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WSJ’s Take On the Year: Market Trends to Watch in 2025
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.
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What’s News in Markets: Tesla Sales, Drinks Warning, Steel Block
Why did Tesla hit record sales last quarter but still see vehicle deliveries decline for the year? And how did the U.S. surgeon general’s call for cancer warnings on alcoholic drinks affect beverage stocks? Plus, what’s next for U.S. Steel after President Biden blocked its sale to Nippon Steel? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
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Mike Johnson Wins the Vote for House Speaker on First Ballot
P.M. Edition for Jan. 3. After some last-minute drama, incumbent Mike Johnson won the first vote for House speaker. Siobhan Hughes, who covers Congress for the Wall Street Journal, tells us how this sets the tone for this Congress and President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. And President Joe Biden has blocked a sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel. WSJ reporter Bob Tita discusses where U.S. Steel goes from here. Plus, we talk with health reporter Brianna Abbott about why the U.S. surgeon general wants to put warning labels on alcoholic beverages. Alex Ossola hosts.
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Big Banks Ditch Climate Coalition
A.M. Edition for Jan. 3. More U.S. lenders withdraw from an ambitious emissions-cutting effort in the latest evidence of corporate America’s pullback from ESG initiatives. Plus, Boeing conducts more surprise quality checks in its factories as it tries to shore up its manufacturing. And the WSJ’s Dov Lieber breaks down a deadly power struggle in the West Bank that could have implications for who governs post-war Gaza. Luke Vargas hosts.
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New Orleans Attack Shows Renewed Risk of Terrorism Inside U.S.
P.M. Edition for Jan. 2. Experts have been warning about an increase in attacks from people affiliated with Islamic State and lone attackers. WSJ reporter Alan Cullison tells us why, and what is being done about it. And details emerge about the suspects behind the vehicle attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Plus, WSJ White House economic policy reporter Brian Schwartz and economics reporter Rachel Wolfe discuss the challenges the U.S. economy might face in 2025. Alex Ossola hosts.
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