meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Squawk on the Street

Trump Iran War Speech Sends Stocks Tumbling and Oil Prices Surging, Tesla Deliveries Miss, Blue Owl Redemptions 4/2/26

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Investing, Business

4.0566 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On the final day of a holiday-shortened trading week, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed stocks tumbling and crude oil prices surging in reaction to President Trump's primetime address about the Iran war. The anchors also reacted to Tesla's Q1 deliveries missing analyst forecasts. Private credit pain: Shares of Blue Owl and other alternative asset managers extended this year's steep losses, after the company said it would limit withdrawals from two of its funds. Also in focus: Elon Musk's SpaceX files for a massive IPO, AI and the backlash against data center, semiconductors rally and travel stocks slide, gasoline and diesel prices keep spiking and adding more pain at the pump. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Market moving insight and analysis.

0:02.1

Join Jim Kramer, David Faber, and me, Carl Kintanilla, on the opening bell hour of CNBC Squawk on the Street.

0:08.9

Good Thursday morning.

0:10.1

Welcome to Squawk on the street.

0:11.1

I'm Carl Kintania with Jim Kramer and David Faber at post nine of the New York Stock Exchange.

0:15.1

Oil spikes about 13% here since the president's speech last night, a new cycle high of 112.

0:21.6

WTI, actually more expensive than Brent today, although the front-end contracts aren't exactly matched up.

0:27.0

Equities meantime look to retrace some of this week's bounce.

0:29.8

Not quite to Monday's six-month closing low, around 6475, but close.

0:35.5

Markets are closed tomorrow for Good Friday, and we'll get that jobs number.

0:38.9

Our roadmap begins with the president, saying the U.S. will hit Iran extremely hard over the next

0:43.5

two or three weeks. Plus more private credit concerns. This is Blue Owl Caps Fund Redemptions at 5%

0:49.9

for two of its private credit funds. That follows what were redemptions far above 5%.

0:56.5

And we'll also talk SpaceX, which confidentially filed for an IPO. It would likely be

1:02.2

a record offering guys, one of any number of large IPOs we may see over these next, let's

1:08.7

call it, eight to 12 months. Let's begin with the markets

1:11.4

in the president's prime time address last night. When it comes to oil, he delivered this message

1:15.4

to allies who refused to help the U.S. in this war. Go to the straight and just take it,

1:23.7

protect it, use it for yourselves. Iran has been essentially decimated. The hard part is done,

1:31.3

so it should be easy. And in any event, when this conflict is over, the strait will open up naturally.

1:39.5

Meantime, the French responding say it's probably going to be more of a diplomatic solution

1:43.7

than military in the street?

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.