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Watch on YouTube ↗  |  February 06, 2026 at 21:14  |  48:49  |  Bloomberg Markets
Speakers
Patrick Clark — Real Estate Reporter, Bloomberg News
Mark Mahaney — Head of Internet Research, Evercore ISI
Greg Hart — President & CEO, Coursera
Denitsa Tsekova — Cross-Asset Reporter, Bloomberg News
Raphael Bostic — President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Greg Daco — Chief Economist, EY-Parthenon
Carol Massar — Anchor, Bloomberg
Charlie Pellett — Anchor/Reporter, Bloomberg

Summary

The episode covers a broad rebound in US stocks, with the Dow crossing 50,000 for the first time while small caps, gold, silver, and bitcoin rallied. Guests discuss a possible White House antitrust probe into homebuilders, consumer sentiment and a polarized US economy, Big Tech's massive AI capex plans, and Coursera's merger with Udemy. Evercore ISI's Mark Mahaney remains constructive on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon despite free-cash-flow concerns, and sees valuation opportunities in Expedia and Booking despite agentic AI risk.

  • Dow crosses 50,000 as stocks rebound; Russell 2000 and bitcoin rally.
  • White House explores antitrust probe into U.S. homebuilders over trade-group coordination.
  • EY's Gregory Daco warns of a polarized economy, fragile labor market, and potential AI bust risk.
  • Mark Mahaney stays positive on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon despite heavy AI capex and free-cash-flow pressure.
  • Mahaney flags agentic AI risk for travel names but sees Expedia and Booking valuations as dislocated.
  • Coursera CEO Greg Hart says the Udemy merger is on track and highlights synergies and AI/GenAI enrollment growth.
  • Stocks on the Move covers Amazon's capex-driven selloff, crypto/MicroStrategy rebound, and beauty-sector weakness.
  • Netflix and Paramount face DOJ scrutiny over Warner Bros. Discovery deal headlines.
Ideas
Patrick Clark Real Estate Reporter, Bloomberg News 4:07
Antitrust probe pressures homebuilders.
White House officials are exploring an antitrust investigation into U.S. homebuilders over potential coordination through their trade group. Patrick Clark notes the president previously likened builders to OPEC and complained they are sitting on more lots than ever, creating a regulatory overhang and showing what the bad side may look like for the sector.
XHB MED
Mark Mahaney Head of Internet Research, Evercore ISI 22:41
Hyperscaler AI capex fears overdone.
Mark Mahaney has Outperform ratings on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon despite a near-term free-cash-flow desert from unprecedented AI capex. He sees returns are already visible: Alphabet delivered accelerating sales growth, 50% cloud revenue growth, and record operating margins; Amazon's AWS growth was fastest in four years with consistent margins and record backlog, and his Amazon price target is $285; Meta's platforms should become more efficient with higher margins and revenue. At around 20x earnings, valuations are reasonable or dislocated, fear is priced in, and the AI cycle is still early, though overbuilding is likely and survivors will be financially stronger.
GOOG META AMZN HIGH
Mark Mahaney Head of Internet Research, Evercore ISI 29:30
Expedia, Booking valuations dislocated by AI fear.
Travel is information-intensive and well-suited to agentic AI, so Booking.com, Expedia, and Airbnb must build their own agentic agents. Mahaney sees a decent chance Expedia and Booking can do it, and at about 15x earnings their valuations are dislocated with much of the AI fear already priced in.
EXPE BKNG MED
Greg Hart President & CEO, Coursera 36:28
Coursera-Udemy merger synergies on track.
Coursera's all-stock merger with Udemy is on track to close in H2 2026. Greg Hart says the combined company would have about $1.5B of 2025 revenue, 10% adjusted EBITDA margins pre-synergy, $50M of synergies within two years, complementary consumer/enterprise revenue mixes, a $2T+ education opportunity, and strong AI/GenAI enrollment trends; Coursera Plus subscriptions are more than 50% of consumer revenue.
COUR UDMY HIGH
Denitsa Tsekova Cross-Asset Reporter, Bloomberg News 47:32
Beauty weakness signals discretionary spending stress.
A beauty company owning Gucci, CoverGirl, and Sally Hansen scrapped its FY2026 outlook and shares fell 50% amid heightened promotions and weak consumer beauty demand. Denitsa Tsekova says the beauty industry is an interesting spot to watch and the weakness could be a telling indicator for discretionary spending.
Beauty industry MED
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This Bloomberg Markets video, published February 06, 2026, features Patrick Clark, Mark Mahaney, Greg Hart, Denitsa Tsekova discussing XHB, GOOG, META, AMZN, EXPE, BKNG, COUR, UDMY, Beauty industry. 5 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Patrick Clark, Mark Mahaney, Greg Hart, Denitsa Tsekova  · Tickers: XHB, GOOG, META, AMZN, EXPE, BKNG, COUR, UDMY, Beauty industry