Final Trading Day of August, Entergy President on Hurricane Ida's Damage and Power Outages, Zoom Tumbles on Growth Outlook, and Can Chip Stocks Sustain Their Record Run?

David Faber, Morgan Brennan and Mike Santoli led off the show with a look at the markets on the final trading day of August, which has been a strong month for tech stocks. That discussion was followed by Frank Holland’s live report from New Orleans on the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Ida, as more than one million Louisiana residents could be without power for weeks. Rod West -- Entergy Group President, Utility Operations -- joined the program to discuss the challenges the New Orleans-based utility faces in providing electricity to customers and restoring the power grid that was destroyed by Ida. The anchors also highlighted the big stock story of the morning: Shares of Zoom Video tumbling on the company's slower growth outlook as more people return to the office and to school. That news overshadowed better-than-expected quarterly results. Staying on tech, a semiconductor analyst from Mizuho appeared on the show discuss the recent chip stock rally and which names he thinks will power the sector's record run. Also in focus: Why China-based stocks are rebounding, SEC Chairman Gensler's comments and their impact on Robinhood stock, and what's behind the rise in SPAC redemption rates. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.