Opening Bid Unfiltered

• Royal Caribbean’s longtime CEO on the next big wave in cruising

  One of the longest-serving CEOs in Corporate America is embarking on retirement, but not without imparting some wisdom to the next generation of leaders. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi talks on the Opening Bid Unfiltered podcast with former Royal Caribbean (RCL) CEO Richard Fain, who is out with a new book called ‘Delivering the WOW.' Fain served as the CEO of Royal Caribbean for 33 years, stepping aside in 2022. Fain helped grow Royal Caribbean into the world’s most valuable cruise line operator by building ever larger ships and doubling down on customer service. He also led the company through the COVID-19 pandemic, a historic time for the cruise industry that saw operations come to a sudden halt for an extended period. Fain shares his secrets to business success and reveals his predictions for the future of the cruise industry. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves, and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor, before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid Unfiltered at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Please email us at [email protected]. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered is hosted by Brian Sozzi and produced by Langston Sessoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• How HYROX built $100M business with no outside funding

  The business of pushing your physical max is lucrative. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi talks on the Opening Bid Unfiltered podcast with HYROX co-founder and CEO Christian Toetzke. HYROX was co-founded by Toetzke in 2017 and has grown rapidly ever since. The fitness competition isn’t for the week of mind and heart, and will test one’s endurance. That’s likely why alphas and the average Joe have taken to the sport to test themselves to the max. This year, the fitness competition will have 83 events that welcome 650,000-plus athletes. The events are held in 11 countries, and the company is on pace to post $140 million in sales. Toetzke takes Sozzi inside the HYROX business and looks at what may be next for the fitness brand. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves, and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor, before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid Unfiltered at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Please email us at [email protected]. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered is hosted by Brian Sozzi and produced by Langston Sessoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Only 10% enjoy shopping for clothes — Stitch Fix wants to change that

  Retail turnarounds aren’t easy. That’s especially the case now as the Trump administration tariffs weigh on apparel margins and consumer sentiment. Can one be pulled off successfully against this uncertain backdrop? Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi discusses the Opening Bid Unfiltered podcast with Stitch Fix (SFIX) CEO Matt Baer. Baer joined Stitch Fix in June 2023, after spending time in e-commerce leadership positions at Macy’s and Walmart. He arrived at a company with numerous challenges, including a bleeding market share, a recently ousted CEO, and poor employee morale after a material restructuring. Baer has leaned into technology to lay the groundwork for better days at Stitch Fix, such as AI stylist assistants and soon style visualization tools. While business trends have improved, Stitch Fix has a long way to go to reclaim the stock’s 85% value loss over the past five years. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves, and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor, before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid Unfiltered at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Please email us at [email protected]. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered is hosted by Brian Sozzi and produced by Langston Sessoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The race to build the next trillion dollar company

  They were private companies before the hot 2025 class of IPOs like CoreWeave (CRWV) and Gemini (GEMI) came to market. These companies had leaders who had to raise capital to fuel their growth ambitions on what they believed to be bold industry opportunities. Much of that capital that flows into private companies comes from the coffers of venture capitalists who aren’t afraid of making big bets on upstarts. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi talks on the Opening Bid Unfiltered podcast with one of those risk-takers, M13 co-founder and partner Carter Reum. M13 has invested in over 200 companies with 52 exits and 15 unicorns like Coinbase (COIN), Lyft (LYFT), and ClassPass. The company boasts more than $1.3 billion in assets under management. Reum shares his perspective on a red-hot year for markets and where asset prices may be headed next. He highlights several key investing trends he is leaning into with his firm’s capital. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves, and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor, before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid Unfiltered at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Please email us at [email protected]. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered is hosted by Brian Sozzi and produced by Langston Sessoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The truth about bubbles, FOMO, and why stock valuations defy logic

  Ever wonder about the psychology driving the economy and stock market? Why do investors embrace weak companies? Why do inventors ignore some strong companies? What triggers the start of asset price bubbles, and what causes them to end badly? Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi talks on the Opening Bid Unfiltered podcast with behavioral economist and co-author of the new book "The Winner’s Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies, Then & Now," Richard Thaler. Thaler has studied behavioral economics for over 40 years, winning the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work. The book explores economic puzzles found in markets, from the love of retail investors of meme stocks to the yawning popularity of cryptocurrency. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves, and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor, before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid Unfiltered at http://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Please email us at [email protected]. Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid Unfiltered is hosted by Brian Sozzi and produced by Langston Sessoms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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