CNBC Business News Update - Market Midday: Stocks Fall, Apple Duo Preorders Begin, Netflix Changes • 10/16/26

Episode Date: October 16, 2026

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CNBC Business News Update Market, midday Friday. The Dow trying to hang on to some green right now, down seven points being led lower by shares of Salesforce. They're down almost 3% this afternoon. The S&P 500 index is down 40 points, a half percent. The NASDAQ, down 335 points. That's 1.5%. Most of the chipmaker names have been in the red this afternoon. Companies who shares hit fresh all-time highs Friday include Williamson.

Mastercard Visa, Drugmaker McKesson, and MetLife. I think we are late cycle. The Fed's hiking. The Fed went from having your back to trying to break your back if you're an investor. And you have to take account of that and be appropriately paranoid. So, yeah, I think we looked around. We can sense a lot of nervousness from our clients. But I think that when I really dig into the concerns this week, I don't see anything that's going to derail the bull market. I think that we're still on track for probably breaking through 8,000 on the S&P before the years over. And I want to maintain an equity overweight. And I do think tech will ultimately lead that that bull run. That's 314 research is Warren Pies on CNBC.

Netflix reports quarterly results on Tuesday amid changes. Here's CNBC's Julia Borsden. In a big shake-up, Netflix appointing Fox and Disney veteran Peter Wright as chief content officer replacing Bella Bajaria. This comes on the heels of Netflix laying off 6% of its staff earlier this week and amid growing concerns about weakening engagement. Optopia reported that Netflix subscriber churn doubled between the second and third quarter of this year. With the stock down about 40% in the past year, Netflix has been ramping investment in non-traditional content, bringing over YouTubers and investing in podcasts. The question is whether Rice can improve the quality of Netflix's core business, which is, of course, film and TV

episodes. Apple's new foldable iPhone, the duo. Available. to pre-order and people are scrambling for it, even for the $2,000 base model. Here's CNBC's McKenzie Seagalos. It starts at $1,99 with the highest ed models topping 3,000. Now, analysts, I spoke to expect this demand to outrun supply, and that is exactly what we are seeing. Launch-day store stock disappeared almost immediately, and some orders are now slipping into January. That kind of scarcity can feed the cool factor, too, right?

use this luxury playbook before. On the coming week's watch list, we mentioned we get earnings from Netflix, plus United Airlines, General Motors, and many more. We'll also get some housing data and the latest on consumer sentiment. Jessica Eddinger, CNBC.

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