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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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Cathie Wood on Space, Tesla, and Following Up Her 152% Return

Cathie Wood on Space, Tesla, and Following Up Her 152% Return

The world-beating stock-picker says pricey growth stocks have plenty of upside left. Bitcoin, too. Is she right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26:4005/03/2021
Bull Case for REITs-and Home Buying

Bull Case for REITs-and Home Buying

Jack talks with three real estate pros about valuations and interest rates. Plus, beware fighting squirrels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23:4226/02/2021
Here Comes 27% Earnings Growth. Plus, Bitcoin Goes Legit.

Here Comes 27% Earnings Growth. Plus, Bitcoin Goes Legit.

Goldman Sachs chief U.S. stock strategist David Kostin on why stocks have room to run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21:4019/02/2021
Pot Stock Pro On Telling Growth from Hot Smoke

Pot Stock Pro On Telling Growth from Hot Smoke

Cannabis shares are soaring. A flourishing fund manager explains how to find profits amid the puffery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21:0012/02/2021
ICON v. Peloton: The Connected Fitness Race

ICON v. Peloton: The Connected Fitness Race

Scott Watterson, CEO of NordicTrack owner ICON, on the boom in home training. Plus, investing in lab-grown meat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24:0805/02/2021
WallStreetBets Creator on GameStop and Meme Trading

WallStreetBets Creator on GameStop and Meme Trading

Chatroom speculators are turning their meme fluency into fast profits. Where does it lead? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26:0829/01/2021
Here Comes the Videogame IPO Wave

Here Comes the Videogame IPO Wave

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick on the boom in interactive entertainment. Plus, Jack and Mette become Roblox noobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24:2822/01/2021
How to Spot Stock Market Bubbles

How to Spot Stock Market Bubbles

Renowned value investor Jeremy Grantham weighs in on "unbearable levels of ecstasy"--and why stocks could lose 50%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27:3215/01/2021
Where's Jack Ma?

Where's Jack Ma?

What the Alibaba founder's sudden absence says about investing in China. Plus, here comes inflation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23:1608/01/2021
Are We MMT-ing Yet? (Rebroadcast)

Are We MMT-ing Yet? (Rebroadcast)

Economist Stephanie Kelton says soaring deficits aren't a problem. Has she converted her critics? (First published 07/17/20.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25:4801/01/2021
Bitcoin, Dividends, Tech Overload--Listener Questions

Bitcoin, Dividends, Tech Overload--Listener Questions

Jack answers your questions in this special holiday episode. Plus, the dark side of elves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15:4225/12/2020
DraftKings CEO Has Amazon Aspirations

DraftKings CEO Has Amazon Aspirations

The online gambling company's plan for growth. Plus, how to (not) buy insurance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23:3118/12/2020
How Square is Cashing In. Plus, IPO-Palooza

How Square is Cashing In. Plus, IPO-Palooza

Square CFO Amrita Ahuja on Cash App's viral growth. And Jack talks DoorDash, Airbnb, and bubble tea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25:0311/12/2020
Time to Sell?

Time to Sell?

Behavioral economist Richard Thaler on investor overconfidence. Plus, a Wall Street strategist says vaccines could bring a peak for stocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22:0704/12/2020
Why Tesla's up 500% This Year

Why Tesla's up 500% This Year

Elon Musk's company looks more like Apple than a car maker. Plus, the outlook for restaurants is changing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24:3427/11/2020
Paintings For Profits: Should Investors Buy Shares of Art?

Paintings For Profits: Should Investors Buy Shares of Art?

Masterworks CEO on Monet for the masses. Plus, a finance professor sees selection bias in art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24:2520/11/2020
Visa CEO Al Kelly On the Future of Payments

Visa CEO Al Kelly On the Future of Payments

Also, Jack has thoughts on stocks, vaccines, tech antitrust, leaf blowers, and Smurfs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26:3313/11/2020
Listener Questions: 11% Yields, Guacamole, 401(k) Withdrawals

Listener Questions: 11% Yields, Guacamole, 401(k) Withdrawals

The podcast is on vacation, but Jack answers questions and sings some low notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15:3006/11/2020
How Nasdaq Inc Beat the Nasdaq 100

How Nasdaq Inc Beat the Nasdaq 100

Adena Friedman, CEO of the stock exchange owner, talks about fast growth in non-trading revenue. Plus, Jack peeks at a Christmas shopping forecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21:5230/10/2020
Who's Afraid of Inflation?

Who's Afraid of Inflation?

Jack talks with a market strategist and an economic forecaster about whether prices will surge, and what it means for stock returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22:5823/10/2020
Mark Cuban on Sports and TV. Plus, 5G iPhone Stuff

Mark Cuban on Sports and TV. Plus, 5G iPhone Stuff

Jack talks with the Shark Tank star and Dallas Mavericks owner about entertainment and investing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22:3616/10/2020
LabCorp CEO Talks Covid Testing and Treatments

LabCorp CEO Talks Covid Testing and Treatments

Plus, the founder of Whole Foods on pandemic shortages and obesity. And Jack eyes Airbnb's IPO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27:4609/10/2020
Introducing: A New Season of The Readback

Introducing: A New Season of The Readback

The Readback from Barron's brings you a new season featuring stories about Nintendo, Microsoft, 3D printing and more -- exploring why some companies, ideas, and industries thrive, while others fail to meet their promise. Subscribe to The Readback wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:5908/10/2020
Life of an Activist Short Seller

Life of an Activist Short Seller

Carson Block at Muddy Waters Research on betting against stocks. Plus, Jack discusses the outlook for value stocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22:4603/10/2020
Private Equity For the Not-So-Rich

Private Equity For the Not-So-Rich

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman on the appeal of alternative investments, as new rules open access. Plus, factor investing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24:0625/09/2020
Reed Hastings on Netflix's Secret Sauce

Reed Hastings on Netflix's Secret Sauce

Plus, Jack talks cars and small cap stocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27:1518/09/2020
Nikola's Wonderful, Worrisome Week

Nikola's Wonderful, Worrisome Week

Founder Trevor Milton talks with Jack about hydrogen trucks and a new GM deal, while a short-seller dents the stock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28:2211/09/2020
Biotech, Solar, and Hot Dogs--Listener Questions Answered

Biotech, Solar, and Hot Dogs--Listener Questions Answered

What's the best way to size up drug stocks? Does solar's outlook remain bright? Is a frank on a bun a sandwich? Jack has thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22:4104/09/2020
An Election Dispute Could Rattle Stocks. Plus, The Future of Movies

An Election Dispute Could Rattle Stocks. Plus, The Future of Movies

Why Jack is cutting stock risk. And IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond talks about the return to the big screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25:2928/08/2020
The Dean of Valuation Talks Tesla -- and College Tuition

The Dean of Valuation Talks Tesla -- and College Tuition

NYU's Aswath Damodaran weighs in on how much investors should pay for Tesla and Amazon, and says the price of a college degree could crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25:5221/08/2020
Are Stocks Melting Up? Plus, the Pet Economy Has Legs

Are Stocks Melting Up? Plus, the Pet Economy Has Legs

Zoetis CEO Kristin Peck and Credit Suisse strategist Jonathan Golub weigh in. Also, Jack on SPACs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24:3914/08/2020
Tik Tok and the Tech Titans

Tik Tok and the Tech Titans

With other tech giants facing antitrust scorn, Microsoft could walk away with a social media gem. Is that a good thing? NYU professor Scott Galloway weighs in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25:4307/08/2020
Bitcoin v. Gold v. the Wobbling U.S. Dollar

Bitcoin v. Gold v. the Wobbling U.S. Dollar

Is the greenback's recent slide the start of a bigger move, and what should investors make of gains for cryptocurrencies and precious metals? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25:2631/07/2020
Smoke Break for Ethical Investors

Smoke Break for Ethical Investors

As cash pours into do-good investments, Philip Morris is trying to clean up its image. Can a cigarette maker go ESG? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23:5524/07/2020
Are We MMT-ing Yet?

Are We MMT-ing Yet?

Economist Stephanie Kelton says soaring deficits aren't a problem. Has she converted her critics? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24:3917/07/2020
Bob Iger on Disney after Coronavirus (Rebroadcast)

Bob Iger on Disney after Coronavirus (Rebroadcast)

Disney executive chairman on how the coronavirus will change theme parks, movies, and streaming. (First published 4/10/20.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22:0910/07/2020
Chipotle's Back. Also, Who Needs REITs?

Chipotle's Back. Also, Who Needs REITs?

The burrito chain's CEO on culinary changes, the pandemic response, and growth potential. Also, Jack takes on real estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24:1803/07/2020
Nvidia Takes on Tesla

Nvidia Takes on Tesla

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on how the chipmaker has parlayed video game success into supercomputing dominance. Next up: Autonomous driving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20:0326/06/2020
Good News on Covid Treatments. And What's the Deal With Dave Portnoy?

Good News on Covid Treatments. And What's the Deal With Dave Portnoy?

Jack talks with Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O'Day, and weighs in on a day-trading celebrity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20:0019/06/2020
Are Home Buyers Heading to the Suburbs?

Are Home Buyers Heading to the Suburbs?

Yale economist Robert Shiller and the CEOs of broker Redfin and homebuilder Taylor Morrison. Plus, Jack rants about gold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23:2012/06/2020
Mohamed El-Erian on Stocks, Bitcoin, and Zombies

Mohamed El-Erian on Stocks, Bitcoin, and Zombies

Good news: The economy is reopening. Bad news: A top economist says Fed overreach could produce scary results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
19:3105/06/2020
Time for Travel? Plus: Bowling's Back

Time for Travel? Plus: Bowling's Back

An analyst upgrades Southwest Airlines, and the CEO of Booking Holdings talks hotels. Also, post-Covid bowling is two comeback stories in one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21:4529/05/2020
Vacation Edition: Jack Answers Listener Questions

Vacation Edition: Jack Answers Listener Questions

Questions about airlines, Uber, a stock market bubble, and globalization on this special edition of Barron's Streetwise hosted by Jack Hough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15:3622/05/2020
TV's Sink Or Stream Moment

TV's Sink Or Stream Moment

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish on soaring demand for streaming; why advertising will come back; and what makes Pluto TV the company's secret weapon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20:3715/05/2020
Pizza and Hard Seltzer: The Quarantine Combo

Pizza and Hard Seltzer: The Quarantine Combo

How the lockdown is affecting booze and takeout. Plus, a conversation with Rob Lynch, CEO of Papa John's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20:4808/05/2020
Slack and Okta: Work-From-Home Winners

Slack and Okta: Work-From-Home Winners

The CEOs of Slack and Okta talk about what the Covid-19 pandemic means for cloud business software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22:5601/05/2020
The Week Oil Got Weird

The Week Oil Got Weird

Chaotic trading in crude oil, what it means for the energy sector, and why tankers are sitting pretty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21:1724/04/2020
Crisis Hits the Car Business, Again

Crisis Hits the Car Business, Again

Ford CEO Jim Hackett and Wall Street analysts discuss how the pandemic will change the car industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21:5717/04/2020
Disney after Coronavirus

Disney after Coronavirus

A temperature check before entering Disney World? In the Barron's Streetwise podcast, Disney executive chairman Bob Iger on how the coronavirus will change theme parks, movies, and streaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21:4310/04/2020
Retail After the Pandemic

Retail After the Pandemic

How the coronavirus will accelerate a reckoning for America's stores. Plus, CVS CEO Larry Merlo on testing and telehealth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23:3603/04/2020