Covering Financial Markets for the WSJ with Gregory Zuckerman

In an era of fake news and widespread distrust in the media, standard-bearer media organizations like The Wall Street Journal remain a beacon for hard-hitting reporting on what’s going on in finance as well as the world at large. On today’s show, Jeff is talking to Gregory Zuckerman, Special Writer to The Wall Street Journal who focuses on money and investing.

Listen in as Gregory explains his process for finding interesting stories, why successful companies hire people who show potential as opposed to just hiring for open positions, and why some media organizations are booming despite open hostilities.

If you have a tip for Gregory, you can reach him on Twitter @gzuckerman or via email Gregory.zuckerman@wsj.com

• [01:43] - Market reaction
• [09:07] - Jeff Carter interview with Greg Zuckerman
  • [09:29] - Name A Hotel Room So We Never Forget
  • [09:39] - Breaking stories in finance
  • [11:04] - Playing down the middle
  • [15:24] - Finding stories to investigate
  • [18:38] -The Man Who Solved the Market
  • [20:27] - The paradox of Jim Simons
  • [24:32] - Personnel Economics
  • [25:50] - Making predictions
  • [28:10] - Struggling energy providers
  • [28:58] - Getting out into the trenches
  
  

Gregory Zuckerman is a Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal. He writes about big financial trades, hedge funds, private-equity firms, and other investing and business topics. In the past, Greg wrote the "Heard on the Street" column and covered the credit markets for the paper. Check out his new New York Times Bestselling book, The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution.

This episode of Limit Up! is hosted by Jeff Carter. Jeff is a general partner at West Loop Ventures. In April of 2007, he co-founded Hyde Park Angels and spearheaded the growth and development of one of the most active angel groups in the United States. He has consulted on the startup of several other angel groups. He is a former independent trader and member of the CME Board of Directors and was part of a small group that transformed CME from an open outcry exchange to the largest electronic exchange in the world. In 1998, CME was worth $182,134,000 in membership enterprise value. Today it’s worth $55 Billion.

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