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Squawk on the Street

SOTS 2nd Hour: Trump On The Hill, Google’s Existential Moment, and Home Depot’s Different Take On Tariffs 5/20/25

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

Investing, Business, News

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Carl Quintanilla, Sara Eisen, and Michael Santoli broke down the latest for stocks amid a slew of headlines out of Washington and Big Tech. President Trump speaking to House Republicans this morning to garner support for his “Big Beautiful Bill” – with particularly strong words around Medicare… More with one policy analyst warning: strap in for a bumpy ride. Plus: the implications for stocks with Stifel’s Chief Equity Strategist - who’s forecasting a lower S&P by year-end. Meanwhile, Tesla shares gaining after new comments from CEO Elon Musk around political donations. The team broke it all down – in addition to headlines out of 2 other Mag-7 names: Google, kicking off their annual developers conference, and reports Amazon is might launch a “foldable phone”… In addition to fresh consumer commentary: from Home Depot’s promise not to raise prices to what Sara’s hearing on the ground at CNBC’s CEO Council Summit. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to Squawk in the Street. I'm Carl Kintanao with Mike Santoli here at Post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange, along with Sarah Eisen, who joins today from CNBC's CEO CEO, CEO, David's on assignment at Tesla's Austin, Texas headquarters ahead of a huge, rare interview you don't want to miss. And 2 p.m. Eastern Time with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In the meantime, S&P, NDX, both going for a six-day win, but Bonds not necessarily

0:24.3

playing along at the moment with the tenure back above four and a half and the 30-year approaching

0:28.7

five once again. I had this hour Alphabet kicking off its Google I.O. Developers conference,

0:33.9

big questions swirling around the company's future with surge and AI. We're going to talk to a former Alphabet executive who now runs AI in quantum computing company Sandbox AQ. Plus the key reading on the state of the consumer from Home Depot. A very different tone from Walmart when it comes to tariffs today. We'll get you those details straight ahead. All right, we are 30 minutes into the trading session.

0:55.3

Here are three big movers we are watching. D-Wave Quantum is jumping this morning after the company

1:00.5

released its latest computing system, Advantage 2, which it says can solve, quote, complex problems

1:06.5

beyond the reach of classical computers. You see the stock is up 18%.

1:11.6

This has been one of those favorite kind of speculative quantum names in the market.

1:16.5

Some moves in software as well, loop capital downgrading MongoDB to hold from buy on slower

1:22.6

than expected AI tailwinds, while Evercore upgraded HPE to buy, as they call the risk reward levels favorable there.

1:29.9

You see each one moving slightly in the direction indicated.

1:34.2

And Levi Strauss is on the move as well.

1:36.6

Following news, it will sell dockers to authentic brands group for more than $300 million.

1:42.2

Levi's up 2.5%.

1:43.4

Sarah.

1:46.0

Mike, I'm here at the CEO Council Summit out west. And look, annual gathering of CEOs

1:52.4

from a cross-section of industries. And, you know, I thought it would be all about tariffs and

1:57.7

the new administration and re-regulation. But, you know, there's a lot of talk also about just changes in consumer behavior

2:04.0

and consumer buying habits.

2:06.4

That's been a big trend here as well.

2:07.9

And, yes, how to deal with some of the changes we're getting in Washington.

2:12.6

Just wanted to bring you some color from some conversations we've had already on stage.

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