CNBC Business News Update - Market Midday: Stocks Mixed, Dip Buyers Swooping In, Job Market For '26 College Grads 11/14/26

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

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Jessica Ettinger, CNBC, mixed markets on Wall Street this afternoon. The Dow still in the red down 158 points, although it's recovered nicely from its earlier drop. The Dow is being led lower, though, by shares of United Health, which are down more than 3%. The S&P 500 index up 26 points. The NASDAQ in the green, up 156 points, more than a half percent. shares of Nvidia up one and a half percent this afternoon. Some investors think the chance of the Fed cutting interest rates next month is fading. This is a Fed that lacks clarity as to are we on the cusp of a productivity boom

that allows us to run monetary policy hotter than we would otherwise, or are we not? I am dying to see whether we get the buying on dips that has been so reliable for so long. That's Alliances, Mohamed El Larian on CNBC, and the dip buyers appear to be swooping in for some stocks on sale today. CNBC's Carl Keentania spoke with a top economist about the job market, especially for young people graduating from college next spring. The journal today, this remarkable piece, companies predict 26 will be the worst college grad job market in five years. What are you going on with entry level? If you look at the data for the unemployment rate for people who have a bachelor's degree between the 8th of 22 and 27, What is really unique about that story today is that if you look at the unemployment rate for women is actually going down and the unemployment rate for men is going up.

It tells you that this narrative that, oh, no one can find a job because of AI, that's just simply not correct. Apollo Global's Torsten Slocke with CNBC's Carl Kintanilla. Now women outnumber men with college degrees. About 60% are women, 40% men, so women are getting hired more. Walmart shares are under pressure today. CEO Doug McMillan announcing he will retire in January. He's young. He's been in the top job, though, for more than a decade.

He has been in charge for more than 12 years. During that time, Doug McMillan has more than quadrupled Walmart's market cap. He's also set the company up for continued growth. He's been seen as somebody who is not only a stalwart leader, but also a visionary leader for a retailer in particular, adding a lot of digital capacity, changing things in the stores. He, you know, raised the salaries for people and refurbished the stores at a time when it was not popular on Wall Street. There was a big revolt when he first announced that.

He's only 59. I am told that this was his choice, that he wants to step down at this point. I believe it because I can't imagine anybody wanting to chase him out of there. CNBC's Becky Quick. Doritos and Cheetos, naked versions in stores in December, parent company PepsiCo, is launching them without artificial colors. But PepsiCo says the original bright orange Cheetos and Doritos will still stay on store shelves as a choice. The Mega Millions jackpot tonight, $965 million, nearly a billion. No winner since last June. Jessica Eddinger, CNBC.

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