Morning Brief

Jan 31 2025 179 ep. 53 mins 6
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Welcome to Yahoo Finance's flagship show - the Morning Brief. Hosted daily by Seana Smith and Brad Smith, it's your ultimate guide to making smarter decisions for your portfolio. Our hosts track early session volume while bringing you today's top market themes -- and elevating yahoo finance’s most popular newsletter.

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Oil earnings, December PCE, Trump’s tariffs

Jan 31 2025 52 mins  
Another busy week in the market. Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: Exxon (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Phillips 66 (PSX). Takeaways: U.S. stock futures climb as muted PCE data supports the Fed's inflation strategy.

Tech heats up, the Fed indicates rate pause, Apple and Intel earnings

Jan 30 2025 52 mins  
Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: Caterpillar (CAT), Microsoft (MSFT), American Airlines (AAL) Takeaways: Tesla, Microsoft, Meta (META) and IBM (IBM) kick off big tech earning season The Fed holds steady on

Market cools off for Big Tech, the Fed’s rate decision, ASML soars

Jan 29 2025 51 mins  
Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: ASML (ASML), Alibaba (BABA), Starbucks (SBUX) Takeaways: U.S. stock futures lose steam ahead of Big Tech earnings season The Fed will issue its first rate decision of the ye

Nvidia sinks, Trump broadens tariff pledge, earning season continues

Jan 28 2025 52 mins  
Can the market recover from yesterday’s big sell off? Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: Alphabet (GOOGL), Boeing (BA), Royal Caribbean (RCL) Takeaways: Nvidia plunges 17%, worst day since March 2020 Trump

Market declines, tech earnings season kicks off, investors focus on the Fed's upcoming rate decision.

Jan 27 2025 52 mins  
Deepseek rattles the market to start off the week. Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: Nvidia (NVDA), AT&T (T), SoFi (SOFI) Takeaways: Global tech stocks are declining amid concerns about the cost-saving and pe

U.S. futures pullback, executive action on A.I. and crypto, Boeing shares slip

Jan 24 2025 52 mins  
It’s the end of another busy week on Wall Street. Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: Boeing (BA), Novo Nordisk (NVO), American Express (AXP) Takeaways: U.S. futures pullback after S&P hit record highs in pre

Tariff concerns ease, Netflix surges, U.S. government open to partnering in a TikTok acquisition.

Jan 22 2025 52 mins  
Netflix soars to new highs on historic subscriber news. Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG), United Airlines (UAL) Takeaways: U.S. markets climb higher as investor

TikTok ban delayed, Trump soft on tariffs, Bitcoin pulls back

Jan 21 2025 52 mins  
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States and immediately got to work signing executive orders. Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: 3M (MMM), Netflix (NFLX), Apple (AAPL) Takeaway

Market sees best week since election, Bitcoin surges, Tiktok's fate in Trump's hands

Jan 17 2025 51 mins  
It’s the final trading day of the week. Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: Apple (AAPL), SPY (SPY), QQQ (QQQ) Takeaways: U.S. stock look to end with their best week since the election despite tech sell off

Retail sales data, big bank earnings, Scott Bessent heads to Capitol Hill

Jan 16 2025 52 mins  
It’s another busy day on Wall Street. Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: Bank of America (BAC), UnitedHealthcare (UNH), Morgan Stanley (MS) Takeaways: U.S. stock futures trade off previous sessions highs aft