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Squawk on the Street

SOTS 2nd Hour: Stocks Near Fresh Highs, The Fate of Intel, and Let's Grok & Roll 2/18/25

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Business, Investing

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Carl Quintanilla, Seema Mody, and Michael Santoli discussed the latest for stocks as the S&P and Nasdaq sit inches from new all-time highs. To kick off the hour: NAHB housing data, the latest from the White House, and why Stifel's Chief Economist is warning of a 10% sell-off ahead. Plus, one Former Commerce Secretary's take on tariffs, Trump, DOGE... And a read from the ground in Beijing as President Xi Jinping tries to reboot relations with the country's private sector. A number of market movers also in focus: Broadcom & Taiwan Semi eye a deal for Intel; the latest on a new Delta Airlines crash; Conagra's guidance cut; what's driving Meta's record rally; and a look at Musk's newest iteration of 'Grok' Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to another hour of squawk on the street. I'm David Faber with Simomodi and Mike Santoli. We're live from post-line at the New York Stock Exchange. Carl and Sarah both have the morning off. Let's give you a quick look at the markets. We are up. I think that was a new record we hit on the S&P. Backed off a bit, but as you can see, still in positive territory treasuries hanging in there right at 4.5% for the tenure. We're 30 minutes into the trading session.

0:23.1

Here are three big movers we are watching. territory treasuries hanging in there right at 4.5% for the tenure.

0:21.4

We're 30 minutes into the trading session.

0:23.1

Here are three big movers we are watching.

0:25.2

A mixed morning for Chinese-related stocks after news that China's president Xi Jinping

0:29.7

met with a number of his country's top entrepreneurs, including Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma,

0:34.9

the latest from Beijing later this hour.

0:37.4

Plus Southwest, take a look at that stock announcing plans to cut 15% of its corporate workforce or about 1,750 jobs.

0:45.5

The first mass layoff in the airline's 53-year history shares down about 1.2%.

0:50.8

And we are keeping a very close eye on meta in the red, but coming off 20 consecutive days of gains, the longest daily winning streak for any stock in the S&P 500 since 2020.

1:02.0

The stock now up about 25% this year.

1:05.0

We have some housing data just crossing the tape.

1:08.0

Diana Ola has it for us. Good morning, Diana.

1:19.7

In February, dropped sharply down five points to 42 on the NIHB housing market index. The street was looking for a one point drop, and that is the lowest level in five months. Last February,

1:24.5

it was at 48. Anything below 50 is considered negative and sentiment had been

1:29.4

rising, but Builders cite concerns over tariffs, elevated mortgage rates and high housing costs.

1:35.5

Of the indexes three components, current sales conditions fell four points to 46. Sales expectations

1:40.6

in the next six months dropped 13 points to 46 and buyer traffic dropped three points to

1:46.0

29 that future sales component is the lowest since december of 2023 now nahsb's chairman

1:53.0

carl harris said in the release while builders hold out hope for pro development policies

1:57.6

particularly for regulatory reform policy uncertainty and cost factors created

2:03.1

a reset for 2025 expectations in the most recent HMI.

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