It is hip to be square used to be at least. Lets check out u. S. Equity futures. Things are relatively flat and that isa good thing. A bit of a difference after the big swings weve seen. Right now dow futures up about 3, s p 500 up about 2, nasdaq up by 13. Of course this is after a done day for the m down day for the markets yesterday. Treasury yields are something to start paying attention to because we did see a pickup in treasury yields to the highest levels weve seen since june the ten year is yielding 0. 813 . And i know it doesnt seem like a lot, but it is the highest level weve seen in a while and there is so much that rides on that including mortgage pricing which has been a key part of what has been happening in the housing sector, a strong point in the economy so far. Lets get over to washington. Well talk about id call it a soap opera, but really it is a reality show and means a lot to so many millions before nancy pelosi says she is now optimistic that democrats may be abl
Ceo of Electronic Arts, Andrew Wilson as we talk to him about the world of gaming and a lot more john, retrospective of apples event. Were bringing the east and west coast together. Apple unveiling its longawaited 5g iphone 12, but we have been questioning whether the 5g networks, especially here in the u. S. , are ready to drive demand. Josh covers apple for us i didnt see tim cook hedge at all in his 5g pitch yesterday. He was full steam ahead. Thats right, john. Not one bit. Experts are right, they have questioned whether 5g is really ready, but tim cook doubling down on that bet with his new iphone 12. The generation of technology that provides a step change in what we can do with our iphones, the next generation is here. Today is the beginning of a new era for iphone 5g promises faster everything, from movies to games, to all kinds of downloads, and that sounds exciting, but its still just a promise of what could be the reality right now is that 5g coverage here in the u. S. Is st
Upping its offer for an aid package to 1. 8 trillion, President Trump tweeting go big a positive development on the covid treatment. Gileads treatment helps infected people recover five days faster than average and tech stocks are outperforming as a massive deal is in the work the week capping it off with a bang. Absolutely. The russell 2000 is up 6. 4 for the week the dow is currently positive for the year as a whole, just. Lets get to the stimulus news in washington and the reaction to it. Bob basketball has a look inside the market rally ylan moi, and Dana Peterson from the Conference Board bob, lets start with you on this very nice end to a strong week. Good news and bad news, will. Good news is, s p is up about 3 on the month the bad news is i am seeing a little bit of an inversion of the stimulus play today. Thats concerning if you are a believer in stimulus remember the stimulus play, bicyclicals materials and banks and industry and energy and go light on technology. That was wo
Underestimate senator mcconnell and his ability to corral maybe as many as 20 republican senators who believe that we have a vshaped recovery which of course is what President Trump has been saying. Its the senate that we look to, i think all discussions between secretary mnuchin and Speaker Pelosi have not borne fruit. One of the things i think they havent borne fruit because the republicans simply are not in favor of giving the states money. Speaker flossy wants to give many different businesses and states money because they are all strapped will this matter to that i dont think so i wish it would, i mean, in business i think it would, but not in politics. I feel, david, when i look at these numbers and i look at whats happened to the president , of course, we wish him well, i think that somehow nothing comes together in washington that you would think. Theres not a kind of a sympathetic lets get together, lets stop the war of words. It just doesnt happen like that anymore. No. There
Plus crisis in california as wildfires continue to burn nearly 350,000 acres we have a live report coming up. Why today could finally be the day tesla hold outs via share of 2,000 stock that turned out not to be 2,000 you are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning happy friday in for Brian Sullivan here is how futures are looking this morning can you see marginal moves implied at the opening bell. The dow jones lower by 25 points and the nasdaq up by about one all of these sit at or near record high levels the nasdaq coming off another record breaking session coming off the 40th intraterm high and record close of the year on pace for the first fourweek win streak since early january nasdaq 26 technology inking out a gain and hitting an alltime record high two stocks on our radar this morning. First, tesla closing up the 2,000 per share mark ever you can see that up another 2 2,041 apple surpassing the market cap closed out for the First Time Ever at 2. 722 trillion. Up t