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Bloomberg
01-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Bloomberg Intelligence: GM Slashes Guidance, Kohl's Fires CEO
Watch Alix and Paul LIVE every day on YouTube: Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Alix Steel Today's Podcast Features are: David Welch, Bloomberg Detroit Bureau Chief, discusses General Motors cutting its full-year profit outlook due to as much as $5 billion of exposure to auto tariffs, among the biggest financial hits revealed by any company so far from President Donald Trump's trade war. Mary Ross Gilbert, Bloomberg Intelligence, Senior Equity Analyst, Covering Retail, discusses Kohl's saying its' board terminated CEO Ashley Buchanan due to undisclosed conflicts of interest. An investigation conducted by outside counsel and overseen by Audit Committee of board determined Buchanan violated company policies by directing company to engage in vendor transactions that involved undisclosed conflicts of interest. David Kirkpatrick, Founder of Techonomy, discusses tech earnings. Meta Platforms Inc. shares jumped after the company's advertising sales quelled Wall Street concerns about the impact of the Trump administration's trade war, with first-quarter revenue beating expectations. Marci McGregor, Head of Portfolio Strategy for the CIO, at Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank, discusses her market outlook. Technology companies are powering US stocks on Thursday after the latest batch of robust earnings, with major indexes close to erasing losses sparked by the tariff shock that rattled markets just weeks ago.


Bloomberg
29-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Bloomberg Intelligence: GM Suspends Guidance, Carney Wins Canada Election
Watch Alix and Paul LIVE every day on YouTube: Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Alix Steel Today's Podcast Features are: David Welch, Bloomberg Detroit Bureau Chief, recaps GM earnings. General Motors is pulling earnings guidance for 2025 and putting $4 billion in share buybacks on hold until it has more clarity on the impact of US tariffs. David Gura, Correspondent for Bloomberg, and Host of 'The Big Take' podcast" discusses Canada's election. Canada's Liberal Party won a fourth straight election, as voters chose former central banker Mark Carney to manage the country's response to US President Donald Trump's trade war. Ted Swimmer, Head of Capital Markets and Advisory at Citizens Bank, discusses the latest on capital markets, the IPO market, and private markets. He discusses the evolution of the private credit space -- where traditional banks are increasingly partnering with private lenders. David also talks about how lenders are protecting themselves from private credit deals going bad through the use of unique covenants. Ben Miller, Co-Founder and CEO at Fundrise, discusses the state of commercial real estate. In the longer term, starting with the naming of a new Fed chair in May of 2026, Ben expects rates to come down significantly and quickly. He thinks even in a low rates/low growth environment (like the 2010's), this would be a gift to real estate owners/investors.