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Join Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren R. Rublin and Ben Levisohn for a look at stocks in the news, what's ahead for the Fed, and how to prepare your portfolio for the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barron's Senior Managing Editor Ben Levisohn, Associate Editor Al Root, and Barron's Investor Circle's Josh Schafer discuss what could be in store for stocks, Tesla, the Fed, and the AI trade as the market heads into the last month of 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you can chart it, technical analyst Andrew Addision can analyze it. Andy, proprietor of The Institutional View research service, joins Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren Rublin and Ben Levisohn for an in-depth technical look at stocks, bonds, commodities, volatility, and economic trends. In Andy's words, "we are at a fascinating juncture in the markets." Together, we'll learn where he thinks they are headed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From rare earths to robotics, VanEck has designed ETFs and mutual funds to capitalize on compelling and contemporary investment trends. Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren Rublin and Ben Levisohn talk with Jan van Eck, CEO of the $161 billion-in-assets firm, about the investment outlook and the economic, technological, and social trends that are animating markets today. Plus, a look at Walmart and Target, and other stocks in the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren Rublin and Ben Levisohn speak with Jeffrey Sherman, deputy chief investment officer at fixed-income powerhouse DoubleLine, about how to navigate a slower-growth, high-inflation world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barron's Senior Managing Editor Ben Levisohn, Associate Editor Al Root, and Barron's Investor Circle reporter Josh Schaefer discuss what could be in store for stocks, Tesla, and the AI trade as the market heads into the home stretch for the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren R. Rublin and Ben Levisohn discuss recent investment trends, stocks in the news, the Fed's next meeting, and the market outlook through year end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The price of gold has shot up 66% this year, and more gains seem in store. Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren Rublin and Ben Levisohn discuss what's behind the latest move with Aakash Doshi, global head of gold strategy for the SPDR ETF business at State Street. We'll also examine the silver market, and bring listeners up to date on noteworthy companies reporting earnings during the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren R. Rublin and Ben Levisohn, and Jonathan Boyar, a principal at the Boyar Value Group, for a discussion of the stock-market outlook and compelling investments around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren R. Rublin and Ben Levisohn talk with Denny Fish, a portfolio manager on the Global Technology and Innovation Team at Janus Henderson Investors, about the best investment opportunities in the tech sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin and Associate Editor Andrew Bary discuss updates on Berkshire Hathaway, media mergers, investing in sports, the outlook for gold, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blake Gwinn, head of U.S. Rates Strategy at RBC Capital Markets, writes a weekly commentary appropriately titled Ahead of the Curve. Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren Rublin and Ben Levisohn speak with Gwinn after the Federal Reserve's Sept. 16-17 policy meeting and rate-cut decision about the future path of interest rates, the economic outlook, the challenges facing the central bank, and the implications for investors as the labor market weakens and the Fed's dramatis personae shift. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chinese stocks are up sharply this year, along with stocks in other Asian emerging markets -- and the gains aren't coming only from tech. What is driving the rally, will it continue, and where should investors shop now? Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren R. Rublin and Ben Levisohn discuss the Asia-Pacific investment landscape with Roderick Snell, an Emerging Markets & Asia (Ex Japan) fund manager at Baillie Gifford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final third of 2025 is off to a troubling start. Stocks are sliding, bond yields are rising, gold is soaring, and questions are swirling about the future of President Trump's tariff strategy and the makeup of the Federal Reserve. Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren Rublin and Ben Levisohn discuss the investment forecast and stocks in the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The current bull market has favored the largest of large-cap stocks. Yet, plenty of smaller companies are growing nicely, beating estimates, and shining on Main Street, even if Wall Street has overlooked their success. Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren Rublin and Deputy Editor Ben Levisohn speak with Greg Tuorto, a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and head of the firm's US Small and SMID (small- and mid-cap) team, about the prospects for small-caps, and some of the best bargains in the sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barron's Senior Economics Writer Megan Leonhardt talks with David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, about what investors can expect from this week's annual gathering at Jackson Hole, the likely path of rate policy in the coming months, the signals he sees in the latest nomination to the Board, and what's ahead for the central bank as Chair Jerome Powell readies to give up the reins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Second-quarter earnings reports confirmed that Big Tech is getting even bigger, and spending even more on AI. Barron's Senior Writer Tae Kim and Andrew Freedman, communications and software analyst at Hedgeye, unpack the implications for companies such as Alphabet, Meta, Nvidia, and Figma, in a conversation with Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren Rublin. Learn how AI is growing and transforming even non-tech businesses, and how investors can profit from the changes ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August is a big month for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, the company he leads. Berkshire reports quarterly earnings on Aug. 2, and Buffett turns 95 on Aug. 30. Barron's Associate Editor Andrew Bary has covered Buffett and Berkshire for decades, and will discuss the company's earnings and outlook with Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin and Deputy Editor Ben Levisohn. He will also share updates on other companies he follows, and his favorite income ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a lot to keep track of on Wall Street this summer, from the Fed's July 29-30 policy meeting to the Aug. 1 tariff deadline to new highs for stocks and gold -- and few observers keep track like economist Ed Yardeni. From his daily (and nightly) reports and webcasts to his regular reading lists, Yardeni draws a bead on just about everything that matters, or should matter, to investors. Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin and Deputy Editor Ben Levisohn speak with Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, about the economic and interest-rate outlook, the financial markets, and his favorite investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These are strange days on Wall Street. Stocks are expensive, bond yields are elevated, Bitcoin is soaring, and the president periodically muses about firing the head of the Fed. How can investors focus on finding good values and tuning out the noise? Join Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin and Deputy Editor Ben Levisohn in a conversation with Jack Ablin, chief investment officer and founding partner of Cresset, a $65-billion-in-assets wealth manager and multifamily office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd Ahlsten, chief investment officer of Parnassus Investments and lead manager of Parnassus Core Equity Investor Fund (PRBLX), has been a member of the Barron's Roundtable since 2019. In this year's Midyear Roundtable, to be published July 11, Todd pounds the table for "Great American Companies" with durable franchises and wide-moat businesses. Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin and Deputy Editor Ben Levisohn speak with Todd about his investment approach, economic outlook, and favorite stocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Bernstein, CEO and CIO of Richard Bernstein Advisors, calls this the most speculative investment climate he has ever seen in his lengthy career. The good news? As investors chase overpriced assets with negligible value, many neglected stocks are high-quality, dirt-cheap, and poised to soar. In other words, as Bernstein says, a lot of Maseratis are priced like Fords. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where do markets head from here? Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren Rublin and Deputy Editor Ben Levisohn size up the outlook for stocks, bonds, energy, gold, and more. We welcome your questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do increased hostilities in the Middle East mean for equity and energy markets? Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin and Deputy Editor Ben Levisohn check in with Keith Lerner, co-chief investment officer at Truist Advisory Services, to discuss the markets' reaction, and the outlook from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin and Deputy Editor Ben Levisohn talk with Tom Hancock, portfolio manager at GMO, about the firm's Quality Strategy and the hallmarks of "quality" stocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices