9AM Hour: Big Week For Markets, NextEra-Dominion $67B Power Deal, Regeneron Tumbles 5/18/26

Squawk on the Street

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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With the S&P 500 and Nasdaq coming off their worst day since March, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber kicked off a new week of trading that will include earnings from Nvidia and Walmart. With inflation and Iran war developments on Wall Street's radar, the anchors discussed the recent jump in bond yields and oil prices — and what's at stake for the markets. The biggest power deal on record: NextEra Energy agrees to buy Dominion in an all-stock transaction valued at $66.8 billion. Also in focus: Regeneron shares tumble on melanoma drug trial results, jury set to deliberate at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial, price target hikes for Nvidia, veteran strategist Ed Yardeni's take on the future for rates once Kevin Warsh leads the Fed. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Market moving insight and analysis.
0:02.1	Join Jim Kramer, David Faber, and me, Carl Kintanilla, on the opening bell hour of CNBC Squawk on the Street.
0:13.7	Good Monday morning.
0:14.8	Welcome to Squawk on the street.
0:15.8	I'm Carl Kintanio with Jim Kramer, David Faber, Post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange.
0:19.5	Premarket is improving here as oil drops on some reports of a revised proposal from Iran that calls for a multi-stage truce.
0:27.6	Brent was a 110 an hour or two ago.
0:30.3	Futures slip positive, bond yields lower after the biggest jump for the tenure yield on Friday and more than a year.
0:35.9	Big week ahead with Nvidia and Walmart earnings ahead of a long weekend.
0:40.0	A roadmap begins with rising mid-east pessimism, some say, as the president says, the clock
0:45.0	is ticking.
0:46.0	In video, Walmart Home Depot earnings are on deck, and a SpaceX IPO prospectus potentially
0:50.4	dropping in the coming days.
0:51.5	Plus, we've got the largest power deal on record.
0:56.8	This is, of course, the booming data center energy demands.
0:59.5	Next year is buying Dominion.
1:03.0	It would create the world's largest electric utility.
1:05.8	$66 billion in stock.
1:08.0	Also keeping an eye on insurance of Regeneron,
1:09.6	they are down ahead of the open.
1:13.4	The drug maker reporting, it's treatment for a skin cancer missed its goals.
1:16.7	That in a late stage trial.
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