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Ed breaks down the latest data on rising retail sales with Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. They dig into who’s really driving the increased spending, and what that means for the broader economy. Mark also offers a prediction for the Fed’s interest rate decision. Then Ed unpacks Stephen Miran’s background following his confirmation as a Federal Reserve governor.
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Ed breaks down the latest news that the U.S. and China have reached a framework of a deal to prevent a TikTok ban. He’s then joined by Rich Greenfield, co-founder and media/tech analyst at LightShed Partners, to discuss why David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance is reportedly preparing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Finally, Ed and Scott dive into Robinhood’s new social platform, which lets users share and follow trades.
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Scott and Ed unpack what August’s inflation numbers mean for the Fed’s next move. Then, they dig into why companies are holding back from going public and whether eliminating quarterly earnings reports could change that. Finally, they turn to the spike in youth unemployment around the globe.
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Ed and Scott are joined by Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, who returns to the show to discuss his outlook for the economy and the chances we’ll see a recession. He also shares his insights on the possibility that we’ll see stagflation, whether AI will cause an economic boom for the masses or the few, and what he thinks Trump’s economic legacy will be.
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Ed is joined by Gil Luria, Head of Technology Research at D.A. Davidson, to break down Oracle’s earnings and the market’s tremendous reaction. Then, Ed and Scott explore why Wall Street was not impressed with Apple’s latest product lineup. Finally, Ed takes a look at the decision from a Federal judge that President Trump cannot fire Lisa Cook for now.
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Ed is joined by Alice Han, China economist and director at Greenmantle, to break down what’s been happening with China in the past week. Then, Ed dives into why the jobs market may be even weaker than we thought and why the reporting from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has gotten worse.
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Ed and Scott unpack the recent tech dinner President Trump hosted at the White House. Then Ed is joined by Kathryn Anne Edwards, economist, economic policy consultant, and the host of The Optimist Economy podcast, to break down the August jobs report and what it means for the economy. And finally, Ed dives into the new $1 trillion pay package that Tesla has proposed for Elon Musk.
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Scott and Ed break down what the deepening alliance between China, Russia, and India means for investors. They then examine the growing concentration of the S&P 500 and why the market looks more fragile than ever. Finally, they dissect the Trump family’s latest crypto play and try to tally up just how much the Trumps have made across their crypto ventures.
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Ed and Scott are joined by Ray Dalio, global macro investor, founder of Bridgewater Associates, and New York Times bestselling author, who returns to the show to discuss how countries go broke and how far along America is in that cycle. He shares his insights on tax policy, what he thinks is the biggest threat to America’s dominance, and how things will play out with the deficit if we do nothing.
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Ed is joined by Jonathan Kanter, Former Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, to break down the remedies for the Google monopoly case. Then Ed and Scott unpack how Africa became one China’s top trade destinations. And finally, Ed dives into Anthropic’s latest funding round that values the company at $183 billion.
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