Nordstrom opened its flagship store in Manhattan one year ago. Six months later, the pandemic forced it to close. What will the future have in store? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oprah helped save Weight Watchers, but the stock continues to yoyo. Inside the company's long journey to stay in shape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As markets collapsed earlier this year, a growing number of investors were lucky enough to have a robot holding their hand. Why digital advice is working. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Not so long ago, Microsoft was an afterthought in the world of tech. Its comeback will be studied for years to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3D printers were supposed to be the next big thing. Then the bubble burst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Just five years ago, Fitbit was one of the hottest companies in tech. Now it's hoping a sale to Google can save its business and help it compete with Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's been 35 years since Super Mario Bros. changed videogames. Today, Mario is as popular as ever, except on your smartphone. This week, how Nintendo ignored the mobile revolution -- and still won. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Readback brings you a new season featuring stories about Nintendo, Microsoft, 3D printing and more - exploring why some companies, ideas, and industries thrive, while others fail to meet their promise. Listen starting Wednesday, October 7. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The podcast will be on a short break for a few weeks, while we dive into some new ideas and formats for the show. We'll speak to you soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Millions of Americans have canceled their cable and turned to streaming services like Netflix and Youtube TV in search of a better deal. But cheap TV is getting hard to find. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Boeing has been in crisis mode since before Covid-19, as the grounding of its 737 Max jet hit the company hard. But this week, the Max is taking to the skies again for a series of test flights. Barron's Al Root joins Alex Eule to discuss where Boeing goes from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the outset of the pandemic, as professional investors sold stocks, a new set of day traders rushed in - and their bets paid off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dividend payments seemed to be in jeopardy early in the pandemic, but the payouts have been surprisingly resilient. Barron's Lawrence Strauss joins Alex Eule to discuss why dividends may be the only sure thing these days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Free speech isn't easy and Twitter's management - and its stock - are caught in the middle. Alex Eule talks to Barron's Bill Alpert about the social network's latest challenges and opportunities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
U.S. cities are in chaos and Covid-19 hasn't gone away. So why are stocks rising? Randall Forsyth joins Alex Eule to try to make sense of this market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sales of outdoor gear are surging amid the coronavirus pandemic. Alex Eule and Jeffrey Cane discuss what this recent trend can tell us about the broader reopening of the U.S. economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The rollout of new wireless technology is going to require some patience from consumers, and investors. Barron's Nicholas Jasinski joins Alex Eule to discuss why 5G is more of an evolution than a revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The pandemic can't change investors' obsession with Tesla. Barron's Al Root joins Alex Eule to discuss why the car company's stock is still on fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Big tech is back to its all powerful self amid the coronavirus quarantine. Barron's Eric Savitz joins Alex Eule to discuss the key takeaways from tech companies' first-quarter results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Investors have cheered Congress' stimulus efforts, but Barron's Matthew Klein tells Alex Eule that the federal government still hasn't done nearly enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Telemedicine has never quite taken off. Now, virtual doctors are the only option. Host Alex Eule is joined by Barron's Daren Fonda to talk about the future of digital health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host Alex Eule is joined by Avi Salzman, who covers energy for Barron's, to talk about how the unprecedented low oil prices are imperiling the entire economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Factories across the country have been shuttered by coronavirus . And yet their assembly lines have never been more important -- they will be the critical source of new ventilators and protective gear to fight Covid-19. So how quickly can companies like General Motors and Ford switch gears? This week Barron's industrial reporter Al Root joins host Alex Eule on The Readback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Consumers and the health-care industry haven't always gotten along. There are battles about pricing, the availability of drugs, and huge profits arguably at the expense of human health. But coronavirus has put the tension on hold. Perhaps more than ever before, doctors, public health officials, patients, and Big Pharma are working toward the same goal: stopping the spread of Covid-19. This week on The Readback, Alex Eule talks to Barron's healthcare reporter Josh Nathan-Kazis Learn more about yo...
Today on the Readback, we present the first episode of Barron's Streetwise, a new weekly podcast hosted by Jack Hough. In the episode, Jack speaks with Regeneron CEO Dr. Leonard Schleifer and Wall Street biotech analyst Dr. Yaron Werber. Plus, a bagel store selling toilet paper. Subscribe to Barron's Streetwise wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coronavirus has made the next few weeks and impossible to predict, and the uncertainty of it all is causing stocks to tumble and anxiety to peak. But what if there were a way to see into the future? The experience in China may actually offer a crystal ball. While U.S. cities are just now going on lockdown, China is starting to re-open its hardest-hit cities. Today, on the Readback Barron's Reshma Kapadia joins host Alex Eule to talk about what we can learn from China's experience. Learn more abo...
Every new crisis is understood through the lens of the ones that came before it. And that's what makes the coronavirus pandemic so scary. We've never seen anything quite like it. Investors are panicked and searching for answers. On Tuesday afternoon, during a brief moment of optimism for stocks, Alex Eule was joined by Barron's columnist Randall Forsyth who has covered markets - and crises - for 40 years. Produced by Mette Lützhøft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
The spread of coronavirus means everything is changing by the minute for people and for markets. This week, Barron's Jack Hough joins host Alex Eule to talk about dealing with recession fears, the stock sell-off, and the uncertainty that's swamping our lives. Produced by Mette Lützhøft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Less than two weeks ago, nothing could stop the bull market. And then the coronavirus began spreading around the world, and the CDC called a U.S. outbreak inevitable. Just like that, stocks had their worst stretch since the financial crisis. Barron's Ben Levisohn joins host Alex Eule to talk about what investors know and whether their panic should make us all worried. Produced by Mette Lützhøft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
The hottest stock of the year isn't Tesla. It's not Beyond Meat. And it isn't even a tech stock. Not really, at least. So what's left? How about space? Since becoming public late last year, Virgin Galactic is up some 500%. The company is promising the first tourist rides to space later this year. So the dollars must be flowing in, right? Not exactly. Barron's Tae Kim joins host Alex Eule to explain why. Producer: Mette Lützhøft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
