Exposed vulnerability and other topics as well. Warren buffett may miss a key selfimposed benchmark for the first time in 44 years. We will tell you what it is and why he may miss his own goal. Buyoutf the industry say firms should put more equity in the companies versus credit. Our expert will tell you why it is so controversial. First, a focus on the u. S. Governments case against ssc capital. We have been covering the case is the very beginning. Sheila, i know tuesday is jury selection. How long will it take . Class it typically takes one day to two days. In some of these cases, it can take a little longer because they struggle to find jurors not tainted i all of the negative press coverage. Case ofst saw in the the current manager who was convicted in december, they have had a really hard time filtering out all the jurors. One person said, wasnt he selling a lot of art . They had eight negative sense of him. That will take up at least one to one and a half days next week. We have s
Save the iconic brantd. It is tuesday, january 31st, last day of the month. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. And we have a big lineup of newsmakers ahead for one including dow chemical ceo an andrew liverus, Robert Nardelli, mike jackson, fred smith and Jeremy Siegel. If the dow and the s p 500 finish near these levels, it will be one of the best starts in decades. The dow fell away from 14,000 after the gdp report surprised investors for the decline for the Fourth Quarter. The index is still up 2 for the month and it is shaping up to be the best january in 24 years. The s p 500 managed to hold on to the 1500 level yesterday. That index is up 5. 3 this month. Will the january barometer kick in . In 61 of the last 84 years, a strong january meant a positive year for stocks at the rate of 3 . Here is another statistic for you. The s p 500 has finished january with a 5 or
He doth protest too much. In every joke there is a whisper of truth. Kidding is that the expression . In spanish [ spanish ] i dont know whether andrew is delayed because of traffic or cant decide the proper look for a snow day. Could be a sweater sweater . A zipper sweater. A zweater . Yeah. You dont get up early enough do you live in the georgia . Yes. Youre here. Yes. Okay. I live 35 miles away. And you made it. And i have a sports car. And andrew lives in the city, he didnt make it. Dont live where theres a bridge or tunnel between you and where you work is good advice. That would mean i have to live in new jersey and i dont want to live in new jersey. You made it here. Too good for new jersey . Too good for new jersey, are you . Im single. I want to live in new york city. You married, you live in new jersey. How is it working . Great, actually. Youre still single. Notable other other notable market activity. The dow transports closed at an historic high. The index soared 15 during
Lori a very good afternoon, everybody. I am lori rothman. Melissa and i am melissa francis. What does facebook have up its sleeve and will it live up to the hype . Lori urging new warnings on the debt ceiling. Warning of a possible downgrade. Would the u. S. Lose its aaa rating . Melissa more than a quarter of workers are dipping into the 401 k account early. Lori lets get you updated on the market as we do every 15 minutes. Time to check with Nicole Petallides at the Stock Exchange. We do have losses. Nicole it depends if you are looking at the s p 500, that would be the case. The dow jones industrials, not the case. We finished higher yesterday by 18 points on the dow. What we are looking at today is the same sort of sentiment where we are right near that sentiment. We actually moved into the green for the dow. Some of the names that are weighing on the dow include hewlett and packard and american express. A lot of the financial names will be coming out. It traded as low as 483. 80.
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