A New Finnish Finish; Tesla (& Musk) Make Moves; 2020’s Surprises

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

There’s a second act ahead for many serial entrepreneurs of the last decade, including Travis Kalanick and Mike Cagney, CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa reports. Finland’s Prime Minister is hoping to shorten the workweek for her citizens, and Facebook is making some changes regarding deepfakes. Tesla has hit a market cap milestone, Elon Musk is dancing, but Wall Street analysts Gene Munster and Craig Irwin are split on its stock. Plus Blackstone’s Byron Wien and Joe Zidle release their surprise market predictions for 2020, from the S&P to the Senate.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod, the daily podcast brought to you by the team behind Squawk Box.
0:08.0	NYC, this is NBC Control 2.
0:10.0	See, NBC's essential morning show.
0:12.0	Every day get the best stories, debate, and analysis. see Bold calls from legendary market master Byron Wean.
0:23.0	If a Democrat takes the presidency.
0:25.0	And then the Senate goes.
0:26.0	And the Senate goes, it's going to be a very...
0:29.0	SOL, my friend.
0:30.0	He lays out his top 10 surprises for your money in the new year.
0:34.0	New milestones for Tesla as CEO Elon Musk shuffles his way back into the spotlight, but Wall
0:39.4	streets still split.
0:40.4	Despite all the companies' flaws, I think that they are tapping into two undeniable truths
0:45.6	that investors will reward.
0:47.3	Anytime you just assume a straight line growth rate is a little bit tricky.
0:51.0	And if the 40-hour work week seems like too much, why you might want to
0:54.5	consider moving to Finland.
0:56.2	It was a drain on the coffers, the public...
0:58.2	Drain it, wouldn't you think?
0:59.2	Unless you already live there and are responsible for one of the 79 squawk pod downloads from around Helsinki.
1:06.0	Those stories and much more. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer.
1:10.0	It's Tuesday, January 7th, 2020, Squack Pod begins right now.
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