Stocks Rally, Merger Monday & No Time To Buy 12/12/22

Stocks surging on Wall Street and rebounding from the worst week since September. Investors bidding up stocks ahead of a key inflation reading and the latest Federal Reserve decision on interest rates. A trio of big mergers also giving the bulls momentum. Wells Fargo Investment Institute's Sameer Samana isn't a believer in today's rally. He lays out the case for staying bearish and why this is no time to buy. Lazard CEO of Financial Advisory Peter Orszag explains why he thinks the Fed should pause its interest rate hikes. Plus, he discusses whether the acquisitions of Horizon Therapeutics, Coupa Software and Weber are signalling a big year for dealmaking in 2023. RBC Capital Markets' Rishi Jaluria discusses whether the $8B buyout of Coupa could signal more acquisitions in the struggling software industry. And Bitfury CEO Brian Brooks discusses Sam Bankman-Fried's testimony before Congress tomorrow over FTX's collapse and how lawmakers should regulate the crypto industry to ensure another failure doesn't happen. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.