Buffett hands over the reins, the stock market's losing streak, airline class wars and more in Morning Squawk

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Happy Friday and happy 2026! I began my year at the movie theater watching an Amanda Seyfried-led movie-musical (“The Testament of Ann Lee,” not “Mamma Mia!”).

Stock futures are up this morning. The market is on a four-day losing streak.

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:

Glass half full: The market just wrapped up another year of sizable gains. Glass half empty: Stocks didn’t ring in the new year on a particularly strong note. The three major indexes are all on track to end this holiday-shortened week down more than 1%.