nucor already has incredibly strong and durable relations with.ill see nucor move into this trend heavily. >> the last question, i'm going to go back to this, is there any chance at that the next quarter could be better than anything? i asked that because the miss was not a huge mess. it was just some things that broke down in the end. i looked at it and said listen, i'm not seeing a big decline in pricing. i know if the economy gets soft, everything goes weak but if the economy stays the same there's a chance you guys could do better than the current guidance. >> look, here's what i would tell you. the demand picture out there is still strong. we are seeing a lot of segments with the data centers, advanced manufacturing, cold storage, the digital economy, the hardening of the grid, the three pieces of legislation, chips, and i.r.a. is all starting to flow through. i would tell you that the investment strategies for the long-term, your viewers and our shareholders have made a lot of money because we invest for the long term. we are not guiding to

which has gained in adoption is mager >> as for earnings, definitely going to heat up tonight sap and nucor before we get into the mix with big industrials tomorrow. let's get to the judge in the half. >> a appreciate it, carl. thank you. welcome to the "halftime report" i'm scott wapner. front and center the losing streak for stocks and the big week ahead. the investment committee debating where the markets might head from here. trying to get a little bit of a bounce today. we're on a three week losing streak for the s&p down six straight days. mkm roth says not confident a low has been formed even if a bounce is likely. i guess, joe, we knew it was only a matter of time before there was going to be some pay back for this higher for longer interest rate idea and, you know, the market was acting as if there wasn't going to be anything to pay for that. i guess we learned our lesson last week and culminating on friday. >> we did and we were able to break below that critical area from early -- from late february off of the nvidia earnings and now you're getting a little bit of a bounce. i mean

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. >>> sales of nucor are seeing lower selling prices. shares down 6%. >>> and cadence issuing weak guidance with strong q1 results. that included the backlog of orders. it reflects the timing of shipments which were launch laulast week. shares down 6%. >>> shares of u.p.s. this morning. the stock is falling 7% since the company's investor day when the q1 profit could be lower than expected. profits could fall 5% year over year. margins are a key metric. estimates have that coming in at below 6%. another key area to watch is the contract with the u.p.s. and postal service. we know it is a five-year deal. one fedex previously held. there are issues with the deal and how it fits with the u.p.s. plan of higher margin freight. joining me now is conner cunningham. i'll start where we left off with the contract with the u.s. postal service. how do you view that? how does that fit in with the plan of better and bolder and higher margin freight? >> that's a good question. i would just say that fedex doesn't necessarily miss the contract. at the e

at that point, members of congress will start getting a call from companies like nucor saying we areaying a tax, essentially a tax or tariff, we are paying that to europe. you could have collected it here. it makes no difference to us. it makes no difference to our customers because it has to be paid one way or the other. the lights will go on in the congress. why don't we collect that money? why do we let these companies keep on forking over to the europeans? then people will realize we can do that to china. then we will be moving onan american carbon tax that is paired with the reduction in payroll taxes so there is no growth in government that comes from fossil fuels. but i truly would like us to focus on the word conservation versus climate. >> i realize our last period in 20,000 years ago, our seas were almost 400 feet lower, florida was three times the size it is today. it was due to axial precession. i cannot get into the physics but we are really focusing on conservation and we need to be focused on our solar winds because everything we do today is electronic. that is the rea

nucor stock opened at 175. but, then like boeing the stock. waited and felt 172. the quarter was truly disappointing. only a treacherous market has that kind of action, and i don't like treacherous markets. finally, we had our monthly investment club meeting at noon today. and as much as i want to think that i like all the stocks. i found myself hedging so many stocks that it was quite chilling. when you own more than 30 stocks only recommend a half dozen stocks to buy at this very moment. that's the oldest and that cash is rook. it's not king. there are so stocks worth buying here. of cash working you'd be selling, and selling. so, let me give you the bottom line. we've been in this sellout for over a month. i still think that the dicier time than most investors seem to believe. that's okay. we have. i hope you have some too. cash may not be king right now, but it certainly isn't upon either. i'm going to go to austin, and massachusetts. austin. >> with mcdonald's coming in at 300 starting the year, and now it's around 270. what can we see coming in like that? >>

. >> a big week for earnings reports are on the way from sap, cadence design systems nucor and clevelandtrading. >> we'll talk with

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at that point, members of congress will start getting a call from companies like nucor saying we areg a tax, essentially a tax or tariff, we are paying that to europe. you could have collected it here. it makes no difference to us. it makes no difference to our customers because it has to be paid one way or the other. the lights will go on in the congress. why don't we collect that money? why do we let these companies keep on forking over to the europeans? then people will realize we can do that to china. then we will be moving onan american carbon tax that is paired with the reduction in payroll taxes so there is no growth in government that comes from fossil fuels. but i truly would like us to focus on the word conservation versus climate. in my family, we have a nasa engineer, i'm a scientist but not a climate scientist. the last glaciation period 20,000 years ago, our seas were almost 400 feet lower. florida was three times the size it is today. it was due to axial recessions. i cannot get into the physics today but we should really focus on conservation and we need to be focused