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Squawk on the Street

2026 Markets, Tesla Deliveries, Mega-Tech Rallies Into the New Year 1/2/26

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Business, Investing

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

David Faber and Sara Eisen kicked off the first trading day of 2026 by exploring what to expect from stocks in the new year. In 2025, the major indices posted another year of double-digit gains. The anchors and Phil LeBeau discussed Tesla delivery numbers down 16% for Q4 and in negative territory for a second consecutive year.  Mega-tech stocks such as Nvidia, Alphabet, Apple and Amazon began 2026 in rally mode. Jefferies chief strategist David Zervos offered his market and economic outlook for the new year. Mike Santoli broke down market momentum heading into 2026. Also in focus: Williams-Sonoma, RH and Wayfair rally after President Trump delays tariff hikes on furniture and kitchen cabinets. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Market moving insight and analysis. Join Jim Kramer, David Faber and me, Carl Cantonia, on the opening bell hour of CNBC Squawk on the Street. Good morning and happy new year. Welcome to Squawk on the Street in a new year. It's 2026, I gotta get used to that. I'm David Faber, Sarah Eisen, of course, next to me here, live from Post 9 at the new york stock news chain jim and carl

0:21.6

finishing their week off we're all back together on monday let's give you a look at futures

0:26.3

before we get started with the first trading session of the year and we are looking for a higher

0:32.1

open after of course strong performance in our markets and many others around the globe in 2025.

0:38.7

Our roadmap begins with tech stocks.

0:41.3

Of course, will they continue that rally from last year?

0:44.4

NVIDIA, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, all are trading higher in the pre-market.

0:49.4

Plus the EV trade.

0:50.9

Tesla duet with Q4 delivery numbers facing increased pressure from the Chinese brands

0:55.4

with VYD on track to become the world's top EV seller. And President Trump delaying some expected

1:01.3

tariff increases for things like upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, vanities, even pasta.

1:07.3

We'll dig into what it means for the macroeconomic picture and for the stocks impacted.

1:11.6

All right, let's start with the markets, of course, as we begin 2026.

1:15.3

Major indices are coming off what was the sixth positive year of the last seven.

1:21.1

The S&P ended the year.

1:22.6

There are the final number.

1:23.8

16.39% was the gain there.

1:26.3

The NASDAdaq of course

1:27.8

uh... a bit higher twenty point three six

1:31.8

for the gains and as we talked about on

1:34.5

wednesday very strong here and very strong in many other markets around

1:38.6

the world just heard

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