Google, amazon, intel, and many others after the bell. Coming up in just a few moments, well talk about todays pullback much more with Hayman Capital Management founder kyle bass will be good to get his thoughts especially on china. Joining us for the hour, cnbc contributor stephanie link is back from nubene are you taking a chance from this pullback to do anything today . Its an earnings bonanza. Im still way behind in the Conference Calls that started last night but yeah, during earnings season, you always get exaggerated moves. So i actually am looking at the fundamentals and trying to identify where there is opportunity. Zille yix this morning was indicated down 6 last night and only opened up down three, but i still think that is an opportunity because they derisked the numbers bristolmyers opened flat, but actually that quarter was really good, bought a little bit of that so im lacking for opportunities slowly, because the macro, obviously, weve got a lot of questions still. So,
After the bell, here we go again. Earnings its game on salesforce hp hewlettpackard enterprises. Guess. And gamestop all reporting tonight. Well tell you what to expect. A debate on whether gamestop can capitalize on the video Game Movement that stock has suffered mightily. A yield of 9. 25 right now unbelievable. Lets start with todays market rally all four major averages are in record territory the s p crossed 2,600 for the first time today joining our closing bell exchange, david kelly from Jp Morgan Funds peter costa from empire executions is at post 9. Rick santelli is at the cme in chicago. Peter, the engine keeps chugging along here. Oh, my god. Its almost unbelievable to today, this was a little unexpected i think we did have positive data this morning. To see the market open up 150 points without batting an eye and continuing to stay strong, you know, its theres a confluence of really good things good earnings, low interest rates, even with the rate hike next week, next month,
Coming up. We do have quite a rally with the dow in particular. The transports continue higher all the major averages are in record territory. We also have big calls on the Airline Sectors today and the banks as financials get set to report. Were heading into earnings season well have you up to date on those. Lets start on the floor of the new york stock exchange, mr. Robert pisani joining us with a recap of whats going on as we get ready for earnings, right . Yeah, a lot at stake here, but sixday winning streak, just six days in a row since december 17th p nasdaq has the best sixday winning streak since the end of january 2016. Were starting earnings on friday, there are very High Expectations thats my theme. A shortterm risk. The markets. Just on earnings, analysts are much more optimistic we hardly got any last quarter here were expecting bigger beats, not by a penny or two pennies but more than that if youre disappointed youre going to get hit more. Also, we have guidance here. Now
Here the shares are down 8 right now. Thats not even the biggest point decliner in the dow. Which goes back to how low its share prices got. Exactly. At this hour the Senate Finance committee is beginning to mark up its tax reform bill well tell you whats at stake there and what could be the most contentious issues between the house and senate. Meanwhile, amazon is reportedly considering a freemium option for prime video. Wel n will netflix make a similar move lets get to our top story today, the big decline in ge shares Morgan Brennan has all the ugly details for us morgan reporter hey, bill, yeah, so ge cutting its dividend in half. Its only the third time since 1899 its cut that payout, this is the first time its done it notscenario. Thats only part of the story here big part of why these shares are falling 8 is the updated guidance new eps numbers for 2018 expected to be 1 to 1. 07 a share, reduced by half since the previous target and lower than consensus estimate 6 billion to 7 b