Leslie Picker
@lesliepicker.bsky.social
@CNBC Senior Banking and Finance Reporter
"I didn’t fall in love with acting by watching TV or movies. Instead, I fell in love with the power to make people feel things."
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Becoming a Child Actor Turned Zoey Deutch’s Life Around
The ‘Anniversary’ and ‘Nouvelle Vague’ star on having two influential grandmas, taking yoga classes for her anxiety and the best acting advice.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"I didn’t fall in love with acting by watching TV or movies. Instead, I fell in love with the power to make people feel things."
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"Only about 11% of companies that have gone public through a SPAC merger since 2019 are trading above their issue price, and dozens went bust just months after listing on US stock exchanges."
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SPACs Are Back, and MAGA Is Fueling Their Growth
Hundreds of the blank-check companies have sprouted since Trump’s return to office, and many of them dovetail with his agenda.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"Only about 11% of companies that have gone public through a SPAC merger since 2019 are trading above their issue price, and dozens went bust just months after listing on US stock exchanges."
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AI euphoria may be blinding Washington to the effects of its policies on the rest of the economy:
"This thing is so large that it’s breaking people’s mental models of how the economy works, and they’re making mistakes as a result"
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"This thing is so large that it’s breaking people’s mental models of how the economy works, and they’re making mistakes as a result"
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AI Data Center Boom Threatens Trump’s Manufacturing Revival
Spending on factory construction is down 2.5% so far this year, while that for data centers is up almost 18%.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
AI euphoria may be blinding Washington to the effects of its policies on the rest of the economy:
"This thing is so large that it’s breaking people’s mental models of how the economy works, and they’re making mistakes as a result"
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"This thing is so large that it’s breaking people’s mental models of how the economy works, and they’re making mistakes as a result"
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The number of global rate cuts just one away from the post-financial crisis high, per BofA
October 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The number of global rate cuts just one away from the post-financial crisis high, per BofA
JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon: "If you open a newspaper any day of any year, there are serious issues the world's facing. I do think they're a little more serious today than they've been since World War II. It doesn't mean they don't resolve...but we should think about the future, in light of them."
October 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon: "If you open a newspaper any day of any year, there are serious issues the world's facing. I do think they're a little more serious today than they've been since World War II. It doesn't mean they don't resolve...but we should think about the future, in light of them."
Please tune in tomorrow on CNBC!
⏰ 7am ET: Carlyle CEO Harvey Schwartz
⏰ 12:40pm ET: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
⏰ 2pm ET: Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick
⏰ 7am ET: Carlyle CEO Harvey Schwartz
⏰ 12:40pm ET: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
⏰ 2pm ET: Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick
September 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Please tune in tomorrow on CNBC!
⏰ 7am ET: Carlyle CEO Harvey Schwartz
⏰ 12:40pm ET: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
⏰ 2pm ET: Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick
⏰ 7am ET: Carlyle CEO Harvey Schwartz
⏰ 12:40pm ET: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
⏰ 2pm ET: Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick
"We weren’t chasing hype for its own sake. We were trying to spark the feeling that draws people to Burning Man or the World Cup: the thrill of witnessing something unrepeatable."
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Opinion | How We Got Young People to Like Theater
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August 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"We weren’t chasing hype for its own sake. We were trying to spark the feeling that draws people to Burning Man or the World Cup: the thrill of witnessing something unrepeatable."
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GOLDMAN SACHS: "Short interest for the median S&P 500 stock represents 2.3% of float, near the highest level since 2019." Goldman's Crowding Index remains near record highs and market breadth registers one of the narrowest levels in recent decades -- ripe conditions for short squeezes.
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
GOLDMAN SACHS: "Short interest for the median S&P 500 stock represents 2.3% of float, near the highest level since 2019." Goldman's Crowding Index remains near record highs and market breadth registers one of the narrowest levels in recent decades -- ripe conditions for short squeezes.
“I lost $400,000 in Yieldstreet. I consider myself moderately financially savvy, and I got duped by this company. I just worry that it’s going to keep happening to others.”
Great piece by @cnbc.com's Hugh Son
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Great piece by @cnbc.com's Hugh Son
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When 'invest like the 1%' fails: How Yieldstreet's real estate bets left customers with massive losses
Customers of the private markets startup Yieldstreet said they face huge losses on real estate investments that turned out to be far riskier than they thought.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“I lost $400,000 in Yieldstreet. I consider myself moderately financially savvy, and I got duped by this company. I just worry that it’s going to keep happening to others.”
Great piece by @cnbc.com's Hugh Son
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Great piece by @cnbc.com's Hugh Son
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Shares of CoreWeave down 13%, in part, due to the anticipated flood of share supply that could pressure the stock in the short run. CoreWeave's lock-up on 83.7% of shares expires tonight -- not 180 days after its IPO, as is typical, but rather two trading days after this quarter's earnings. 🧵/1`
August 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Shares of CoreWeave down 13%, in part, due to the anticipated flood of share supply that could pressure the stock in the short run. CoreWeave's lock-up on 83.7% of shares expires tonight -- not 180 days after its IPO, as is typical, but rather two trading days after this quarter's earnings. 🧵/1`
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August 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to CNBC on *if* it were to ever go public:
"I get why people would like love for us to be public sooner. And I'm sure people also get the reality of we're in still a crazy position and it would be very hard for us to be public given just all of the realities of that."
"I get why people would like love for us to be public sooner. And I'm sure people also get the reality of we're in still a crazy position and it would be very hard for us to be public given just all of the realities of that."
August 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to CNBC on *if* it were to ever go public:
"I get why people would like love for us to be public sooner. And I'm sure people also get the reality of we're in still a crazy position and it would be very hard for us to be public given just all of the realities of that."
"I get why people would like love for us to be public sooner. And I'm sure people also get the reality of we're in still a crazy position and it would be very hard for us to be public given just all of the realities of that."
Elon Musk, the perpetual vacation-ruiner of @matt-levine.bsky.social.
August 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Elon Musk, the perpetual vacation-ruiner of @matt-levine.bsky.social.
We've already gotten some great questions. AMA on the deficit, starting in 10 mins!
Do you want to learn more about our nation's growing deficit and the implications for markets, the economy and geopolitics?
Join us this Thursday, August 7 at 1 PM ET on Reddit for an AMA with our senior banking and finance reporter Leslie Picker.
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Join us this Thursday, August 7 at 1 PM ET on Reddit for an AMA with our senior banking and finance reporter Leslie Picker.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We've already gotten some great questions. AMA on the deficit, starting in 10 mins!
NEW REPORT: J.P. Morgan’s Global Economic Research team believes it is increasingly likely that the U.S. effective tariff rate will settle close to the 22% rate initially announced on April 2, due, in part, to sector-specific Section 232 tariffs -- many of which have not yet been finalized.
August 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
NEW REPORT: J.P. Morgan’s Global Economic Research team believes it is increasingly likely that the U.S. effective tariff rate will settle close to the 22% rate initially announced on April 2, due, in part, to sector-specific Section 232 tariffs -- many of which have not yet been finalized.
Reposted by Leslie Picker
Do you want to learn more about our nation's growing deficit and the implications for markets, the economy and geopolitics?
Join us this Thursday, August 7 at 1 PM ET on Reddit for an AMA with our senior banking and finance reporter Leslie Picker.
bit.ly/455vahl
Join us this Thursday, August 7 at 1 PM ET on Reddit for an AMA with our senior banking and finance reporter Leslie Picker.
bit.ly/455vahl
August 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Do you want to learn more about our nation's growing deficit and the implications for markets, the economy and geopolitics?
Join us this Thursday, August 7 at 1 PM ET on Reddit for an AMA with our senior banking and finance reporter Leslie Picker.
bit.ly/455vahl
Join us this Thursday, August 7 at 1 PM ET on Reddit for an AMA with our senior banking and finance reporter Leslie Picker.
bit.ly/455vahl
Banks cannot provide services to individuals who have been indicted. So, they were unable to do business with President Trump.
President Trump said on CNBC earlier that he and other conservatives were discriminated against for political reasons.
President Trump said on CNBC earlier that he and other conservatives were discriminated against for political reasons.
August 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Banks cannot provide services to individuals who have been indicted. So, they were unable to do business with President Trump.
President Trump said on CNBC earlier that he and other conservatives were discriminated against for political reasons.
President Trump said on CNBC earlier that he and other conservatives were discriminated against for political reasons.
JPMorgan statement after Trump's claims of discrimination:
“We don’t close accounts for political reasons, and we agree with President Trump that regulatory change is desperately needed. We commend the White House for addressing this issue and look forward to working with them to get this right.”
“We don’t close accounts for political reasons, and we agree with President Trump that regulatory change is desperately needed. We commend the White House for addressing this issue and look forward to working with them to get this right.”
August 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
JPMorgan statement after Trump's claims of discrimination:
“We don’t close accounts for political reasons, and we agree with President Trump that regulatory change is desperately needed. We commend the White House for addressing this issue and look forward to working with them to get this right.”
“We don’t close accounts for political reasons, and we agree with President Trump that regulatory change is desperately needed. We commend the White House for addressing this issue and look forward to working with them to get this right.”
Statement from Blackstone:
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Statement from Blackstone:
Sam Altman's Three Scary AI Scenarios (via conversation at the Fed today):
(1) Bad guy gets superintelligence first
(2) Loss of control (AI is like…no, you can’t turn me off)
(3) Models accidentally take over the world
(1) Bad guy gets superintelligence first
(2) Loss of control (AI is like…no, you can’t turn me off)
(3) Models accidentally take over the world
July 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Sam Altman's Three Scary AI Scenarios (via conversation at the Fed today):
(1) Bad guy gets superintelligence first
(2) Loss of control (AI is like…no, you can’t turn me off)
(3) Models accidentally take over the world
(1) Bad guy gets superintelligence first
(2) Loss of control (AI is like…no, you can’t turn me off)
(3) Models accidentally take over the world
Sam Altman at Fed Capital Conference: "Every time you're wasting your time in any way every time you're kind of looking around the internet, you can't quite do the productive thing. I think we are in an under supply of labor to a degree that is going to look horrible in retrospect."
July 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sam Altman at Fed Capital Conference: "Every time you're wasting your time in any way every time you're kind of looking around the internet, you can't quite do the productive thing. I think we are in an under supply of labor to a degree that is going to look horrible in retrospect."
Looking forward to sitting down in DC with Michelle Bowman tomorrow -- her first-ever CNBC interview. No shortage of things to talk about. I hope you'll tune in!
July 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Looking forward to sitting down in DC with Michelle Bowman tomorrow -- her first-ever CNBC interview. No shortage of things to talk about. I hope you'll tune in!
This morning, on Squawk Box, we previewed the Japanese election on Sunday, why polls are causing the JGB long end to spike, and how that may soon catch the attention of bond vigilantes in the U.S.
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Japanese bond jitters flag U.S. risk: Here's what to know
CNBC's Leslie Picker joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss how reaction in Japan's bond market to this weekend's election could serve as a warning shot to the U.S.
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July 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This morning, on Squawk Box, we previewed the Japanese election on Sunday, why polls are causing the JGB long end to spike, and how that may soon catch the attention of bond vigilantes in the U.S.
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Bloomberg: "Across the five biggest US banks, trading revenue hit a new record in the first six months of 2025. Uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s tariffs drove a surge of activity...leading the desks to smash second-quarter revenue expectations."
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Wall Street Traders Supercharged by Tariffs That Stymied Deals
Wall Street banks were optimistic Donald Trump’s second term would unleash a dealmaking boom. Instead, it’s delivered a trading bonanza.
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July 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Bloomberg: "Across the five biggest US banks, trading revenue hit a new record in the first six months of 2025. Uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s tariffs drove a surge of activity...leading the desks to smash second-quarter revenue expectations."
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On Dec 5, hold all my calls. 💕
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