Warren Buffett is a household name for all investors. The 'Oracle of Omaha' as he is known has turned Berkshire Hathaway from a small textile operation into an industrial powerhouse that owns railroad Burlington Northern and insurance player Geico. Buffett is also a legendary stock picker, getting in early on leading companies such as Coca-Cola, Apple and American Express. In the process of all this deal-making, Buffett has amassed a net worth of about $140 billion. What many investors forget is that Buffett is also a devoted father of three. One of his children is Howard Buffett, a current board member of Berkshire Hathaway who is likely to succeed his father as chairman. Howard Buffett is a long-time farmer and philanthropist, leaving the stock-picking to his legendary father. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi talks with Howard G. Buffett chairman and CEO Howard Buffett about why he is giving money to war-torn Ukraine and how to make a difference in today's scary world. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 01:00-Howard Buffett's philanthropic efforts in war-torn Ukraine, with plans to donate $800 million 06:15-Running a lean and smart team at the Howard G. Buffett Foundation 10:22-The politics of aid is complicated 13:40-The link between inflation and the war in Ukraine 15:00-Howard Buffett's potential future with Berkshire Hathaway 21:25-The state of the world and trading Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Alexander Frangeskides and Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Howard Buffett is the Chairman and CEO of The Howard G Buffett Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has been leading the audio giant for close to eight years. You don’t get to hold onto the CEO role for that long without doing a lot right time and time again: from introducing new home speakers to diversifying the company’s supply chain out of China. What many in the business world don’t realize is that Spence was there at the early days of Blackberry. In fact, he sold some of the first Blackberry phones to Wall Street over a 14 year career at the company. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi talks with Spence about his leadership journey, what went wrong at Blackberry and why Sonos is poised to challenge Apple in the headphone category. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 01:15-Sonos CEO's early love for tech 05:00-Patrick Spence brought BlackBerry to Wall Street 12:10-Pandemic brought more Sonos speakers into peoples home 16:20-What do Biden's tariffs mean for international production? 18:15-Sonos launches new headphones Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Alexander Frangeskides and Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Patrick Spence is the Chief Executive Officer and serves on the Board of Directors for Sonos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio is one of the most recognized people in the world of Wall Street. He built the firm into an out-performing hedge fund giant in part by developing ‘The Principles’, an intense and enacting guide to developing a workplace culture. Through the years, Dalio has gained legions of fans for his no nonsense approach to self-improvement, amassing millions of followers on social media. Today, Dalio is worth reportedly $15.4 billion. But there is more to Dalio’s story besides wealth and social media fame, contends one veteran reporter. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi talks with New York Times finance reporter Rob Copeland about his explosive new book ‘The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates & the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend’, which details a culture of fear and bizarre rules at Dalio’s famed hedge fund Bridgewater Associates. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 00:50 - Rob Copeland new book ‘The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates & the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend’ 04:03 - What are 'The Principles'? 07:48 - 3 horror stories from Bridgewater Associates 14:06 - Ray Dalio's doom and gloom predictions 18:55 - Billionaires' takes on Trump 22:00 - If investors are making money, where's the Biden support? Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Alexander Frangeskides and Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Rob Copeland is a banking and finance reporter for the New York Times and author of "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend," a New York Times best-seller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The stock market is sizzling. And that means stocks that were once cheap are now probably so expensive you can’t make a lot of money off of them. So how do you find value against this backdrop? Keep in mind said backdrop comes as retail traders are sending shares of near death companies such as GameStop and AMC back to the moon. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi talks with Boyar Research president Jonathan Boyar about how to find cheap stocks, the return of the meme stock craze led by GameStop and the biggest risks to your money as the Dow hits a historic milestone of 40,000. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 00:30 - Introducing "The Value Guy" 07:35 - The return of meme stock mania ll:30 - Is the Dow a flawed index? 14:40 - Biden tariffs and the biggest market risks 18:06 - Forget stocks; buy the New York Knicks!  23:20 - How to become a better investor Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Alexander Frangeskides and Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Jonathan Boyar is the Principal at the Boyar Value Group and Boyar’s Intrinsic Value Research, as well as a contributor to Forbes.com and the host of the podcast The World According to Boyar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are taking tough stances on trade with China. The consequences to consumers and the stock market are wildly unknown, but it may not be pretty. Also not pretty? Apple’s once indestructible stock price! With new AI power, what impacts can we expect on Apple and Nvidia stock? Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi goes one-on-one with influential investing strategist Steve Sosnick of Interactive Brokers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may not have heard of M13’s Carter Reum, and that has been your loss. Reum founded his venture capital firm in 2016 alongside his brother Courtney. Since then, M13 has been an early stage investor in some of the most well-known consumer brands such as Lyft and Bonobos. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor, Brian Sozzi, sits down with Reum to reveal the secrets of his investing success, and discusses how you can profit just as he has through the years. Reum is also a father of two and married to the OG reality star and businesswoman Paris Hilton. Sozzi and Reum chat about work life balance and the value of Hilton’s brand. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Brian catches up with former Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers. They discuss his fascinating career, the tech lifecycle, AI and how to be an effective leader in corporate America. Welcome to Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, our high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon is known for its amazing Prime service. And yes, the tech giant still owns your favorite organic grocery store Whole Foods. But the real financial goldmine for Amazon is its cloud services business called AWS. It's this business that is helping shape the very future of artificial intelligence in America. At the helm of this business is the wine-loving, weekend water skier Adam Selipsky. In episode four of Opening Bid, Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi chats with the Amazon AWS CEO on if he wakes up each day wanting to crush rivals Microsoft and Google, his biggest fears around AI - and one of his key mistakes made early on in his rise to the very peak of corporate America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the era of low interest rates over forever?! And what if Donald Trump wins the White House and takes more control of the Federal Reserve, how crazy would that be for investors? The Federal Reserve is supposed to be independent of the White House, after all. Billionaire Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may be right that AI won’t take your job, which is a good thing. In episode 3 of Yahoo Finance’s Opening Bid, Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi goes around the horn on all of these topics and more with Deutsche Bank Chief US Economist Matthew Luzzetti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the rich and powerful on Wall Street have non-stop conversations over when, or even if, the Federal Reserve will slash interest rates to supercharge the stock market, investors in one of the hottest areas of the market are selling first and asking questions later. That hot sector is none other than the Magnificent 7 – aka the Mag 7 – comprised of top tech companies Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Apple, Alphabet, Nvidia and Tesla. These investor favorites have come under pressure as market players dial back hopes for rate cuts in 2024. So what’s your best trade right now on these often money-makers? Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi is joined on Episode 2 of Opening Bid by Truist Co-Chief Investment Officer Keith Lerner, and Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Ines Ferre to share their inside perspective. An added bonus – Lerner reveals his best investing tip of all-time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the premiere episode of Opening Bid, Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi comes out blasting with hot takes on everyone’s favorite stock Nvidia, and most controversial billionaire, Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Is the stock market headed for a plunge? Sozzi weighs in alongside FS Investments Chief Market Strategist Troy Gayeski, and Freedom Capital Markets Chief Global Strategist Jay Woods. Safe to say both Gayeski and Woods don’t agree with Sozzi on the potential for a market beating, or Elon Musk. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 00:10 - Investors brace for slew of earnings 05:00 - Stocks: relief rally or more pain 07:00 - Mag 7 stocks step to plate 15:00 - Tesla's Q1 report 17:00 - Tesla problem has been musk 21:00 - Investors brace for slew of earnings Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Alexander Frangeskides and Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Troy Gayeski serves as the Chief Market Strategist for FS Investments. He is responsible for research generation, positioning and conveying the FS Investments suite of alternative investments in today’s marketplace. Jay Woods is the Chief Global Strategist for Freedom Capital Markets having spent over 25 years as a Designated Market Maker on the NYSE floor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices