Dealmaking is back with big banks like Bank of America, Merrill Lynch's wealth management comeback, IMAX's cash flow potential. Listener questions on tracking investments, leveraged shares, and life insurance. Stocks mentioned: BAC, MS, IMAX, AMZU, NVDU, SOXL

CEO of Fluence Energy, Julian Nebreda, discusses opportunities in the energy storage industry. Retail sales numbers, consumer spending trends, and earnings performance of companies like Goldman Sachs and Charles Schwab are analyzed. The 'Treat Yourself Economy' trend is explored, along with the transformation of Tax Day into a retail event holiday. Insights on battery storage solutions in the renewable energy sector are shared.

Bill Magnuson, Chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Braze, shares the origin story of the customer engagement platform. They discuss the power of personalized marketing, company's latest results, and plans for creating more value. Topics: personalized marketing, Braze's growth, evolving industries, real-time data processing, optimizing customer engagement.

Zeke Faux, author of 'Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall,' joins to discuss FTX's decline, meme coins, and the side effects of creating cryptocurrencies. Topics include the resurgence of meme coins, smaller stories in the crypto space, and the impact of creating cryptocurrencies.

Stocks, debt, and hedges at highs simultaneously, inflation numbers and potential Fed rate cuts, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft reducing reliance on Nvidia in AI, discussion on bad leaders and followers with insights from Volkswagen scandal, breakdown of Hershey and Coupang stocks

Steve Chen, the CEO of NewRetirement, discusses retirement planning and the importance of flexibility in estimating retirement age and income needs. They explore the advantages of Roth conversions for financial optimization and highlight strategies for optimal spending in retirement, emphasizing the impact of savings, home equity, and income sources.

Ron Gross and Jason Moser chat about TSMC's expansion in Arizona, challenges of semiconductor growth in the US, and Jamie Dimon's comparison to Warren Buffett. Ron Gross delves into the minds of activist investors, discussing strategies, identifying underperforming companies, and tactics for enhancing shareholder value.

George Arison, CEO of Grindr, discusses the app's growth beyond dating, including social networking and platform engagement. He highlights Grindr's unique business value, challenges faced during the pandemic, and strategies for post-pandemic work dynamics and investor day preparations.

Former CEO of Ashley Stewart, James Rhee, shares insights on turning around a retailer for plus-sized black women, leading with kindness, rewiring accounting principles, and the significance of goodwill in business. He discusses the discrepancies between real-world goodwill and accounting goodwill, promoting values of agency and accountability in business and society.

Learn about embracing AI in investing, Disney and Nelson Peltz's board fight, Alphabet's interest in Hubspot, Spotify's price hikes, Levi's direct-to-consumer success, Wharton Professor's four rules for using AI, and stocks to watch like Cognex and WD40.