Washington Dominates Markets Again 1/14/26

Closing Bell

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4.4 • 139 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Charles Bobrinskoy of Ariel Investments explains why inflation remains a key concern for investors and why value is outperforming so far this year. Coverage then turns to Washington, with Eamon Javers on the latest from the White House, Michael Froman of the Council on Foreign Relations discussing geopolitical risks tied to Greenland and Iran, and Emily Wilkins breaking down momentum behind a congressional stock trading ban. Former Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher weighs on Chair Powell’s challenges. Plus, Tesla’s push toward full self-driving with our Phil LeBeau.

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0:00.0	And that is the end of regulation, Marsh.
0:05.0	We're in the closing belt of New York Stock Exchange.
0:08.0	Vinehill Capital, doing the honors at the NASDAQ really was a mixed Wednesday bag in the markets today.
0:13.0	The Dow down a touch, still though up over the past week.
0:17.0	The S&P 500, NASDAQ, the bigger decliners.
0:19.0	The SNP lower by about 6 tenths of a percent
0:21.9	than NASDAQ, down 1%, but wasn't all bad, not all indexes lower, small caps the star today,
0:28.7	and by the way, so far this year, the Russell 2000 up today and up nearly 4% in a month.
0:34.9	Inside the NASDAQ, big tech, a big bust. All of these super cap 7, not so super
0:40.8	today, they all fell, Microsoft, Tesla, Netflix, they all lost over 2%. A bit of a brutal day for
0:47.7	big bank investors, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup, all reporting earnings and all getting
0:53.1	a bit of a Bronx cheer on the numbers.
0:55.8	Three banks with a combined market cap of around $800 billion, all losing more than 3%.
1:02.5	In the meantime, they just talked about it. crude oil rising again before ending lower oil right around $60 a barrel here in the States.
1:10.1	Energy stocks, though, they have been hot
1:12.0	lately. Exxon, Chevron, Total energies, all hitting new record highs today. Also hot, the metals. Silver
1:19.6	looking downright golden. And now over 90 bucks an ounce, silver just $30 an ounce one year ago.
1:27.2	In a little more than a month, silver had its first close above 60, above 70, above 80, and now above 90. Oh, copper, it also keeps going higher as well. All right, everybody, there is your scorecard on Wall Street. Welcome to closing bell overtime. I am Brian Sullivan, riding with you all week long. Let's get you over the hump on this Wednesday. And we're going to start with big tech, which got a little bit smaller today. The NASDAQ posting its worst day in about a month. Let's get more on that. And the markets in general was Sima Modi.
2:01.2	Hey, Brian, let's talk about where we saw the weakness in tech, starting with Mag 7,
2:04.8	all trading lower as the market counts down to Microsoft's results next week. And that rotation
2:09.8	that we've been seeing into chips, that also stall with names like Nvidia trading down by
2:13.7	1.4%. Oracle reversing yesterday's gains following a subset of bondholders filing a lawsuit,
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