Alexandra Scaggs

In this engaging discussion, Alexandra Scaggs, a financial correspondent from the Financial Times and host of The Hedge Substack, dives into the wild world of deals, tariffs, and market antics. They share humorous insights on U.S.-China negotiations and the absurdity of international tariffs. Scaggs reveals her take on the volatile financial landscape while exploring the impact of social media on market trends. The conversation dances through unconventional economies and critiques trade imbalances, all wrapped in a playful exchange of economic satire.

Alexandra Scaggs, a financial reporter at Barron's and the go-to correspondent for economic insights, dives deep into the recent unprecedented actions of the Federal Reserve. The discussion tackles the disconnect between stock market performance and real-world struggles, including skyrocketing unemployment and corporate debt crises. They explore tricky corporate financing, ethical concerns surrounding bailouts, and the looming threat of economic instability, all peppered with humor and sarcasm to lighten the weighty topics.

Finance trivia showdown between teams from Alphaville and Unhedged newsletters. Topics include orange juice futures, age comparison, guessing the number of stocks in the S&P 500, a pub quiz showdown answering questions about government debt and the Bank of Japan's intervention, and guessing the price of Dogecoin.