Get ready for the week ahead with Investopedia’s Editor in Chief, Caleb Silver, as he digs into the most important stories in finance and global economics. Through expert analysis, interviews with the biggest names in business, and educational breakdowns of the news that moves markets, The Investopedia Express preps you with the information you need to start your week in finance.
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WIll Regulators Really Break Up Big Tech, or Are They Already Too Late?
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With the Dept. of Justice's recent antitrust victory over Google and its online advertising practices ruled monopolistic, the breakup of the biggest technology companies in the world seems like a real possibility. But, as William Kovacic, former Chair of the FTC and now a Professor of Law and Global Competition at The George Washington School of La…
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What Broke, and What Got Stronger Amid the Market's Summer Storm
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On our 200th episode, JC Parets of AllStarCharts climbs back aboard The Express to assess the damage across the capital markets following the 2024 Summer Volmageddon. As it turns out, some sectors and asset classes actually got stronger despite the headlines, and may provide the set up for the next leg of this Bull Market. Plus, sentiment indicator…
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Market Meltdown: Is This 1999 All Over Again?
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Stock markets around the world are melting down as the most popular trades around A.I. and Tech are unwinding amid worries about overvaluation and signs of weakness in the U.S. economy. Paul La Monica from Barron's joins The Express to help us find the key similarities and differences between the Internet Bubble of 1999 and the A.I. craze of today.…
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Political Chaos and Our Portfolios: What Investors Really Need to Pay Attention to in this Election
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The past month has been one of the most chaotic four weeks in U.S. political history, and the election is still over three months away. Michael Townsend, Chares Schwab's political analyst and a long-time Washington watcher, joins The Express to explain what's next in the political process for the Democrats, the likelihood of major policy changes to…
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Behind the Historic Small Cap Breakout, and Investing Lessons for Millennials
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Callie Cox, the new Chief Market Strategist at Ritholtz Wealth, rejoins The Express to unpack the historic break out in small cap stocks of late, and why the prospect of lower interest rates is actually good news for investors seeking balance. Plus, Callie's advice to Millennials looking to build a balanced portfolio that doesn't look anything like…
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Investors' Great Expectations Meet the Economic Realities of the 2nd Half of 2024
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Buoyed by more record highs, investors have been reinvigorated by the prospect of interest rate cuts in September as inflation slows. But, as SoFi's Liz Young Thomas explains, interest rate cuts into a slowing economy are not always followed by great returns. Liz rejoins The Express to share her outlook for the second half of the year, and how to i…
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Great wine enthusiasts and collectors are no different from investors. We like to find value and growth potential before anyone else, and back the next great company or vintage. From The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Kerrin Laz, David Parker and Charles Antin, three of the top wine experts in the country, explain how to find the next Screaming Eagl…
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How the Trolls Took Over Wall Street, and Where They are Now
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Nathaniel Popper joins The Express to talk about his latest book, "The Trolls of Wall Street: How the Outcasts and Insurgents are Hacking the Markets", and explains the origins of meme stock explosion which actually took root during Occupy Wall Street, and made their way through online forums like 4chan where throngs of disillusioned young men foun…
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Unlocking the Super Powers of Supercommunicators
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Charles Duhigg, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling author talks about is latest book, "Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection", and how each of us has this superpower, but we just need the right tools to access it. How becoming a supercommunicator can improve your relationships in life and work, and …
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Professor Teresa Ghilarducci, a labor economist and retirement expert at The New School for Social Research, has been arguing for years that the 401(k), which was never intended to be the primary retirement savings vehicle for most American workers, only helps high earners and is riddled with misaligned incentives. She joins The Express to make the…
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Taking a Hard Look at the Aftermath of Rate Cuts and Election Years for Investors
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Jayson Bronchetti, Chief Investment Officer for Lincoln Financial, joins The Express to deliver the realities of what happens after the Fed cuts rates, and what to expect from the stock market in this unpredictable election year. Plus, why big institutional investors and insurance love companies love private markets as the number of public companie…
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Checking in on the Vibe Economy with Kyla Scanlon
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Kyla Scanlon, who coined "The Vibe Economy", climbs back aboard The Express to check in on the vibes of consumers and investors following the release of her new book, 'In This Economy?". Kyla explains why people feel disconnected from the economy, and how to help them find their role in it. Plus, consumers are becoming much more discerning about th…
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Why the U.S. Real Estate Market Might Be Healthier Than We Think
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Julian Hebron of The Basis Point rejoins the show to myth-bust many of the media reports that have painted the real estate market with a broken brush. From affordability to supply, and the impact of A.I. to the seminal broker commission settlement, Julian shows why potential homebuyers and sellers are in the sweetest spot they've been in for years.…
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How the Pros are Constructing Portfolios for the Future
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From WealthStack at Inside ETFs, a conversation on building portfolios for the future that are built to withstand inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and volatility, with David Blanchett from PGIM, Jonathan Shelton from KraneShares and Michael Meehan from Nuveen. From farmland investing to China and Carbon Capture, professional investors are leanin…
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Redefining Risk, and the Future of Trading Technology
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Tom Sosnoff, the visionary fintech entrepreneur who created Think or Swim and TastyTrade, rejoins The Express to talk about why we need to be teaching Risk as part of financial literacy, why investors need to lose in order to win, and what the future of trading and investing technology looks like over the next ten years. Plus, some of the top perfo…
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Inside the 60th Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Among the Buffett Faithful
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The Express returns to Omaha, Nebraska where tens of thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders have gathered for 60 years to hear words of wisdom from Warren Buffett and listen to how he intends to keep growing their investment. Absent this year, of course, was Charlie Munger, Berkshire's former Vice-Chairman and Buffett's partner in building th…
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How Short Sellers Look Through the Muddy Waters of Filings for Fraud
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Carson Block, CEO of Muddy Waters Research, joins The Express to explain how one of the most influential short sellers identifies the frauds, the lies, the half-truths and the warning signs that companies sometimes use to dupe investors. Block discusses why his firm and others are looking deep into the commercial and residential real estate markets…
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Is Capitalism Broken, and Can it Be Fixed?
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Bethany McLean, author of best-selling books including, "The Smartest Guys in the Room", and "All the Devils are Here", climbs back aboard to The Express after receiving the SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award, to talk about how she broke open some of the biggest business stories of the past thirty years. From Enron to Elon Musk's SolarCity, Beth…
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A Century Year-Old Financial Advice Business Faces the Future
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Over the past 100 years, Edward Jones has become a ubiquitous financial advice business with over 15,000 locations in North America overseeing $2 trillion in household assets. Penny Pennington, CEO and Managing Partner of Edward Jones joins The Express to talk about what American families are doing with their money, what they are worried about, and…
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Putting Stock Market Pullbacks into Perspective
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Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA, rejoins The Express to put stock market pullbacks in perspective, and why the recent declines are to be expected and relatively minor given historical averages. Plus, there is a growing chorus of Fed presidents who don't think interest rate cuts are warranted at all this year given the hot labor mar…
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Claudia Sahm on the "Sahm Rule", and the Health of the Economy Today
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Claudia Sahm didn't coin the "Sahm Rule", but she has taken on the responsibility that comes with having an economics rule and recession indicator named after her. The macroeconomist who worked at the Federal Reserve and the White House Council of Economic Advisers joins The Express with her forecast for the U.S. economy, including what could go ve…
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A New Wave of Optimism Reawakens the Bulls
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Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at The Carson Group, climbs back aboard The Express to break down the recent 'Everything Rally', and why history and recent economic data suggest that this trend in motion should stay in motion. Plus, companies are piling on the dividends and the share buybacks to entice investors and jolt their earnings. Inves…
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Can Cannabis Tourism Save California's Cannabis Industry?
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Cannabis sales and prices are falling apart in the Golden State as overproduction and a glut of dispensaries have far outpaced demand. Can cannabis tourism rescue the industry, or will the stigma of the Schedule 1 controlled substance linger over a state that has been built on family fun destinations like Disneyland and Universal Studios? From the …
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Digging for Answers on Why Gold is at a Record High
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Gold prices are at all time highs as the precious metal is having another moment in the sun amid geopolitical uncertainty, sticky high inflation and the highest interest rates in over 20 years. Louise Street of the World Gold Council, a membership organization of some of the biggest gold miners and companies in the world, explains why investors are…
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Record Highs Everywhere, and Spot Bitcoin ETFs Rake in Cash
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Markets are setting record highs across sectors and asset classes and investors get even more comfortable taking on risk. Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise joins The Express with a front row seat inside the storm of assets flowing into those new spot Bitcoin ETFs, including Bitwise's BITB. Hear why Matt thinks this surge in inflo…
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What the Non-Consensus View is Telling us About Capital Markets Today
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Jim Bianco, the President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, tells us why Wall Street might be very wrong about rate cuts, inflation, crypto ETFs and the bond market. Plus, he compares the rise of A.I. stocks and crypto with other frothy periods in history and explains how these usually play out. Plus, the meteoric rise of Nvidia and other ch…
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Mining the Charts for Weaknesses in the Stock Market
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JC Parets of AllStarCharts rejoins the show to help us identify the weaknesses across the capital markets as the major equity indices dance around all time highs. Why we need to pay attention to the strengthening Dollar, the Polish Zloty, Copper prices and tumbling Treasuries to know what will happen next to the stock market. Plus, are we witnessin…
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Demystifying A.I. and How to Harness it to Learn and Earn More
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Sonia Dumas, a futurist and co-founder of Campaign Coach A.I., joins the show to explain how A.I. is being used across industries from real estate to financial planning to enhance productivity and profitability, and why we there is nothing 'artificial' about it. Plus, more record highs for the stock market despite very thin breadth is just one reas…
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How to Prepare for the Thawing of the Real Estate Market
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Matt Garland, aka 'MG The Mortgage Guy', on what to expect for the U.S real estate market this Spring as mortgage rates fall and demand comes storming back. Whether you are a potential buyer, seller, investor, or broker, Matt shares his best advice on how to prepare to capitalize on the real estate reawakening. Plus, the stock market tops more reco…
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Looking Long Term Inside the Post Modern Economic Cycle for Investing Clues
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Peter Oppenheimer, the Chief Equity Global Strategist and head of Macro Research at Goldman Sachs in Europe, explains the new Post Modern Cycle investors are living in, and what it means for our future returns. Plus, we are investing in the land of giants again as Microsoft tops the $3 Trillion in market value and several other companies join the T…
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Peter Mallouk, CEO of Creative Planning, joins The Express to help us see the future of financial planning and wealth management as firms like his continue to consolidate the industry. Plus, the S&P 500 finally made it back to new highs after a two year battle with inflation and rising rates. While some investors may feel vertigo, history suggests …
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Big Deals, Little Deals and No Deals for Investors as the Year Begins
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Sam Ro, the author of TKer, comes back aboard to help us discern what we should be paying attention to, and what we should be ignoring as investors to start the year. From the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs to the Fed's pivot, the outcry for active management to the unaffordability of the housing market, Sam helps us filter the headlines to focus on…
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Where to Find Opportunities in Unusual Places in 2024
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Anastasia Amoroso, the Chief Investment Strategist at iCapital, rejoins the show to help us identify unusual opportunities in the capital markets this year as the economy slows and rates come down. Plus, the Santa Claus Rally never happened, but investors were piling into ETFs in December like they were sure it would. Was the herd late to the rally…
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Resetting our Long-Term Expectations for the Markets as "Sound Money" Returns
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Joe Davis, Vanguard's Chief Global Economist, explains why the return of "Sound Money", with interest rates higher than the rate of inflation, will be good news for long-term investors, but will mean more muted returns for stocks than the past ten years. Plus, why he fears the Fed may cut too soon in 2024, bringing back memories of 1967. And, 2023 …
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Breaking out the 2024 Investing Playbook as Stocks Touch New Highs
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Liz Ann Sonders, the Chief Investment Strategist at Charles Schwab, tells us what to expect next year for the markets and the economy, and how investors should prepare. Plus, the Fed gave investors an early holiday gift by indicating three rate cuts in 2024, which sent the stock market soaring. But the recent rally hasn't totally convinced individu…
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Investopedia's Top Terms of the Year, and What's Behind Bitcoin's Mega-Rally
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It's been a year unlike any other for investors with a bear market in bonds, bank failures. the rise of A.I., and a reality check for the so-called "American Dream". We bring you Investopedia's Most Searched Terms of 2023, and what that Dream costs in today's dollars. Plus, Bitcoin is on another one of its magnificent rallies, up more than 180% in …
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The Money Advice No One Ever Told Us From Your Rich BFF
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Vivian Tu, aka Your Rich BFF, joins The Express to talk about how she became one of the most followed Fin-fluencers on social media, and shares the personal finance and wealth building secrets no one ever bothered tell us. Her new book, “Rich AF, The Winning Money Mindset that Will Change Your Life”, is full of those tips, and available for order n…
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As The Bulls Run Wild, Long-term Investors Stay the Course
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A four-week run for the stock market has a few strategists calling for a time out, just in time for one of the seasonally strongest two week periods for the market. Amid this year's recovery, and following last year's plunge, retirement investors have mostly maintained their composure, according to Anne Ackerley, the Head of Retirement at Blackrock…
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Reimagining Retirement and the Meaning of Wealth in the New Economic Normal
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The past couple of years have warped many of our perceptions about retirement, and the reasons why we save and invest. Doug Boneparth, Jamie Hopkins and Peter Lazaroff climb back aboard The Express to share their views about what the words "retirement" and "wealth" mean today, and how investors should approach their goals given higher interest rate…
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The Driving Forces Pushing Financial Literacy into America's Public Schools
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While most people agree that teaching financial literacy in high school is the right thing to do, only 23 states require at least one semester of financial education or personal finance curriculum in order to graduate. But progress is being made, and the path is being forged by leaders like Tim Ranzetta of Next Gen Personal Finance, and public scho…
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Setting up for the Stock Market's Best Six-Month Stretch
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Jeff Hisrsch, editor of The Stock Trader's Almanac, on why 'seasonality' matters for investors, and why the next six months are usually the strongest of the year. Plus, how his father, Yale Hirsch, developed the Almanac, and why lessons like "Sell in May and Go Away", and "The Santa Claus Rally", still endure to this day. And, the Fed paused its ra…
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Searching for Signs of Hope Amid the Selloff
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Shannon Sacoccia, the Chief Investment Officer for NB Private Wealth, climbs back aboard The Express to put the recent selloff into perspective, and to help us identify the signals to watch for that will turn the market around. Plus, it's been a cruel autumn for corporate earnings as investors have no patience for missed expectations. The thrill ma…
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Redefining Retirement as Peak 65 Approaches
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Dan Houston, President and CEO of the Principal Financial Group, joins The Express to talk about how we need to rethink, redefine and reeducate ourselves about retirement given rising costs, longer life-spans and a lack of financial education. Plus, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield topped 5% last week for the first time since 2007. That's adding pre…
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The Geopolitical and Economic Impact of the War in Israel on the Middle East
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The attack on Israel came at a critical time in the Middle East as the country was forming new economic alliances with Saudi Arabia and other nations that would reshape the geopolitical landscape in the region. Professor Simon Mabon of Lancaster University explains how that was playing out, and what might come next as Israeli forces enter Gaza ahea…
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Farnoosh Torabi joins the show to talk about her new book, "A Healthy State of Panic", and how we can use our fears to conquer our biggest challenges in money and life. Plus, investor anxiety is peaking again as long-term treasury yields spike, and the reliability of Treasury bonds faces a reckoning. Investors have choices, even if we choose to do …
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Permission to Dream with the CEO of Happyness
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Christopher P. Gardner, the self-proclaimed CEO of Happyness, describes his journey from the depths of despair as a single, homeless father, to finding his path as a stock broker, investment manager, best-selling author, philanthropist and dream-manifester. Plus, the floods of September are receding, leaving a wake of destruction across the stock a…
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The Real Story of the Taming of Wall Street Amid its Darkest Days
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Diana Henriques, author of the new book, "Taming the Street: The Old Guard, The New Deal, and FDR's Fight to Save American Capitalism", joins the show to talk about how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a small group of men revolutionized Wall Street after Black Thursday with the establishment of the SEC and other agencies. Plus, how today's …
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Jay Williams and Joe McLean on Investing in Sports and Building Brands Outside the Lines
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Live from the Future Proof Wealth Festival, Jay Williams, former NBA player, TV host and college legend, and Joe McLean of MAI Capital, talk about how investing in sports is exploding as teams and athletes become securities and the athlete is now the asset. Plus, Grayscale Investments prepares for the SEC to greenlight its ETF. Dave Lavalle, head o…
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What the Most Important Charts in the Stock Market are Telling Us Right Now
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Katie Stockton, founder and managing partner of Fairlead Strategies, climbs back aboard The Express to share what the most important charts and indicators in the stock market are telling us right now. She shares her outlook for the broader market, individual sectors and cryptocurrency as seen through key technical indicators like the DeMark Indicat…
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Organized Labor's Summer Uprising and the Future of Unions
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It's been the summer of discontent for labor unions across industries, and the future of the way millions of people work and earn is in the balance. Suresh Naidu, Professor of Labor Economics at Columbia University explains the dynamics unfolding inside industries today that are pitting workers against executives and shareholders. Plus, where does …
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