Joining us now, George Heel. He's the vice president of commodity research at George, great to have you with us. >> Thanks for having me.>> You know, it's funny that we we had this list of fundamental reasons why the metals would decline today and yet the move has been sort of memeish, which is by definition not pinned by fundamental drivers. So, what did you make of the of the drop today. Of course.Well, I think you know silver has obviously had a outsized move against gold over the last few months and thi ...

For more on Kevin Wars and what it could mean for the future of the Fed, let's bring in former Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester. Loretta, great to see you. >> Nice to see you, too.>> I'm I'm so happy to have you here and get your take on this. And and I'm just wondering, you know, Kevin Worsh known known person. He's a very qualified person.He's been on the Fed, but his views have changed. I mean, he was known as an inflation hawk and then he he switched seemingly in the past year or so. Do you have a ...

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So everybody understands Fed independence except Donald Trump doesn't want Fed independence. Donald Trump wants it all Donald Trump's way. So what Tillis has said now, Senator Tillis has said is look until you at least stop this bogus attack trying to get rid of Jerome Pal and I would add the bogus attack trying to get rid of Fed Governor Lisa Cook.We can't even talk about who the next Fed chair should be. Donald Trump has just got to back up on his ideas of taking over the Fed. ...

For more on this dynamic, let's bring in RBC Capital Markets global head of commodity strategy, Hale Lima Croft. She's also a CNBC contributor. Hale Lima, we kind of know the headlines.Obviously, there's not a lot of detail around just how active or just how advanced the planning is for any possible move in the Middle East, especially Iran. What exactly are you hearing and how exactly are you interpreting what we do know right now. Well, we certainly know there's been a significant redeployment of US milita ...

We did discuss this choice for the Fed chair Kevin Wars. Now, let's bring in our senior economics reporter Steve Leeman along with former Fed vice chairman Roger Ferguson for more. Mr.. Ferguson, it's great to see you, Steve. Always good to have you. Roger, you first.What is your reaction to the worst pick. >> Uh, first I would say not surprised. Many people expected that to be the the outcome.Secondly, I think now in some sense for him, the hard work begins. Um he's got to get through a Senate hearing whic ...

For more, let's bring in Western Digital CEO Irving Tan. Irving, it's really great to have you here. Welcome.>> Thanks, Kelly, for having me. >> Can you just describe what it's like running a company through a period like this. >> Uh, it's exciting.It's crazy, but it's exciting, and it's a great opportunity for us to really show what we are able to deliver to our customers and to the market. >> But did were were you ready. At what point did you wake up one day and go, "Wait, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. There ...

GameStop shares famously soared 1600% in January 2021 before plunging over 80% in a week. That taught many young investors a valuable lesson about risk and reward. Victor Rebilla was in high school when he put an initial $50 investment into the meme stock craze.He rode the wave up and got out before it bottomed out. I think having that hands-on experience was super valuable and I don't really think that's necessarily something that you can really be taught. >> Since the meme stock mania, an increasing numbe ...

Kevin Worsh is a former Fed governor, has a reputation as a bit of a maverick. He believes basically that the Fed needs kind of a house cleaning. >> This isn't the first time you've heard me in the last decade say we need regime change at the Fed.It's not just about a person. It's about an approach to economics. It's about approach to what they're doing.And I'm troubled when I see them moving the goalposts. >> Not just Trump, but other administration officials. They want to see somebody go in there and just ...

Deerra Bosa has more in today's tech check. Dearra, >> hey Kelly. So the early shift in earning season is how the market is pricing AI.It's become Googleesque, meaning that investors are rewarding companies that really own the full stack of AI. So through that lens, uh Meta spending it does look bullish. It's expensive, yes, but it's also internal.Meta controls the models, the infrastructure, the distribution. So that is the control the full control that the market is rewarding these days. Microsoft by cont ...