It's guaranteed income. It is an income stream financial protection for people who are retired for their survivors and for disabled Americans. And a lot of people don't understand, well, how is it funded.It's funded by you by payroll taxes that you've put into it. And you're able to get these benefits for your lifetime after you start claiming them in retirement. The thing that that people need to know is when to claim them.And what that is is your full retirement age. It's not the same as Medicare and it m ...

Inflation & Monetary Policy - The speaker initially anticipated rate cuts over the year, projecting inflation heading towards 2% with full employment, aligning with the FOMC's mandate [1] - Increased uncertainty and "dirt in the air," largely attributed to tariffs, have complicated the outlook [2] - The central bank is grappling with the possibility of a persistent inflation shock or stagflation, a scenario lacking a clear playbook [3] - The key question is whether the stagflationary shocks are temporary or ongoing due to new policy administrations [4] Economic Uncertainty - Tariffs are not a one-time price increase, unlike the initial theory suggested [2] - Determining a return to the pre-April 2nd path hinges on resolving the uncertainty surrounding stagflationary shocks and policy changes [4]

Welcome back. Paramount announcing this week it will acquire the US rights to UFC in a $7.7% billion deal beginning in 2026. The deal will also move away from the pay-per-view model for UFC.Shares with UFC parent TKO Group up more than 15% this week on the news. Joining us now, UFC president and CEO Dana White. Dana, welcome to CNBC.Thank you for being here. Um, tell us kind of how this deal came about. Why Paramount.Why the sea change kind of moving away from the pay-per-view model. >> Yeah. Well, going in ...

eye on that as well. AJ thank you. >> Great to be with you.>> Let's get back to the broader markets this morning. Joining us this morning is MetLife Investment Management chief market strategist Drew Matisse. Man we got a lot to catch up on.Drew it's good to see you again. Thanks for joining us. >> Thanks for having me on, Karl.>> You've been signaling softening in the labor market way before we got this last jobs print and these revisions. Has anything that's happened since, whether that's some of the infl ...

Welcome back. Shares of Cororeweave down about 2% after the company's post IPO lockup expired yesterday afternoon. Coreweave included a somewhat unusual provision in its IPO, allowing a lockup expiration for 83.7% of its outstanding stock or about 401.7% million shares, two trading days following the public release for this quarter's earnings.That of course happened yesterday after 400 p. m. Now the typical 180day lockup period would have been September 24th for Coree.I'm told by several sources that Corore ...

Jeremiah Buckley getting some news on Fizer this morning. For that, we're going to turn to Angelica Peoples. Hey, Angelica. >> Hey, Carl.Well, Fizer saying that one of its drugs for cickle cell disease has failed a phase three trial. Now, this is um you their hopes weren't particularly high for the cickle cell portfolio. But this is still important for Fizer because if you remember a few years ago, they spent about five billion dollars to acquire a company called Global Blood Therapeutics.And the deal has a ...

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a joint news conference following their summit on the war in Ukraine at the Elmendorf Richardson military base in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday. “The president wants to exhaust all options to try to bring this war to a peaceful resolution,” the White House stated ahead of the Alaska summit. It remains to be seen whether those “options” will be good or bad for Ukraine, ultimately. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not invited to the Fri ...

Tech is on pace for another week in the green. The Nasdaq looking to secure its fourth positive week in five. Big tech driving the index to more record highs this week as you know.And joining us this morning is Janice Henderson, portfolio manager Jeremiah Buckley. Jeremiah, happy Friday. Thanks for the time this morning.Good to see you. Hey, good morning Carl. Thanks for having me again.Before we get to individual names, I'm guessing that double digit earnings growth affords you some some opportunities over ...

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin begin their summit at the Elmendorf Richardson military base in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday. The state leaders will later hold a closely watched joint press conference. “The president wants to exhaust all options to try to bring this war to a peaceful resolution,” the White House stated ahead of the Alaska summit. It remains to be seen whether those “options” will be good or bad for Ukraine, ultimately. For access to live and exclusive video from C ...

at this hour and we'll start with the surge in shares of United Health today. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway revealing a stake of more than five million shares. Also, David Ter's Appaloosa adding to its United Health position and Michael Barry's Scion Asset Management also buying options.Joining us now, UBS analyst AJ Rice, who has a buy rating on the stock. So, we're highlighting uh AJ, some of the kind of the bullish moves we saw in 13F this quarter. There were also some bearish ones, too.Viking sold ...