Richie Serna is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Finix. Finix is on a mission to create the most accessible financial services ecosystem in history by building the global operating system for fintech, starting with payments.

Hello and welcome to another episode on Pandocap. Today we have Daniela Corrente, founder of Reel.

All major averages finished the week higher for three straight weeks of gains, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising to a record close.

Stocks dipped on Friday as investors remain cautious due to a resurgent Covid virus, a Federal Reserve meeting next week, and a historical tendency for September to be a weak month for equities.

Entering September with the entire football season ahead, it’s starting to feel a little bit more like fall. That means the markets could be in for a correction soon. There hasn’t been a major pullback greater than 5% in almost a year, and many investors are anticipating some pain on the way.

The shortfall in August payrolls relative to forecasts did not take the markets by surprise. For much of the summer, equities and bonds have been acting as if a slowdown in economic growth and momentum was already underway. 

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gave his long-anticipated speech at the central bank’s annual symposium Friday, preparing the markets for it to pull back on some of its monetary stimulus. He said the Fed is likely to start tapering its $120 billion in monthly bond purchases this year.

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average hit fresh all-time highs on Friday as both indexes capped off modest gains for the week.

The stock market is near all-time highs, which makes for a great time to plan for a big sell-off, even if you don’t expect one to come.

Strong earnings from tech stocks made investors optimistic ahead of reports next week from the biggest names in the sector. Twitter and Snap each jumped Thursday following better-than-expected second-quarter earnings reports. 

The Dow lost about 140 points, or 0.4 percent, after opening above the 35,000 level. The S&P 500 dipped around 0.3 percent and the Nasdaq Composite shed about 0.3 percent.

The market for initial public offerings just completed the biggest quarter in more than two decades, and issuance isn’t cooling off. According to data from Renaissance Capital, 115 traditional IPOs, collecting $40.7 billion, were completed.

President Joe Biden's infrastructure deal turned out to be smaller than many wanted, but investors said it nonetheless represented a significant down payment on rebuilding America’s infrastructure.

For investors who bet on energy stocks as a recovery play, their faith is being repaid in a big way.

Technology and growth stocks are back in favor with some investors. Tom Lee changed his sector ratings to overweight FANG while downgrading financials, a popular value play, to neutral.

The meme stock mania is back and AMC Entertainment became the star of the show this time with shares doubling during the holiday-shortened week. On its way "to the moon," AMC was able to quickly raise around $800 million in cash by selling 20 million shares in two separate deals this week.

The Dow jumped 150 points, as Wall Street caps out a winning week amid growing optimism for the continuing recovery of the US economy. The S&P 500 ended the week up 1.2% and the Nasdaq rose 2.1%.

It's been a wild week of trading on Wall Street with many speculative shares moving in tandem with cryptocurrency prices, and strategists say “get used to it.

Following a volatile few days, we close the week on the upside, with value stocks up 11% over the last three months. Growth stocks, meanwhile, are down about 1%. Higher rates and inflation fears are among the factors negatively impacting investor sentiment.

Welcome to another episode of the Pandocap Show. Today we have Christian Tiscareno, a Wealth Advisor at Blue Pointe Capital.