Francesca Fontana

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586 appearances 22 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 10 Jan

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WSJ What’s News · What’s News in Markets: Memory Chips, Corporate Drama, Mega IPO · 20 Dec 2025 podcast

And now you know what's news in markets this week.

You can read about more stocks that moved on the week's news in The Score, my column in the Wall Street Journal's Exchange section.

Today's show was produced by Jessica Fenton with supervising producer Jana Herron.

I'm Francesca Fontana.

WSJ What’s News · What’s News in Markets: Soup Stock, AI Angst, Lululemon Rebound · 13 Dec 2025 podcast

Hey, listeners, it's Saturday, December 13th.

I'm Francesca Fontana for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

Let's get to it.

This week was Fed week, everybody.

The Federal Reserve announced its interest rate cut on Wednesday, a quarter point cut.

The central bank decision was a big headline of the week.

We also saw the continuing trend of AI anxiety, concerns about the stability and longevity of the artificial intelligence boom, which weighed on technology stocks.

I'll highlight a couple of those stocks in a little bit.

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 both ended lower for the week, while the Dow managed to stay in the green, bolstered by the Fed's rate cut.

The Dow notched a weekly gain of roughly 1%, the S&P lost 0.6%, and the Nasdaq fell 1.6%.

It's that time of year again, guys.

Christmas is around the corner.

The weather's getting colder.

It is what I call, and food maker Campbell's calls, the critical soup season.

critical for me on a personal level as a known soup enthusiast, critical for Campbell's vis-a-vis its revenue and earnings from its canned soup business, which is still getting pressured by President Trump's tariffs.

On Tuesday, the company reported top and bottom line declines, citing in part tariff-related price increases.

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