i'm seema mody in for sara eisen. >> i'm dominic chu in for wilfred frost. lot of christmas music throughout the course of today's show if you like it, you'll love it if not, bear with us >> even though i'm not a fan, this is a classic. >> it is a great song. we have quite a few things that could be driving the trading action looking at the u.s. futures picture, we're seeing stable markets. we've seen this theme developing, we have not seen major moves in the premarket futures at least ahead of the opening bell right now the s&p 500 looking like it will open up by 4 points the dow up by 19 the nasdaq up by 5 as for the treasury yield side of thing, the ten-year note yield is falling a bit we saw that 2 1/2 mark yesterday. about 2.48% there. the run up in yields is pulling back just a bit in this early friday trade >> let's look at asia and how stocks closed there for the week the japanese nikkei did end the week higher. hang seng higher by 0.7% shanghai composite slightly lower. the kospi ening the week with a gain of almost a half percent. in europe we're s

. >> it is >> i'm wilfred frost >> i'm courtney reagan in for sara eisen i've been celebrating for aouple weeks now >> you were celebrating thanksgiving initially >> it's a blend. >> courtney does do the best internal decorations her desk is epic >> it's pretty good. >> i may have to sit at it later and take a picture and say it's mine you can claim the credit and move on. >> let's check the markets we did mention at the top of the hour that futures are pointing to a lower open after another record day on wall street. you can see the dow jones is positioned to open lower by 19 points if it were to open now, we know we have 4 1/2 hours to go. s&p 500 and nasdaq pointing to a lower open we got this delay in the senate tax reform bill passing late yesterday. as we look at what's going on with the ten-year note, yesterday the yield moved higher we saw the five-year hit the highest since 20 11. the two-year the highest since 2008 the yield on the ten-year ticked low lower. 2.385% at this point >>> we're following a major development out of capitol hill. the senate delaying a vote on tax r

. >> i'm courtney reagan in for sara eisen >> great to have you with us let's get straight to the marketsextraordinary seesaw session yesterday. the dow up 300 points at one stage in the morning, around about midday lunch time, started selling off, such that the dow ended off 58 points or 0.25% those intraday swings were similar across each of the indices. the s&p ending lower the nasdaq ending down 1%. definitely the same theme throughout the day whether we were at the peaks or troughs that's the selling of things like tech and buying of things that could benefit from a lower corporate tax rate like financials this morning you can see a similar theme once again the dow is higher. the s&p is fractionally higher but the nasdaq is lower. the dow up 8 4 points. ten-year treasury note did rise over the weekend to cross above 2.4%, but slipped a bit yesterday. it is below that level still today, 2.38% on the ten-year. >>> look at what's going on arou around the globe ahsia is mixed but mostly lower. the south korean kospi is higher by a third of a per sen. the hang seng is down by more than a

. >> i'm morgan brennan in for sara eisen. >> good morning.py holidays. >> happy holidays indeed getting closer to christmas morning. that's trading on the markets. we'll come in in a moment. travel alert things slowly starting to come back online at atlanta's heartsville jackson. more than 1,000 flights were delayed or canceled. the timing couldn't be worse we'll have more on that in just a moment >>> first, let's get a check on the global markets this morning. we've got green arrows really across the board as u.s. equity futures point to a higher open dow futures are up by triple digits right now indicating an open at 138 points higher. s&p 500 futures poised to open 14 points higher the nasdaq poised to open 51 points higher. this, of course, after record closes for all three of those indexes on friday as everybody is sort of focusing on tax reform and whether lawmakers will pass that through before christmas this week. >> absolutely right. friday's section slightly flat on the week as a whole up over 1% the s&p is up less than 1% so that f

. >> and i'm morgan brenna in for sara eisen happy monday. >> happy monday to you the global market picture pointing higher off the back of a nice end to the week on friday we saw about 0.5% of gains for the dow and s&p, on.4% for the nasdaq, meaning the nasdaq ended just negative for the week the dow and s&p gained 0.4% for the week and financials the best up today up 35 for the dow, the nasdaq is up 4, the s&p up 3 ten-year treasury, we saw a risk-on move, closer to 2.4% again, 2.37%, but in general, not much happening there last week on the yield front. >>> bitcoin futures going live last night and cryptocurrencies took another leg higher. we'll have more on the latest move coming up, but as you can see, the latest price, 17,600, up 13% on the cboe exchange. they started at 6:00 p.m. last night. there were a few outages, but ultimately, the price remained well supported with this liquidity event which is a positive, at least in the short term. >> it will be interesting to see how this goes. then we've got the cme futures launching next week, so i have a feeling we'll be showing a lot mor

now ♪ >>> good morning, and welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc i'm courtney reagan in for sara eisen>> and i'm dominic chu in for wilfred frost. let's check on global markets because we are on this friday seeing gains, at least on the futures side of things you can see futures pointing to a higher open, the s&p up by about six points, the dow up by about 78 and the nasdaq up by about 13 points overall. let's get a check on the fixed income markets on the treasury side specifically with the ten-year u.s. treasury note, yields are 2.362%, a little lower than they have been over the last couple of days. so the interest rate picture taking a little bit more clarity given the fed's interest rate hike and some commentary about the future still, though, yields in focus, especially for those financials, courtney. >> let's look at what's going on around the world in trading. so take a look at what happened in asia overnight. mostly lower, as you can see the south korean kospi is the one outlier higher by about 0.5% the hang seng was the biggest laggard, down 1% a lot of focus on what's going

. >>> in addition to the "squawk on the street" family to tell you about, our sara eisen and her husbandboy over the weekend his name is samuel harrison levine mom and baby are doing well. already, of course, monitoring, as you might expect, the currency markets i wonder if they bought him any bitcoin. >> a lot richer already. >> true birthday >> doing great, way up on bitco bitcoin. >> a cutie that's great, just great love it. can't wait to have sara back >> miss her. >> nothing more important than this >> all right, my man, let's get to "stop trading." >> 3m holds a meeting tomorrow i know steve was out reiterating his sell he's reiterated his sell multiple times sometimes you're goded on by that i think they're going to tell a remarkable story 3m was down friday buy it buy it >> why >> why because i think inga has been remarkable in reinventing the company, and there are many, many irons in the fire that he tends to talk about at the meeting, and i think it's a good opportunity to buy some and then if it comes down, buy more as much as i like steve's work on ge, where i wish the board

sara eisen is off.rotations in various sectors, but the headline indices down a touch on the dow. down 34. s&p largely unchanged. our road map begins with a busy day in washington. tax reform, banking regulation and a bill to fund the government all on the docket a look at your money straight ahead. >> and a dizzy/21st century fox deal getting closer. both sides closing in on a deal that couldcome as early as nex week >> and starbucks announcing a partnership with alibaba we're going to take you live to shanghai, and hear from howard schultz. >> the long awaiting tax bill has passed through congress. a looming shutdown at the end of the week threatens to derail some reform efforts. for more on the impact on the economy and markets, jan hatzius is here at post nine for a cnbc exclusive. good to have you back. welcome. >> nice to be here >> upped your odds of the bill being enacted prior to the senate vote, which ended up being a smart call how likely it is now >> very likely that we'll get something by t

. >> i'm seema m)$( infá for sara eisen. >> good morning. >> good morning to you >> great to have youh us let's get to the global market picture. it's an encouraging one. yesterday, record closes note just for all three main indices that you're looking at, but for the russell, for thel transpor as well. the nasdaq up 0.8% the s&p and dow up about 0.6%. the year for the w3ow that's roughly one every four trading sessions.e extraordinary statistics rp&r yesterday. utilities the worst. could be another positive set of record closes. the dow higher by 72 points, nasdaq by 10 s&p by 5 it was a risk-on day for the bond xdarket. we saw selling of bonds. yields rising. the ten-year pushed up to 2.39%, where it sits this morning as well >> global stocks have had an encouraging start to the week. let'se1 look at how asia perford overnight. mostly tof4ñpside.c the shanghai upqnearly 1%, hang seng up about 0.7% one event to watch this week will be the bank of japan polic meeting which kicks off tomorrow the japanese nikkei closing down 0.15%. let's look at early trade in europe european sto

sara eisen and her husband, matt, welcomed a baby boy over the weekend.amuel harrison levine both mom and baby are very well. we wish them all the very best that's also a new picture. that's probably my favorite thus far. congratulations. come back soon deserved your time off, but don't take forever >>> the countdown is on to the fed's time rate decision of the year what you ican expect when wex returns. you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. it can detect a threat using ai, and respond 60 times faster. it lets you know where your data lives, down to the very server. it keeps your insights from prying eyes, so they're used by no one else but you. it. is. the cloud. the ibm cloud. the cloud that's designed for your data. ai ready. secure to the core. the ibm cloud is the cloud for business. yours. looking from a fresh perspective can make all the difference. it can provide what we ca

. >> i'm sara eisen. >> i'm wilfred frosty the snowman. >> it's wilf on exchange >> just a reminder thisnger >> you can have your dirty blond hair >> i don't have a blue checkmark. >> not as important as i am. >> i posted a selfie last week, it got over 200 likes. >> the bachelor. this is real life. it's not true love ofrnlg >> oh, no. >> you know what kendall is up to i like it. >> you don't she's a model. >> i need to trademark frosties. ♪ >> sara week what will we celebrate? consumer goods >> currency. >> love of whiskey >> all my favorite things. >> look at all my swissies i like the currency. >> papa. >> are you not present during a live shot in a boat? >> i thought you liked boy bands. >> i love boy bands. >> that was impressive >> we are continuing our feistiness >> we spent a lot of time together the last 24 hours >> the real key man in my life has the same birthday as me. >> which is me >> sara now has an even more important key man in her life, her new son, samuel. we wish sara, matt, samuel all the best in 2018 we really miss you, sara on "squawk box. feels like a year already

. >> i'm contessa brewer in for sara eisen this morning. >> great to have you with us we begin with breakingews out of alabama nbc new projects doug jones the apparent winner that state's senate race. jones defeating roy moore. it's the first time in more than two decades that a democrat flipped a alabama seat moore has refused to concede saying it's not over president trump who endorsed roy moore seems to think it's a done deal the president tweeting congratulations to doug jones on a hard-fought victory. the write-in votes played a big factor but a win is a win. the people of alabama are great and the republicans will have another spot at this seat in a very short period of time. it never ends. so quite conciliatory from him, maybe thinking he needs to work with jones in the future and knowing another election is going to come. >> and we know the president likes winners. >> but he doesn't like losing himself. the crucial thing in the short-term, does this affect the tax bill i think it increases chances of the president signing whatever comes across his desk in the next week, whether it's

i'm in for sara eisen. it's on spotify right now. >> we aim to please.seems like we have done this morning. let's get into the market picture. a very rosie market picture this morning. futures were as much as 200 points higher moments ago just shy at the moment on the dow 192.4 to be precise. the s&p higher by 14 the nasdaq up 22 markets did pull back on friday albeit only slightly closing down .2 and the s&p a little bit more that for the nasdaq for a week performance was fairly divergent. the dow was up 3%. dow up 1.5 the tax reform bill we'll discuss that passed the market late friday night. ten year treasury note has responded as well in a risk on fashion somewhat we've seen the yield move up a little bit, 2.39% closing on friday at 2.36 over the weekend ticked up a bit. crossed 2.4 but is just below that level. >> more on the markets, but first to our top corporate story, cvs is buying aetna for $69 billion. our bertha coombs is joining us on the cnbc news line with all of the news. good morning, bertha. >> reporter: good morning, seema. this is a b

i'm carl quintanilla with john fortt, morgan brennan is at post 9 for the hour, sara eisen is off. 500 tech sector is the best performer this year by a long shot, up almost 40%. the question is, will this continue into the new year mark mahaney joins us to start off the hour, just published his 2018 internet sector outlook mark, always good to get your take happy friday >> good morning, carl. >> what's the headline on this one? >> going into '18 we have three constant and one change. at least for the internet aspect, they've been extraordinarily consistent and we think those revenue growth trends can continue into next year second, the multiples are the same they haven't changed over the last three years, which should mean the outperformance we've seen in the stocks to date, it's all bottom line driven or revenue growth driven. there's less downside risk, despite the outperformance going into '18 and the third thing, still expect heavy investments from these names top picks for the year going ahead are facebook, best growth valuation across all of technology, second netflix, and th

now ♪ >>> good morning, and welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc i'm courtney reagan in for sara eisen and i'm dominic chu

sara eisen is off today.y morning as the rotations continue in the markets, but a big story involves disney and 21st century fox, a story faber broke at the top of the nine and joins us once again. >> about one month after we reported on the talks between disney and fox, designed for disney to buy largely all the entertainment assets of 21st century fox, we can tell you now they are closing in on a deal that could be announced as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the situation. that is not to say it is done, but it is to say they have made a great deal of progress talking about a deal for which the consideration will be all disney stock and when you take in the assumption of debt and the equity that will be exchanged for the assets in question, it will amount to more than $60 billion, again according to people familiar with those negotiations. an exact price could not be determined at this point the assets in question include fox's studio, it's fx and nat geo cable networks, regional sports

sara eisen is off.ket trying to buck the wave of selling that happened overnight as hong kong, japan, were each down about 2%. barely hanging on to some gains with the ten-year at 2.31. >> some talk that maybe this selling was related to the president deciding that he was going to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem >> we'll talk about that we'll talk to alan greenspan geopolitics and tax reform greenspan is with us >> and bitcoin, it soared past yet another record high. we'll also speak to the co-founder of another crypto currency >> plus, powerful winds are fueling wildfires in southern california we'll bring you up to speed on the latest >> get straight to the markets obviously mixed at the moment after all three indices opened in the red the s&p and nasdaq in the midst of a three-day losing streak for the first time since august. also, the private sector added 190,000 jobs in november, which was right on target and sort of a presucursor, as always, to th jobs number on friday. jim earli

david faber at post nine of the stock exchange sara eisen is off. get to rick santelli >> so boy, we have big data points out university of michigan, of course, this is the december preliminary number and it's pretty good but it's certainly well less than expected. we're looking for a number close to 100, actually maybe in the camp of 99. we end up with 96.8. 96.8 now, this is preliminary, and there could be big changes with final, but even sequentially, it's a back away from 98.5 let's look at the other data out today, a little older, but still fresh. october inventories down .5 in october trade or sales, up .7. inventory down, sales up inventory down makes people nervous because it has implications for downgrading gdp. i happen to understand that, but when i look at up .7 with regard to sales, i see maybe we're moving the inventory as well, so i don't look at it as necessarily a bad pairing. we do see yields creeping up just a little bit. we want to pay close attention to that dollar index, trading near a critical level at 94. carl, back to you. >