
On CNBC's “Halftime Report Final Trades,” on Wednesday, Jim Lebenthal, partner at Cerity Partners, named BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) as his final trade.
Supporting his view, BlackRock reported strong third-quarter results on Tuesday, with CEO Larry Fink saying the cryptocurrency market will grow “rapidly” as the firm builds proprietary tokenization technology to move traditional assets on-chain. BlackRock reported diluted EPS of $8.43, or $11.55 on an adjusted basis, with assets under management climbing to $13.5 trillion, up 17% year-over-year.