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Squawk on the Street

Stocks Attempt a Rebound, Iger Steps Down, Moderna Skyrockets on Vaccines Hopes

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Business, Investing

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discuss the extreme moves in stocks, as markets attempt a rebound after its worst two-day stretch in two years. Europe continues to report a slew of coronavirus cases with France seeing its second death and Italy reporting its 12th death. Greece also confirmed its first case of the virus. The CDC warns Americans it’s not a question of if coronavirus will spread, but when. President Trump announces he will deliver a news conference at the White House tonight at 6pm ET on the coronavirus. Shares of Moderna skyrocket as the biotech company says its coronavirus vaccine is ready for its first tests. David Faber digs into Disney as Bob Iger steps down from his CEO role, remaining executive chairman through 2021. Iger telling David “I don’t want to run the company anymore.”

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0:00.0

Market moving insight and analysis join Jim Kramer, David Faber, and me, Carl Kintanilla, on the opening bell hour of CNBC Squawk on the Street.

0:11.0

Good Wednesday morning, welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Carl Kintania with Jim Kramer, David Faber, the New York Stock Exchange.

0:16.0

We are looking for some signs of exhaustion after 2, three percent down days on coronavirus fears.

0:22.1

Futures did crack below 3,100 in the early morning hours, but have recovered, taking their

0:26.7

queue from higher yields. Europe is fighting to go green after a tough open, the 10 years back to

0:31.6

136, but oil did crack below 49. Our roadmap begins with the Wall Street route, the S&P suffering its worst two-day slide.

0:39.9

In four and a half years, stocks look to bounce slightly at the open.

0:44.0

Plus, it is a new era for Disney.

0:46.9

Its longtime CEO, By-Biker, has stepped down, triggering a lot of questions, including, of course, why now?

0:53.4

And tech tanking.

0:54.6

The sector is now in correction territory, with once high-flying names like Microsoft Apple,

1:00.1

Alphabet Amazon, losing a combined $400 billion in market value over four sessions.

1:05.8

So we're on track for a positive open after the big two-day sell-off,

1:08.8

which did wipe out $1.7 trillion in market value.

1:12.1

Will stocks be able to maintain their gains so far this week? All three indices down more than

1:16.5

6%. Jim, seven on the S&P, which you think might be time to get interested.

1:22.2

You've got to start buying something. Now, look, I understand there's two shoes to drop.

1:27.0

The cluster that they find in America, you know, look, I understand there's two shoes to drop. The cluster that they find in America,

1:29.4

you know, look, I say it that way because certainly got the green light to say it from the CDC,

1:35.2

and then a possibility of an Ebola situation. Remember, if we lost someone in Texas,

1:40.4

that was something that was a problem with the public health system, I think something could

1:43.7

have something like that here, would that be shocking?

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