Gene munster is gearing up for both of the calls. We kick things off with apple which is now negative after a brief pop after the release and josh lipton spoke with tim cook. Josh, whats the latest . Melissa, one question i had for tim cook is what hes seeing in china obviously, so important for apple as a key link in that cups supply chain and also as an important end market. I asked him what his iphone demand looked like in china and whether you can extrapolate for that and china is the leading indicator for possibly europe and the u. S. And cook telling cnbc there is a significant, steep falloff, and that began to recover some in march and weve seen further recovery in april and it leaves room for optimism. Its hard to tell thats a leading indicator and there are differences and the u. S. Has had a bold Stimulus Program and i think that will clearly help and im optimistic of the pace of the recovery in the United States i asked him about the work from home trend and so many millions
Cutting back production of the 737 max. Could announce a decision as soon as today. The board began a regularlyscheduled meeting yesterday that is set to continue today just last week the head of the faa told us right here on squawk box that the 737 max wouldnt be cleared to fly before the end of the year u. S. Regulars then warned boeing that it had been setting Unrealistic Expectations for the jet to return to service further Production Cuts would inflate boeings costs and take a toll on Financial Results as fixed expenses would be split among fewer planes the ability to effectively amoretize all of those costs and would also be a real pushback on the company and on the companys ceo. To me, if there really is a production halt, then theres going to be a succession story that i think we havent had yet. The Ripple Effects of what that means not only for boeing but all their suppliers along the way. Thats a much the reason you halt it, i mean, youre just blowing money if you keep making
Goldman sachs talking up a Strong Economy for 2020. Jpmorgan talking up another market rally next year. And our longterm guest is again talking about a market melt up. Look what we have right now. We will open the dow slightly lower, maybe 40 points down, but the s p is going to go up a fraction and the nasdaq is going to go up about a quarter of 1 percent. Now this, the down side of Americas Energy independence. We are producing so much oil and gas that chevron has had to write down its shale assets to the tune of 10 billion dollars. We are energy independent, that is good, and gas is cheap and getting cheaper, and thats very good, yes, it is, another trump win. Big show as usual. Varney company is about to begin. Im not sure about that animation right there. It is kind of wrong, but i believe weve got a sound bite for you. Are we going to play that one . Yes. There was and never has been any evidence of collusion, and yet this campaign and the president S Administration has been domi
Good Tuesday Morning welcome to squawk alley im Carl Quintanilla with morgan brennan. The market is down about 100 points starting with the apple special event set to kick off from the steve jobs theater in cupertino in just under two hours. Josh lipton is there live and joins us with what analysts and investors and reviewers are expecting. Hey, josh. Reporter so, carl, apples biggest day of the year just about to kick off here right behind me at the steve jobs theater. As you mentioned, analysts think they have a good beat on what is coming theyre looking for three new iphones. Faster processor and improved camera and maybe stronger waterproofing and shatter resistance big question for investors is pricing. What is tim cook going to charge for the new model. Ive talked to some analysts who think he will keep pricing basically constant no big change from the kusht lineup which starts at roughly 750 and 1,100 and expectations are muted on the street. Checked in with gene munster and wha
Currency with benign neglect in order to function as the reserve currency properly. And this is something we really have to take seriously in this particular environment trump can say whatever he wants politically. Mnuchin can say whatever he wants politically, but getting into intervention has always been a failed tool its never worked. And the concept that the Federal Reserve would cause it not to work by sterilizing is probably incorrect. Its not going to work in and of itself because nobody is big enough in that market to really drive the size of that market enough to have a noticeable impact excellent steve, glad to get your thoughts on that. Well go back to jon fortt and the gang thank you, steve pleasure. Good monday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im jon fortt with Morgan Brennan and david faber live from post 9 live at the New York Stock Exchange carl has the morning off and we have to begin with this selloff stocks are falling across the globe, as china devalues its currency