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Squawk on the Street

BlackRock CEO Fink's Message to Investors, Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Trump Media Shares Soar 3/26/24

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Business, Investing

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Carl Quintanilla and Jim Cramer began the show with Larry Fink's annual letter to investors, in which the BlackRock CEO warns of a crisis when it comes to saving for retirement. The anchors discussed what he told Jim in an interview set to air on "Mad Money" Tuesday night. Also in focus: The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Truth Social parent Trump Media & Technology Group soars after beginning trading under ticker symbol DJT, Reddit continues to rally after its own public debut last week, mega-tech roundup, UPS' growth strategy, should GE CEO Larry Culp be Boeing's next leader? Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Market insight and analysis. You're listening to the opening bell of CNBC, Squawk on the Street. Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Carl Kington-Aaway Jim Kramer and Post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange. David Faber is the morning off. Bulls do look to snap a two-day losing streak and maybe take a game at some all-time closing highs. Healthy mix of eco-data and corporate news today, including Amazon, Disney, Tesla, UPS, and others.

0:23.1

Our roadmap begins, though, Tesla, UPS, and others.

0:23.1

Our roadmap begins, though, with Black Rock's Larry Fink, his annual letter to shareholders,

0:28.0

emphasizing the need to focus on the country's retirement crisis.

0:32.3

This major bridge collapse in Baltimore, rescue efforts underway after the Francis Scott Key Bridge

0:36.7

was hit by a cargo ship.

0:38.6

We'll take you live to the scene.

0:40.3

And former President Trump's net worth rocketing higher now reportedly among the world's

0:44.8

500 richest as Trump media begins trading this hour.

0:49.8

Let's begin though with the message from Black Rocks Larry Fink in his annual letter to investors,

0:53.6

the head of the world's largest asset manager, warning of a global retirement crisis,

0:58.3

saying he's worried about the strain of an aging population on systems, including Social Security.

1:04.2

Jim, you spoke to him. We'll hear more tonight, but it's remarkably personal letter this year.

1:09.1

Oh, my. It starts with his father and mother and talks about the old days when basically the money was put away for you.

1:15.3

And you could really make a lot of money if you kept compounding.

1:20.0

Then think about younger people now.

1:22.4

They think that there's very little hope.

1:25.2

That was one of the themes that was so sad about this.

1:28.3

We focused a transplant of energy on helping people live longer lives, Larry says.

1:33.3

Not even a fraction of that effort is spent helping people afford these extra years.

1:38.0

So what's happened is we have this group of people who are lucky enough, our parents,

1:42.1

to have money put away from them. And now we have this new group of people, millennials, Gen Z, who don't know how to save,

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