Blake Gwinn, head of U.S. Rates Strategy at RBC Capital Markets, writes a weekly commentary appropriately titled Ahead of the Curve. Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren Rublin and Ben Levisohn speak with Gwinn after the Federal Reserve's Sept. 16-17 policy meeting and rate-cut decision about the future path of interest rates, the economic outlook, the challenges facing the central bank, and the implications for investors as the labor market weakens and the Fed's dramatis personae shift.
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What's Behind China's Stock Market Rally
Chinese stocks are up sharply this year, along with stocks in other Asian emerging markets -- and the gains aren't coming only from tech. What is driving the rally, will it continue, and where should investors shop now? Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren R. Rublin and Ben Levisohn discuss the Asia-Pacific investment landscape with Roderick Snell, an Emerging Markets & Asia (Ex Japan) fund manager at Baillie Gifford.
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The Fall Investment Outlook
The final third of 2025 is off to a troubling start. Stocks are sliding, bond yields are rising, gold is soaring, and questions are swirling about the future of President Trump's tariff strategy and the makeup of the Federal Reserve. Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren Rublin and Ben Levisohn discuss the investment forecast and stocks in the news.
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Sizing Up Opportunities in Small-Cap Stocks
The current bull market has favored the largest of large-cap stocks. Yet, plenty of smaller companies are growing nicely, beating estimates, and shining on Main Street, even if Wall Street has overlooked their success. Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren Rublin and Deputy Editor Ben Levisohn speak with Greg Tuorto, a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and head of the firm's US Small and SMID (small- and mid-cap) team, about the prospects for small-caps, and some of the best bargains in the sector.
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The Future of the Fed
Barron's Senior Economics Writer Megan Leonhardt talks with David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, about what investors can expect from this week's annual gathering at Jackson Hole, the likely path of rate policy in the coming months, the signals he sees in the latest nomination to the Board, and what's ahead for the central bank as Chair Jerome Powell readies to give up the reins.
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