Jessica Menton

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431 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2018 last heard Apr 2019

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Small Cap Stocks: Edging Toward a Bear Market · 13 Dec 2018 podcast

But if you look at indicators in the past heading into the 2008 financial crisis, before that, there were early indicators when you looked at small cap companies. voice-verified

And a lot of that was because voice-verified

there were signals there that banks were beginning to rein in credit. voice-verified

And when you think of small cap companies and the amount of debt they have, that was sort of the first signal, but no one really saw it quite right then. voice-verified

So it's not necessarily saying, you know, this is the beginning and we should be panicking right now or anything like that. voice-verified

But it is something to keep in mind because that's an indicator you can look at when it comes to companies like that that are borrowing more heavily than, say, these larger cap companies. voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

I think it definitely taught the lesson that it's important to remember that some of these smaller names are reliant on capital and the ease and low cost of capital. voice-verified

So as we continue to move away from these historic lows when we're looking at rates, that's something that they're just going to have to get used to in this type of environment that we're in now. voice-verified

Thanks for having me. voice-verified

WSJ Your Money Briefing · Retailer Earnings on Tap for Investors · 10 Nov 2018 podcast

It's interesting that you say that because there are seasonality factors that come into energy. voice-verified

So say in the summertime, most people are on vacation with their families. voice-verified

They're driving more. voice-verified

But then when you get into, say, September, October, November, there's not as much driving. voice-verified

People might not be taking as many vacations and flying and things like that. voice-verified

But say we get into Thanksgiving and Christmas, people are. voice-verified

So it was interesting talking to some analysts about that and sort of tying into that volatility. voice-verified

So they think... voice-verified

Obviously, we've seen a lot of movements, especially with the Iran sanctions earlier this week. voice-verified

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