To say this year has been huge for investors is an understatement.
Stock prices are near a record. The unrelenting AI boom has cemented Nvidia (NVDA) as a $5 trillion giant. Bitcoin is going mainstream and hitting new heights, though a recent pullback has rattled some bulls. Corporate America has its first $1 trillion compensation package — I am looking at you, Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk.
While asset markets have feasted on the AI theme and interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, the US economy has been mixed at best. That is, prior to investors losing weeks of precious economic data at the hands of the longest government shutdown in history.
Enter your friends at Yahoo Finance.
Today, the Yahoo Finance team is excited to unveil the next chapter of Invest, its annual marquee event. The team decided early on that we wanted to reinvent Invest, moving to a true global digital event.
Every month, Yahoo Finance reaches over 150 million investors around the world. Readers use the platform to consume investing and business content, from videos and podcasts to written stories, and use our incredible data to better their financial lives. We wake up every day trying to help this audience.
So we’re starting live at 8 a.m. ET today with Invest, right from our New York City studio headquarters. Invest has taken over Yahoo Finance homepages globally, our app, our social and streaming channels, and broadcast.
I want to know what top leaders are thinking about on Musk’s pay package, the future of crypto, the AI outlook for 2025 — in addition to 500 other things!
A small sampling of what you will see from us throughout the day.
Topic: Crypto explosion and the retail investor
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Michael J. Saylor, executive chairman, Strategy (MSTR)
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Arjun Sethi, co-CEO, Kraken
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Vlad Tenev, chairman, CEO, co-founder, and president, Robinhood (HOOD)
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Eric Trump, co-founder and chief strategy officer, American Bitcoin (ABTC); executive vice president, The Trump Organization
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Asher Genoot, CEO, Hut 8 (HUT); executive chairman, American Bitcoin
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Yoni Assia, co-founder and CEO, eToro (ETOR)
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Dan Ives, managing director and global head of technology research, Wedbush Securities
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Eric Jackson, founder, president, and portfolio manager, EMJ Capital
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Max Levchin, founder and CEO, Affirm (AFRM)
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Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
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Alexis Ohanian, co-founder, Reddit (RDDT); founder, 776
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Lael Brainard, distinguished fellow, Georgetown University Psaros Center; director, National Economic Council (2023-25); vice chair, Federal Reserve Board (2022-23)
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Jeffrey Smith, managing member, CEO, and chief investment officer, Starboard Value
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Albert Bourla, DVM, PhD, chairman and CEO, Pfizer (PFE)
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Daymond John, CEO, The Shark Group
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Ed Bastian, CEO, Delta Air Lines (DAL)
