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Squawk on the Street

SOTS 2nd Hour: Stocks Stage A Rebound: The Tariff Playbook, Plus Outlook for Energy & Semis 4/8/25

Squawk on the Street

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Business, Investing, News

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Stocks staging a rebound in the first hour of trade: Sara Eisen, David Faber, and Michael Santoli broke down the latest alongside fresh headlines on the tariff front, as China promises to “fight to the end” – and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer takes the hot seat on Capitol Hill to defend the President’s tariff strategy. Why CFRA’s Chief Investment Strategist is sticking with his 6,585 12-month target for the S&P – for now… Plus, Jefferies playbook for tariff volatility. Also in focus: a number of sectors hovering at fresh 52-week lows, including Energy and Semiconductor stocks... RBC’s Helima Croft discussed the outlook for oil prices while one of the street’s top semi analysts talked top picks; Plus, a deep dive on the news sending shares of Medicare insurers like Humana surging in the AM trade. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Sarah Eisen with David Faber and Mike Santoli today, live at Post 9, as always from the New York Stock Exchange. Carl's on assignment. Stocks are rallying. The S&P is coming back. 3.6% rally we've got on our hands. Every sector is higher. And if you look at the groups leading, financials at the top of the pack, four and a half percent gains. industrials are up there.

0:22.0

So a lot of these cyclical groups

0:23.6

that got just battered. at the groups leading. Financials at the top of the pack, four and a half percent gains.

0:25.8

Industrials are up there. So a lot of these cyclical groups that got just battered were nowhere nearer to making up the losses that we've seen. But we are seeing a nice rally here that is

0:31.3

broad-based. The small caps up 3%. Look at the NASDAQ. It's up 4% because tech was among the

0:36.8

hardest hit in this selloff over tariffs.

0:39.3

Take a look at treasuries right now. Remember, the story has mostly been buying bonds with lower yields.

0:44.7

That reversed yesterday and continues to reverse today. The 10-year yield higher at 4.25 around, let's call it.

0:51.4

The two-year yield above 3.8 percent. David. Well, we've got some

0:56.6

important testimony, at least possibly on Capitol Hill this hour. President Trump's chief

1:01.2

trade negotiator, Jameson Greer, is appearing before the Senate Finance Committee. This, of course,

1:06.3

after the administration's decision to impose tariffs on pretty much every country in the world,

1:11.9

and the penguins, too. Don't forget them. We're going to bring you the headlines, of course,

1:16.0

as they happen, and that'll be this hour, Sarah. Yeah, the negotiations, though, I think, is what the

1:20.7

market is cheering today. We're 30 minutes here into the trading session. Here are some movers we're

1:25.1

watching in today's big rebound. Some grain

1:27.6

shoots for shares of American automakers, except for Stalantis. All of these stocks, nearly

1:33.1

30% or more off their highs at this point of the year. Coming back strong, look at Tesla,

1:38.5

up 5%. Also seeing gains for some beaten down consumer names, especially in the cruise lines,

1:43.3

names like Carnival Cruise, up more than almost 7% right now. Apple shares coming off their worst three-day

1:49.9

stretch since 2001 as big tech tries to catch a bid this morning. Invita leads the charge.

1:55.8

That's good for the market. It's been a big market leader until it wasn't. And then unrelated

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