Brad Smith

New York

Anchor and Reporter at Yahoo Finance

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Home price inflation, gifting stocks, Congressional tax bill: Wealth

3 weeks ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

Wed, 14 May 2025 at 1:06 pm GMT-4 Wealth host Brad Smith monitors the morning's stock market (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) action while speaking to various Wall Street experts about investment strategies and personal finances. Realtor.com chief economist Danielle Hale comes on the show to talk about April's inflation data and what it indicates for housing prices.
Home price inflation, gifting stocks, Congressional tax bill: Wealth

3 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

0:01 spk_0 We are 2 hours into the trading day. It's time for Yahoo Finance's market. Stock trading higher as they push to extend recent gains on trade optimism. Tech, one of the leaders of the day. Kraft Heinz is investing $3 billion to upgrade its US factories, according to Reuters. The company's president.says the upgrade is intended to make plants more efficient and to lower costs. Rivian getting a downgrade to hold from buy at Jeffrey's, the firm citing a downbeat demand outlook for the year.
Renting can be the 'better short-run' decision, economist says

3 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

00:00 Speaker A Realtor.com's April renter report found that rents once again fell in the past month, with the median asking rents falling just under 2% month-over-month. Joining me now in studio to break down the latest housing data, we've got Danielle Hale, who is the retail or realtor.com chief economist here. Danielle, great to have you here IRL in studio with us. How are things for renters in the US right now? 00:40 Danielle Hale So there are some bright spots.
Renting can be the 'better short-run' decision, economist says

3 weeks ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

Wed, 14 May 2025, 10:00 am In this article: Rent prices dipped for the second month in a row, with the median asking rent falling by almost 2% in April, according to Realtor.com. Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com, joins Wealth to break down what easing rent prices mean for affordability and where homebuyers might still find opportunity. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here.
Ticketmaster to display 'all in' prices as junk fee rule takes effect

3 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

00:00 Speaker A The Biden era ban on junk fees took effect this week, and with it comes some big changes to purchasing your next concert ticket. Ticketmaster says it will start displaying the full price of a ticket to customers online. No more hidden fees that are only disclosed at the checkout last minute. The company says it will also give real-time updates to customers with a more than 30-minute wait time.
Waymo recall, Bill Ackman & Universal Music, Tesla committee

3 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

00:00 Speaker A We are two hours into the trading day. And it's time for Yahoo! Finance's market minute. Stocks are mostly higher as China suspends export controls and a trade and investment ban against US companies. Alphabet's Waymo will recall more than 1200 self-driving vehicles after finding evidence of over a dozen collisions. Waymo saying the issue causing the crashes was fixed in its sixth generation software.
Why emerging markets are a 'key area' for diversification

3 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

Emerging markets may offer investors overlooked opportunities as market uncertainty rises. Malcolm Dorson, Global X senior portfolio manager and head of emerging markets strategy, joins Wealth to break down where he sees the most upside right now. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here.
Why emerging markets are a 'key area' for diversification

3 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

00:00 Speaker A So, how are you looking at these state of markets right now coming off the rally? We've now seen the S&P 500 essentially get back into territory and perhaps on pace to erase some of the losses that we've seen over the course of this year. 00:18 Brad Well, thanks for having me, Brad. Uh, big picture, I think investors are incredibly under allocated within emerging markets. We see the average retail investor has roughly 3 to 5% exposure to the asset class.
Customers in 'confusing situation' amid tariff shocks

3 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

00:00 Brad Smith Used car prices fell for the second month in a row according to the April inflation print from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, known in your hood as the BLS. Prices are down half a percent in April, but still were up 1 and a half percent from a year ago. Meanwhile, new vehicle prices, they were flat last month, but rose slightly on a year-over-year basis. Here with more we've got Greg Migliore, who is the editorial director at AutoGuide.
Customers in 'confusing situation' amid tariff shocks

3 weeks ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Brad Smith

Tue, 13 May 2025 at 1:15 pm GMT-5 In this article: Used car prices fell by 0.5% month-over-month, according to April's Consumer Price Index (CPI) report release Tuesday morning, new vehicle prices remained flat from March.