Many of the things that Christian spoke about right now are are asset classes that weren't really top of mind or or even in existence with regard to ETF rappers just 5, 10, certainly 15, 20 years ago. Things like hedged equity, buffer type products, defined outcome type products. from a an ETF uh platform's perspective and somebody who focuses on capital markets and the trading activity around some of these funds, what exactly are you looking for with regard to how things have held up for some of these kind ...

Google's poised to earn a hundred billion dollars from an investment it made in SpaceX which is expected to go public this summer. I'm a tech reporter with CNBC and for years Google has invested in startups just through separate entities it created under its umbrella company Alphabet. But now with AI companies requiring checks in the hundreds of millions even billions of dollars.Google itself is becoming a prime investor and Amazon and Microsoft are also doing the same. Back in 2015 when Google first invest ...

As of Monday morning, the US military has begun blocking all maritime traffic from entering or exiting Iran's ports. This is the latest escalation in the US Iran war. And here's what we know about how this military blockade will work.The US says that this is in effect against all ships regardless of where they're from. They say it'll be enforced specifically in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. So that's east of the Strait of Hormuz.And the military says that any vessel entering or exiting Iranian ports ...

The Iran war continues to cause major disruptions in the global energy market. Prices of crude oil and global natural gas remain stubbornly high even after an initial ceasefire agreement. Here in the US, drivers across the country are feeling the pinch.But one state in particular is really struggling with the oil disruption. >> California seeing the most pain of of any state when it comes to the pump. In fact, some areas of California now.San Francisco, the Bay Area, the first area to ever see an $8 price t ...

Joining me now is Charles Kupchan, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor of international affairs at Georgetown. Thank you for being here, sir. Um So, what do you mean by that.And how do you see kind of the balance of power as it plays out right now. Well, I think China is kind of divided in its own mind about the conflict. On the one hand, the United States is again mired in a Middle East war.It's distracted from its pivot to the Indo-Pacific. This is a war that's unpopular in the ...

Did you post that picture of yourself that depicted it as Jesus Christ. >> Well, it wasn't the picture. It was me.I I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with Red Cross. There's a Red Cross worker there which we support and uh only the fake news could come up with that one. So, I I had uh I just heard about it and I said, "How did they come up with that? It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better." And I do make people better.Make people uh a lot. ...

Check the markets here. Open lower as you know. We've turned around though. We're basically flat on the S&P. NASDAQ's green, Russell's green, Dow's down about 1 half of 1%. And I have to say, guys, the the plethora of notes that are out today, um, the ones that I've seen anyway are like 90% skewed positive. So, you've got Edard Denny sticking with their call that the S&P bottomed on March 30th, 7,700 on the S&P, Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley. Much of the adjustment for geopolitical risk, private credit concer ...

Welcome back to the halftime report and I'm Dominic Chu with today's ETF edge. Now with a breakdown in negotiations in the Iran war, investors are now facing protracted impacts on domestic economic conditions. So how are ETF investors repositioning.Joining me now for that conversation is Christian McNun, CEO over at Amplify ETFs. Amplify is a shop, Christian, that has become known on Wall Street as having a thematic kind of approach or suite of products. What exactly are you seeing right now with regard to ...

We haven't seen any any correlation or or I mean correction there at all. I mean sales are very very strong in the United States. I'm not speaking to luxury in China or other places.United States think things have been fine. The casual dining sector again is down about 1 1% or so but nothing alarming at all. We've had no issue of labor.If anything we have too much labor in the United States right now. I'm encouraged right now in the pause in the economy. You know are people feeling pain.They are. But as you ...

Bring in show music, please. >> Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on Squawk Pod, peace talks between the US and Iran end without a deal.President Trump announces a blockade of any and all ships trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz. >> So that Iran will not be able to sell oil and uh that will be very effective. >> We go around the world for the latest in the conflict.CNBC's Dan Murphy in the Middle East. >> The ceasefire is still intact, at least for now on paper, but there is a real risk of renewed ...