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

Good Tuesday morning, welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Carl Kaino with Jim Kramer and David Faber at the New York Stock Exchange.

Futures are steady as China says

its reach consensus with the U.S. on some relevant phase one issues. Retail earnings, of course,

best buy Dix, Dollar Tree, PVA, are mixed, but some increases in guidance. Europe's largely

unchanged. Ten year 173, K. Schiller, home prices up three-two in September year-on-year.

Our roadmap begins with the record rally for stocks rolling on, renewed China trade optimism

set to fuel further gains at the open.

Retail's big week and the tariff impact into the holidays, best-buy, Dix, Dollar Tree,

Abercrombie among the retailers that are reporting quarterly results today.

And four, challenging Tesla to a quote,

apples to apples tug of war between pickups. And Elon Musk says, bring it on. Stocks are looking

to set more milestones a day after the three major indices saw record closes. You got your top

trade negotiators from the U.S. and China holding a phone call earlier this morning as the two

sides continue to work

toward a phase one trade agreement. Trade rep Lightheiser, Treasury Secretary Manusian, both

participated in that call. And then Moffcom says both sides agreed to remain in contact over

remaining issues. Jim, on Twitter, you said the phone call last night was very important in terms

of furthering a deal.

Yeah, it's real.

You know, I've been skeptical.

This was a real call.

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