In this episode, Scott Becker discusses today’s market rally, highlights five stocks The Motley Fool says are worth a look, and covers the latest in U.S. trade tensions with China and progress with Japan.
Chapter 1: What are the key market trends today?
This is Scott Becker with the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. These are three of the stories that we're following today, and thank you for listening to the podcast. First, the market's point way up this morning is negotiations start to take shape between Trump and some other countries.
Chapter 2: How are the major stock indices performing this morning?
We're seeing an article this morning in the journal, Dow, S&P, NASDAQ set for higher open after chaotic day on Wall Street. Yesterday, the markets were pretty flat. Two days before that, they got crushed. And now we'll see what happens, and we'll see if the day holds. Right now, the markets are up about 3%. That would be a welcome relief from the last few days in the markets.
Second, The Motley Fool has an article on five stocks that you should buy that are down more than 25%. They say to buy them now. Again, I don't really ascribe to this stuff, but I find it fascinating to watch. These five include Amazon, Google, Ally Financial Services, Shopify, and Advanced Micro Devices. Again, it's not an endorsement from us, many of those, but that's what they're looking at.
Third, China and the U.S. keep having tensions. China says the U.S. is blackmailing China. China vows to fight to the end after Trump threatens additional tariffs. That's Yahoo Finance. We'll see if that ends up holding true. But somehow or another, the two countries have to reach detente at some point. In contrast, Japan and the U.S.
are starting to expedite tariff talks after discussions between Japan's prime minister and the president. So we'll see how that goes as well. Again, thank you for listening. These are three of the stories that we're watching right now. Thank you for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. Thank you very, very much.