This week, we have a special market trends episode from the recently relaunched WSJ’s Take On the Week podcast. AI was a big stock market theme in 2024. We’ve talked about it, and heard it many times. But it was far from the only thing that happened in stocks last year. We saw record-breaking growth from power companies like Vistra. Cult stocks like Palantir and MicroStrategy also had a moment. And of course, Nvidia, a company that needs no introduction, had a blockbuster year. But where there are winners, there are also losers. The announcement of Walgreens’ potential sale highlighted the challenges within the retail pharmacy sector. Shares of biotech company Moderna also slumped, partly due to waning demand for its Covid-19 vaccine and booster. And discount chain Dollar Tree took a hit as its shoppers showed signs of belt-tightening. For our first Sunday episode of 2025, WSJ’s Take On the Week co-hosts Gunjan Banerji and Telis Demos are joined by colleagues from WSJ’s Heard on the Street column to discuss 2024’s stock market winners and losers and what those stock performances and other market trends could mean for investors and the economy in the year ahead. And if you like what you hear, be sure to check out WSJ’s Take On the Week. Further Reading: Walgreens Is in Talks to Sell Itself to Private-Equity Firm Sycamore Partners Tech-Loving Hedge Funds Have a Crush on Utility Stocks For more coverage of the markets and your investments, head to WSJ.com, WSJ’s Heard On The Street Column, and WSJ’s Live Markets blog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Day: January 5, 2025
In his final days in office, President Joe Biden blocked a $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel. Last March, the President expressed his disapproval of a foreign company purchasing an American business, emphasizing the importance of keeping it a U.S. company. The White House remains firm in its decision, stating that the choice is primarily focused on defense and supply chain considerations. Bob Tita, a reporter covering the manufacturing and metals industries for The Wall Street Journal, discusses President Biden’s decision and its potential impact on the nation. Former President Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 and will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol this week. Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Ray Takeyh explains the impact of President Carter’s decisions for the nation during his time as the 39th President, specifically regarding the Middle East. Ray looks at the lasting legacy of the Camp David Accords, America’s relationship with Iran, and the normalization of relations with China.
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After the deadly New Orleans truck ramming attack on New Year’s Day, investigators have been digging into the suspect’s potential ties to ISIS. We look at why the terror group is still luring in vulnerable people around the world, years after its fall in the Middle East. Guest: Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Senior Reporter
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NPR News: 01-05-2025 4AM EST
As Congress meets tomorrow to certify the results of the 2024 election, it also marks the 4-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol. The participants of the riot on January 6, 2021 intended to disrupt the certification process of the 2020 election results. When it was all over four people were dead, 140 law enforcement officers were wounded and there was nearly $3 million in damage. There were people from all walks of life at the Capitol that day, but one thing that many of them had in common? Military ties. That reality is something that the military is still grappling with today. On this episode of The Sunday Story from Up First , we are joined by NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and producer Lauren Hodges, who were both at the Capitol reporting that day. Last year they released a new investigation with NPR’s Embedded podcast called “A Good Guy,” about an active duty Marine who participated in the Capitol riot. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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