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Every week I cover any trending topics in finance and give my personal thoughts and opinions! New episode every Sunday! Instagram: finfriendsyt Twitter: finfriendsyt YouTube: Financial Friends Public: brendanschema All Socials: jemi.so/financialfriends Want a free stock? Sign up for Public with my link: share.public.com/brendanschema Code: brendanschema *This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not legal or professional financial advice* Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/financialfriends/support

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Every week I cover any trending topics in finance and give my personal thoughts and opinions! New episode every Sunday! Instagram: finfriendsyt Twitter: finfriendsyt YouTube: Financial Friends Public: brendanschema All Socials: jemi.so/financialfriends Want a free stock? Sign up for Public with my link: share.public.com/brendanschema Code: brendanschema *This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not legal or professional financial advice* Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/financialfriends/support

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Fed slows rate hikes, Kroger & Albertsons merger, Crypto hedge fund Alameda fraud

12/4/2022
The Federal Reserve might be slowing their rate hikes, Kroger & Albertsons battle anti-trust pushback in D.C., and Sam Bankman-Fried continues to deny he knew anything was happening between FTX and Alameda. All these stories covered on “This Week in Finance” November 24 - December 1 #finance #stocks #economy ----- 00:00 This Week in Finance 00:18 Fed signals slowing of rate hikes 05:57 Kroger & Albertsons legal battle 11:00 SBF, FTX, and Alameda ----- -...

Duration:00:15:59

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Disney replaces CEO, Fed sees smaller rate hikes 'soon', Apple interested in Manchester United

11/27/2022
Disney has replaced Bob Chapek with Bob Iger, The Fed minutes reveal rate hikes could get smaller 'soon', and Apple reportedly looking at purchasing Manchester United. All these stories covered on “This Week in Finance” November 17 - November 24 #apple #disney #federalreserve #stocks #news ----- 00:00 Busy week in finance 00:42 Disney replaces CEO 06:24 Fed sees smaller rate hikes "soon" 11:21 Apple reportedly interested in buying Manchester United 14:10 Like, comment,...

Duration:00:15:07

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FTX saga & bankruptcy filing, tech companies cut costs, retail earnings stay strong (for now)

11/20/2022
Over the past week, the SBF and FTX situation has only grown more complex. More and more workers are getting let go as companies begin to prioritize profits over growth. And retail sales increased 1.3% in October but it seems to be fueled by consumer debt as US household debt rose to $16.5 trillion. All these stories covered on “This Week in Finance” November 10 - November 17 #stocks #ftx #crypto #news ----- 00:00 Busy week in finance 00:37 Cost cutting & Google activist letter 04:35...

Duration:00:15:49

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Twitter losing advertisers, Meta fires 11,000 people, FTX files bankruptcy, Bankman-Fried resigns

11/13/2022
Advertisers continue to pull from Twitter and they want answers, Meta fires 11,000 employees to cut expenses, and Sam Bankman-Fried's empire comes crashing down. November 3 - November 10 #stocks #crypto #news ----- 00:00 This was a crazy week... 00:44 Zuckerberg fires 11,000 employees 05:12 Twitter struggles with Elon as CEO 10:14 FTX files bankruptcy & SBF resigns 14:33 Drop your thoughts in the comments! ----- Meta fires:...

Duration:00:15:39

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Elon Musk to charge $8 for Twitter verification, Fed raises rates 0.75%, and more

11/6/2022
Advertisers bail from Twitter after Elon takes the reins, J&J makes an acquisition to fuel more growth, and The Fed raised interest rates another 75bps. October 27 - November 3 #stocks #finance #news ----- 00:00 Intro 00:52 Elon & Twitter 10:06 Amazon pauses hiring, Stripe fires 13:15 J&J buys Abiomed 16:48 Fed rate hike 20:05 Leave your thoughts ----- IPG: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/01/ad-giant-ipg-advises-brands-to-pause-twitter-spending.html Elon:...

Duration:00:21:08

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Big Tech Earnings Disappoint & Stocks Fall (AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT)

10/30/2022
Big Tech reported earnings over this past week and gave investors no reason to be happy about the future and their stock prices reflected that. We break down those earnings in This Week in Finance. October 20 - October 27 #tech #apple #amazon #meta #google #microsoft ----- 00:00 Intro 00:41 US GDP 02:00 META 03:23 AMZN 05:37 AAPL 09:17 GOOGL 10:25 MSFT 11:47 Elon Twitter Takeover 13:00 Outro ----- Stock Charts: https://www.google.com/finance/ US GDP:...

Duration:00:13:23

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Kroger & Albertsons Merger, 66% of Americans are worse off even as company earnings hold up

10/23/2022
Kroger and Albertsons are set to merge but will have to hurdle federal regulators. This news comes at the same time that Americans are facing higher prices at grocery stores and company profits are still robust. These stories and more in This Week in Finance! October 13 - October 20 #finance #business #stocks #news #financenews #businessnews ----- 00:00 Intro 00:45 Kroger & Albertsons merger 06:25 Spirit & JetBlue merger 08:53 66% of Americans are worse off 11:40 PG, NFLX, SNAP,...

Duration:00:26:45

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Netflix ad-supported tier $6.99, Kroger to buy Albertsons, Pepsi beat earnings & more

10/16/2022
The top stories from around the stock market! Kroger, Netflix, Pepsi, and more! October 6 - October 13 #finance #business #stocks #news #financenews #businessnews ----- 00:00 Intro 00:32 Pepsi reports earnings 02:53 Kroger & Albertsons to merge 05:45 Netflix releases ad-supported tier 08:35 Fed & inflation 10:15 PayPal 11:25 Rivian recall 14:57 Google selects Coinbase 16:15 Outro ----- Pepsi:...

Duration:00:17:26

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Inside look at TikTok, Musk buying Twitter, Peloton back on track

10/9/2022
Kim K pays SEC $1.26m for promoting cryptocurrency without declaring she was paid, Peloton making moves, Elon wants to buy Twitter, and more here on This Week in Finance! September 29 - October 6 #tiktok #elonmusk #peloton #twitter ----- 00:00 Intro 00:48 Peloton trying to course correct 05:00 Kim K fined for promoting crypto 07:30 OPEC cuts oil production 12:05 Elon wants to buy Twitter, again 13:57 TikTok financials 17:52 Outro ----- Peloton:...

Duration:00:18:51

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Hurricane Ian's economic impact, Netflix steps into gaming, Chipotle using automated chip-maker

10/2/2022
Netflix is stepping into the gaming world, Hurricane Ian is causing massive amounts of loss, and Apple Music is the new sponsor of the Super Bowl. These stories & more here on This Week in Finance. September 22 - September 29 #hurricaneian #netflix #chipotle ----- 00:00 Intro 00:30 Netflix opens gaming studio 03:27 Google cuts the fun 05:03 Apple cuts production & sponsors halftime show 08:52 Amazon releases new products 11:52 Chips are becoming automated 14:45 Hurricane Ian 17:02...

Duration:00:19:47

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FedEx Signals Weakening U.S. Economy, Fed Hikes Another 0.75%, Bezos to Buy Phoenix Suns?

9/25/2022
FedEx misses on earnings, The Fed hiked rates another 0.75bps, there Phoenix Suns are for sale, Ford battles the supply chain, and much more here on This Week in Finance! September 15 - September 22 #economy #federalreserve #phoenixsuns ----- 00:00 Intro 00:40 FedEx misses on earnings 03:30 Meta to cut costs by 10% 07:25 Ford makes $1b mistake 09:43 Fed hikes by 75bps 14:40 Phoenix Suns for sale 17:15 Thursday Night success for Prime 21:00 Outro ----- FedEx:...

Duration:00:21:26

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Ethereum Merges, Apple Card Causes Problems for Goldman Sachs, Starbucks Launches New Growth Plan

9/18/2022
Disney, Apple Card, Starbucks, and more on This Week in Finance! The series where I talk about everything that I found noteworthy over the last week! September 8 - September 15 #applecard #starbucks #ethereum ----- 00:00 Intro 00:31 Ethereum merge 01:40 Burger King facelift 04:00 Disney wants Hulu & sports betting 07:20 Apple Card causes problems for Goldman 10:48 Peloton co-founders exit company 13:40 Inflation comes in hot 15:55 EV charger network 18:50 Starbucks growth...

Duration:00:26:36

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Apple releases new iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Ultra, Google to make cuts, CVS acquires Signify Health

9/11/2022
Apple has a whole new line of iPhones, Google might be making some cuts, and Bob Iger says that moviegoing as we know it is over. This and more on This Week in Finance! September 1 - September 8 #apple #iphone14 #applewatch ----- 00:00 Intro 00:52 CVS to buy Signify Health 02:59 Target holds onto CEO 05:30 Google to make employee cuts 07:55 Apple releases all-new products 16:20 Moviegoing over as we know it 18:15 Subscribe ----- CVS:...

Duration:00:18:30

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Disney to create Amazon Prime-like membership, McDonald's fights $22 wages, Snap restructures

9/4/2022
AI in drive-throughs, Snap firing 20% of their staff, and Disney creating an Amazon-like membership? All this and more in This Week in Finance! August 25 - September 1 #disney #starbucks #snapchat ----- 00:00 Intro 00:40 Panera introduces AI drive-throughs 04:10 California to raise fast-food wages to $22 06:35 Sam's Club increases membership fees 09:23 Snapchat cuts 20% of staff and restructures 12:40 Disney to make an Amazon Prime-like membership 17:20 Starbucks finds new...

Duration:00:20:30

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My thoughts on student loan relief, Peloton now on Amazon, Twitter whistleblower shakes up case

8/28/2022
President Joe Biden announced he will be forgiving student debt, Peloton is falling further into hot water, a whistleblower shakes up Twitter/Elon case, and much more! August 18 - August 25 #studentloans #peloton #twitter ----- 00:00 Intro 00:45 Starbucks COO leaves 03:27 Warren cleared for 50% ownership of Occidental 05:38 DoorDash ends Walmart relationship 06:47 Twitter whistleblower 09:20 Peloton 14:55 Student loan relief ----- Starbucks:...

Duration:00:20:21

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Walmart & Target report earnings, Walmart partners with Paramount, Disney to spin off ESPN?

8/21/2022
Big stories out of Disney, Target, and Walmart! These and plenty more broken down here on This Week in Finance. August 11 - August 18 #target #walmart #disney ----- 00:00 Intro 00:50 Disney & Dan Loeb 03:51 Target earnings 06:12 Walmart 11:15 Michael Burry 11:54 American Airlines buys Boom 13:38 Inflation Reduction Act 15:15 Challenger & Charger discontinued 16:50 Big Ten signs massive TV deal 18:40 Subscribe ----- Disney:...

Duration:00:18:53

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Disney beats across the board & raises streaming prices, Google vs. Apple, 95% of teens use YouTube

8/14/2022
Disney earnings were fantastic, Elon sold more stock, Coinbase falters, Google wants to fight Apple, and more. Catch it all on This Week in Finance! August 5 - August 11 ----- 00:00 Intro 00:40 Chips Act signed 02:25 Coinbase poor earnings 03:33 Elon sells Tesla shares 05:05 Disney 10:30 Google vs. Apple 13:22 Teens' social media use 16:32 Inflation data 19:00 Outro ----- Chips Act:...

Duration:00:19:17

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AMTD Digital is the next Gamestop, Warner Bros Discovery fiasco, Amazon buys iRobot for $1.7 billion

8/7/2022
Jobs reports, acquisitions, and more! Check out all the hot stories on This Week in Finance! July 28 - August 5 ----- 00:00 Intro 01:10 Robinhood cuts jobs 01:50 AMTD Digital 03:17 Coinbase partners with Blackrock 04:20 Walmart lays off workers 05:30 Starbucks 07:30 Warner Bros fiasco 10:00 Tesla future plans 12:10 Amazon buys iRobot 14:05 Jobs report shocks 17:30 Outro ----- Robinhood: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/robinhood-cutting-about-23percent-of-jobs.html AMTD:...

Duration:00:17:49

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Big Tech Earnings, Meta Has Big Problems, NFL Now Streaming, JetBlue Acquires Spirit

7/31/2022
Big Tech has reported their earnings and they could have been worse. Meta has some problem-solving to do. The NFL is jumping heavily into streaming and the Spirit/JetBlue/Frontier saga has come to an end. #bigtech #meta #nfl July 21 - July 28 ----- 00:00 Intro 01:30 NFL streaming 05:30 3M spinoff 07:15 Meta rant 15:15 Gen Z investing 16:20 Amazon earnings 18:40 Apple earnings 21:55 Alphabet earnings 23:45 JetBlue buys Spirit ----- NFL+:...

Duration:00:26:49

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Snap shares fall, Disney raises ESPN+ price, McDonald's owners upset, Netflix reports mixed earnings

7/24/2022
Disney raises ESPN+ pricing, McDonald's franchisees are not happy, Twitter and Elon Musk head to trial, Netflix reports earnings, Amazon makes some moves, and Snapchat plummets. All in a week in the world of finance. Check out the stories and my thoughts in this video! #disney #snapchat #netflix July 14 - July 21 ----- 00:00 Intro 00:45 Disney raises ESPN+ price 02:30 McDonald's franchisees not happy 05:40 Twitter and Elon Musk trial set 06:15 Netflix mixed earnings 07:30 Amazon...

Duration:00:19:03