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Archer Aviation is designing and developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for use in urban air mobility networks. The company is partnering with cities across the country to submit multiple applications to launch initial air taxi operations under the White House’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), a first-of-its-kind public-private initiative led by the US Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration to support the safe integration of air taxis in the US beginning as soon as this year. Adam Goldstein is the founder of Archer and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since the company was listed on the NYSE in 2021. He discusses the prospects for an expansive eVTOL rollout in the near-term with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump said he was directing the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds, which he cast as his latest effort to bring down housing costs ahead of the November midterm election. Trump announced the move on Thursday in a social media post. The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, said soon after that the president aims for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to execute the purchases. “This will drive Mortgage Rates DOWN, monthly payments DOWN, and make the cost of owning a home more affordable,” Trump wrote in his post.He added that his decision not to sell Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during his first term allowed them to amass “$200 BILLION DOLLARS IN CASH” and that he was making his announcement “because of that.” “It is one of my many steps in restoring Affordability, something that the Biden Administration absolutely destroyed,” the president said. Mortgage backed securities rallied relative to Treasuries on the news. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have added billions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities and home loans to their balance sheets in recent months, fueling speculation that they’re trying to push down lending rates and boost their profitability ahead of a potential public offering. Today's show features: Conor Sen, Bloomberg Opinion columnist and Founder of Peachtree Creek Investments, on his latest column about President Donald Trump's proposal to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes Bloomberg Economics US and Canada Economist Stuart Paul on Thursday’s jobs data and what to expect from Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report and Alli McCartney, Managing Director of Wealth Management with Alignment Partners at UBS, on key market indicators to watch in early 2026 David Woo, Macro Strategist and former Bank of America Head of Global Interest Rates, Foreign Exchange, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy & Economics Research Bloomberg News Technology Reporter Alexandra Levine on what appears to be the end of the effort to ban TikTok in the US with a sale to American investors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oshkosh Corporation builds what it calls "purpose-built equipment" to help people advance communities around the world. Headquartered in Wisconsin, Oshkosh employs more than 18,000 team members worldwide, all united behind a common purpose: to make a difference in people’s lives. Oshkosh products are found in more than 150 countries under the brands of JLG, Pierce, MAXIMETAL, Oshkosh S-Series, McNeilus, IMT, Jerr-Dan, Frontline Communications, Oshkosh Airport Products, Oshkosh AeroTech, Oshkosh Defense and Pratt Miller. John Pfeifer has served as the company's president and CEO since 2021. He discuss what Oshkosh Corporation is showcasing at CES 2026 in Las Vegas when it comes to advanced technologies in autonomy, AI, connectivity and electrification. John speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes, part of a push to address housing affordability ahead of this year’s midterm elections.“People live in homes, not corporations,” Trump said in a social media post Wednesday announcing the effort, adding that he would expound on the plan at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, later this month.The news sent shares of homebuilders, including Toll Brothers Inc., Invitation Homes Inc., KB Home and PulteGroup Inc., down. Shares of Blackstone Inc. — a major investor in single-family homes in the US —fell by as much as 9.3%, though later pared some of those losses.The initiative comes after Trump’s allies have repeatedly raised alarms that affordability has become a political albatross for the GOP heading into the November elections. Trump urged Republican lawmakers Tuesday to avoid losing control of the House this year, saying it would lead to his impeachment. There’s reason for the White House’s concern: Just 36% of Americans said they approved of Trump’s job performance in a Gallup poll released in December, about 2 percentage points higher than his personal low before his first term ended in January 2021. Nearly half of adults described current economic conditions as “poor.”Today's show features: Bloomberg Intelligence Senior REITs and Commercial Real Estate Analyst Jeffrey Langbaum on President Donald Trump’s move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes Bloomberg News Corporate and Economic Statecraft Reporter Joe Deaux on the US seizure of a Russia-flagged ship and renewed concerns about potential action toward Greenland Francisco Rodriguez, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, on the future of Venezuela’s government and the administration of its oil assets Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Media Analyst Geetha Ranganathan on Warner Bros. Discovery’s rejection of an amended takeover offer from Paramount Skydance and Versant’s shares facing pressure after its spinoff from Comcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been nearly three decades since Howard Capital Management developed a proprietary indicator, called the HCM-BuyLine, to help protect client assets. This tool overlays all separately managed portfolios, as well as proprietary Mutual Funds and ETFs in an effort to keep assets on the right side of the market. The HCM-BuyLine is based on a proprietary calculation of the strength of the market derived from the ratio of new highs to new lows on the New York and Nasdaq stock exchanges. The tool uses trend analysis – moving averages – to help identify the broad trend in the equity market and determine when to be in or out of the market.Vance Howard, the founder and CEO of Howard Capital Management, discusses his investing outlook in 2026, the impact of recent US military action in Venezuela, and how to respond to key market trends based on the HCM-BuyLine. Vance speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.