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Squawk on the Street

SOTS 2nd Hour: Tariffs Sell-off Breakdown: From Retail to Big Tech to the Fed’s Next Moves 3/4/25

Squawk on the Street

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News, Business, Investing

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Stocks selling off as new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China rattle investors – Carl Quintanilla, Sara Eisen, and David Faber broke down the latest out of Washington, and talked top picks amid the volatility with one portfolio manager arguing to look at names like TJX and Abbvie here. Plus, why Former Commerce Secretary Carlos Guttierez says “escalation is likely” when it comes to retaliatory measures – and the team discussed what it all could mean for the Fed’s next move. Also in focus: retail earnings out of Target, Best Buy, and more – the stocks D.A. Davidson says to watch here; Apple’s China tariff headwinds; and Blackrock’s new ports deal. 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 Sarah Eisen with Carl

0:04.3

Kintanilla and David Faber, live as always from post nine of the New York Stock Exchange.

0:08.9

It's ugly out there for stocks. We continue to move south since the Open down one and a half

0:13.7

percent on the S&P 500, 1.4 percent on the Dow, which is now down more than 600 points,

0:19.8

and the NASDAQ down one and a half percent

0:22.2

as well. It's a broad-based sell-off as those tariffs on Mexico and Canada go into effect,

0:28.6

25 percent tariffs. President Trump following through with his threat there, and we are seeing

0:33.2

continued selling. Buying in the bond market, though, flocking to the safe haven U.S.

0:39.3

Treasuries, pricing and lower growth, the 10-year yield now 4.13. Remember, we were as high as 4.8

0:46.0

in January inching toward that 5% level. We've come all the way back down. So buying bonds with lower

0:51.7

yields across the board, more Fed cuts get priced in. Only two sectors are higher in the market.

0:56.0

Consumer staples and utilities.

0:58.0

Both are defensive plays.

1:00.0

Everybody else is lower and financials are actually taking it the hardest.

1:04.0

Down 3% consumer discretionary also down almost 3%.

1:07.0

30 minutes here into the trading session.

1:09.0

Here are some individual movers we're watching.

1:11.8

Fresh results out of retailers, Target, Best Buy, and more on the move. We're going to get the

1:16.0

streets take in just a moment. Most of them are lower. We're watching big tech as well following

1:20.6

yesterday's big sell-off. Bank of America cuts its price target on Tesla by more than $100, $380 a share

1:27.4

now. Invita trading around its lowest levels since last September after than $100, $380 a share now.

1:28.1

Nvidia, trading around its lowest levels since last September after losing roughly $300 billion

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