Gradient Investments, LLC

10/16/2026

Oil keeps climbing, tensions in the Middle East aren’t easing, and the Fed’s staring down inflation. Is this a blip, or are we all just adjusting to a “new normal”? Episode 127 of Pickers Market is live. 🎙️

With tensions in the Middle East escalating rather than easing, we’...

10/14/2026

New episode of Picker’s Market is live, and we’re coming to you from Las Vegas! 🎰
We filmed last week during Gradient’s annual Elite Advisor Forum and dug into the business behind the Strip: tourism, gaming revenue, conventions, and Formula 1’s growing footprint. We also look at a new survey on why more Americans see enjoying life as the real marker of financial success.

Plus: Two Truths and a Lie (Vegas edition), our Casino Royale awards night recap, and a debate on what actually counts as a high roller today.

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We’re taking Picker’s Market on the road this week, filming live fr...

10/13/2026

10/05/2026

Returning to BNN Bloomberg, Associate Portfolio Manager Lisa Schreiber said the stock market is "remarkably resilient with all the concerns that we are having," including high oil prices and inflationary pressure. She credited "strong earnings growth, and that is finally what drives the markets ultimately." With 2026 earnings growth expected at 31%, Lisa called it "a great tailwind for markets going into the rest of the year."

Lisa Schreiber, associate portfolio manager at Gradient Investments, joins BNN Bloomberg to assess the health of the U.S. job market.

09/30/2026

New Picker's Market is up! 🎙️ This week: are we building too much AI, too fast? The team gets into spending, data centers, energy, and what could get in the way. Give it a watch and tell us what you think!

AI is transforming the economy and financial markets, but how susta...

09/29/2026

On Fox Business Making Money, Senior PM Keith Gangl called Nvidia the "kingpin" of AI, growing over 100% this year even as valuations pull back, and flagged $ISRG, $ROK and $APH as ways to play the and buildout.

Gradient Investments senior portfolio manager Keith Gangl discusses investment opportunities in AI on 'Making Money.'

09/18/2026

Sara Brickner, investment analyst, debuted on Schwab Network's with Diane King Hall, breaking down the market's quick digestion of this week's Fed decision and her stock picks.

On CrowdStrike, she noted, "we've kind of moved past a point where cybersecurity is discretional spending for companies. I think it's really a necessity," pointing to daily headlines around cybersecurity threats to both government and corporate targets as the reason she sees the company continuing to lead the space regardless of how the broader AI trade shakes out. She also remains bullish on Alphabet heading into year-end, pointing to the combined strength of Google Cloud, Search and YouTube as a diversified growth engine.

Sara Brickner highlights the unified message from Fed officials and the market's swift digestion of the recent rate hike. She makes a case for CrowdStrike (CRWD) as a necessity in an increasingly digital world regardless of AI's trajectory, and remains bullish on Alphabet (GOOGL), citing its diversi...

09/17/2026

Episode 123 is out! The 10-year Treasury yield hit 5% — so should investors actually be nervous? Mike, Lisa, John and TJ get into yields, oil, the Fed and earnings expectations for the rest of the year.

And a fun one: TJ made his TV debut! We talk about that plus where you can catch us on air.

Give it a listen and let us know what you'd want us to cover next.

The markets are heading into the final stretch of the year, and the...

09/15/2026

Associate Portfolio Manager TJ Klein made his Schwab Network debut on The Watch List with host Nicole Petallides, unpacking the fast-moving social media landscape. TJ walked through where each platform stands heading into the fourth quarter, weighing in on Meta's post-settlement stock divergence, Snapchat's normalizing user growth, Reddit's data-licensing balancing act, and Pinterest's AI-driven shopping push.

On why Meta remains his top pick in the group, TJ explained, "You look at some like Snapchat or Pinterest — they have good daily and monthly active users, but the base just isn't there at Meta scale. The release of some of these new AI products is going to help them keep users engaged and help gain more users."

TJ Klein breaks down how Meta Platforms (META) navigates a complex regulatory landscape with its diversified advertising base and AI enhancements like the Spark AI model and Muse AI agent. He also weighs Snap's (SNAP) Snapchat Plus as a glimmer of hope, Reddit's (RDDT) data licensing growth, and Pin...