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WSJ's Take On the Week — 118 episodes

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Billionaire Investor on the Data Center Boom and Oil's Breaking Point

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Josh Brown’s ‘HALO’ Stocks Strategy: Investing in What AI Can’t Replicate

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Prediction Markets: Investing, Gambling or a Haven for Insider Trading?

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Why This Economist Says Immigration Crackdown is Reshaping U.S. Job Growth

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Why Carson Block Says AI and Passive Investing Could Break the Stock Market

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How Emerging-Market Bonds Can Hedge Against U.S. Market Volatility

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Will High Oil Prices Kill Demand? Why JPMorgan Says Book Your Travel Now

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Why a Closed Strait of Hormuz Is a ‘Smoking Risk’ for Global Markets

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Is Bitcoin Still 'Digital Gold'? How Investors See It Now

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The Inflation Debate That Will Shape the Fed’s Plans for Interest Rates

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Could AI Disruption Fears Trigger a Software M&A Boom?

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The Consumer Shock From Tariffs Isn't Over. When Will Prices Peak?

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Why This VC Says AI and Robotics Will Put Every Human Job at Risk

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Will the Next Jobs Report Reveal the Real Cost of AI on Employment?

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The Risks Behind the Expected $5.3T AI Data Center Funding Boom

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Why This Morgan Stanley Exec Says Tariffs Will Be Struck Down

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HBO’s ‘Industry’ Creators on Banking Culture, Risk, Fraud and Short Selling

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WSJ’s Take On the Year: Market Trends to Watch in 2026

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How This Fed Hawk Views the Economy, Inflation, AI and Jobs

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Inside China’s Pursuit of Tech Dominance–and What It Means for the U.S.

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Why a Crack in the AI Boom Could Trigger a Recession

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Why the Fed’s Balance Sheet Matters as Much as Its Interest-Rate Decision

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Is It Time to Diversify Away From U.S. Stocks Into Global Markets?

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How Trillions in New AI Debt Will Test the Bond Market

25

Amazon and Netflix Are Winning: Can Old-School Media Compete?

26

How One Investor Is Profiting From Consumers’ Love of Travel

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Why This Analyst Says Robinhood Is More Than a Meme Stock

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Why This Legendary Investor Says We're in a Stock Market Bubble

29

If Trouble Is Brewing for Banks, Here's Where to Spot It

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Trump Is Meddling With the Fed. Why Don’t Markets Care?

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Why This JPMorgan Analyst Says Now Is the Time to Buy Municipal Bonds

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Will AI Spending Pay Off? Or Are We in a Bubble?

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Automakers Are Hitting the Brakes on EVs. Will That Help Their Stocks?

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Gold Is at Record High. Is It Still Time to Buy?

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Billionaire Investor Cliff Asness on Managing Market Risk and 'Buffer' ETFs

36

The ‘Infinite Money Glitch’ Making the Trump Family Millions

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Introducing: Ticker Shock

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Who Really Pays for Tariffs? Citi’s Trade Lead on the Economic Impact

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Why This Economist Says Government Economic Surveys Can’t Be Replaced

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Barclays Analyst on How Retail Stocks Are Managing Tariffs

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Does the Weak Housing Market Signal a Coming Recession?

42

Are Stablecoins the Future of Payments? Mizuho Analyst Shares Insights

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Is the Stock Market in a Speculative Bubble? T. Rowe Price CIO Weighs In

44

How to Navigate an AI Bull Market, With Tech Investor Imran Khan

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Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee On Tariffs, Inflation and AI

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Morgan Stanley Exec on the IPO Market, Robinhood’s Tokenized Stocks and More

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Why This Fed President Is in No Rush to Cut Interest Rates

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Barclays Analyst on What Investors Should Know About Trump’s Tax Bill

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What 401(k) Investors Need to Know About Private Markets

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How Has Investing in DEI and ESG Changed Under Trump?

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Is Investing in Treasury Bonds Still Low Risk? Bank of America Strategist Weighs In

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Moody’s Chief Economist on Recession Fears and How Politics Shapes the Economy

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JPMorgan's David Kelly on Why Investors Should Turn to Global Markets

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What Weak Home Sales Mean for Investors

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Why This Harvard Economist Is Worried About the U.S. Dollar

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Bonus: Kyla Scanlon on Navigating Financial Advice on Social Media

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Goldman Vice Chairman and Former Fed Official Kaplan on Rate-Cut Dilemma

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Can Buffett Bets Like Coke, Food Brands Recession-Proof Your Portfolio?

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Consumer Spending Under Tariffs: Pimco Manager on What Investors Can Watch For

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Bonus: Trump’s Tariff Backtrack Rocked Markets. What Do Investors Need to Know?

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What to Watch For This Earnings Season As Trump’s Tariffs Come Into Play

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Recession vs. Stagflation and Jobs. Economist Weighs in on What’s Next

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This Alternative Investor’s Take on How Trump Policies Weigh on Businesses

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What Uncertainty From Trump’s Tariffs Means for the Fed, Interest Rates

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Inflation, the Fed, Tariffs and Immigration. An Economist Weighs In.

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What Trump's Tariff Agenda Means for Markets

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What to Know About AI and the Nuclear Power Trade

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Why Walmart Is Trading Like a Big Tech Stock

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Is Bitcoin Buyer MicroStrategy Worth Its Premium Price?

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The Anti-AI Investment: Why This Investor Is Betting Big on Sports

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Investors' Big Question: Is the Fed Done Cutting Interest Rates?

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What Trump 2.0 Means for Banks, Crypto and More

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Will Dealmaking Boom Under Trump? Lazard CEO Peter Orszag Weighs In

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WSJ’s Take On the Year: Market Trends to Watch in 2025

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Goldman Sachs Economist Jan Hatzius on His 2025 Economic Outlook

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Is the YOLO Trade Back? Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev Weighs In

77

Why Restaurants Are Making a Comeback, With Toast CEO Aman Narang

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Coinbase’s Paul Grewal on the Future of Crypto Under Trump

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What Rockefeller Center’s Bond Deal Means for Commercial Real Estate

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The AI Trade’s Next Phase Is Here. Are You Ready?

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WSJ’s Take On the Week Is Back

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A Message for Our Listeners

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Why Record Profits For Big Banks Could Be Good For Consumers

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Is the AI Boom Real? And Will We See It in This Week’s Jobs Report?

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Affirm CEO Max Levchin on Credit Cards vs. ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’

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Are Inflated Prices Due to Corporate Greed? This Report May Tell Us

87

Tale of Two Feds: Will Interest Rates Drop and is FedEx a Tech Company?

88

How Confident Are the CEOs of America’s Largest Companies?

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What This Week’s Jobs Reports Could Tell Us About the State of the Consumer

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What Paramount’s Earnings Report Could Tell Us About the State of Streaming

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ARK Invest's Cathie Wood: AI Boom is Real, But Still Selling Nvidia

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BlackRock’s Rick Rieder on Bitcoin, the Fed and His Big Worry in 2024

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Will DoorDash Deliver the Economy a Romantic Dinner this Valentine’s?

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What Shifting Consumer Habits Mean For CVS, Pepsi, and Beyond

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What This Week’s Fed Rate Decision and Tax Season Means for Investors

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How The White House is Prioritizing Economic Policies for 2024

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Are Things Getting Better For Businesses? NABE's Outlook for 2024

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Will Home Prices Drop in 2024? What Zillow’s Co-Founder Sees Ahead

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What the New Year Holds for Small Businesses and Big Banks

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Take On the Year: What to Expect in Markets and Money in 2024

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Interest-Rate Cuts Coming? Chicago Fed’s Austan Goolsbee Has Thoughts

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Still Have Inflation Concerns? Spending Data May Offer Insight

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How The Fed Is Moving the Markets Beyond Interest Rate Hikes

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What the Jobs Report and Consumer Spending Tell Us About the Economy

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What Third-Quarter Earnings Tell Us About What’s Next for Markets

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Why Consumers Are Buying Flights Instead of Gifts This Holiday Season

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Taking the Measure of Consumer Spending at Home Depot

108

Why Mohamed El-Erian Is Worried About a 2024 Recession

109

Snap, Crackle, Drop. What Kellogg's Split Says About the Snack Business.

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Looking Ahead to This Week’s Fed Meeting and the Future of Crypto

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From Recession Fears to Too Good? What This Week’s GDP Data Will Tell Us

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A Key Fed Official on What’s Next for Interest Rate Hikes

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Big Banks, Big Yield and a Big Release for Taylor Swift

114

Jobs Report and Student Loans and Strikes. Oh My!

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What Nike Earnings Tell Us About the State of Retail

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What the Fed’s September Meeting Means for Your Investments

117

You’re Paying More for Your Home. Yes, That’s Inflation

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