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Listen Now: Misconception
August 11, 2024

Reality TV stars are freezing their eggs on camera. Lawmakers in DC are debating federal protection for IVF. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in slick startups that market fertility treatments for all. But this rapid growth has revealed

What You Need to Know About Gold
August 03, 2023

The price of gold tends to do well in times of elevated uncertainty about economies and financial systemssomething the world has seen a lot of in the past few years. Yet each time the precious metalrallies above $2,000 an ounce, it quickly falls back be

Vanguard's Hard Pass on a `Soft Landing'
July 28, 2023

A rallying stock market and better-than-expected second-quarter economic growth are just the latest developments pointingWall Street skeptics tothe possibility of a US soft landing.Thats where the Federal Reservegetsinflation back down to around 2

When Will Commercial Real Estate Market Hit Bottom?
July 21, 2023

A slow-motion crisis is unfolding in the global commercial real-estate market, thanks to the double-whammy of higher interest rates and lower demand for office space following the Covid-19 pandemic.John Fish, who is head of the construction firm Suffolk,

There's No Magic to Fed's 2% Inflation Target
July 14, 2023

US Federal Reserve officials have been adamant that theyre looking to get inflation levels back down to 2%. But the path to that goal could bring pain to millions of workers, a possible trade-off that doesnt make sense, according to Rick Rieder, Black

The World's Food Supply Needs to Change
July 07, 2023

Global shifts in incomes and populations, geopolitics and the climate crisis are combining to drastically alter the outlook for the worlds food supply. Taimur Hyat, chief operating officer for asset manager PGIM, joined the What Goes Up podcast to discus

What If There Was a Recession and No One Noticed?
June 30, 2023

The disconnect between a roaring stock market and stubborn recessionpredictions has left many investors scratching their heads. The equity strategists at Bloomberg Intelligence however have an intriguing explanation: Maybe the part of the economic downdr

How Covid Rewired Markets and the Economy
June 23, 2023

While in some places life has mostly gotten back to normal following the Covid-19 pandemic, there are aspects of economies and markets that may have been altered permanently. Jared Gross, the head of institutional portfolio strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset M

AI's 'Big Bang' Moment
June 16, 2023

Enthusiasm for artificial intelligence has powered a breakneck rally in US equities this year, far overshadowing the US Federal Reserves campaign to raise interest rates. So how should investors sort out the fundamentals from the hype?Mark Baribeau, the

Seema Shah Makes the Case for a Short-Lived Recession
June 09, 2023

According to Seema Shah, the chief global strategist for Principal Asset Management, the US economy will enter a recession, likely at the end of this year.Though she says it could be mild and short-lived.Shah joined the What Goes Up podcast to discuss w