Show Notes
Morning Brief host Julie Hyman tracks several of the day's top trending stock tickers, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) shares ticking higher in premarket trading after Goldman Sachs analysts raise their price target, Mobileye (MBLY) announces a deal with an unnamed US automaker, and Comcast (CMCSA) spinoff Versant Media Group (VSNT, VSNTV) begins its trading on the Nasdaq Monday.
US military forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise invasion of the country over the weekend. Maduro's ousting comes as the Trump administration seeks to charge the world leader with narco-terrorism conspiracy charges. Yahoo Finance Washington correspondent Ben Werschkul comes on the program to break down the latest news regarding this event, global interests in Venezuela's oil supply (CL=F, BZ=F), and China's condemnation of the US operation against the nation's trade ally.
Takeaways:
Oil prices and related stocks rise following the US invasion of Venezuela and capture of President Nicolás Maduro
US stock futures inch slightly higher in Monday's premarket in response to the geopolitical headlines
CES 2026 kicks off today in Las Vegas with presentations from Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Lisa Su.
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