The Business Show

Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! In this episode of The Business Show, Andrew Giancola discusses the recent market turmoil driven by new tariffs and fears of AI disruption. The Dow dropped significantly, with major impacts on companies like IBM and cybersecurity stocks. AMD's stock surged du...

Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! The Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump's tariffs in a 6-3 vote ruling the law does not authorize the president to impose such duties, with Trump immediately responding by announcing a 10% global levy hiked to 15% on Saturday as the U.S. governm...

Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! In this episode of The Business Show, Andrew Giancola discusses the latest trends in the financial markets, including Wall Street's performance, the significant shift in retail revenue with Amazon surpassing Walmart, and the changing dynamics of job hopping a...

Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! In this episode, Andrew Giancola discusses significant market movements, including Walmart's disappointing guidance despite strong earnings, the Federal Reserve's divided stance on interest rates, Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in a landmark social media trial,...

Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! In this episode of The Business Show, Andrew Giancola discusses significant financial news, including Amazon's historic market losses, Warren Buffett's strategic moves with Berkshire Hathaway, the competitive landscape of media consolidation between Netflix a...

Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! In this episode of The Business Show, Andrew Giancola discusses the current state of the markets, highlighting mixed performances across major indices, particularly the NASDAQ's ongoing struggles. He delves into inflation trends, noting a decrease to 2.4%, an...

Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! 8.8 million Americans are now in default on student loans totaling $208 billion with delinquency rates at record 9.6% as a borrower defaulted every nine seconds on average throughout 2025 after pandemic protections ended creating the worst crisis in history;...

Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! January jobs report beat expectations adding 130,000 jobs versus 55,000 forecasted with unemployment dropping to 4.3%, but benchmark revisions showed the economy added nearly 900,000 fewer jobs in 2025 than originally reported revealing a weaker labor market;...

Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! In this episode of The Business Show, Andrew Giancola covers significant developments in the financial world, including MrBeast's entry into banking, the recovery of tech stocks, Coca-Cola's mixed earnings report, Alphabet's substantial investments in AI, Tar...

In this episode, Andrew Giancola discusses the recent turmoil in the financial markets, focusing on the significant drops in tech stocks, Bitcoin, and the implications of AI investments. He also covers the launch of TrumpRx, a new platform aimed at reducing prescription drug prices, and the current state of the IPO market, highlighting the performance of Bob's Discount Furniture and the competitiv...

In this episode of The Business Show, Andrew Giancola discusses the significant decline in software stocks, the implications of AI on the industry, Alphabet's recent earnings report and its aggressive AI spending strategy, and the current trends in the labor market. The conversation emphasizes the importance of diversification in investment portfolios and the need for personal financial preparedne...

In this episode of the Business Show, Andrew Giancola discusses significant developments in the business world, including Disney's new CEO, the turmoil in the tech sector, Chipotle's declining sales, the recent government shutdown, and the contrasting performances of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly in the pharmaceutical market. The conversation highlights the implications of these events for investors...

Summary In this episode of The Business Show, Andrew Giancola discusses significant market movements, including Elon Musk's merger of SpaceX and XAI, the recovery of the stock market, and the implications of recent earnings reports from PayPal and Palantir. The episode also covers the U.S.-India trade deal and the potential impact of a government shutdown on market uncertainty. Takeaways Elon Musk...

Silver crashed 28% in its worst day since 1980 while gold fell 9% and Bitcoin dropped below $80,000 as speculative assets sold off after parabolic runs; Disney beat earnings with theme parks hitting $10 billion quarterly revenue for the first time as the board prepares to vote on Bob Iger's successor; the government partially shut down over the weekend with House Speaker Johnson expecting resoluti...

President Trump nominated Kevin Warsh as next Fed chair though Senate confirmation could be difficult with Senator Tillis blocking nominees until Powell's criminal investigation concludes; software stocks crashed into bear market territory down 22% with Microsoft tumbling 10% wiping out $350B on weak cloud growth; Apple crushed expectations with iPhone revenue up 23% as CEO Tim Cook called demand...

Jerome Powell kept rates unchanged describing the economy on "firm footing" while dodging political questions saying "I have nothing for you on that" at least five times as two Fed governors lobbied for another rate cut. Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! 🚀 Loving the show? Leave a 5-star rat...

The Fed announces its interest rate decision today with 97% odds rates stay unchanged as markets watch for potential announcement of Jerome Powell's replacement with BlackRock's Rick Rieder and Kevin Warsh as frontrunners Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Join ⁠Master Money Academy⁠ today! 🚀 Loving the show? Leave a 5-star ra...

Markets are moving fast today, and there's a lot happening that impacts your money. Rare earth stocks surged after the government announced a massive investment deal. Health insurers are getting crushed on Medicare news. GM beat earnings and is rewarding shareholders big time. American Airlines and Boeing also reported. Nike is laying off 775 workers as it doubles down on automation. And believe i...

Markets closed mixed as rare earth stocks surged after Trump's $1.6B investment in U.S. Rare Earth; Capital One bought fintech Brex for $5.15B; Netflix beat earnings but fell on subscriber growth concerns; Meta, Microsoft, Tesla, and Apple report earnings this week; Trump announced then walked back 10% Europe tariffs; gold and silver hit record highs; consumer sentiment remains weak; and CD rates...

Inflation held at 2.8% in November's PCE above the Fed's 2% target keeping rate cuts on hold as stocks rallied; President Trump sued JPMorgan for $5 billion alleging political debanking after account closures following January 6th; Intel beat earnings but tanked 13% on weak guidance from supply constraints; and TikTok survived the U.S. ban by forming a joint venture with American majority board an...

Silver surged 170% in a year—briefly touching $80—driven by Fed rate cuts, genuine physical supply deficits, and exploding industrial demand with solar panels accounting for 29% of use, but investors should avoid chasing parabolic moves at all-time highs and keep precious metals at only 5-10% of a diversified portfolio rather than panic buying based on FOMO or fear. Join the community built to hel...

Gold surged 50% in 2025 breaking above $4,000 driven by geopolitical fears, central banks buying 1,000+ tonnes annually, and rate cuts, but gold's long-term real return is only 0.5-1% annually versus stocks' 6-7%—turning $10,000 into $13,000 with gold versus $60,000 with stocks over 30 years—making it useful only as a small 5% portfolio allocation for crisis insurance rather than a core wealth-bui...

Inflation came in at 2.7% for 2025—down from 3% earlier but still above the Fed's 2% target—yet consumers still feel squeezed because food prices rose 3.1% with groceries up 2.4% and restaurants up 4.1%, while shelter costs remain sticky at 3.2% annual growth accounting for over one-third of CPI, and the cumulative 20%+ price increase since 2020 means households still feel behind even with wages r...

Elon Musk said people shouldn't save for retirement because AI and robotics will create abundance making goods essentially free with "universal high income" in 10-20 years, but this ignores current reality where Americans face high inflation and affordability crises—making it critical to keep maxing 401(k)s and IRAs, investing in low-cost index funds, and letting compounding work rather than betti...

Core inflation came in at 2.6% annually—below expectations—keeping the Fed on hold while shelter costs remain sticky; Federal Reserve Chair Powell faces criminal investigation sparking Fed independence concerns though stocks rallied to new highs; JPMorgan beat earnings on strong trading revenue despite Trump's proposed credit card rate cap; Delta projected 20% profit jump in 2026 citing strong tra...