jurrien timmer of fidelity investments.eft, my chart of the week, bank of america. >> continues to shoot higher. >> shot higher after a one-day pause. >> so has the dollar. will it be a stumbling block for the rally? so far not so much. "squawk box" is next. >>> good morning. the march to dow 20,000. the index nearing a sixth straight week of gains as the trump rally rolls on. >>> driverless in detroit. gm's self-driving cars are hitting public roads in michigan. the next generation will be built in america. >>> and facebook announcing its plan to combat fake news stories. the social media giant wants your help flagging online hoaxes. it's friday december 16, 2016. "squawk box" begins right now. >>> live from new york where business never sleeps. this is "squawk box." >>> good morning. welcome to "squawk box." i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen and kelly evans is joining us. a look at u.s. equity futures, the dow opening up higher by about 44 points. the nasdaq about 6 points higher. the s&p 500 about 5 points hig

joining us now jurrien timmer.re in just for the here and now, last week and this week, tough to do much, isn't it? it's a lot of people that the players aren't wl around. >> during the last two weeks of the year, nothing happens. you remember last year the fed raised rates. really the sky is not falling. then january 1st, the sky did fall. i'm not expecting this to happen during this round. but the market's sort of in a suspended animation mode. i won't read too much into anything right here, right now. >> we close around here, it's 15% for the year, isn't it? >> 8% for the s&p. >> what sit for the average stock? >> for the russell, it's more, yes. >> it's not 15%? i thought it was 8% on the s&p since the election and we were already up a little. >> i don't think so, but i could check. i think it's 7% or 8%. >> i'm going to check. >> i'll look right now while you guys are chatting. >> how about next year? >> so for me it's all about the intersection of price and earnings. clearly earnings are on an upswing. and by

jurrien timmer, paul christopher, good to see you both. >> thank you. >>> when we come back larry kudlowjoin us at post nine and get his take on this rally and how the trump administration might impact the markets next year. but first, one stock helping boost the dow this morning, take a look at shares of nike after results last night. we'll talk about whether or not that can offset the weakness in goldman today. back in just a moment. hey gary, what are you doing? oh hey john, i'm connecting our brains so we can share our amazing trading knowledge. that's a great idea, but why don't you just go to thinkorswim's chat rooms where you can share strategies, ideas, even actual trades with market professionals and thousands of other traders? i know. your brain told my brain before you told my face. mmm, blueberry? tap into the knowledge of other traders on thinkorswim. only at td ameritrade. tadirectv now. stream all your entertainment! anywhere! anytime! can we lose the 'all'. there's no cbs and we don't have a ton of sports. anywhere, any... let's lose the 'anywhere, anytime' too. you can't