Report help to boost sent men this morning with the u. S. Economy adding 638,000 jobs in october. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 9 the coronavirus surge remains in focus, the u. S. Setting a record with more than 121,000 cases on thursday according to Johns Hopkins data 59 minutes left of the session in what has been a crazy week. Today though essentially flat, sara. Holding onto the gains i would argue, which are very strong so far this week. Ahead on todays show we will ask jeff sonnenfield how americas Corporate Leaders are thinking about the heated election race. Big news out of cvs as larry merlo announces hi retirement. We will also speak with the ceo of hershey asking about how cappy sales fell during this years unusual halloween season. Lets get to the final hour of trade, the markets and the election mike santoli tracking all the action for stocks. Frank has the vote count in pennsylvania ylan moi is covering the balance of power in the senate how georgias undetermined races
We will have the latest on that well tell you what to buy heading into the final strep of the your palantir just began trading. Alex karp will join us in a couple minutes for a first on cnbc interview more power lunch starts right now. Hi, everyone first two big public debuts. Palantir just began trading moments ago, and asana opening up higher as well, plus starbucks higher as counsel upgrades the stocks, saying its actually a good thing for the company. The chip maker micron is lower after reporting earnings yesterday. You can see shares taking a hit, down about 6 . Brian, over to you the idea if we get a democratic sweep of the white house and congress, fiscal stimulus could be very generous for a very long time also noted the thought we might be getting closer to a new round of coronavirusrelated relief, so lets get to ylan mui with the latest on the negotiation. The ylan brian, the treasurysecretar is meeting right now with the speaker of the how in person in one last push to try
Meeting with, and of course better known as the new nafta. And the s and p and the nasdaq hitting new highs. Lets bring in our investment committee. Joe, stephanie and john, marg reet reed, union bank private bank, and rob of ubs private wealth management. So stocks, joe, pushing to new highs. Youve got the president who is probably going to tout a strong economy, high gdp, low unemployment is he going to give the market another leg up i think you and i used the phrase coiled spring here we are, we are springing higher, with very good reason. I think when youre looking at the steepening of the yield curve, the uninversion, if i could create a word, the uninversion of the yield curve, theres been a significant rebound in yields. And then earnings, and steph talks about earnings all the time eps gross was expected to be negative, 3 to 4 we came in down only 1 . So i think there is a lot to present a very fertile environment for the capital markets. Every asset class is higher. Where is t
Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. I am Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt, Morgan Brennan at post nine of the New York Stock Exchange watching the markets and trade today, long awaited china trade talks are back on. Kayla tausche is in d. C. Good morning, kayla. Reporter good morning, carl. The rumor mill of potential breakdown in u. S. china trade talks, saying theres a big day of negotiations china, they want to make a deal, but do i i meet with the vice premier tomorrow at the white house. The idea was floated by chinese officials and media overnight they would leave washington early in a fit of frustration over hawkish measures the u. S. Administration unveiled earlier this week. Now the president and top negotiator from china will meet in the oval Office Visits happened a handful of times this spring. During the visits they resulted in agricultural purchases or tariffs being delayed. Thats the reason the market is optimistic this time around. Earlier this morning, going
The dow eyeing eight Straight Days of gains on growing optimism around u. S. china trade. Weworks rocky road to an initial Public Offering. And the democratic faceoff, warren, biden, sanders dominating the debate stage. Just what their plans could mean for your portfolio stocks are chasing history this morning the dow and the s p each within 1 of hitting record intraday highs. The blue chips in the midst of a sevenday win streak for First Time Since may of last year. You have signs of a health y consumer, Government Data shows retail sales up. 4 in august, double expectations. Core unchanged, looking for. 1 but july even after that upside surprise revised higher. Is this ever putting the pressure on jay . I think jay powell is uniquely faced with a difficult decision. You posted some stuff the other day about you raised rates and the economy is not being hurt so why should we just want to cut them i continue to say he raised rates too much and i want i want to go for the full on 3 on e