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Squawk on the Street

SOTS 2nd Hour: Consumer Strength, “Insane” AI Chip Demand and Campbell’s Soup Meets Hoops 10/17/24

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Business, Investing

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Carl Quintanilla, Sara Eisen and David Faber discussed a big morning of earnings and economic data - from retail sales to jobless claims – plus what it all means for the consumer. Also in focus: the European Central Bank cuts rates, Taiwan Semiconductor CEO calls out ‘insane’ chip demand, and the latest from Beijing on the heels of new stimulus. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Good Thursday morning. Welcome to another hour of squawk on the street. I'm Sarah Eisen with Carl

0:11.5

Cantania and David Faber live as always from post nine of the New York Stock Exchange. Take a look at stocks here in the early action.

0:17.4

We're a bit higher across the board. SMB is up a third of 1%. NASdax up 4 tenths of a percent. So we've got tech back in the lead

0:24.6

today. And treasuries, the trend has been higher treasury yields. And we've really seen that

0:30.9

post the last Fed meeting when the Fed cut 50 basis points. Looks like it continues again, just below

0:36.1

4.1 on the 10 year, on the two year, just below

0:38.5

that 4%. So we haven't really broken out of the range, but we are seeing firmer yields again

0:42.6

after better numbers, especially on retail sales. 30 minutes here into the trading session.

0:46.8

Here are some movers we're watching this hour. Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor rallying.

0:51.3

The world's largest contract chipmaker easily beating earnings estimates,

0:55.9

guidance, also topping expectations. We're going to go deeper into the semis this hour.

1:00.0

Shares of Elevins Health, though, getting crushed. The worst performer in the S&P right now,

1:04.4

down almost 14%. The insurer cutting its profit forecast in what it calls, quote, unprecedented

1:09.8

challenges in the

1:11.0

medicaid business and then uber and expedia are both on the move reports that uber has

1:15.3

explored a possible bid for expedia and what would be by far uber's biggest acquisition

1:21.1

ever more on that to come as well very busy dave sorry david what no sorry nothing

1:26.8

very busy day for uh ecodata let's get some more with Rick Santelli crossing the tape.

1:32.3

Yes, Carl, indeed. We're looking at business inventories for August, a Q3 number. If it builds, of course, we may add a bit to GDP, although I will point out that we get our first look at third quarter GDP on Wednesday, October 30th, right?

1:46.1

For Halloween, up three-tenths of a percent.

1:49.1

As expected in rearview mirror, up four-tenths becomes up three-tenths.

1:53.0

And all you Fibonacci guys out there, that means five out of eight readings and business inventories this year have been up three tens. And retail sales,

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