This week the blockbuster news that Cisco is acquiring Splunk hit the wires. Is this a good deal for both parties?

It has been forecasted that credit card losses will peak in late 2024. What would this mean for the overall economy and for stocks?

Dave hits the headlines.

This is a bonus episode with Brandon covering the current and future state of the IPO market. Plus, Brandon dives into the hotly anticipated IPO of Instacart and Birkenstock's planned IPO.

-JM Smuckers buys Hostess for a steep 5.6 billion dollar price tag, is this a good deal for JM Smuckers and investors?

-Instacart is planning a hotly anticipated IPO, and the anticipation seems to be ramping up after Arm's succsessful debut.

-Plus, Dave hits Brandon with the headlines.

In this episode we go over the recent decline in home sales and how that relates to the rest of the economy including a bad earnings report from RH. We also talk about the Disney/Charter deal, Apple's event and more.

Recent retail earnings show two sides to the retail story with Walmart and Amazon still in the lead while retailers like Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and Five Below behind. What is behind this continuing trend?

Are U.S. businesses finally losing patience with China?

Dave tackles the week's headlines.

-Credit card debt is at an all-time high.

-Theft in retail continues to surge as Dick's posts a decline in earnings

-NVDIA's blockbuster earnings results push the stock even higher

-Evergrande's problems continue but plans are in the works to rescue the fallen giant

-Dave and Brandon analyze current headlines

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index gives us a sobering outlook, Starboard takes a 9.9% stake in Bloomin Brands looking to make some postitive changes and rig counts keep dropping.

We dive into Disney's earnings report, the earnings yield of the S&P 500, Softbank's acquisition of Arm, and more!

-Robinhood reported earnings and Brandon has a surprising take

-Berkshire is still going strong

-Dave talks about the new innovations in the trucking industry

On this week's episode we cover Meta and Alphabet earnings. Brandon talks about a great way to turn mistakes into profits and Dave talks about this week's headlines.