Amazon breaks into banking
Stocks (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC) are moderately flat, with healthcare (XLV) in the green, while industrials (XLI) are lagging. Stephen Guilfoyle, chief market economist at Stuart Frankel & Company joins us live from the New York Stock Exchange.
To discuss the other big stories of the day, Justine Underhill is joined by Yahoo Finance columnist Rick Newman and Yahoo Finance’s Dan Roberts.
Amazon’s new partnership
As you’re shopping for paper towels on Amazon Prime, you can now shop for a student loan. Amazon has partnered with Wells Fargo to offer interest-rate discounts to some Amazon shoppers. How much can Amazon actually gain from this?
Big changes to blockchain
Good news for all the blockchain lovers out there. Digital currency exchange Coinbase is now adding the trading of ethers to its platform. Ethers are the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network.
Musk’s master plan
Elon Musk finally revealed his second master plan. He wants to create a fully autonomous car-sharing service and expand Tesla’s electric vehicles to cover buses and trucks. Is this Tesla master plan really that innovative?