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Get the lowdown on high finance each week with Barron’s columnist Jack Hough. Business leaders and trendspotters, insights and absurdities—this is Wall Street like you've never heard before.
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Feb 24, 2023 • 29min
Grab Your Crampons—Stocks Have Entered the “Death Zone.” Plus, Dividends At a Discount.
Top strategists from Morgan Stanley and UBS weigh in on where markets are headed, and what to do now.
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Feb 17, 2023 • 20min
Listener Questions: Index Funds, Bonds, Robo Advisors
How “active” is passive investing? Individual bonds or funds? Hire an advisor? Titanic or Magic Mike?
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Feb 11, 2023 • 34min
Don’t Settle for Less Than 4% on Cash
Plus, a top economist and strategist talk about the no-landing economy, and what it means for stocks.
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Feb 4, 2023 • 31min
Activists, Shmactivists
Plenty of companies need fixing. But the evidence suggests Wall Street isn’t particularly good at the job.
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Jan 28, 2023 • 37min
Money–With Katie. Plus, the Median TV Viewer Is Suddenly 61
Jack talks with a popular personal finance blogger and a top show business analyst.
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Jan 21, 2023 • 26min
Jack Does Davos
Notes from a Barron’s chat with the CEOs of BorgWarner, Thermo Fisher, Blackstone, and Nasdaq. Plus fashion tips.
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Jan 14, 2023 • 26min
Cocktails and Cannabis. Plus, Peltz’s Disney Slideshow.
Jack talks with an alcohol and weed analyst and considers an activist’s take on the Magic Kingdom.
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Jan 6, 2023 • 24min
The First $100 Billion Drug
BofA analyst Geoff Meacham talks about downgrading Pfizer, upgrading Merck, and what he thinks will become the best selling medicine of all time.
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Dec 30, 2022 • 22min
The Housing Hangover
Home prices rose more than 40 percent between 2020 and 2022. What’s in store for next year? We revisit an episode from June on realtor and homebuilder stocks.
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Dec 23, 2022 • 29min
ChatGPT and AI Investing
We revisit Jack's conversation with former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt. Jackson writes a podcast script with the help of deep learning.
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