What the New Year Holds for Small Businesses and Big Banks
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Investors are bullish on big companies, but what about the small ones that drive almost half of U.S....
Take On the Year: What to Expect in Markets and Money in 2024
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The new year is upon us, and this week we’re telling you what you need to know to make sense of th...
Interest-Rate Cuts Coming? Chicago Fed’s Austan Goolsbee Has Thoughts
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The financial markets seem convinced that interest rates are poised to come down next year. But offi...
Still Have Inflation Concerns? Spending Data May Offer Insight
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re getting data from the Federal Reserve's favored measure of inflation, the persona...
How The Fed Is Moving the Markets Beyond Interest Rate Hikes
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re getting the fourth-quarter earnings from Photoshop creator, Adobe. The company’...
What the Jobs Report and Consumer Spending Tell Us About the Economy
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re turning our attention to the jobs report. The Labor Department is expected to rel...
What Third-Quarter Earnings Tell Us About What’s Next for Markets
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About 95% of companies in the S&P 500 have reported third-quarter earnings. So this week, we’re ha...
Why Consumers Are Buying Flights Instead of Gifts This Holiday Season
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week is Black Friday, which means it’s the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping season....
Taking the Measure of Consumer Spending at Home Depot
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're grabbing our toolboxes and heading to Home Depot. The home improvement retailer is ...
Why Mohamed El-Erian Is Worried About a 2024 Recession
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mohamed El-Erian is one of the world’s most respected economists and he has growing concerns about...
Snap, Crackle, Drop. What Kellogg's Split Says About the Snack Business.
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re turning our attention to breakfast cereals and snacks. Kellogg, the company respo...
Looking Ahead to This Week’s Fed Meeting and the Future of Crypto
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re opening up our digital wallets and examining the current state of crypto. Wall St...
From Recession Fears to Too Good? What This Week’s GDP Data Will Tell Us
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're looking ahead to the GDP data for the third quarter of 2023 to find out how much th...
A Key Fed Official on What’s Next for Interest Rate Hikes
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re looking at what the Federal Reserve is watching as it plots the course of interes...
Big Banks, Big Yield and a Big Release for Taylor Swift
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have banking and the recent rise in government bond yields in focus. Mary Daly, presid...
Jobs Report and Student Loans and Strikes. Oh My!
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a new month and quarter, and this week, we’re talking about three big pieces of economic ne...
What Nike Earnings Tell Us About the State of Retail
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have our eye on the sneaker giant Nike. The company behind the Lebron 21, Air Force 1 ...
What the Fed’s September Meeting Means for Your Investments
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Federal Reserve is gathering to make its latest interest rate decision. The central b...
You’re Paying More for Your Home. Yes, That’s Inflation
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The market’s next move will be determined by what happens with inflation, and this week, we’re l...
Introducing WSJ's Take On the Week
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
WSJ’s Take On the Week is a new weekly podcast that looks ahead at the events on the economic and ...