verizon has been mentioned, at t has been mentioned. I should point out, we reached out to those companies and they declined to comment. Two broad paths here. But when you talk about it exploring Strategic Options and already you hear analysts asking this question, thats pretty broad. What does it really mean . Does it mean you have an active sales process in place . Does it mean youre willing to really open your books to suitors, so some real questions for investors. And also, a lot of skepticism from investors. Remember, tyler, that stock down more than 30 in the past 12 months. A story i think youre going to bom this year, josh lipton. Thank you in san francisco. Chipotle reports its first Quarterly Results since its e. Coli outbreak, and thats where we begin tonights market focus. In the highly anticipated report, the restaurant chain beat wall streets earnings estimates, but saw sales at its established restaurants fall more than 14 in the Fourth Quarter. Chipotle called it the most challenging period in the companys history and it expects 2016 to be difficult as well. The company also revealed a wider criminal probe into the recent food safety issues. Shares fell in extended hours after ending the decade up fractionally at 475. 67. U. P. S. Saw its profit nearly triple in its Fourth Quarter, as the Package Delivery company had a good peak holiday season. Revenue was essentially flat, hit by a strong dollar. U. P. S. Issued an upbeat outlook for 2016, but the ceo sees challenges globally. If you look past the United States, europe, we see the economy, the gdp getting just a little bit better. The emerging market still facing a lot of challenges. You know, china, the growth has slowed down. So thats pretty much a quick view of the economy. Shares of u. P. S. Rose fractionally to 94. 69. Fourth quarter profit at pharmaceutical giant pfizer fell by half. But the drugmaker still topped wall street estimates. Revenues rose, thanks to strong sales of new drugs, and its acquisition of fellow Pharmaceutical Company hospira. However, pfizer issued a lower than expected forecast for 2016, largely due to the strong dollar. Shares were down 3 cents to 30. 14. And shares of luxury retailer michael kors soared today after the Company Reported a betterthanexpected third quarter. Revenue jumped more than 6 thanks to Strong International demand and sales of its accessory and footwear lines. Shares were up about 24 to 50. 19. Fourth quarter net at dow chemical rose more than four fold, thanks to the sale of its chlorine operations and low oil prices. Ceo andrew liveritz said he would retire. Dow chemicals gained more than 4 . Shares of Royal Caribbean cruises took a beating today after the Company Issued disappointing guidance for 2016. Royal caribbean did see a jump in Fourth Quarter profits, thanks in part to those lower fuel costs. Still, that was overshadowed by the outlook and shares fell more than 15 to 71. 70. The agricultural giant Archer Daniels midland missed profit forecasts. The company cited adverse Market Conditions and indicated the troubles are likely to persist. But the company did bump its Quarterly Dividend up to 30 cents a share from 28 cents, but even that jestture didnt soothe investors. Shares fell nearly 9 . Think longterm. That is the message larry fink, ceo black rock, the Worlds Largest asset manager, is telling the chief executives of hundreds of u. S. Economies. He wrote todays culture of quarterly hysteria is totally contrary to the longterm approach we need, end quote. He said ceos should use quarterly reports to demonstrate progress against strategic plans and not just focus on small deviations from earnings estimates. For companies playing too safe by just focusing on those shortterm business strategies. With us now to discuss the topic is william lasonic with center for industrial competitors. Good to have you with us. Mr. Fink, i know youve read his letter. Does he have it most right with respect to how companies are allocating capital and their focus on shortterm result . Well, he has it right, yeah. Theres a lack of investment in productive capabilities of companies. So this is not something new. This has been going on for some time. Hes written, of course, several letters on this. I think the urgency of this letter has to do with acceleration in the actions and initiatives of hedge fund activists, that comes clearly to the letter. But, yes, he has it right and what companies have been doing is distributing massive amounts of profits to shareholders. So, over the last decade, 2005 to 2014, there were 6. 2 trillion by about 460 s p 500 companies. About 53 of that was stock buybacks. Another 36 in dividends. And this is coming at the expense of investment in productive capabilities, producing the next products, maintaining productivity and innovation in the companies. Professor, what is the incentive for ceos to change that strategy, given the fact that many of them are highly compensated with stock and, you know, the buybacks and the Share Repurchases boost the price of the stock and generally speaking, that makes investors happy, even if it is wrong from a strategy point of view . Yeah, well, theres a problem and this is a problem of the way in which executives ceos, top executives are incentivized and rewarded. The calculation we have done, lets say on the top 500 highest paid executives in the United States in 2014, they averaged almost 30 million and 83 of that remuneration was the gains they reaped from Stock Options and stock awards. And as ive written ostensibly in various places, including Harvard Business review, stock buybacks or a great way of getting up your earnings per share and reaping the benefits for top executives, even if theyre not doing what theyre supposed to be doing in the companies and that is investing in the next products, the next innovations, maintaining productivity, particularly investing in the labor force, who do the learning, who work hard to generate the success of the company. Professor, we have to leave it there. Interesting conversation, william lasonic. Coming up, what 5 million will buy you on super bowl sunday. The super bowl isnt just the biggest sporting event of the year, its also the biggest advertising event. And this year, its bigger than ever. Julia boorstin looks at the skyhigh prices being paid for ads and the Companies Looking for a big score. Reporter despite talk about cordcutting and the rise in digital video, marketers are spending more money than ever to reach the biggest tv audience of the year. Cbs Ceo Les Moonves saying 30second spots for sundays big game are selling for as much as 5 million. Thats up 11 from last year and more than 70 higher from the prices in 2010. Far outpacing overall ad price increases. And that doesnt include the cost of producing the ads, usually far more than a traditional tv campaign. Its an audience thats watching live, which makes commercials less susceptible to being skipped or zapped or otherwise blocked. So thats an attractive proposition for advertisers and it helps bolsters the price. Reporter with overall tv ratings sliding and audiences more fragmented than ever, the super bowl remains the one place to reach an audience this big. Last year, 114. 4 Million People watched in the u. S. , with even more expected to tune in this year. And Many Companies make big bets. Eight advertisers spent more than 10 of their fullyear media budget on the super bowl last year. Are you looking for these . Many of the usual suspects will be back in force. Automakers are expected to continue to be the leading category, with eight brands advertising, including newcomer, buick. But one sector, Financial Services, is making a surprise surge, with six Financial Services companies, the first time there have been more than three since 2010. And newcomer sun trust and paypal. Theyre among 13 firsttime advertisers, including amazon, pitching its amazon echo voice command device. The digital giant looking beyond more Affordable Online ads to the traditional tv alternative. Given that theyre trying to launch a new product with their super bowl ad, it makes perfect sense that they would look for that highprofile, highvisibility, allinonefellswoop kind of opportunity. Whos not returning this year . Godaddy, nationwide, nissan, and mercedesbenz. And one trend to watch this year, there are fewer 60second commercials, marketers unwilling to invest in longer spots could indicate pricing growth will start to slow. For nightly business report, im Julia Boorstin in los angeles. Because its groundhogs day, lets take another look at the wall street selloff. The dow fell 296 points, its worst day in more than two weeks. Nasdaq dropped 103. The s p 500 fell 36. And that does it for us on nightly business report. Im sue herrera, thanks for joining us. Im tyler mathisen. Is thanks from me as well. Have a great evening, everybody. Well see you back here tomorrow. Hollar tonight on revolutionaries. Boland the goal is to become platform agnostic. In other words, not just devoted to doing radio or tv or a blog, but being able to deliver a story in whatever way works best and over whatever platform works best. 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