S&P Reaches a Record High, Truist’s Top Internet Picks for 2022 & Why Bitcoin is Worse Than a Ponzi Scheme

Our anchors begin today’s show with insight from CNBC’s Mike Santoli on the S&P hitting a record high and stocks having the greatest impact on the index this year. Next, CNBC’s Courtney Reagan covers retail winners from this holiday season, and Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue offers guidance on tech stocks in the year ahead. Truist Securities Senior Internet Analyst Youssef Squali also delivers his top internet picks for 2022, including Alphabet and Meta. Then, our Carl Quintanilla profiles Apple facing antitrust scrutiny in the Netherlands over app store fees, and CNBC’s Leslie Picker recaps this year’s wave of underperforming SPACs and IPOs. Later, non-resident senior fellow at Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center Robert McCauley joins to discuss his piece where he argues that comparing Bitcoin to a Ponzi scheme is unfair to Ponzi schemes.