US stocks are re-finding their footing Tuesday morning after yesterday’s tech sell-off fueled by the release of DeepSeek’s new AI model. Seana Smith and Brad Smith cover all that and more on today’s episode of The Morning Brief. T. Rowe Price’s Global Technology Fund portfolio manager Dom Rizzo speaks on what this sell-off event may…
Morning Brief hosts Seana Smith and Brad Smith take investors through the opening bell and more, examining equity market (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) moves in the last trading session under President Biden’s administration. JPMorgan Asset Management global market strategist Stephanie Aliaga joins the program to talk about the opportunities seen in the health care sector. To…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, alleging he committed securities fraud by failing to disclose his active stake in Twitter, now X, allowing him to buy the social media company at “artificially low prices.” Yahoo Finance Senior Legal Reporter Alexis Keenan joins Morning Brief with Seana…
With 2025 right around the corner, Summit Place Financial Advisors founder and president Liz Miller joins Wealth! Host Brad Smith to make a case for US stocks (^DJI,^GSPC, ^IXIC). “As we look into 2025, what we’re seeing is a global economy that’s likely to be struggling, and the one bright spot is probably the United…
The Federal Reserve may slow down the pace of its rate-easing cycle in 2025. Main Street Research chief investment officer James Demmert tells Morning Brief hosts Seana Smith and Brad Smith this could cause a market (^DJI,^GSPC, ^IXIC) correction, which he says is an opportunity for investors to buy on the dip. “Investors should recognize…
Big Tech companies gain ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Academy Securities head of macro strategy Peter Tchir sits down with Morning Brief Seana Smith and Brad Smith to discuss his market expectations under Trump’s second term. Big Tech leadership “might be getting carried away with itself a little bit,” Tchir…
Market breadth is showing signs of deterioration, with the market recording its longest streak of more stocks seeing prices decline than rise since 2001. Catalysts Co-Host Madison Mills joins Seana Smith and Brad Smith on Morning Brief to take a closer look at market breadth, comparing the S&P 500 (^GSPC), which is weighted by market…
Microsoft‘s president and vice-chairman, Brad Smith, cautioned the West against assuming China is lagging behind in technological development. Speaking at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, Portugal, recently, Smith told CNBC that China is either close to or has even surpassed Western nations in many technological areas.“I think one of the dangers, frankly, is…
Morning Brief Co-hosts Seana Smith and Brad Smith analyze US stock futures (ES=F, YM=F, NQ=F), exploring factors suggesting continued market growth while examining historical December market performance since 1990. They also highlight the S&P 500’s (^GSPC) ascent throughout 2024 as the first trading day of December kicks off. To watch more expert insights and analysis…
Starting the first trading session of December, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) leads stocks in gains as it jumps higher than 0.5% after the opening bell; the index is up over 28% year-to-date. Morning Brief host Brad Smith and Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre observe this morning’s market action, while looking back on…