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goldman sachs. alix: nelson williams of bloomberg intelligence and charles peabody of portales partners, thank you bothnd of a nasty pace in the morning and this might not help. s&p futures down by about 19 points, right around what we have seen the last hour. day, solar flat on the the bond market, the european industrial output also fell. yields down by about three basis points. crude off by about 1%. that is going to be a china global trade story is all the question marks about china percolate. shaw --us now is seem a cema shaw. >> financials have not been my favorite for a while. it is difficult to tell what is happening this week. think in a cyclical situation like this, you do not expect the banking sector to do particularly well. the one thing i was expecting is that given expectations have fallen so much further, maybe we could have a slight bounce back. alix: we have seen industrials get quite hard to hit quite hard. what sector do you think might be dislocated from the fundamentals in terms of sentiment? seema: it is becoming increasingly difficult to divide up by sectors. ahead,e is a slow d

thanks so much roger williams joining us, bank of america goldman sachs two big names watching this morningle beat on earnings revenue what it means for the industry and markets look at stocks right now series is saved what is in store for the future as chairman he had ye almost a period prevails in bankruptcy auction for the department store, back in a minute right here. bring financial stress to work. if you're stressed out financially at home, you're going to be too worried to be able to do a good job. i want to be able to offer all of the benefits that keep them satisfied. it is the people that is really the only asset that you have. put your employees on a path to financial wellness with prudential. bring your challenges. maria: welcome back, markets higher right now better day for banks after better-than-expected results, from goldman sachs and bank machining this morning, gesture abouti willis floor of the new york stock exchange. >> you go had the that right maria, so a blowout quarter for goldman sachs. they are the only wall street bank this quarter to show trading revenue growth

goldman sachs. joining us to discuss further is alison williams, bloomberg intelligence senior analyst and john tafto far with wells fargo and jpmorgan and city. is it a negative picture? the bank earnings we have seen are indicating we are not headed into a recession. this is something the market is having trouble digesting. we are dealing with slowing economic growth. people are conflating that with a recession. recession fears are what drove banks down at the beginning of the year and with those fears -- this earnings report on the market recovery, people are saying maybe we have some time left in this economic cycle and recession is not around the corner and banks will do better for longer than we thought. we have been saying that we think we are more in the fifth and sixth inning of this long economic cycle rather than the eighth and ninth inning of the cycle. i think the bank earnings we have seen demonstrate that. matt: that is a bullish perspective and i've heard that from a number of investors. i spoke with freddie from latitude and he thinks the u.s. banks are positioned. on the other hand

goldman sachs and morgan stanley ceos will be with us matt damon, one. u.s. -- u2 front man bono and his royal line esprince william state of the union is on ice until the shutdown is over we're going to talk to commerce secretary wilbur ross about the shut did you know and the progress of trade talks with china. it is 24, 2019bo >>> this is a special presentation of "squawk box" live from the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc we are live from the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. i'm becky quick along with joe kernan and andrew ross sorkin. let's take a look at u.s. equity futures. you did see gains after stcoe n before this morning you are seeing some green arrows, but muted green arrows dow futures indicated up by 25 points s&p futures indicated up by three skaf, and the nasdaq indicated up by 26 points. let's take a look at what happened overnight