WEBVTT - Warner Bros. Discovery Rises, First Solar Rallies, Clear Water Moves Higher

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<v Speaker 3>I want to get a look at some stock movers here.

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<v Speaker 3>Holiday shortened week, a good first day here for Wall Street.

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<v Speaker 3>Nice Monday to kick things off. Warner Brothers Discovery though

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<v Speaker 3>still in the news. Norm Melnda here with a breakdown.

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<v Speaker 4>Nora, Yeah, I mean we've been seeing so much action

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<v Speaker 4>when we look at Warner Brothers Discovery. I mean, Paramounts

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<v Speaker 4>Guidance has really been in focus throughout the trading day today.

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<v Speaker 4>We did see shares of that company ending higher. That's

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<v Speaker 4>ticker WBD for Warner Brothers Discovery and Peace Guy for

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<v Speaker 4>Paramounts Guidance. We had Larry Ellison, one of the richest

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<v Speaker 4>men in the world, agree to personally back with his

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<v Speaker 4>fortunes Paramounts Guidance's bid for Warner Brothers Discovery. So we've

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<v Speaker 4>really been seeing this tug of war Netflix on one end,

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<v Speaker 4>Guidance on the They're really trying to see who will actually

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<v Speaker 4>be able to take over aspects of this company here.

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<v Speaker 4>What about First Solar, what's going on that First Solar.

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<v Speaker 4>We've been seeing a lot of activity as well. We

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<v Speaker 4>did see shares higher. This is after news that Alphabet

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<v Speaker 4>will be buying clean energy developer Intersect Power. We know

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<v Speaker 4>that this is one of the company's biggest deals aimed

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<v Speaker 4>at boosting its AI related data center footprint. So you

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<v Speaker 4>did see for Solar rising just given the fact that

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<v Speaker 4>it is actually a customer there of intersect Power. So

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<v Speaker 4>Intersect Power has been a customer of First Solar, excuse me.

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<v Speaker 4>So we've definitely been seeing some activity there in the trade.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, I feel like right up until the

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<v Speaker 3>last day of the year, there are going to be

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<v Speaker 3>these AI deals because again this is data center deal

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<v Speaker 3>right Withoutphabet, so it really is about once again powering

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<v Speaker 3>the AI boom. And I feel like just every other

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<v Speaker 3>day we're just seeing another deal. So thanks for bringing

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<v Speaker 3>us for Solar. Round things off here with clear Water Analytics.

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<v Speaker 3>Cwaan is the ticker.

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<v Speaker 4>What's going on there right, clear Water analy We did

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<v Speaker 4>see a group of private equity firms agreeing to buy

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<v Speaker 4>this company. About eight point four billion dollars is the

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<v Speaker 4>deal that we're talking about here. But analysts did say

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<v Speaker 4>that this deal price was lower than anticipated, but if

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<v Speaker 4>you think about how the street was really viewing this,

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<v Speaker 4>we did see shares moving higher, so clearly investors are

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<v Speaker 4>buying in on this, but analysts are saying, hey, maybe

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<v Speaker 4>this wasn't the right price that we were looking for, so.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe very quickly, Nora, as this stock market correspondent in

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg TV, was there anything that really shocked you or

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<v Speaker 1>excited you as you cover these individual names this year?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe a favorite right talk about?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, there's been so much and as you called

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<v Speaker 4>out just a bit earlier, I've been looking a lot

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<v Speaker 4>at the tech space. I think that that's really been

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<v Speaker 4>doing much of the market this year and in the

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<v Speaker 4>more recent previous years. So it'll be interesting to see

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<v Speaker 4>what we end up seeing for twenty twenty six. And

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of the eyes more recently has been on

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<v Speaker 4>quantum computing stocks, which we talked a lot about today,

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<v Speaker 4>as investors are really trying to see what is the

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<v Speaker 4>next AI play and how can they be ahead of

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<v Speaker 4>the curve.

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<v Speaker 1>That's interesting because the Back of America wrote in a

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<v Speaker 1>note recently that they don't see that the AI players

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<v Speaker 1>are in froth like levels yet, but quantum and nuclear

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<v Speaker 1>stocks may be so That's an interesting point that you bring,

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<v Speaker 1>and I feel like even in the ETF world, those

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<v Speaker 1>are the thoughts that have been popping so far in.

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<v Speaker 4>Very speculative space. I mean, if you think about the

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<v Speaker 4>fact of financing and the revenue that they have, they're

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<v Speaker 4>only talking about tens of millions of dollars here versus

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<v Speaker 4>maybe a big tech player that brings in riks in

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<v Speaker 4>billions of dollars in revenue. So it really is a

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<v Speaker 4>bet on the future that investors are making here for

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<v Speaker 4>companies that haven't necessarily yet displayed the profitability that investors

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<v Speaker 4>are looking for.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, guys, I always love the ri A D

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<v Speaker 3>go function on the terminals see what people are reading

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<v Speaker 3>most read article? Did you guy? Guys already look at

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<v Speaker 3>ri A D.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't look at it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not going to cheat it.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you think. I mean, it was on top

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<v Speaker 3>go all day, So I mean.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm thinking Warner Brothers Discovery has to be bo bingo story.

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<v Speaker 3>You got it. Ari Ellison pledges forty billion to bolster

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<v Speaker 3>Warner Brothers. But it's hard not to click that hard

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<v Speaker 3>not to want to read story because.

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<v Speaker 1>They almost have to because almost every day or nearly

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<v Speaker 1>every day, there's a development. And again this is again

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<v Speaker 1>another development with Larry Ellison throwing his personal fortune behind

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<v Speaker 1>the Paramount. Did what could it be next week or

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<v Speaker 1>what could it be in the next month? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>who knows. And even our guests earlier when we talked

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<v Speaker 1>to them, Molly Shoots and the gentleman from Stephen Flynn

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<v Speaker 1>Stephen Flynn, Yes, they both were great, and they also

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know because it's just really unpredictable.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they I mean they're actually really seeing this going

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<v Speaker 3>well into next year. We just don't know, you know

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<v Speaker 3>about what was it about two weeks ago? We thought, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>Paramount's taking this to the shareholders, the shareholders will speak

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<v Speaker 3>and we're just going to move on.

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<v Speaker 4>And then even Warner Brothers Discovery, I mean, they were

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<v Speaker 4>talking to their shareholders essentially saying, hey, guys, we already

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<v Speaker 4>had a deal, an initial deal with Netflix. They were

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<v Speaker 4>essentially kind of giving them a nudge, saying, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>we think that you should seek with Netflix as well.

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<v Speaker 4>But then you have this play by aary Larry Ellison.

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<v Speaker 4>So it'll be interesting to see what actually happens as materializes.

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