And the big week around retail rolls on, but are there any stocks out there still worth opening in the reopening trade we have some names for you on this wednesday, november 18, and this is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc the band subject of a little online debate that i was posting last night to my instagram good morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan and good wednesday morning hopefully you wont need a remedy today here is how your money and the Global Markets are setting up their wednesday. Stock futures are now higher across the board small gains, yeah, but they are gains none the less. Dow futures up 64 right now. It was a mostly lower session yesterday, all the major indexes breaking two session win streaks. Hey, you cant blame the market maybe for pausing in what has been a huge surge in one of the best starts to a month in decades. In a note out on the market technicals from the spoke, the
With a new show on cnbc, highlighting Small Businesses and the people behind them across the country power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Im john fortt take a look at whats driving the Market Health care stocks the biggest laggards while industrials and financials lead the way. Check out the bank names all higher tesla, the big winner. At the highs of the session, helping to turn the nasdaq almost positive, close to break even midday. Morgan stanley final upgrading the stock to a buy after a 500 gain this year lets get to bob pisani for more on these markets bob, you got me . Maybe not. Kelly, do you see what is happening with these markets i mean, were showing the sector snapshot here. Weve got s p retail is higher ahead of a Holiday Season we expect to be really strong for ecommerce and weve seen strong results this week from walmart and target yes, we do. By the way, i want to point out well, i want to point out that the dow turned negative only in the past hour or s
Sales and the stock is hitting new highs. And finally teslas tumble, why the street is mixed on what actually came out of the companys battery day event yesterday. J j, though, jim, going to be the lead and you just called it maybe the best company we have in this country. Yeah, look, i think that i like triple a balance sheet, i like a company that continues to make the numbers, i like a company that pays a good dividend, has the best pipeline, most robust pipeline in pharmaceuticals and i like a company thats not a hype company. The fact that they are ready to do their vaccine now, full disclosure i am attempting to get into the trial, i think its everybodys duty to get into the trial they are the only one emphasizing the atrisk people they want people who we view as people who we need to protect. I dont hear that from any of the other companies. I like the fact they are willing to give it to their whole employee base. This is the way i think it should be done and i know people are c
Richard we think the additional fiscal support will likely be needed. I think, it is very clear that the cares act, which passed in march was a historic government response to a historic crisis. A thrill that a 3 billion dollar package provided significant support to the economy. The economy has made a lot of progress, about 11 million jobs have returned, but there is a deep hole. Steve, theng us is portfolio manager. I wonder if you can piece those two things those two things together. It seems like there is still a rotation. Fed official after fed official are calling for more fiscal stimulus that we will not get. Steve i think we are going to get it, but not before the election, because i think it is a political football, and now you have the Supreme Court battle that will show us that will suck all of the air out of the room. After the election, or in the new congress if one side or the other scores a victory. You will get additional fiscal support. I think it makes sense, the econ
Additional funding for the post office to other elements of support that might potentially encourage mcconnell to call the senate back as well. But that will be a bridge we will find out more about later yeah, will they have a relief bill as people look to get relief and extension that they have been waiting for for, you know, several weeks now since it last expired. Over to you, john. Interesting what the president was just saying. Drawing a distinction between universal mail in ballots, which he opposes, and absentee ballots which he has cast himself and is in favor of saying he does not favor slowing down the mail. He wants to speed up the mail, of course. The house wants to question a lot of that and well see if that happens thank you, it is 8 00 a. M. At apple headquarters in coopertino, california, its 11 00 a. M. On wall street and squawk alley is live good morning, what a week it is, can you believe were starting this monday at levels for the markets that we were prepandemic. T