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Welcome to power lunch, im Michelle Carusocabrera. Stocks on the red, they did hit alltime highs before dropping and the s p is higher up by one point. Utilities, realty and tech are seagate, nvidia, a map. Its a weak day for the for pharmaceuticals. Take a look at go pro, the ceo sake it will cut the workforce by 20 today its at lower by a dollar and a half after a decline of nearly 20 blue apron is feeling blue today as well. Down 17 cents. When youre on the at 3. 74 stock thats a 4 decline, t...

Impact that its products have on smartphone addiction in children cnbcs leslie picker has more on this story for us. Leslie hey, bill, thats right, its a twist on activist investing. Jana and california state teachers retirement system, sending a letter over the weekend to apples board pushing for changes there. In the letter, they say that apples ubiquity has created unintended negative consequences for children, particularly when it comes to their physical and mental health. They want apple to...

And ive always said this. Its nice to have kids because you need to live to watch them grow up, right i guess time is passing, they cant grow up. Did you have a nice day we did. I i dont know, i thought i had a free rain ein to imbibe. You cant tell what youre doing until its too late. So i have a picture we had a cake when we got home. I was laying on the couch and they took a picture of me because i wouldnt sit up to eat the cake you need those glasses that we had stounounds like a good birth ...

John fortt is live in las vegas at this years Consumer Electronics show so much news coming from ces today, bringing us to faang stocks joining us this morning to talk about it, btigs managing director, andy hargreaves, Senior Research analyst. Good morning to you both on ces, so many of these names are presenting this week, are having workshops for developers, and unveiling ostensibly technologies that are going to drive earnings higher. How much of a catalyst is ces this week . Theres always s...

Ann sheehan. Welcome to you all. Thank you. I think the question on everyones mind today is why apple . Of all the companies out there, why apple . Why apple apple is unquestionably a remarkable company, most valuable company in the world, and and a very responsible company, but theres no question that we need to be more responsive to childrens needs and childrens activities, and theres lots of research that has indicated that excessive usage of smartphones is damaging to kids, and so, you know,...

They are not valued relative to the Interest Rates. Whats happened in the markets has been very sensible nobody thought wed have these kinds of Interest Rates for a long time. Additionally you have the tax act which is a huge factor in valuation. All right so kevin oleary, theres buffet today on the Network Stocks arent too expensive, echos what tepper told me last week, what weve heard, from you know, gary cohn out of the white house and others are they right i think the most interesting aspect...

Welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla sarah and john are off interesting morning, rally is hitting the pause button this morning. Earlier today on squawk, berkshires Warren Buffett weighed in on stocks and what he thinks is driving the market now. They are not value developed Interest Rates what has happened in the market has been very sensible nobody thought we would have these kind of sfw rates for a long time. Additionally you have the tax act, which is a huge factor in act, which is a...

Fund strat energy, industrials once again leading, less than 20 points away from dow 25,500 tom, you just raised your yearending s p target to 3,025. How did you get there . Well, its just a simple matter of e growing 13 and some expansion gets you to 3,025. So a 10 upside to the market do you think its high enough . You know, our technician was thinking about how he thinks the base case is 3,000 so the s p could do something several hundred points higher than that. I think 3,000 is a good base ...

Of ways to describe this incredible rally. Its incredible, and its a little scary, but you cant be scared, and, know, you cant wait for a pullback because market timing is so difficult to do and very few can do it right. Its okay to get in here . I actually added some positions it a i had. Which ones . I added to delta which i bought earlier in the week and bought back united which i sold at 68. Right. Dont real like the company but the momentum in the transports and the airlines in particular a...

I dont know if its the word euphoria i think market, the market clearly has gone parabolic when that happens, you have a decision to make you could buy in with the momentum thats continuing to build or you could sit back and just have what you have. I think its better at this point to sit back, youre long the market stay long the market its not a referendum say og kay, because the markets going parabolic, it means it necessarily end. From a quantitative standpoint, this momentum strategy thats d...