WEBVTT - Micron Falls, Charles Schwab Sinks, Microsoft's AI Strategy

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio News.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Carol Masser along with Tim Staneviek. Let's take a

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<v Speaker 3>look at some stocks on the move on this Wednesday

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<v Speaker 3>with us as Bloomberg News Equities reporter Alexandra Semonova. She's

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<v Speaker 3>back there at Bloomberg headquarters. All right, so alex let's

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<v Speaker 3>start with Micron Technology.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey guys, Yeah, this is a stock that is down

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<v Speaker 1>about three percent right now, even as it gave a

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<v Speaker 1>forecast that was generally upbeat, kind of highlighting how lofty

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<v Speaker 1>the expectations are from investors around AI. Fiscal first quarter

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<v Speaker 1>revenue will be around twelve point five billion dollars. That's

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<v Speaker 1>above what Wall Street expected. The average was eleven point

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<v Speaker 1>nine billion dollars, but some estimates went as high as

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen billion dollars. Micron stock has of course doubled this year,

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<v Speaker 1>rising at a faster pace than some of its peers,

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<v Speaker 1>reflecting all the AI fueled optimism. Strong results from Oracle

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<v Speaker 1>and Broadcom also added to this frends and of course

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<v Speaker 1>raised the bar for a Micron the stock you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously is down even despite a generally good earnings report. CFR,

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<v Speaker 1>a research analyst, said that a Broadcom and Oracle results

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<v Speaker 1>and also a slew of bullish cell side reviews had

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<v Speaker 1>raised the bar so high that everyone was preparing for

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<v Speaker 1>a Micron blowout. Rather, so this is why kind of

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<v Speaker 1>there's some disappointment around this.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, Micron on your raidar. Charl Schwab is also a

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<v Speaker 4>stock that you are watching. What's going on with Schwab today?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it is down today along with the broader market.

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<v Speaker 1>But they did say today that they want to give

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<v Speaker 1>retail investors access to private companies given the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>there is a growing number of firms that have been

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<v Speaker 1>industry giants before even going public. This is according to

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<v Speaker 1>their CEO, Rick Worster. He cited financial technology company Stripe

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<v Speaker 1>and of course are official intelligence company open AI as

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollar companies that they want retail to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to participate in. They also said that employees of these

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<v Speaker 1>companies would love liquidity for their stock positions, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course this follows the likes of Robinhood, which of course

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of a pioneer in giving retail investors more

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<v Speaker 1>access to different financial products. They also had said that

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<v Speaker 1>they want their clients to be able to invest in

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<v Speaker 1>private companies.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, Alex, you know this more than anybody, right,

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<v Speaker 3>It's like everybody. It's all about private markets, and in particular,

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like private credit that even on the retail

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<v Speaker 3>level now everybody's kind of clamoring to figure out how

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<v Speaker 3>to get it to their clients.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Absolutely, And I guess this is just a sign

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<v Speaker 1>of the times. Given all the euphoria when you've had

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<v Speaker 1>such a run up in the public markets, it's no

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<v Speaker 1>surprise that, you know, investors and those offering financial products

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<v Speaker 1>are trying to find a way to have their clients

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<v Speaker 1>get into other asset classes as well. Given the interest

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<v Speaker 1>in private companies.

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<v Speaker 3>I was going to say, though, showaps had a nice

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<v Speaker 3>run so far this year. I was looking at the

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<v Speaker 3>dees page. It's septimbat twenty five percent here today.

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<v Speaker 4>Alex, you mentioned that one of the reasons Shrob is

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<v Speaker 4>looking into this is because of those high flying AI companies.

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<v Speaker 4>We've got an AI story that you're watching next. Microsoft

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<v Speaker 4>on the move today.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it is, so it is going to start using

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<v Speaker 1>artificial intelligence models from Anthropic to help power its workplace

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<v Speaker 1>AI stations. Business users of Microsoft's Copilot branded AI assistant

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<v Speaker 1>will also be able to use this feature in addition

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<v Speaker 1>to open ai, which they were using previously. Apparently, they'll

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<v Speaker 1>be able to toggle between the two surfaces. Microsoft has

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<v Speaker 1>taken kind of a leading position in commercializing AI for

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<v Speaker 1>the workplace, largely thanks to that partnership with open Ai,

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<v Speaker 1>the startup, of course behind chat GPT. And it's interesting

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<v Speaker 1>because Anthropic was founded by a former AI employee, so

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<v Speaker 1>and it also has been one of the largest competitors

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<v Speaker 1>to open ai, so really interesting to see them also

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<v Speaker 1>take this service.

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