Over the past five years, Warren Buffett’s returns have beaten the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ, even as Berkshire keeps hundreds of billions in cash and treasuries.
(00:21) Jim Gillies and Ricky Mulvey discuss:
- How Apple has driven Berkshire’s performance.
- Disney’s flat returns over the past five years.
- A jeans manufacturer that is smashing the market.
Then, (19:07) Robert Brokamp and Alison Southwick discuss why you should think about taking a financial health day.
Companies discussed: BRK.A, BRK.B, AAPL, DIS, KTB
Host: Ricky Mulvey
Guests: Jim Gillies, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp
Under the guise of targeting illegal immigration, the Trump administration is moving to curtail Americans' financial privacy even further. Nick Anthony explains how.
Senior members of Trump's Cabinet got caught sharing attack plans—down to details of who they were planning to kill, and with what kind of weapons, while also wishing Godspeed to our soldiers—and now they'll say anything to get out of the jam they put themselves in. Also, JD Vance openly questioned the judgement of the president in front of those very senior Cabinet members. Meanwhile, vengeance has long been a defining feature of Trump, but the habits of his heart have also infected his supporters. And they've become a moral freak show cheering on deportations of families and starving Africans. Jeff Goldberg and Pete Wehner join Tim Miller.
In the United States, people accused of crimes are entitled to certain well-known protections under the law. And, in the international sphere, global agreements theoretically guarantee certain rights to prisoners of war. However, in the wake of 9/11 elements of the US government felt these protections were preventing them from obtaining justice. They needed locations off the books. Places where the normal rules didn't apply -- places that, officially speaking, did not exist. Tune in to learn more about the rise of black sites.
It's safe to say the Trump administration has shaken up the federal government.
That includes environmental policy and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Trump administration is making deep cuts to the department. The agency's top official, Lee Zeldin, says he wants to cut 65 percent of its budget.
The EPA has already slashed jobs at the environmental justice office, which addresses disproportionate environmental and health effects on minority and low-income populations. The agency is now bracing for more cuts.
The administration has already rolled back regulations, frozen funds, and made larger moves like pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate agreement.
We discuss what's next for environmental policy in the U.S.
Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the industry as Trump-related companies are exploring crypto ETFs and stablecoins.
Trump Media partners with Crypto.com to launch ETPs and ETFs, while Trump-backed World Liberty Financial explores stablecoins. Plus, Nillion's 'blind computing' protocol launches on mainnet. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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Friends, DeFi is having a moment — Uniswap Labs' web app and wallet connect you to the excitement. Swapping and bridging are simple, low cost, and lightning fast across 13 chains, including Base, Arbitrum and Unichain, the new Layer 2 network designed for DeFi.
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee and edited by Victor Chen.
We talk today about the three elements of the story about a journalist finding himself on the text chain revealing the deepest secret of the Trump administration thus far and what it says about the behavior and policies of the White House, and then dive deep into the extraordinary story of the Minnesota non-profit that stole $250 million in COVID relief money and gave it to staffers in the form of wedding gold. Give a listen.
A Sudanese commander accuses Chad of allowing the United Arab Emirates to use Chadian airports to supply weapons to rebels in Sudan. But where's the evidence?
Also in the programme: Eritrea kicked out USAID in 2005. Two decades on, what impact has it had?
And the Kenyan woman who defied tradition and paid her own dowry.
Presenter : Audrey Brown
Producers: Frenny Jowi and Stefania Okreke
Senior Producer : Sunita Nahar
Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
In this episode of CoinDesk Spotlight, Strategy Executive Chairman, Michael Saylor—the tech entrepreneur turned bitcoin evangelist—pulls back the curtain on his bold roadmap for bitcoin's global transformation.
With the intensity of a tech visionary and the conviction of a true believer, Saylor dives into bitcoin's potential to evolve from a niche digital asset into a staggering $200 trillion network that could fundamentally reshape global finance.
Drawing from a career marked by disruption and reinvention, Saylor shares raw, unvarnished insights into the moments that led him from corporate software executive to bitcoin's most vocal and influential champion.
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This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.
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Friends, DeFi is having a moment — Uniswap Labs' web app and wallet connect you to the excitement. Swapping and bridging are simple, low cost, and lightning fast across 13 chains, including Base, Arbitrum and Unichain, the new Layer 2 network designed for DeFi.
Thanks to deep liquidity on Uniswap Protocols, you get minimal price impact on every trade, now with even greater efficiency through Uniswap v4.
Swap, send, on-ramp, off-ramp, and bridge into a bright future — get started at uniswap.org.
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Spotlight” is produced by Sam Ewen, Jennifer Sanasie, Christine Lee, Taylor Fleming and Victor Chen.
