Feb 10
Job Seekers Are Paying to Get Hired & Elon Pivots From Mars to the Moon
Episode 776: Neal and Toby discuss the labor market being so bad that job seekers are paying recruiters to white-glove service their candidacy for potential employers. Then, Elon Musk seemed fixed on building life on Mars, but now, he’s pivoting to the Moon. Also, the US tariffs ... Show More
28m 41s
Feb 9
Throwback Ads Dominate the Super Bowl & Dow hits 50,000
Episode 775: Neal and Toby recap the rise of prediction markets and most memorable ads from this year’s Super Bowl. Then, Hims & Hers is forced to pull their copycat weight-loss drug after regulators threatened legal action. Plus, why everyone is into fiber content nowadays. Mean ... Show More
27m 22s
Feb 2025
Tariff trade wars persist, Google’s antitrust allegations in China, Palantir soars
Today on Morning Brief, anchors Brad Smith and Seana Smith tackle the biggest market stories and speak to top Wall Street experts ahead of the opening bell. Our hosts analyze some of the top trending tickers: Spotify (SPOT), PepsiCo (PEP), Merck (MRK)
Takeaways:
China retaliates ... Show More
52m 39s
Oct 2025
What’s up with the US economy? With Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and a voter on the Fed’s interest rate-setting committee, speaks to the FT’s economics commentator Chris Giles about the outlook for the US economy amid a boom in AI investment, sluggish hiring, President Donald Tr ... Show More
24m 57s
Oct 2025
Markets rally, unfazed by Washington turmoil
Global stock markets rally to fresh record highs amid upbeat developments in the automotive and artificial intelligence sectors, with gains extending beyond the US into European bourses. Meanwhile, Warren Buffett has re-entered acquisition mode for the first time since 2022, sign ... Show More
12m 22s
Oct 2025
Turbulence, tensions & turnarounds
Markets swung wildly last week as easing US-China trade tensions clashed with fresh regional bank fears. While Wall Street rebounded on Friday, Europe lagged amid banking and defence sector woes. Bond yields fell, gold slipped, and this morning Asia rallied on Japanese political ... Show More
10m 26s
Episode 691: Neal and Toby unpack the latest chapter in the US-China trade war and how markets reacted to tensions renewed. Then, auto-parts supplier First Brands has its CEO step down after a financial implosion leaves billions of dollars of debt. Next, the Nobel prize is awarded to 3 economists who introduced the concept of “creative destruction” to descri ... Show More