Opening Bid

Opening Bid

Yahoo Finance’s Opening Bid decodes the frenzied trading day and the mystical world of business and finance like no one else in the game today. We serve you up the fiercest market commentary, deep dives with top leaders, hot perspectives on stocks, and inside scoops to get you maximizing your success on all things investing and finance. Opening Bid's host, Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi, taps into his extensive C-suite rolodex for provocative and thought-inducing chats. Catch new episodes of Opening Bid each week on Monday, Wednesdays, and Friday at 8:00am ET. Your journey to smart investing begins here!

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    Rigetti Computing CEO on hype after his stock explodes 48%

    How do you know as an investor that you are witnessing a borderline bubble in a stock? When a company (or companies) that has made no money ever is trading like it makes lots of money today will make even more money in the future. Welcome to the vibe continuing to surround quantum computing stocks such as D-Wave Quantum and Rigetti Computing. Both of these stocks have been on mind-blowing runs the past three months in part because of enthusiasm on AI and a super hyped new quantum chip from Google called Willow. The quantum space has also seen considerable investor interest on the Yahoo Finance platform, with the community consuming everything they could on the companies and the sector. So have investors become too optimistic on quantum computing stocks? Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi goes right to the source, talking at length with Rigetti Computing CEO Subodh Kulkarni. Rigetti’s stock has exploded 553% in the past six months, bringing it to an eye-watering $2 billion market cap. Interestingly, Rigetti has never turned a profit and has told investors it won’t be making profits anytime soon. In fact, it may have to raise more capital to fund its ambitions in quantum chips. Sozzi serves up a classic investor guide to one of the market’s hottest stocks out of the gate in 2025. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 00:00-Subodh Kulkarni on Opening Bid 00:27-Stocks ups and downs 01:49-Investor interest 05:11-You're not making money... 07:00-In the chip-weeds 11:43-Government & regulation in tech 16:09-NVIDIA & Meta have it out for quantum 21:44-HOT TAKE Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Subodh Kulkarni has served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Rigetti since December 2022. Kulkarni is a seasoned public company CEO with thirty-plus years of experience in the semiconductor industry and a track record of success in scaling and commercializing cutting-edge technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    26 min
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    Inside the ‘vicious’ stock market rotation hurting the Mag 7

    One thing has generally held true about the stock market the past two years: it has gone up and to the right. The reasons why are plentiful. For starters, corporate profits continue to impress Wall Street amid solid US economic growth, pricing power and stock buybacks. Two, investors have poured massive money into big-cap tech names such as Nvidia and Alphabet – which has only served to lift sentiment in many corners of the market. And lastly, interest rates have started to finally come down and in turn, drive up returns on investment. But can the feel good vibes persist as returning President Donald Trump aims to shake up the world order with tariffs and deportations, among many controversial ideas floated. Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi sits down with BlackRock chief investment and portfolio strategist, Americas Gargi Chaudhuri to get her latest market-moving insights. Chaudhuri thinks markets can continue to grind higher along with the economy, but there will be bumps along the way in part due to unpredictable politics. Some of those bumps are currently being felt as investors grapple with rising yields, percolating energy prices and dialed back rate cut expectations. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 00:00-Gargi Chaudhuri on Opening Bid 04:50-Why a little pullback is healthy 08:45-What in the world is "GARP" 14:00-Nobody's ruling out rate cuts 20:30-Where does gold and Bitcoin fit into your portfolio? Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Gargi Chaudhuri is Chief Investment and Portfolio Strategist, Americas at BlackRock. Based in New York, she heads the Investment and Portfolio Solutions (IPS) team for the Americas focusing on investment research, portfolio construction and market insights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    25 min
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    AI, vaccine distrust, and the future of healthcare: Novartis CEO

    Can science prevail against this more turbulent backdrop of the Trump administration? Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi talks at length with Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan. Narasimhan has led the drug giant since 2018, doing deals that have expanded the company’s pipeline in areas like heart disease and cancer. Still, Narasimhan is feeling pressure to bring the investments to the bottom line to jumpstart a stock price that has lagged in the past year. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 00:00-Vas Narasimhan on Opening Bid 00:37-What's next for Novartis? 05:24-Inside the life of a CEO 08:46-Healthcare bets for one, five, and ten years 13:47-AI's role and impact on healthcare 16:51-Looking at rising vaccine distrust Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Vas Narasimhan is the Chief Executive Officer of Novartis, serving in the role since 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    26 min
  4. 8 JANV.

    Why Nvidia stock is still the AI godfather

    Surprise surprise, an Nvidia stock price beating right after a closely watched CES keynote from CEO and founder Jensen Huang. Huang sure delivered the sizzle, promising big things in robotics and AI. All of this was reinforced in a Yahoo Finance interview with Huang led by tech editor Dan Howley. Yet, investors left yearning for more – and Nvidia’s stock notched their worst day since Sept. 3 on Jan. 7. Such is the case with Nvidia where expectations of greatness are a constant. Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi chats with widely followed tech analyst Dan Ives at Wedbush. Ives was in the room at CES to watch Huang give his keynote and hype new chips and new technology, such as the use synthetic data to train machines. Did Nvidia’s stock deserve to get routed? Do Huang’s comments on delayed quantum computing usage warrant the steep pullback in quantum stocks like Rigetti Computing? Ives offers up his usual no filter views on Nvidia and the wider tech landscape. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Dan Ives is Wedbush Securities Managing Director, Senior Equity Analyst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    25 min
  5. 6 JANV.

    Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, from the tech bubble to the age of AI

    Not many internet companies from the past 30 years conjure up the allure of Yahoo. The tech pioneer was the first guide for people to the fast-growing internet in the mid to late 1990s. Along the way came legendary products such as Yahoo.com, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo News and Yahoo Mail. These timeless products endure today as the go-to trusted guide for millions of people around the world in their respective categories. Amidst its rocketship-like success also came a dose of fascinating headlines in the 2000s, ranging from an offer by Microsoft (MSFT) to buy the company for $45 billion and a decision to make an early investment in then Jack Ma-led upstart Alibaba (BABA). In the milestone 100th episode of the Opening Bid vodcast, Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi sits down with Yahoo co-founder and AME Cloud Ventures Founding Partner Jerry Yang. Yang shares leadership lessons learned from the early days of Yahoo and how the next generation of entrepreneurs could apply them to achieve success in the era of AI. Yang also wades into the outlook for the internet as it continues to experience disruption amid the rise of AI and ChatGPT. While Yang reflects fondly on his time creating the Yahoo juggernaut, he has since gone on to be an early-stage investor in many of the companies powering the world today, such as Zoom (ZM). Yang offers insight into how he is investing today and why. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 00:00-Jerry Yang on Opening Bid 00:50-Yahoo legacy and building the company from the ground up 12:50-The future of the internet and AI  18:15-Government’s understanding of AI impact 20:20-AI investing 24:35-SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son 26:02-The future of Alibaba (BABA) and Jack Ma.  27:50-US & China relations heading into 2025 30:30-Yang on Steve Jobs 32:00-Advice for next generation of entrepreneurs Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Jerry Yang is the AME Cloud Ventures Founding Partner and Yahoo! Co-Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min
  6. 3 JANV.

    Tesla's big year, what’s next for Musk: Opening Bid

    Month after month, Tesla (TSLA) continues to be one of Yahoo Finance’s top most active tickers. And as a big car lover, it’s no surprise that Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi had to spend an entire Opening Bid episode focusing on our top Tesla conversations from the year. With critical investment insights, competitive landscape analysis, and absolute fangirl hype, this episode is chock-full of diverse Tesla commentary. You’ll hear from L&F Investor Services CEO Alexandra Merz, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management CEO Ross Gerber, and Bank Of America Securities Senior Automotive Analyst John Murphy. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 00:00-Tesla: Opening Bid year-in-review 00:40-Alexandra Merz, L&F Investor Services CEO 10:30-Ross Gerber, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management CEO 18:45-John Murphy, Bank Of America Securities Senior Automotive Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    26 min

À propos

Yahoo Finance’s Opening Bid decodes the frenzied trading day and the mystical world of business and finance like no one else in the game today. We serve you up the fiercest market commentary, deep dives with top leaders, hot perspectives on stocks, and inside scoops to get you maximizing your success on all things investing and finance. Opening Bid's host, Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi, taps into his extensive C-suite rolodex for provocative and thought-inducing chats. Catch new episodes of Opening Bid each week on Monday, Wednesdays, and Friday at 8:00am ET. Your journey to smart investing begins here!

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