Francesca Fontana
speaker
2,691 appearances
52 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2017
last heard Feb 2025
Francesca Fontana’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Last week was a market freakout.
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This week was a total 180.
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Last week was all about recession fears and Fed worries and lots of turmoil.
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But this week.
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We got a lot of reassuring data on the U.S.
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economy.
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Plus, on Thursday, two Federal Reserve officials signaled that they could support a September interest rate cut.
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And just like that, stocks were erasing those losses and bouncing back from that early August meltdown.
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All in all, each of the three major stock indexes had its best week of the year.
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The S&P 500 gained 3.9% this week, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite ended 5.3% higher.
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Two big companies switched up their CEOs this week, and in doing so, they served up some pretty big stock moves.
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First, Starbucks gave its shares a jolt, if you'll pardon the coffee pun, after it said it's bringing on Brian Nicol, chief executive of Chipotle Mexican Grill, as its next leader.
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Nicol slated to take over as Starbucks CEO and executive chairman of its board on September 9th.
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Investors welcomed the change, and the stock ended up gaining a whopping 25% on Tuesday, holding onto the lion's share of those gains the rest of the week.
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Then, on Wednesday, it was Victoria's Secret, which is poaching its new CEO from Rihanna, or rather the pop star and billionaire mogul's lingerie brand, Savage X Fenty.
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Hilary Super was CEO of Anthropologie before she took the helm at Savage X Fenty, where she spearheaded its rebranding efforts.
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Now, Victoria's Secret has been doing some rebranding itself in recent years.
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It's been working to win back customers in North America with more inclusive sizing and diverse models.
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And it certainly won back some investors on Wednesday when Victoria's Secret shares soared 16%.
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They jumped nearly 10% on Thursday and pulled back about 1% Friday, ending the week up almost 22%.
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