Season jpmorgan crushes estimates, citi and wells are mixed ahead of the open. Plus sustainability is becoming the new standard, blackrock ceo saying the Climate Crisis is about to trigger fundamental reshaping of finance. And the tesla rally rolls on shares now up more than 100 in the past three months alone. Well start with bank earning, jpm, chase, citi, each posting better than expected results. Wells fargo shares moving lower on its miss. New ceo charlie sharp our cost structure is too high and i believe there are many areas where we will be able to increase our rate of growth. Efficiency really the story on wells, jim well, i got to tell you, im a total believer in Charlie Scharf and what he did at visa hes the most technologically inclined ceo in the bank group it has the most opportunity after this washout it is a washout. I dont think charlie will waste any more time. He has to address these things and he will. In the meantime, jamie diamond, what can i say about jpmorgan . It
Good tuesday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with Morgan Brennan and jon fortt live at post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange we begin with text stocks this morning and the continued rally in the sector, another record close, apple, facebook, and alphabet at alltime highs Jeff Richards joins us now along with james lee guys, good morning good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having us so james, im looking at tech stocks up more than 30 in just the last three months. A short list apple, tesla, amd, snap, spotify, zillow. You like facebook and byedo in this market, but how much can you like some of these names given how quickly they have run up yeah. Jon, that very good question we think valuation right now is still very attractive. Look at facebook coming to the year, a lot of investors are very concerned about regulations. I think as we get into the year, a lot of people getting more comfortable because some of the regulatory issues or policy that happened over th
Days well see what the last second to last trading day of the year has in store for us road map today starts with the recordbreaking year for stocks. The s p within striking distance of its best yearly gain since 97. Plus, teslas china play, the automaker ruling out first sedan from the shanghai factory with ramping up next month. We begin with the year end rally and the record run for stocks mike, it has been quite a year and we go into 2020 seemingly with a lot of momentum. Been a very, you know, kind of orderly low drama rally in december a lot of folks say we may be set up for a pullback. I think we keep having to remind people, it has been a great year, successive record highs for much of the year we started in a deep hole. I think thats important not to sort of downplay what a Strong Performance stocks have had had this year, but to point out theyre not necessarily all that far out on a limb because theyre up 30 of the 12month basis because theyre up about 11 from 15 months ago,
Boise, potato ships . No, computer chips welcome to squawk alley. I am jon fortt with me at post nine, Morgan Brennan and david faber. Carl quintanilla hat morning off. Another busy morning in washington the house of representatives has another big vote on the trade front, expecting to pass usmca, the replacement for nafta, on the heels of approving two articles of impeachment against President Trump last night Kayla Tausche joins us with more reporter the vote will be a stark contrast to the Party Line Vote on impeachment. On the house floor on capitol hill, two hours of debate is beginning that will tee up a vote that white house officials expect to be a landslide bipartisan vote, thanks largely because of provisions folded in to win over House Democrats by Bob Lighthizer last hour on cnbc, the treasury secretary said it should be seen as a win for the economy, not a win for House Speaker nancy pelosi were going to get in excess of 50 basis points of additional growth in gdp as a res
Good thursday morning, happ new year jon fortt with Morgan Brennan and mike santoli live at the new york stock exchange. Carl has the morning off it is the first trading day of the month and the year stocks are rallying to kickoff 2020 fresh record highs for all major indexes. Bob pisani is with us to breakdown what could push the markets higher. What a different january 2nd makes. Remember this time last year, a year, what a difference. January 1st, last year, look whats going on, the market was pricing in earnings recession. Remember that phrase stocks were cheap. Fast forward a year. The opposite is happening. The recession didnt happen, earnings recession didnt happen, the economy is strong, stocks have gotten on the expensive side so the issue is whether we can finally return to Earnings Growth after an essentially flat year in 2019 most strategists are expecting mid Single Digits Earnings Growth which would take pressure off the higher multiple the market has now early reports fr