Wealth anchor Brad Smith breaks down the latest financial news for June 11, 2025. Alger Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager Amy Zhang discusses how to play the small and mid-cap stock trades and why she believes there are opportunities here. Food prices rose in May. Stew Leonard's CEO joins Brad to discuss how to save money on groceries this summer. Author and student loan expert Mark Kantrowitz speaks with Brad about how President Trump's "Big, Beautiful" tax and spending bill could impact stude ...

Stocks rising after the May CPI report shows inflation rising at a slower pace here. My next guest says that midcaps are overlooked by Wall Street, making them fertile grounds for active stock pickers. Joining me now, we've got Amy Zang, who is the Alger executive vice president and portfolio manager.Good to have you here with us this morning. Where are you seeing opportunity in midcaps right now. Good morning, Brad.Thank you for having me on. Yes, a midcap, you know, I think it's really a hidden gem. Um, y ...

On today's episode of Catalysts, host Madison Mills speaks with Yahoo Finance Senior Washington Correspondent Jennifer Schonberger on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's upcoming testimony and President Trump's latest comments on a China trade deal. Bob Lang, Explosive Options technical analyst, joins the show to explain how cooling inflation could open the door to Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre analyzes ARK Innovation ETF's Tesla-driven moves ahead of ...

It's time now for today's strategy session. Analysts across Wall Street are turning bullish on US stocks. Multiple strategists boosting their year-end 2025 targets on the S&P 500 after stocks recovered from their tariff induced selloff.Joining us now, we've got one of the strategists boosting his target, Keith Lerner, truest co-chief investment officer and chief market strategist and good friend of the show. Keith, good to see you here. just take us into the thesis behind why you're now raising your target ...

Well, Meta could pay nearly$15 billion dollars for stake and scale AI according to a report from the information as the company looks to expand its AI ambitions. Joining me now on this and more, G2 Patel. He is Cisco's president and chief product officer.Great to have you on this morning, G2. The latest AI investment from a tech company with regards to Meta. How are company leaders thinking about AI expansion right now and are you looking at any potential acquisition opportunities in a similar manner.Madiso ...

Morning Brief anchors Madison Mills and Brad Smith report on the latest financial news for Wednesday June 11, 2025. Several Wall Street strategists have boosted their year-end targets for the S&P 500. Truist co–chief investment officer and chief market strategist Keith Lerner explains why. The newest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data was released today, showing that inflation cooled in May. Madison and Brad speak with economists to break down the numbers and what they mean for investors and the Fed. President ...

I want to bring in our contributor for the hour. We've got Bob Lane back with us. He is explosive options technical analyst.A great voice to have when we are looking for clarity in the market because sometimes when the sentiment gets over its skis, you can bring us back to earth with the technicals. I want to start on the inflation data. We saw the market have a significant move to the upside.We're coming in just a bit off of that. How would you describe the market reaction. Uh quite a bit of a surprise, Ma ...

The US and Chinese officials reached an agreement during a London meeting this week. President Trump cheering the deal on so truth social this morning, outlining some of the details and hailing the relationship between the two countries as excellent. Here with the details, our very own Fed correspondent Jennifer Shamberger.Hey, Jennifer. Good morning, Maddie. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant set to testify this morning here on Capitol Hill.Just hours after wrapping up two days of trade negotiations with Chi ...

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May's Consumer Price Index (CPI) saw inflation rise by 0.1% month-over-month — below economists' forecasts of 0.2% — and 2.4% annually, coming in line with year-over-year estimates. Core CPI — which excludes food and energy prices — also saw its inflation readings cool in May, rising only 0.1% monthly (vs. 0.3% forecasts) and 2.8% annually (vs. 2.9% forecasts). Morning Brief anchors Brad Smith and Madison Mills dive into the breaking report on consumer prices. New Century Advisors chief economist Claudia Sa ...