The stock market is recovering from a volatile few days, but will the surge last or will we see another downward spiral? After two straight days of decline, the Dow appeared to bounce back. John Petrides, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Point View Wealth Management, joins Cheddar to give his opinion on what's really going on in the stock market. He also shares his advice for millennials looking to make the most out of their investments.
We fact-check President Trump's State of the Union address with Jon Greenberg from Politifact. Greenberg talks about President Trump's comments on the visa lottery program, African American unemployment, and the administration's fight against ISIS. By Politifact's standards, Greenberg says President Trump did worse overall than President Obama has in years past.
The war between AMC Theaters and MoviePass is heating up. The subscription movie service recently removed 10 AMC theaters from its app. O'Connell says it's a bold move considering the app needs theaters to thrive. AMC knows MoviePass's model is beneficial to theaters but is worried about what will happen if the app eventually fails.
Plus, it's our weekly Your Cheddar show, bringing you the best financial tips. We'll discuss how to make money from blogging and analyze the difference between men and women when it comes to investment habits.
Oracle soars as it cashes in on the AI boom, Plus: Starbucks shares continue to fall under its new CEO, and does anybody actually want a new iPhone Air?
Swedish buy now, pay later company Klarna is making its highly anticipated public debut on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, the latest in a run of high-profile initial public offerings this year. The offering priced at $40 Tuesday, above the forecasted range of $35 to $37 a share, valuing the company at more than $15 billion. The valuation easily makes Klarna one of the biggest IPOs so far in 2025, which has been one of the busier years for companies going public. Other popular IPOs so far this year include the design software company Figma and Circle Internet Group, which issues the USDC stablecoin..
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison wrested the title of the world’s richest man from longtime holder Elon Musk early Wednesday as stock in his software giant rocketed more than a third in a stunning few minutes of trading. That is according to wealth tracker Bloomberg. A college dropout, the 81-year-old Ellison is now worth $393 billion, Bloomberg says, several billion more than Musk, who had been the world’s richest for four years. The switch in the ranking came after a blockbuster earnings report from Oracle. Forbes still has Musk as the richest, however, valuing his private businesses much higher.
