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Bullish on Rivian, Buzzfeed’s Volatile Market Debut & Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Talks Expansion of Invisible Universe

TechCheck

CNBC

Management, Cnbc, Tech, Faang, Investing, Business, Disruptors, Technology

4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Our anchors begin today’s show looking at tech stocks lagging again to start the week, with insight from Credit Suisse Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Jonathan Golub. Then, we highlight today’s electric vehicle stock moves and speak with Bank of America Analyst John Murphy who initiated Rivian at buy this morning. Next, CNBC’s Leslie Picker covers Buzzfeed’s volatile first day of trading after completing its SPAC merger. Then, Fundstrat Global Advisors Managing Partner Tom Lee shares why he thinks there is a high probability of a year-end rally. Also, we check in on some DevOps companies ahead of HashiCorp’s public debut this week. Finally, Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian discusses the growth potential of a company he is invested in – entertainment tech startup Invisible Universe. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

I'm John Fort.

0:00.8

You're listening to CNBC's Tech Check.

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0:27.1

Good Monday morning. Welcome to Tech Check. I'm Carl Kintanier with John Ford and Dear Robosa.

0:34.2

Today, the sell-off in tech, as the NASDAQ shows, some signs of a rebound, is now the time to buy at a discount. We'll talk about it.

0:39.5

Then the BuzzFeed SPAC, losing some of its buzz, a look inside the latest deal that's raising eyebrows today.

0:47.0

Finally, don't miss Reddit founder Alexis O'Haney in talking some social media, the Metaverse, and Crypto later this hour, D.

0:56.3

We'll start, Carl, with tech stocks lagging once again. The Dow is up 300 points. Wow, 600 points now. The NASDAQ is only marginally higher,

1:01.1

as growth stocks in particular have been hit hard, larger names like Tesla, Adobe, and Vidiya,

1:06.1

all ending last week lower by 10% or more. In just a month after hitting an all-time high,

1:13.0

the tech software ETF has fallen into correction territory. 64% of its 119 components now trading below their 200-day moving averages. Cloud names also seeing some selling the cloud computing

1:17.5

ETF now on pace for its fourth negative day in five led to the downside by Z-scaler,

1:22.9

cloud flare, Sprout social, all down almost 8% or greater. It has continued to be a rough environment for these stocks.

1:30.3

And guys, I do want to point out SoftBank here, a company that I cover closely, and it often

1:35.5

does get hit hard amid these times of growth volatility because of Massa San's outsized

1:41.0

bets.

1:41.8

Shares in Tokyo down more than 8% last night, down over 20% over the last week,

1:47.3

amid a slew of bad news for portfolio companies, a lot of the which we have been tracking over

1:51.7

the last few weeks. DDI, of course, will begin that process to delist from the NYSC. We had

1:57.8

Alibaba's announced reorganization overnight, the growing

2:01.0

unlikeliness of that Nvidia arm deal. We've been here before, John, but it is a

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