WSJ's Take On the Week

WSJ's Take On the Week brings you the insights and analysis you need to get a leg up on the world of money and investing. We cut through the noise and dive into markets, the economy and finance. Join The Wall Street Journal's Telis Demos and Gunjan Banerji in conversation with the people closest to the hot topics in markets to get incisive analysis on the big trades, key players in finance and business news. The duo will bring actionable insights to a range of investors and business leaders while also entertaining a broader audience with lively, relatable conversations. Episodes drop Sundays.

Recent Episodes
  • Consumer Spending Under Tariffs: Pimco Manager on What Investors Can Watch For
    Apr 13, 2025 – 25:30
  • Bonus: Trump’s Tariff Backtrack Rocked Markets. What Do Investors Need to Know?
    Apr 11, 2025 – 16:51
  • What to Watch For This Earnings Season As Trump’s Tariffs Come Into Play
    Apr 5, 2025 – 31:42
  • Recession vs. Stagflation and Jobs. Economist Weighs in on What’s Next
    Mar 30, 2025 – 26:03
  • This Alternative Investor’s Take on How Trump Policies Weigh on Businesses
    Mar 23, 2025 – 27:44
  • What Uncertainty From Trump’s Tariffs Means for the Fed, Interest Rates
    Mar 16, 2025 – 24:00
  • Inflation, the Fed, Tariffs and Immigration. An Economist Weighs In.
    Mar 9, 2025 – 25:49
  • What Trump's Tariff Agenda Means for Markets
    Mar 2, 2025 – 26:51
  • What to Know About AI and the Nuclear Power Trade
    Feb 23, 2025 – 24:49
  • Why Walmart Is Trading Like a Big Tech Stock
    Feb 16, 2025 – 24:02
  • Is Bitcoin Buyer MicroStrategy Worth Its Premium Price?
    Feb 9, 2025 – 26:04
  • The Anti-AI Investment: Why This Investor Is Betting Big on Sports
    Feb 2, 2025 – 24:10
  • Investors' Big Question: Is the Fed Done Cutting Interest Rates?
    Jan 26, 2025 – 27:41
  • What Trump 2.0 Means for Banks, Crypto and More
    Jan 19, 2025 – 25:33
  • Will Dealmaking Boom Under Trump? Lazard CEO Peter Orszag Weighs In
    Jan 12, 2025 – 26:36
  • WSJ’s Take On the Year: Market Trends to Watch in 2025
    Jan 5, 2025 – 24:37
  • Goldman Sachs Economist Jan Hatzius on His 2025 Economic Outlook
    Dec 22, 2024 – 22:35
  • Is the YOLO Trade Back? Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev Weighs In
    Dec 15, 2024 – 27:26
  • Why Restaurants Are Making a Comeback, With Toast CEO Aman Narang
    Dec 8, 2024 – 24:08
  • Coinbase’s Paul Grewal on the Future of Crypto Under Trump
    Dec 1, 2024 – 21:51
  • What Rockefeller Center’s Bond Deal Means for Commercial Real Estate
    Nov 24, 2024 – 27:44
  • The AI Trade’s Next Phase Is Here. Are You Ready?
    Nov 17, 2024 – 25:43
  • WSJ’s Take On the Week Is Back
    Nov 10, 2024 – 01:25
  • A Message for Our Listeners
    Apr 14, 2024 – 01:13
  • Why Record Profits For Big Banks Could Be Good For Consumers
    Apr 7, 2024 – 22:52
  • Is the AI Boom Real? And Will We See It in This Week’s Jobs Report?
    Mar 31, 2024 – 25:08
  • Affirm CEO Max Levchin on Credit Cards vs. ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’
    Mar 27, 2024 – 26:28
  • Are Inflated Prices Due to Corporate Greed? This Report May Tell Us
    Mar 24, 2024 – 23:05
  • Tale of Two Feds: Will Interest Rates Drop and is FedEx a Tech Company?
    Mar 17, 2024 – 21:37
  • How Confident Are the CEOs of America’s Largest Companies?
    Mar 10, 2024 – 24:34
  • What This Week’s Jobs Reports Could Tell Us About the State of the Consumer
    Mar 3, 2024 – 23:04
  • What Paramount’s Earnings Report Could Tell Us About the State of Streaming
    Feb 25, 2024 – 21:40
  • ARK Invest's Cathie Wood: AI Boom is Real, But Still Selling Nvidia
    Feb 18, 2024 – 23:54
  • BlackRock’s Rick Rieder on Bitcoin, the Fed and His Big Worry in 2024
    Feb 15, 2024 – 26:46
  • Will DoorDash Deliver the Economy a Romantic Dinner this Valentine’s?
    Feb 11, 2024 – 23:53
  • What Shifting Consumer Habits Mean For CVS, Pepsi, and Beyond
    Feb 4, 2024 – 22:10
  • What This Week’s Fed Rate Decision and Tax Season Means for Investors
    Jan 28, 2024 – 21:16
  • How The White House is Prioritizing Economic Policies for 2024
    Jan 24, 2024 – 23:48
  • Are Things Getting Better For Businesses? NABE's Outlook for 2024
    Jan 21, 2024 – 21:36
  • Will Home Prices Drop in 2024? What Zillow’s Co-Founder Sees Ahead
    Jan 14, 2024 – 21:05
  • What the New Year Holds for Small Businesses and Big Banks
    Jan 7, 2024 – 20:47
  • Take On the Year: What to Expect in Markets and Money in 2024
    Dec 31, 2023 – 21:27
  • Interest-Rate Cuts Coming? Chicago Fed’s Austan Goolsbee Has Thoughts
    Dec 20, 2023 – 28:16
  • Still Have Inflation Concerns? Spending Data May Offer Insight
    Dec 17, 2023 – 21:04
  • How The Fed Is Moving the Markets Beyond Interest Rate Hikes
    Dec 10, 2023 – 21:26
  • What the Jobs Report and Consumer Spending Tell Us About the Economy
    Dec 3, 2023 – 24:52
  • What Third-Quarter Earnings Tell Us About What’s Next for Markets
    Nov 26, 2023 – 18:27
  • Why Consumers Are Buying Flights Instead of Gifts This Holiday Season
    Nov 19, 2023 – 21:36
  • Taking the Measure of Consumer Spending at Home Depot
    Nov 12, 2023 – 17:49
  • Why Mohamed El-Erian Is Worried About a 2024 Recession
    Nov 8, 2023 – 25:28
Recent Reviews
  • Rayxzs
    R
    The content is made simple for common audience but the make host tends to distract viewers by repeatedly touching the laptop’s mouse pad for no obvious reason. He keeps moving around like a child with ADHD and can be distracting.
  • bzau!
    Chris Jansen
    Mr Jansen briefly mentioned that he had “other ideas he liked more” than nuclear power - can you share?
  • Stan Cupp
    Missed this Show
    Glad you’re back!
  • MTB716
    Informative, In-depth, and Engaging
    Dion Rabouin brings enthusiasm and intelligence to deliver an informative and engaging podcast. Not afraid to question the top business leaders and economists, Mr. Rabouin provides a compact yet detailed weekly review focused on the top stories and their impact on the economy. His preparation and energy result in a must-listen-to show to be better informed on issues and opportunities.
  • Tamizh asiraiyar
    Content is great ; music has mellowed
    Content is great this is business news, corrections made are much appreciated. Wsj always the king
  • why??$??
    It’s not about the interviewer
    Good content usually but the interviewer’s constant use of “I” and “me” and “I agree with you” are very distracting and inappropriate. I’m here for the information, not Keith Olberman or Don Lemon level narcissism.
  • NYC22spl
    Perfect tone for a Sunday
    Good weekend report. I interesting topics. Enjoy listening to DR. Also impressed with his interviewing skills, on display recently when he had a White House spokesperson on.
  • SYRUP-SYNTHOSIS
    Content is good but the host is terrible!
    This could be a good addition to the WSJ lineup, but the host is so hard to listen to. The only time I enjoyed this podcast is when there were the guest hosts. Then the normal one comes back and starts with a sentence that made me immediately regret tuning it, he goes “ yo fam what’s good!”. Listen no judgement on how you articulate in a informal setting, but this can’t be the host WSJ sticks with, if this man is the one writing content then cool but pick a different person to speak because I just can’t believe this is a professional podcast, it comes off way to informal and it insults the audience. I will be unfollowing this one for now but will check back in a few months to see if we have a new host. Hope you take this seriously, if this is what WSJ turns to I will be canceling all my WSJ affiliated accounts and you will lose others as well if you go this route. Stick to good quality information and please don’t try to “fit in” with the informal lazy crowd, because then you will get informal and lazy customers who will be more than happy to be informal and lazy when they don’t pay you.
  • sp312_IOMT
    Excellent podcast
    This guy does good stuff for the WSJ. He has an enthusiasm about the markets and he delivers his analysis and questions thoughtfully.
  • kc8egq
    Clear Explinations
    Always enjoy Dions clear explanations of complex topics.
  • Mark6 Arm
    Worth the time
    Looking forward to this podcast. Dions YouTube clips have always been interesting analyses on market. Great new voice in the wsj portfolio
  • Jessicacx
    Clear and to the point
    Appreciate Dion’s clarity and thoughtful insights on market and economy. He is one of the best I’ve seen at breaking things down in an entertaining and informative way. Keep up the great work!
  • Tribuchet
    I Get It!
    Finally! Wall Street Speak that I can now understand. Thanks Dion!
  • Lakeside2000
    Good “Week ahead” for non-professionals or students
    This is an upbeat superficial review of major financial coming events but geared towards students (HS or college) or non-professionals looking for just enough of a preview of what’s coming up. The background music made me anxious, it just doesn’t play well with business news.
  • Msb-taken
    Good additional podcast from WSJ
    I’ve been following dion rabouin videos online and I’m glad to have a podcast I can listen to as well. Mr. Rabouin does an excellent job of interpreting data in an engaging and accessible way.
  • Jmacro 2
    Please change the host,
    the show sounds like a rap album I’m here for business news not hearing incomplete sentences
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