Sowers is also the first openly gay person to coach in the Super Bowl. Microsoft ‘s Super Bowl commercial will celebrate San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant coach Katie Sowers, who on Sunday will become the first woman to coach in the big game. For it to make sense for such a massive stage at the Super Bowl, Hall said there has to be an absolute product truth. Advertisers have historically had a spotty record in terms of including women in a respectful way in their Super Bowl advertising. Wa

With Big Tech earnings kicking off this week, the industry’s dominance is greater than ever: the five most valuable U.S. companies — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook — now account for 17.5% of the S&P 500. That means investors passively putting money into the most popular exchange-traded fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, are heavily, and perhaps unintentionally, wagering on U.S. tech companies. The S&P 500 climbed 31% last year, its best performance since 2013. Additionally, tech compan

Data for November was revised lower to show these so-called core capital goods orders edging up 0.1% instead of gaining 0.2% as previously reported. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast core capital goods would be unchanged in December. Core capital goods orders rose 0.8% on a year-on-year basis in December. Shipments of core capital goods decreased 0.4% last month. Core capital goods shipments are used to calculate equipment spending in the government’s gross domestic product measurement.

Call it an emerging opportunity. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) fell by more than 3% on Monday as fears of the spreading virus gripped the major averages. “We see this weakness as an opportunity,” Wald said Monday on CNBC’s “Trading Nation,” adding that the weakness has not been meaningfully “damaging.” Wald flagged a more niche opportunity in the emerging market landscape: Invesco’s China Technology ETF (CQQQ). As one of Joule Financial’s “higher-conviction plays,” emerging markets

Nationally, prices increased 3.5% annually in November, up from 3.2% in October, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index. The 10-City Composite increased 2.0% annually, up from 1.7% in the previous month. The 20-City Composite rose 2.6% annually, up from 2.2% in October. Prices are hottest in Phoenix, Charlotte and Tampa. In Charlotte, they rose 5.2%, and in Tampa home prices increased 5.0%.

JPMorgan downgraded the alternative meat company and said it no longer sees a “compelling” valuation. “We are downgrading the BYND shares to Neutral from Overweight to reflect the more balanced risk/reward outlook in the stock. When the stock was <$75/share just three weeks ago we felt confident in upside potential. But now, with a variety of optimistic news stories baked in and the stock outperforming the SPX by 65% this month, we think it is prudent to head for the sideline once again. We cont

A battery start-up that’s backed by iPod inventor and Nest founder Tony Fadell, and which claims to have found a green and scalable way to make lithium-ion batteries more efficient, on Tuesday announced that it raised $18.5 million in its Series A funding round. Ever since Sony first commercialized the lithium-ion battery in 1991, scientists have been toiling over how to make these devices cheaper, safer and more efficient, and Advano is far from the first company to explore using silicon instea

Luxury retail companies that depend heavily on spending in China have a lot to lose from the coronavirus. The firm said luxury fashion brands have an average of 14% revenue exposure in China, and a loss of this revenue will likely impact company earnings.

The CEO of industrial giant 3M said Tuesday that the company is increasing production of its respiratory protection products, such as masks, to meet demand caused by the outbreak of coronavirus. Mike Roman said on a conference call for 3M’s fourth quarter results that the company is raising production around the world to make more of the products. “We’re seeing increased demand for our respiratory protection products, and we’re ramping up our production, in China and around the world, to meet th

Huawei USA security chief on UK decision to allow limited access to 5G networkBritain will allow Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to play a limited role in its next generation 5G mobile networks, defying pressure from the U.S. Andy Purdy, Huawei Tech USA chief security officer, joins “Squawk Box” by phone to discuss.

John Hope Bryant: The 2020 election will be about ‘morals versus money’Senator Bernie Sanders is rising in the latest Iowa polls just days before the Democratic Caucuses, but the newest CNBC Fed Survey shows that the more Wall Street learns about his policies and those of Senator Elizabeth Warren, the less it approves of them. John Hope Bryant, founder, chairman and CEO of Operation Hope, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss.

Some analysts say the sell-off, which started last week, could be 5% to 10%. “I don’t think it’s going to be 5%, 10%. said Joseph Quinlan, head of CIO market strategy for Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank. Fed meeting beginningThe Fed cut rates for the third and final time in October, before stepping to the sidelines. Online betting market PredictIt shows Sanders’ odds of winning the Democratic nomination at 39%, 3 points above Joe Biden.

Consumer confidence in the U.S. grew more than expected in January as the outlook around the labor market improved, data released Tuesday by The Conference Board showed. The Board’s consumer confidence index rose to 131.6 this month from 126.5 in December. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected consumer confidence to rise to 128. The data released showed 49% of consumers think U.S. jobs are “plentiful,” up from 46.5%. U.S. stocks ticked higher following the data’s release, with the Dow Jones In

Airlines came back a tad after days of selling off, with American Airlines up 1% and Delta and United Airlines both rising slightly. The reading gave a slight boost to the market, with the Dow now up more than 100 points again, though still short of the highs of the day. The Dow was up 119 points at its high and is up 95 points now. -Domm9:33 am: Dow climbs 100 points at the openThe Dow rose 100 points at the open, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were also higher, rebounding from a big se

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem on January 23, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday withdrew his bid for parliamentary immunity from prosecution on corruption charges, making a criminal trial against him a near certainty. “Netanyahu is going to trial – we have to move on,” Gantz said after Netanyahu pulled his immunity request. “The citizens of Israel have a clear choice: a prime minister who wo

One of the U.K.’s biggest grocery chains plans to invest £1 billion ($1.3 billion) across 20 years to reduce its carbon emissions to a net zero by 2040. In an announcement on Tuesday, Sainsbury’s said the money would focus on cutting carbon emissions, plastic packaging, food waste and water use. In order to lower its carbon emissions, Sainsbury’s said it would boost its renewable energy usage but cut down on overall energy use. On the plastics front, Sainsbury’s said it would halve its use of pl

Procter & Gamble, which owns billion-dollar products from Gillette to Tide, is set to attempt a groundbreaking ad at the Super Bowl on Sunday, co-created by consumers. “What you’ll see at the Super Bowl is the world’s first interactive ad, so we’re working with a company called Eko which is a technology that allows you to literally interact and choose which path the ad is going to take … Characters and the P&G brands they represent will include Old Spice’s Isaiah Mustafa and Charmin’s Ultra St

A “Get Ready for Brexit” ad campaign run by the British government last year did not “significantly” prepare citizens for the country’s exit from the EU, according to a report published Tuesday. But the campaign could not demonstrate that it “resulted in significantly better preparedness,” according to watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO). The Cabinet Office, which supports British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, spent £46 million ($59.9 million) out of a possible £100 million budget on the ma

Rodrigo Garrido | ReutersBritain will allow Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to play a limited role in its next generation 5G mobile networks. This is essentially the part of the network that hooks up your devices with the actual 5G signal. The U.S. claims Huawei poses a national security risk because its equipment could be used by Beijing for espionage. Earlier this month, a U.S. lawmaker has introduced a bill that would stop the United States from sharing intelligence with countries tha

The United States on Tuesday recovered the remains of individuals from a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in Afghanistan and was in the process of confirming their identities, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday. On Monday, the U.S. military said an E-11A aircraft crashed in the province of Ghazni but disputed Taliban claims to have brought it down. The attempt was repelled, however, he told Reuters, but added that the Taliban would allow a rescue team access to recover bodies from the cr