Nick Denton's Big Bet Against the United States
Legendary media mogul Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker, is done with the US. He’s leaving New York City for good, and moving with his family to the Buda Hills near Budapest. And when it comes to his...
31 Mars 202541min
The Last Time Investors Really Got Excited For Tech Infrastructure
One of the biggest questions hanging over the market right now is whether or not the seemingly unlimited appetite for more AI data center spending is slowing down or not. This type of tech infrastruct...
28 Mars 202527min
Why Brad Jacobs Is Spending $11 Billion on a Roofing Supply Business
Brad Jacobs has made a fortune in his career buying and building big logistics companies, like United Rentals, Waste Management, XPO (trucking company), GXO (warehouses), and RXO (freight brokerage). ...
27 Mars 202539min
Jim Millstein on the Massive Risks of Any 'Mar-a-Lago Accord'
President Trump wants higher tariffs, and he also wants more industrial production in the United States. This we know. In the meantime, a coterie of economists and pundits have tried to assemble a lar...
24 Mars 202558min
Lots More With Charlie McElligott on the Sharp, Strange Selloff
Last week, the US market sold off sharply. The S&P 500 fell as much as 3.6% on Monday alone, entering technical correction territory. Momentum trades were hit particularly hard and stocks that had bee...
21 Mars 202525min
The Great Jones Act Debate
We finally did it. We finally did an episode on the Jones Act. For years on the podcast, we've been referencing this controversial law from 1920, which places restrictions on domestic port-to-port tra...
20 Mars 202533min
FTC Chief Andrew Ferguson on the Trump Vision for Antitrust
When Donald Trump won in November, one of the things that Wall Street was excited about was an expected liberalization of merger rules. There was a popular view that under Chair Lina Khan, the Biden F...
17 Mars 202547min
The Original Prediction Market Was Betting on the Pope
Prediction markets are everywhere nowadays. You can go online and bet on political outcomes, or the weather, or how long Taylor Swift will stay together with Travis Kelce. But prediction markets have ...
14 Mars 202541min
