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Squawk on the Street

Global Sell-off, Buffett's Berkshire Slashes Apple Stake, Japan Markets Tumble 12% 8/5/24

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Investing, Business

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

David Faber and Jim Cramer discussed what investors should make of Monday's global sell-off, which saw the Dow fall more than 1,000 points on worries about an economic slowdown. With the Nasdaq moving further into correction territory, are "Magnificent 7" names now oversold? Also in focus: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sells half of its stake in Apple, Japan's Nikkei plunges 12% for its worst day since 1987, Bitcoin tumbles, M&A talk involving Kellogg spinoff Kellanova, Elon Musk sues OpenAI, Carl Quintanilla at the Olympics in Paris. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Market insight and analysis. You're listening to the opening bell of CNBC, Squawk on the Street. Good Monday morning and welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm David Faber with Jim Kramer. We're live from Post 9, of course, the New York Stock Exchange. Carl Kintanilla is in Paris at the Olympics. Let's give you another look at futures. You just heard Joe and Andrew talking about what is going to be a significant sell-off when we begin trading 30 minutes from now.

0:22.9

And as you might expect, of course, that's where we're going to begin the show that global market sell-off.

0:27.7

Stocks are set to tumble at the open amidst worries about an economic slowdown.

0:32.5

This follows Friday's weaker than expected jobs report.

0:35.4

The NASDAQ, by the way, already is in correction territory heading into today's session.

0:40.7

And overnight in Asia, one reason why we're seeing this global selloff.

0:44.5

Nika plunged, yeah, that's true, 12%.

0:47.3

That was the biggest one-day drop since Black Monday back in 1987, a day that Jim and I both remember well.

0:56.5

We were both working back then.

0:58.5

So we've been through days like this.

1:01.0

I don't even know how many times, not to mention a global financial crisis.

1:04.7

So always want to put these things in perspective.

1:07.0

Japan was unique in a way, though.

1:08.8

That kind of a sell-off specific, Jim, to the yen carry trade,

1:13.2

to what has been a significant appreciation in the yen as a result of

1:17.5

that rise in interest rates there to try to combat inflation.

1:21.1

We'll talk more about the connections there,

1:23.1

but give me your take on this morning and what we can expect.

1:26.3

I think that when you see the Dow and NASDAQ decline by a percent every hour, lockstep

1:32.3

with Japan, I don't think you can therefore say, you know what, the problem here is the data center slowdown.

1:38.3

I don't want to foment problems.

1:40.3

There's enough things that are wrong.

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