Becker Private Equity & Business

In this episode Scott Becker discusses the connection between the jobs report and the stock market.

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The major indexes all rose Thursday with the S&P 500 rising 1.42 percent.

Apple is one of the most interesting current stories because almost all of us own Apple in some form or another.

Futures are slightly up to even this am.

The 10 year treasury yield opens this am around 1.44.

Covid hospitalizations, while on the uptick, are at a currently reasonable number of about 50,000.

Weekly jobless claims came in at 222,000, a fairly low number.

Elon Musk has now sold more than $10 billion in Tesla shares.

Tony James, the Executive Vice Chairman of Blackstone will retire after 20 years with the firm.

Apollo to buy Griffin Capital’s wealth management and asset management business.

In this episode Scott Becker discusses his experience investing in Bitcoin and cannabis.

In this episode Scott Becker discusses the psychology behind the different risk levels people have and how they allocate their investments.

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The markets fell yesterday based on fears of Omicron and uncertainty regarding its impact.

Apple faces slowing demand for its iPhone.

Futures point slightly up this am.

The 10 year treasury yield is down to open at 1.43 percent.

Disney appointed Susan Arnold as their new Chair of the Board.

In this episode Scott Becker shares 3 concepts on professional success.

In this episode Scott Becker provides an update on Salesforce.

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Markets were down yesterday.

Nasdaq and S&P futures point up nearly 1.5 percent this morning.

The 10 year treasury yield opens around 1.443.

Fed Chair Powell voices increased concern re inflation and may expedite the reduction in bond purchases by the Fed.

COVID-19 update – 1,550 deaths yesterday, 108,000 new cases.

Salesforce dropped 4 percent yesterday and is down 5 percent in after-hours trading.

Chris Cuomo indefinitely suspended from CNN.

In this episode Scott Becker shares the lasted news and stats on the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode Scott Becker discusses what drives the super moguls to sell their shares:

The CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella sold half his shares he owns in Microsoft for $285 million. This and the sale by Elon Musk are thought be driven by tax concerns plus diversification efforts plus wanting to take advantage of high market prices.

In Washington State, Nadella faced new taxes of 7 percent. Federally he possibly faces new taxes of 8 percent. Thus, by selling in 2021, he possibly saves nearly 15 percent in taxes or nearly $42 million plus or so.

Musk faced the 8 percent in added federal taxes that are in the house bill.