6 stories we are following at Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast.
1. Market futures point up early this morning after the markets stabilized some yesterday. We will see how this goes. See “Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq set for higher open after chaotic day on Wall Street”. Yahoo Finance. Brett LoGiurato and Karen Friar.
2. 5 stocks down more than 25% that The Motley Fool says buy now. Amazon, Google, Ally Financial Services, Shopify and Advanced Micro Devices.
3. Tensions keep rising between China and US as China says the US is blackmailing China. “China vows fight to the end after Trump threatens additional tariffs”. Yahoo Finance.
Japan and the US are starting to expedite tariff talks after discussions between Japan’s Prime Minister and President Trump. Bloomberg.
4. Humana and UnitedHealth Group and health insurers are surging pre market as the US government increases its pay rate to Medicare Advantage insurers. See “Private Medicare Plans to Get Big Payment Boost from Trump Administration”. The Wall Street Journal. Anna Wilde Mathews.
5. Tilray Brands, Inc. one of the big cannabis stocks is down 56.44% YTD.
6. Apple and NVIDIA are each down 27% year to date. RH recovered 12% yesterday but remains down 58.2% YTD. Stellantis is down 66% over the last year.
Ps. Excited to join Jeremiah J. Hodshire on the Rural Health Today Podcast this week. Thank you.
Pps. Ovechkin and Divorce So here is the story. A long long time ago I went through a divorce and was quite lost. I started playing hockey again and got excited about it and it was like a 12 step program for all kinds of people with mid life issues. So then I go to hockey camp and another one. The next one is in DC and the Washington Capitals are part of this and they skate a little with the old guys like me. Ovechkin is there and at the time he is already a total star and an adult. And I’m like god this is so cool. 15 years later he is taking on and becoming the next great one. All these years later I cannot believe he is still at it. I’m still lost of course (not really) and he is still playing hockey (really). God bless both him and Gretzky. How classy is Gretzky to come to the games and pass the torch. I’m making a comeback too. Listen at Becker Private Equity.