If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position. Promising stynes leader to have u. S. Coronavirus Vaccine Program says astrazenecas shot could halt severe covid. Welcome to the program. Futures in europe pointing higher. Futures in the u. S. Pointing higher and a number of uncertainties removed from the markets thinking over the last 24 hours or so. One of them is who is going to be treasury secretary. Somebody the that market knows ery well in the shape of janet yellen, somebody that has considerable monetary experience and fiscal experience. The other uncertainty is the transition at the white house. That seeps to be looking a little smoother given the headlines we have seen over recent hours. The asian picture benefiting from all of that removal of uncertainty i described. Something more complicated happening to the japanese market which had been doing well prior to being closed. It seems the Trump Administration in its last days still has some tough time to be toug
Nominees. And, election security. It is at the top of everyones mind. What the cloud flare ceos company is doing to thwart cyberattacks. Plus, highlights from my interview with Disney Ceo Bob Chapek in the last hour. Disney plus shares jumped in afterhours trading. First, lets get up to speed with all of this market move. Tech dominating the day. Mastec registering its best day since april. Abigail doolittle, what a day. Abigail the nasdaq 100 having its best day volatilead all of this action, speaking to the big gains in august, the big selloffs in september. We now have the nasdaq and s and p trying to take back on those alltime highs. A new wants to this is this year, in 2020, these big internet stocks are considered to be quote unquote defense. The companies have really been outperforming from the stayathome trends. Apple up more than 6 . Its best day since july 31, when the stock had surged by 10 . That is the degree of the buying power. We are seeing how much the investors and tr
Downright unnerving. Were now looking at the other side of what the feds been doing to stamp out inflation, and its a big reason why the dow lost 199 points. The s p shed and the nasdaq 1. 06 . Were going have to learn with not a collapse in commerce, but definitely a slowdown. Along with the decline in profitability that always comes at this particular point in the business cycle. Each day we see more of these cracks. Extremely disappointing numbers from southwest airlines, luv. But there was no love. The airlines margins are being pressured by higher gasoline prices. Its not 250 to 260. Its budget is 270 to 280 ewhich is a huge difference. Southwests revenue per available seat mile, is down rather dramatically. Were looking at a 5 to 7 decline when the company said it would be down just 3 to 7 . That is jarring. It looks like business is finally getting hurt by the sudden rise in oil. Its up in a straight line. And you cant ignore the fact that southwest revenue per available seat mi
Stuart good morning, everyone. More encampments removed, tear gas used at the university of arizona, arrests at upenn. The president of cornell stepping down, and at a George Washington university only 6 of the 33 arrested were students at that college. Weve been looking at outsiders organizing campus chaos. After President Bidenen threatened an arms embargo, Prime Minister netanyahu says israel will stand alone. Theres fierce criticism of that embargo. House republicans threaten impeachment, and Brett Stephens writing in the New York Times says it is bidens biggest blunder. To the markets. Stocks closing out the week with modest gains at least in the early going. The dow has been up seven straight sessions, it looks like its going to be up at the opening bell today maybe 80 point, nass damage up about a 36. Interest nasdaq can up about 36. The 10year is well below well, not that far below, just below 4. 5 . The 2year well below 5 , im firm on that one. Yes, 4. 84. Bitcoin, 63,000 at l
Nasdaq up by 10 points. Halfway through the trading month of september, the dow is down by. 3 for the month to date. The s p 500 down by 1. 3 and the nasdaq down by 2. 3 . And treasury yields are pretty important because you do have a fed meeting this week. Right now the ten year is sitting right at 4. 34 . The 2year just above 5 and we will see what the rest of the week brings. Talking about what the rest of the week brings, here it is. Squawk planner for the week. The fed is the big story. Kicking off a twoday meeting starting tomorrow followed by a News Conference which will happen by jay powell. Wednesday expected to hold rates steady but planning to focus on the guidance, both economic and projections and forecasts for the rates at the end of this year. Few earnings of note, were going to hear from General Mills and also get fedex and kb home and darden will announce its earnings on thursday. Right now we want to get to the autoworkers strike, as joe mentioned the uaw not making m