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CNBC's "Fast Money"

Markets Sell Off Ahead of an Earnings Extravaganza

CNBC's "Fast Money"

CNBC

News, Investing, Business

3.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Stocks accelerated losses at the end of the session, as investors awaited earnings reports from titans like Apple, Tesla, and Facebook. Among the forces driving the market: concerns over COVID vaccine distribution and the continued squeeze on short sellers which has forced traders to sell their long positions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

I'm Melissa Lee and this is Fast Money.

0:03.6

Tonight's trader line up, Guy Domi, Tim Seymour, Karen Finerman, and Steve Grosso.

0:07.0

Tonight on Fast, we've got a big night of earnings with Apple, Facebook, Tesla, all on the move.

0:11.6

We're breaking down the numbers,

0:12.8

getting you every detail you need to know

0:14.4

from the earnings calls.

0:15.8

But we start tonight with a major market selloff,

0:18.4

the S&P 500 closing down 2.5%,

0:21.4

that is its biggest loss in three months. The loss is accelerating into

0:25.0

the close with every sector finishing the day lower. The drop coming as we saw

0:28.9

more outsized moves and names like GameStop, AmZ and Express.

0:34.4

So what went on today, Guy?

0:36.3

What's your theory?

0:39.2

Well, there are a lot of theories.

0:40.2

Obviously, Game Stop is what everybody.

0:41.9

And when I say everybody

0:43.2

you turn on radio stations to doesn't matter what subject game stop is coming up

0:47.8

and I'm not suggesting that's the cause but I think some of the root causes the fact

0:51.8

that volatility was too dampened and when you see a day and

0:55.9

listen market's down 600 doubt points or so seems like a big deal in the broad scope of things

1:01.2

it's not but then you look at the Vicks going from 21.

1:04.5

And a half where I think it closed around the last couple of days to 37 pretty much in a

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