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Return of the Meme Stock? 3/27/24
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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Mar 27, 2024
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Podcast episode
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A new class of meme stocks has arrived. Trump Media, or DJT, is perhaps the most divorced from fundamentals. The newly-merged SPAC closed yesterday with a nearly $8 billion market cap and is up 17% today. Newly-public Reddit has also been also volatile – up nearly 70% since its IPO but falling 11% today. It all underscores a market that is increasingly driven by momentum… and retail investors.
Released:
Mar 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Analyzing the Market Response to Russian Banking Sanctions, Software Plays Amid the Ongoing Crisis & Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon on New Product Announcements: Our anchors begin today’s show with CNBC’s Leslie Picker breaking down the effects that sanctioning Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system could have on U.S. financial institutions, and CNBC’s Mike Santoli profiles the trading response to the crisis in Eastern Europe. Then, Wedgewood Partners CIO David Rolfe takes a deeper dive into the market fallout surrounding the conflict, and Former Facebook Chief Security Officer and Stanford Internet Observatory Director Alex Stamos argues for stricter penalties from social media platforms targeting Russian misinformation. Next, Citi analyst Tyler Radke discusses software plays amid the broader geopolitical tensions, and chipmaker Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon joins in a first-on interview from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Later, CNBC’s Shepard Smith reports on the latest dev by TechCheck