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The Readback

The Readback

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The Readback explores why only a few of our most hyped companies and ideas end up meeting their promise. The lessons learned hold value not just for investors, but for everyone trying to find the next big thing.

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The Road Ahead

Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 9:07 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 29 seconds

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Time to Take the Wheel

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 8:41 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 47 seconds

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Tapping the Brakes

Published: Dec. 2, 2021, 6:12 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 10 seconds

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Backseat Driver

Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 6:56 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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A Failing Grade

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 6:13 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 49 seconds

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Introducing: Best New Ideas in Money

Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds

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Leveling Up

Published: Nov. 3, 2021, 5:26 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 55 seconds

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The Industry vs. Elon Musk

Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 7:05 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 18 seconds

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Debacle in the Desert

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 6:03 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds

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Are We There Yet?

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 21 seconds

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Going Public in a Reopened World

Published: May 28, 2021, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds

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Don't Call It an IPO

Published: May 20, 2021, 10:03 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 56 seconds

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The SPAC Boom

Published: May 13, 2021, 7:18 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 30 seconds

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WeWork's Breaking Point

Published: May 6, 2021, 8:59 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 56 seconds

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How Alibaba Won Over Wall Street

Published: April 28, 2021, 8:21 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 8 seconds

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Casper's Sleepy Debut

Published: April 21, 2021, 9:01 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 40 seconds

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Peloton's Wild Ride (Rebroadcast)

Published: April 14, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 50 seconds

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A Costly Detour for Uber

Published: April 7, 2021, 10:31 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 23 seconds

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Facebook's Terrible IPO

Published: March 31, 2021, 10:17 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 31 seconds

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Beyond Meat Goes to Market

Published: March 25, 2021, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 35 seconds

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Moderna's First Trial

Published: March 17, 2021, 8:23 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 38 seconds

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The Making of an IPO Frenzy

Published: March 10, 2021, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 12 seconds

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The Readback's Next Season

Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 9 seconds

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The Lesson of MoviePass

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 5:56 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 58 seconds

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A World Without Movie Theaters

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 7:38 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 48 seconds

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Big Tech's Many Secrets

Published: Dec. 9, 2020, 3:45 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 52 seconds

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The Most Powerful Woman in Tech

Published: Dec. 2, 2020, 3:56 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 27 seconds

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Peloton's Wild Ride

Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 10:42 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 22 seconds

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Nordstrom Plots Its Comeback

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 7:10 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 35 seconds

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The Company Formerly Known as Weight Watchers

Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 42 seconds

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How Robo Advisors Rescued the Market

Published: Nov. 4, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 5 seconds

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Microsoft's Stunning Turnaround

Published: Oct. 28, 2020, 7 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 19 seconds

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Whatever Happened to 3D Printing?

Published: Oct. 21, 2020, 7 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 37 seconds

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How Fitbit Lost the Wearables Revolution

Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 7 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 53 seconds

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Nintendo Plays the Long Game

Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 7 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 21 seconds

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The Readback Returns Next Week

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds

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The Readback Returns Soon

Published: July 15, 2020, 7:47 p.m.
Duration: 28 seconds

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89: Cord Cutting Gets Expensive

Published: July 9, 2020, 9:09 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds

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88: Boeing's Big Test

Published: July 1, 2020, 7:48 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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87: A New Generation of Day Traders

Published: June 24, 2020, 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 53 seconds

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86: Dividends Bounce Back

Published: June 17, 2020, 10:37 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes

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85: Twitter's Free Speech Dilemma

Published: June 11, 2020, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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84: Despite Everything, Stocks Rally

Published: June 3, 2020, 9:40 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 58 seconds

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83: The Great Outdoors Is Open For Business

Published: May 27, 2020, 10:03 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 38 seconds

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82: The Long Road to 5G

Published: May 20, 2020, 6:30 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds

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81: Why Tesla Is Immune to Coronavirus

Published: May 13, 2020, 8:23 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 18 seconds

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80: Can Anything Stop Tech Now?

Published: May 6, 2020, 10:14 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 59 seconds

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79: Is the Stimulus Working?

Published: April 29, 2020, 4:31 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 59 seconds

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78: The (Virtual) Doctor Will See You Now

Published: April 22, 2020, 4:19 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds

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77: Explaining a Historic Oil Bust

Published: April 16, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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76: From Chevys to Ventilators

Published: April 8, 2020, 4:23 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 17 seconds

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75: 47 Vaccines - Racing Against Time

Published: April 1, 2020, 4:16 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 42 seconds

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Introducing: Barron's Streetwise

Published: March 27, 2020, 10:09 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 50 seconds

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74: Coronavirus Lessons - From China

Published: March 25, 2020, 5:11 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 37 seconds

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73: Can History Teach Us Anything About Coronavirus?

Published: March 18, 2020, 9:51 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 43 seconds

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72: How to Brace For a Recession

Published: March 11, 2020, 10:37 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 16 seconds

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71: What Stocks Tell Us About the Coronavirus

Published: March 2, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 35 seconds

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70: Investors Go Crazy for Space

Published: Feb. 26, 2020, 9:38 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 10 seconds

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69: Berkshire After Buffett

Published: Feb. 19, 2020, 9:54 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 58 seconds

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68: The SoftBank Question

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 25 seconds

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67: GE Shows Signs of Life

Published: Feb. 5, 2020, 10:27 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 41 seconds

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66: Are You Ready for Some Gambling?

Published: Jan. 29, 2020, 8:56 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 10 seconds

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65: Sustainable Investing Hits a Tipping Point

Published: Jan. 22, 2020, 10:26 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 47 seconds

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64: Can We Forgive Boeing?

Published: Jan. 15, 2020, 9:48 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 37 seconds

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63: Get Ready to Pay Up, Consumers

Published: Jan. 8, 2020, 11:54 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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52: Why Interest Rates Are Going Negative (Rebroadcast)

Published: Jan. 1, 2020, 7:09 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds

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62: Tesla vs. the Minivan

Published: Dec. 24, 2019, 12:24 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 59 seconds

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61: The World's First $2 Trillion Company

Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 6 seconds

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60: The Forgotten Small Stocks

Published: Dec. 11, 2019, 5:23 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 51 seconds

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59: A Printer and Copier Walk Into a Bar...

Published: Dec. 4, 2019, 10:20 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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58: Hurray for Dividends!

Published: Nov. 28, 2019, 12:27 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 54 seconds

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57: Big Tech vs Banks. Finally a Fair Fight

Published: Nov. 20, 2019, 8:49 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 7 seconds

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56: An Industrial Giant Goes High Tech

Published: Nov. 13, 2019, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 2 seconds

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55: Tech's Most Surprising Comeback

Published: Nov. 6, 2019, 9:28 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 45 seconds

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54: Bears on The Rise

Published: Oct. 30, 2019, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 49 seconds

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53: TV's Streaming Moment

Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 2:07 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

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52: Why Interest Rates Are Going Negative

Published: Oct. 16, 2019, 8:49 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds

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51: The Race to Zero

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 16 seconds

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50: Cash Burn Caution

Published: Oct. 2, 2019, 7:52 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 42 seconds

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49: The Painful Price of Opioids

Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 11:04 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 58 seconds

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48: Are AT&T's Ambitions Too Big?

Published: Sept. 18, 2019, 9:56 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds

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47: As the World Ages

Published: Sept. 11, 2019, 9:53 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 9 seconds

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46: Biotech's Big Idea

Published: Sept. 4, 2019, 7:26 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 49 seconds

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45: Can the NFL Save TV?

Published: Aug. 28, 2019, 5:47 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 51 seconds

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44: The Unpopular Case for Oil Stocks

Published: Aug. 21, 2019, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 9 seconds

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43: The Trade War Gets Real

Published: Aug. 14, 2019, 8:56 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 29 seconds

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42: Dead Mall Walking

Published: Aug. 7, 2019, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 32 seconds

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41: Paying For Wildfires

Published: Aug. 1, 2019, 12:26 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 4 seconds

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40: Chipotle's Surprising Comeback

Published: July 24, 2019, 10:37 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 51 seconds

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39: Expedia's Long Runway

Published: July 17, 2019, 10:10 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 15 seconds

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10: Wall Street Wants Your Data (Rebroadcast)

Published: July 10, 2019, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 31 seconds

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8: The 401(k)'s Midlife Crisis (Rebroadcast)

Published: July 3, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 48 seconds

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38: Can The Fed Stop A Recession?

Published: June 26, 2019, 7:39 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 48 seconds

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37: What Makes a Great CEO?

Published: June 19, 2019, 7:40 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 3 seconds

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36: Regretting Big Tech

Published: June 12, 2019, 8:24 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 8 seconds

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35: An Oil Deal Sparks Controversy

Published: June 5, 2019, 9 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds

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34: How Credit Cards Beat Big Tech

Published: May 29, 2019, 9:52 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 53 seconds

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33: Fake Meat's Big Moment

Published: May 22, 2019, 8:36 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 20 seconds

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32: Investors Fall for Tinder

Published: May 15, 2019, 7:52 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 28 seconds

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Special Episode: The Myth of the Tulip Bubble

Published: May 8, 2019, 8:58 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 1 second

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31: Our Tesla Obsession

Published: May 1, 2019, 5:34 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds

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30: The Evolution of Spotify

Published: April 24, 2019, 8:11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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29: CVS Wants to Transform Health Care

Published: April 17, 2019, 5:50 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 58 seconds

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28: 5G Is So Close, Yet so Far Away

Published: April 10, 2019, 10:56 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 23 seconds

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27: Making Sense of Lyft's IPO

Published: April 3, 2019, 6:08 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 52 seconds

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26: Google's Big Bet on Gaming

Published: March 27, 2019, 7:27 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 18 seconds

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25: Is Boeing Getting a Pass?

Published: March 20, 2019, 5:27 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 13 seconds

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24: Microsoft's Surprising Comeback

Published: March 13, 2019, 9:14 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

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23: Finding Value in Stamps

Published: March 6, 2019, 7:52 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 37 seconds

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22: The Cold War in Tech

Published: Feb. 27, 2019, 4:04 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 18 seconds

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21: Let's Talk Pot Stocks

Published: Feb. 20, 2019, 8:43 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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20: Blaming Buybacks

Published: Feb. 13, 2019, 10 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 58 seconds

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19: 'Tis the Earnings Season

Published: Feb. 6, 2019, 10:35 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 2 seconds

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18: The S&P 500's Climate Risk

Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 9:09 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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17: Our Last Chat With Jack Bogle

Published: Jan. 23, 2019, 9:26 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 4 seconds

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*Special Edition* The Barron's Roundtable

Published: Jan. 19, 2019, noon
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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16: A Good Idea From Washington, DC

Published: Jan. 16, 2019, 4:47 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 16 seconds

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15: Apple's Next Act

Published: Jan. 9, 2019, 10:28 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 36 seconds

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14: Barron's Goes to Disneyland

Published: Jan. 2, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 24 seconds

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13: The Unicorns Are Coming

Published: Dec. 26, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 11 seconds

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12: Robinhood's Savings Mirage

Published: Dec. 19, 2018, 7:49 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 19 seconds

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11: The Subscription Revolution

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 9:51 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds

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10: Wall Street Wants Your Data

Published: Dec. 5, 2018, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 11 seconds

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9: The Facebook Conundrum

Published: Nov. 28, 2018, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 4 seconds

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8: The 401(k)'s Midlife Crisis

Published: Nov. 22, 2018, 12:45 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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7: PowerPoint Fatigue

Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 7:08 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 59 seconds

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6: The IBM Hype Machine

Published: Nov. 7, 2018, 9:42 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds

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5: Permission To Panic

Published: Oct. 31, 2018, 7:37 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds

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4: Polling Main Street's Money Managers

Published: Oct. 24, 2018, 6:24 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 39 seconds

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3: The Stamp King

Published: Oct. 17, 2018, 6:29 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 4 seconds

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2: Can Barnes & Noble Turn the Page?

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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1: What's Left for The Toy Industry?

Published: Oct. 3, 2018, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds

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Coming Soon: The Readback

Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 8:19 p.m.
Duration: 29 seconds

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