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WSJ's Take On the Week — 133 episodes

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A Breakthrough Cancer Vaccine Fueled a Biotech Rally. Can It Last?

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How AI Speculation Is Fueling the Small-Cap Stock Rally

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What Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole Debut Means for Nervous Markets

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How to Make Inflation Work for Your Portfolio

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How AI Spending Is Fueling the Economy Overall

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Why Oil Prices Could Hit a Breaking Point by Year End

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The Buried $150B Bet Inside the Top 20 U.S. Stocks

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How This $150B+ Wall Street Strategy Could Lower Your Taxes

9

Are Corporate Earnings in a Bubble? This Quarter Is a Test

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Can Hot Consumer Companies Like Oura and Whoop Make Good IPOs?

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​How Big Tech’s Financials Obscure the True Cost of the AI Buildout

12

The Hidden Risks of Buying Into Mega-IPOs Like SpaceX

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NYU’s ‘Dean of Valuation’: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Isn’t Worth $1.77 Trillion

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Why This Ex-Trump Economist Says the Fed Needs to Raise Interest Rates

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From Walmart to Wall Street: Who Is Really Winning in This Economy?

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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?

30

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

31

Why This Morgan Stanley Exec Says Tariffs Will Be Struck Down

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

Why a Crack in the AI Boom Could Trigger a Recession

37

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?

39

How Trillions in New AI Debt Will Test the Bond Market

40

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

41

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

44

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

45

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?

48

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?

50

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

51

The ‘Infinite Money Glitch’ Making the Trump Family Millions

52

Introducing: Ticker Shock

53

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?

57

Are Stablecoins the Future of Payments? Mizuho Analyst Shares Insights

58

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

59

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

63

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

65

How Has Investing in DEI and ESG Changed Under Trump?

66

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

67

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

70

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

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What Trump's Tariff Agenda Means for Markets

82

What to Know About AI and the Nuclear Power Trade

83

Why Walmart Is Trading Like a Big Tech Stock

84

Is Bitcoin Buyer MicroStrategy Worth Its Premium Price?

85

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

86

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

87

What Trump 2.0 Means for Banks, Crypto and More

88

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

89

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

90

Goldman Sachs Economist Jan Hatzius on His 2025 Economic Outlook

91

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

92

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

94

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

95

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

96

WSJ’s Take On the Week Is Back

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A Message for Our Listeners

98

Why Record Profits For Big Banks Could Be Good For Consumers

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

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

109

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

110

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

111

How The White House is Prioritizing Economic Policies for 2024

112

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

113

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

114

What the New Year Holds for Small Businesses and Big Banks

115

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

116

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

117

Still Have Inflation Concerns? Spending Data May Offer Insight

118

How The Fed Is Moving the Markets Beyond Interest Rate Hikes

119

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

120

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

121

Why Consumers Are Buying Flights Instead of Gifts This Holiday Season

122

Taking the Measure of Consumer Spending at Home Depot

123

Why Mohamed El-Erian Is Worried About a 2024 Recession

124

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

125

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

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

Jobs Report and Student Loans and Strikes. Oh My!

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What Nike Earnings Tell Us About the State of Retail

131

What the Fed’s September Meeting Means for Your Investments

132

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

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