This Week in Finance Financial Friends

The Federal Reserve might be slowing their rate hikes, Kroger & Albertsons battle anti-trust pushback in D.C., and Sam Bankman-Fried continues to deny he knew anything was happening between FTX and Alameda.  

All these stories covered on “This Week in Finance”   

November 24 - December 1  

#finance #stocks #economy  

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00:00 This Week in Finance 

00:18 Fed signals slowing of rate hikes 

05:57 Kroger & Albertsons legal battle 

11:00 SBF, FTX, and Alameda 

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- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/fed-chair-jerome-powell-says-smaller-rate-hikes-could-come-in-december.html

- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/29/kroger-and-albertsons-executives-defend-proposed-merger-at-hearing.html

- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/former-ftx-ceo-sam-bankman-fried-says-i-didnt-ever-try-to-commit-fraud.html

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Disney has replaced Bob Chapek with Bob Iger, The Fed minutes reveal rate hikes could get smaller 'soon', and Apple reportedly looking at purchasing Manchester United.   

All these stories covered on “This Week in Finance”   

November 17 - November 24  

#apple #disney #federalreserve #stocks #news 

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00:00 Busy week in finance 

00:42 Disney replaces CEO 

06:24 Fed sees smaller rate hikes "soon" 

11:21 Apple reportedly interested in buying Manchester United 

14:10 Like, comment, subscribe 

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- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/21/kareem-daniel-disney-head-of-media-and-chapeks-right-hand-is-out-following-igers-return.html 

- https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-disney-company-board-of-directors-appoints-robert-a-iger-as-chief-executive-officer/ 

- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/23/fed-minutes-november-2022.html 

- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11465491/Apple-interested-buying-Manchester-United-5-8BILLION-deal.html 

- https://twitter.com/finfriendsYT/status/1595771088675475462 

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Over the past week, the SBF and FTX situation has only grown more complex. More and more workers are getting let go as companies begin to prioritize profits over growth. And retail sales increased 1.3% in October but it seems to be fueled by consumer debt as US household debt rose to $16.5 trillion.   

All these stories covered on “This Week in Finance”   

November 10 - November 17  

#stocks #ftx #crypto #news  

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00:00 Busy week in finance  

00:37 Cost cutting & Google activist letter 

04:35 FTX saga continues & bankruptcy filing 

10:33 Retail sales & earnings 

14:45 Thank you for watching!  

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Activist Letter: https://www.tcifund.com/files/corporateengageement/alphabet/15th%20November%202022.pdf 

Amazon Cuts Jobs: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/14/amazon-reportedly-plans-to-lay-off-about-10000-employees-starting-this-week.html 

2022 Tech Layoffs https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/09/tech-layoffs-2022.html 

SBF Vox Interview: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23462333/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-cryptocurrency-effective-altruism-crypto-bahamas-philanthropy

 Genesis: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/16/genesis-crypto-lending-unit-is-halting-customer-withdrawals-in-wake-of-ftx-collapse/ 

BlockFi: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/16/genesis-crypto-lending-unit-is-halting-customer-withdrawals-in-wake-of-ftx-collapse/ 

Genesis Tweet: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1592917789898989568?s=20&t=yF2vtZtZLdx5OmyqeNG7Yw 

FTX Tweet: https://twitter.com/gurgavin/status/1593292792582635520?s=20&t=yF2vtZtZLdx5OmyqeNG7Yw 

Retail Earnings Tweets: https://twitter.com/finfriendsYT 

US Retail Sales: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-retail-sales-beat-expectations-october-2022-11-16/ 

Household Debt: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/15/household-debt-soars-at-fastest-pace-in-15-years-as-credit-card-use-surges-fed-report-says.html

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Advertisers continue to pull from Twitter and they want answers, Meta fires 11,000 employees to cut expenses, and Sam Bankman-Fried's empire comes crashing down.   

November 3 - November 10  

#stocks #crypto #news  

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00:00 This was a crazy week... 

00:44 Zuckerberg fires 11,000 employees  

05:12 Twitter struggles with Elon as CEO 

10:14 FTX files bankruptcy & SBF resigns 

14:33 Drop your thoughts in the comments! 

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Meta fires: https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-is-preparing-to-notify-employees-of-large-scale-layoffs-this-week-11667767794 

IG on TikTok: https://twitter.com/finfriendsYT/status/1590328691401560066?s=20&t=qCzSOiQ6jG1XBit5SC_TNA 

Twitter loses ads: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/tech/twitter-advertisers 

Twitter chart: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkgOK9cOJEV/ 

FTX bankrupt: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ftx-tapped-into-customer-accounts-to-fund-risky-bets-setting-up-its-downfall-11668093732 

FTX timeline: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/timeline-rise-fall-crypto-exchange-063227404.html

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Advertisers bail from Twitter after Elon takes the reins, J&J makes an acquisition to fuel more growth, and The Fed raised interest rates another 75bps.   

October 27 - November 3  

#stocks #finance #news 

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00:00 Intro 

00:52 Elon & Twitter 

10:06 Amazon pauses hiring, Stripe fires 

13:15 J&J buys Abiomed 

16:48 Fed rate hike 

20:05 Leave your thoughts 

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IPG: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/01/ad-giant-ipg-advises-brands-to-pause-twitter-spending.html  

Elon: https://twitter.com/elonmusk  

Chartrdaily: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkgOK9cOJEV/  

Firing: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/02/twitter-reportedly-ready-to-cut-about-3700-employees.html  

Amazon: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/03/amazon-pauses-hiring-for-corporate-workforce.html  

Stripe: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/03/stripe-plans-to-lay-off-14percent-of-workers.html  

J&J: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/01/johnson-johnson-to-buy-abiomed-in-16point6-billion-deal.html  

Fed hike: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/federal-reserve-meeting-interest-rate-hike-november-2022

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Big Tech reported earnings over this past week and gave investors no reason to be happy about the future and their stock prices reflected that. We break down those earnings in This Week in Finance.   

October 20 - October 27  

#tech #apple #amazon #meta #google #microsoft  

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00:00 Intro 

00:41 US GDP 

02:00 META 

03:23 AMZN 

05:37 AAPL 

09:17 GOOGL 

10:25 MSFT 

11:47 Elon Twitter Takeover 

13:00 Outro 

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Stock Charts: https://www.google.com/finance/ 

US GDP: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/us-gdp-accelerated-at-2point6percent-pace-in-q3-better-than-expected-as-growth-turns-positive.html 

Meta: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/26/facebook-parent-meta-earnings-q3-2022.html 

Meta Earnings: https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2022/Meta-Reports-Third-Quarter-2022-Results/default.aspx 

Amazon: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/amazon-amzn-earnings-q3-2022.html 

Meme: https://twitter.com/finfriendsYT/status/1585752018039316482?s=20&t=tLYmv7mpeyzMt87Jpe6Zqw 

Apple: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/apple-aapl-earnings-q4-2022.html 

Apple Price Increases: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/24/apple-raises-prices-on-apple-tv-and-apple-music.html 

Alphabet: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/25/alphabet-googl-q3-2022-earnings-.html 

Microsoft: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/25/microsoft-msft-earnings-q1-2023.html 

Elon Takes Over: https://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-begin-to-fund-13-billion-in-debt-backing-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-11666824554?mod=hp_lead_pos2 

Elon Tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1585619322239561728?s=20&t=b5qIhxLIxzhB7DitpZW32g

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