Back. The dow falling just 3 points. The s p 500 inching up. 02 . Nasdaq advancing. 50 . Even as the fed seems eager to pull the trigger. On a june rate hike. Its simple. This market is in a see saw mode and that throws some stocks off while allowing others to come along for the ride. The possibility of the feds raising rates sooner rather than later. With the market all over the place today. I think it is important to do a little refresh better what drives these moves and what allows certain stocks to rally in a truly sub par moment. Where it is awfully hard to keep the bear at bay. Lets start with the time line here. First on day one. Out of nowhere we start worrying about imminent fed tightening. Everything goes down. No market can handle a Federal Reserve official. Saying we need to raise rates not just once with you several time in 2016. When you get not one, not two but three of those guys saying the same thing and theyre showing the economy might be getting too hot like yesterda
Million and this is a 1 billion ipo. And a sign of confidence inty, po market, and more Important News with the ipo trading, opening up moments ago, Acacia Communications opening after meeting the highest range. This is the second ipo priced well in the last two days. And yesterday we had the Landscape Supply which is the biggest distributor of landscape products, and they finished at 30 at the close after pricing at 21, and so two successful ipos and a big one just announced. Carl, the market is starting to open up for ipos. A good thought. Thank you, bob pisani. It is 11 00 in cupertino and we are live with squawk alley. Im going home when i want to go home im going mobile keep me moving im going mobile good to have you with us on this friday. Kayla tausche and jon fortt and myself and also joined by our guest, and good to see you. And this is what trump had to say last night on hannity. This is a toy owned by jeff bezos who controls Amazon Amazon is getting away with murder taxwise,
Retail sector is still under pressure. Pandora shares on the rise after activist Investment Firm calling for pandora to consider a sale. Stocks poised to open lower following mondays rally. Futures up 0. 4 as gasoline, medical care and food prices up. April Housing Starts up 6. 6. Well above expectations on a 3. 7 gain. Economy doesnt look too bad this morning, jim. No. A lot of that increase in cpi is gasoline has come up. Thats something that the market likes, which is the craziness of this market. Remember we go to 48 for oil yesterday, and we have an explosion. All the stocks of the companies that do poorly when oil goes higher, but thats all right because oil is meant to be a barometer. We keep telling ourselves that. At a certain point its not a barometer. At a certain point its back to the inflation rate. But at the same time i dont see a lot of strength. I just see a lot of no volume, algorithmic moves in the stock market. Yesterday was one of the worst examples of it because t
You why Something Else may be the key to oils next move. But first, we start with the markets. It was, of course, a tough day for stocks, i guess. The dow down 150 points at its lows. Although both the dow and s p eked out gains for the month of may. And the losses come as expectations mount for a Federal Reserve Interest Rate rise as the dollar enters a twomonth high. What do you do with your portfolio now . I dont see anything wrong with going for the protection, especially at the levels coming into today. We finished last week at 2100. But you look at the way the dow traded today. It really was something that was reflective of a couple of things. Boeing, bing turn to the down side. The energy names, chevron, exxon, you see the way oil flipped from over 50 to close underneath 49. Big flip there. Is that something thats sustainable . The way weve been trading lately on oil, it seems like the ranges seem to have a higher lows and higher highs. Youve got to be impressed with the way the
Restructuring and lowering guidance. Shares of valeant are down sharply this after an earnings miss and sharply lower guidance. Well give you the latest on the stress theyre feeling over at valeant. And the viacom saga continues. A hearing is taking place right now in massachusetts. Weve got the details. But first up, futures rising a day after comments from janet yellen propelled the s p to its highest level of the year. The fed chair expressing optimism about the economy and said she sees rate hikes ahead but gave no timetable for a tightening. If incoming data are consistent with labor Market Conditions strengthening and inflation making progress toward our 2 objective, as i expect, further gradual increases in the federal funds rate are likely to be appropriate and most conducive to meeting and maintaining those objectives. She did call the jobs number concerning, disappointing, raising questions. Feds going to wrestle with it and drop that phrase in the months ahead. Right. Well,