Nightly Business Report

AI was the big story of the year, but now it needs to grow up, according to our market guest. Plus, insurance stocks soared in 2024, but so have property insurance premiums. We’ll tell you how to mitigate risk, potentially lower your payments, and position your portfolio for big gains in 2025. And we’re live at the NYSE for the annual singing of “Wait ‘Till The Sun Shines Nellie,” led by the late Art Cashin’s family.

Despite stocks sinking into year-end, Citi is staying optimistic for 2025 and their US equity strategist joins us with the names he expects to outperform over the next 12 months. Plus, homeflipping profits are plunging as rates go higher. And we look back at the life, legacy, and economic record of former President Jimmy Carter.

Big tech is getting pounded, Bitcoin is falling, and treasury yields are moving lower. We dive into today’s market sell-off as we round out the holiday-shortened trading week. 

David Zervos tells us why he thinks the Fed is too restrictive heading into the Trump administratio. A retail analyst brings us the four names he’s most bullish heading into 2025--including one stock that’s up 20% in the past month. Plus, the PMG CEO gives us his read on the health of commercial real estate, and why rents won’t be falling any time soon. 

Listen to the day's top stories, the must reads & a whole lot more for today's modern investor.

Trader Jenny Harrington gives us the names that can cut through the market noise. With Nordstrom being taken private, we look at the other retailers that could be poised for a deal next year. And we run through predictions from 13 media executives for what 2025 will bring. 

Listen to the day's top stories, the must reads & a whole lot more for today's modern investor.

Strategas’ Dan Clifton makes the case for why Elon Musk is the ultimate bond vigilante, and what comes next could be earth-shattering. Plus, we have the latest from Capitol Hill as Congress races to avoid a shutdown by Friday night. And Bloom Energy has been called an underappreciated AI play for its ability to scale quickly and power data centers. The CEO joins us exclusively with what’s behind the innovative technology.

Listen to the day's top stories, the must reads & a whole lot more for today's modern investor.

Today’s retail sales data suggests consumers are getting more cautious, and tariffs may not help things in 2025. Plus, our market guest is going long Europe despite the growing geopolitical uncertainty there. And BofA is out with its food forecast for 2025, claiming chocolate milk could be a growth driver next year.

The Fed is expected to cut rates this Wednesday, but it’s a somewhat controversial cut. We explain why. Plus, Bank of America just made Nvidia one its top picks for year, but the stock’s been stalling out. We dive into the risks to consider.  

Wall Street’s #1 semiconductor analyst is with us as Broadcom soars to a new all-time high, pushing its market cap past $1 trillion for the first time. Plus, the market is facing a breadth problem, and the Mag 7 are emblematic of a worrying sign of weakness in the market, according to our market guest. And Rep. Gottheimer from NJ joins us with his take on the mysterious drone sightings in the state, and the government’s efforts to ban TikTok.

ServiceTitan opens for trading above its IPO price after pricing well above its range. Is it a bullish sign for the IPO market? Plus, President-elect Trump spoke to Jim Cramer after ringing the opening bell at the NYSE, sharing a preview of his agenda on crypto, taxes, and more. And Archer Aviation shares have more than doubled since the election as eVTOL names get a bump ahead of inauguration day. We’ll speak with the CEO about what’s driving optimism.

Listen to the day's top stories, the must reads & a whole lot more for today's modern investor. 

Listen to the day's top stories, the must reads & a whole lot more for today's modern investor.

Listen to the day's top stories, the must reads & a whole lot more for today's modern investor.

Did today’s strong jobs report put the Fed’s December pause on pause? It depends on who you ask. We’ll round up the latest Fedspeak and look at how to position into year-end. Plus, one economist says AI is exacerbating the “hiring doom loop.” He’ll join us to explain and give us the latest remote-work trends. And it’s OpenAI’s second day of “Shipmas”, we have their latest offering and a look at Trump’s pick for the White House AI and Crypto Czar.

Bitcoin just topped $100K for the first time ever. President-elect Trump says “You’re welcome.” Early investor Mike Novogratz says we’re witnessing a paradigm shift. And our market guest says he’s taking his money off the table. We discuss the different takes on Bitcoin’s big comeback.  

We’re counting down to Fed Chair Powell’s interview at the DealBook Summit. But first, we’ve got both sides of the rate-cut conundrum with where the economy could go depending on the Fed’s meeting in 2 weeks. And the housing market is showing some signs of movement. We’ll look at the latest data points and why housing could become a key issue for President-elect Trump and the GOP.

If the Fed skips a December cut, our market guest says there’s one trade to position for that. Plus, Salesforce earnings are on deck, and our analyst is bringing his 2025 playbook to the table. And Deutsche Bank is initiating coverage on Instacart, but warning investors not to put the ”CART” before the horse.