Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you the first information about tomorrow and the last information about today. Sign up for free to receive it straight to your inbox. Here’s what CNBC television producers were looking at Tuesday and what they’re looking at for Friday’s session. Apple and Microsoft, both in the $4 trillion market cap club, have both surpassed the $4 trillion mark. Apple stock closed at $269. The stock rose 5.6% in October and is up 28% in six months. Apple is the third company to reach $4 trillion. Microsoft exceeded its goal on Tuesday. The stock rose 3.5% in two days and 6% in one month. Nvidia was the first to reach the goal. The stock hit a new high on the day, rising 5%. Nvidia is up 85% in six months. AAPL YTD Mountain Apple Stock Year to Date Boeing Earnings Lead The Aircraft Manufacturer Reports Wednesday Morning on “Squawk Box” with Becky Quick, Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. CNBC aviation correspondent Phil LeBeau will speak live with CEO Kelly Ortberg on “Squawk on the Street” starting at 9 a.m. ET. Boeing is down nearly 6% since its last report three months ago. The stock is up 8% from its July high. Fed’s Interest Rate Decision The Fed’s decision will be announced on a “Power Lunch” with Brian Sullivan at 2:00 pm ET. CNBC’s Scott Wapner speaks with Double Line’s Jeffrey Gundlach at 3 p.m. Based on this decision, the yield on the 10-year bond will be 3.98%. The 2-year bond is 3.49%. 1 year is 3.61%. 6 months is 3.74%. 3-month term is 3.82%. 1 month is 3.97%. iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) has a dividend yield of 5.67%. The SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) has a yield of 6.52%. The Fidelity Corporate Bond ETF (FCOR) has a dividend yield of 4.34%. Verizon stock is down 7% since its last report three months ago. Verizon is up 17% from its March 10 high. VZ YTD Mountain Verizon Stock’s Big Tech Earnings Year-to-date Wednesday Afternoon Alphabet: The stock is up nearly 39% since its report three months ago. Stock prices hit new highs. Meta: Stocks are up 5% in 3 months. The stock is down less than 6% from its Aug. 15 high. Microsoft: Shares are up nearly 6% in three months. It is 2% off its July 31st high. Tariff Talk with Tom Rotunno What we learned today: The past few years have been bad for Whirlpool stock. The stock price has fallen more than 30% since the beginning of the year, marking the fourth consecutive calendar year of negative growth. Lost over 65% within this period. Tariffs have been a big focus this year, even though the company manufactures more than 80% of its products domestically and most of its competitors are importers. Whirlpool said it has been hurt by advances in inventory by overseas competitors. Still, CEO Mark Bitzer expressed hope on Tuesday’s earnings call after the company reported better-than-expected results. “I believe we are nearing a tipping point,” Bitzer said. He added that he expects Whirlpool to have a “clear relative advantage” at current rate levels, pointing to Whirlpool’s “approximately 3% cost increases compared to approximately 5% to 15% annualized cost increases” for its competitors. Whirlpool ended the day up 5%, compared to a 20% decline over the past three months. What we might learn tomorrow: On Wednesday, as Caterpillar reports earnings before the market opens, we’ll be watching for Caterpillar to release the latest information on the impact of tariffs. In late August, Caterpillar raised its full-year forecast for tariff-related costs this year to $1.8 billion from $1.5 billion, up from its previous estimate of up to $1.5 billion. Caterpillar stock is up 45% since the beginning of the year. CAT hit a 52-week low of $267.30 on April 7th, then skyrocketed nearly 100% to a 52-week high of $544.99 on October 16th. CAT YTD Mountain Caterpillar stock price since the beginning of the year
