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  • What's a moneyline bet anyway?
    Jan 8 2025
    The online financial website Investopedia compiles an annual list of the top ten financial terms that drew the most interest from their audience. The 2024 list covers familiar concepts like inflation and tariffs, as well as more niche terms like moneyline bets and stock splits. Today, we visit the highlights of 2024 in economic terms.

    The 2024 Investopedia Terms of the Year

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    9 min
  • Why Netflix spent billions for WWE
    Jan 7 2025
    Last night, after years on cable, WWE's flagship show, Monday Night Raw, made its debut on Netflix. It's another example of live sports programming making the move to streaming as more people abandon cable television.

    Today on the show, we talk to a TV analyst about what Netflix's increasing investments in live sports means for the war between streamers and cable companies.

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    8 min
  • The water mystery unfolding in the western U.S.
    Jan 6 2025
    There's a rural area in Arizona with massive groundwater basins underneath the earth. Water should be plentiful there, but wells are running dry. Today on the show, what's behind the water issues in rural Arizona?

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    9 min
  • President Jimmy Carter's economic legacy
    Jan 3 2025
    On this edition of Indicators of the Week, we discuss the economic legacy of former President, Jimmy Carter. Today on the show, we detail some of his top accomplishments from empowering the Federal Reserve's aggressive approach to inflation, deregulation of major industries and his push for cost saving energy measures that we still feel to this day.

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    9 min
  • Why to look twice when your portfolio is doing well
    Jan 2 2025
    People with American stocks in their portfolio are likely very happy right now. U.S. stocks were on a tear in 2024. But to some investors, that's a reason to look a longer look at their portfolio. Today on the show, one investor makes the case for the only free lunch in finance: diversification.

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    8 min
  • The curious rise of novelty popcorn buckets (Encore)
    Dec 31 2024
    Even before the Dune: Part 2 popcorn bucket went viral this year, movie theaters have been trying all types of ways to lure customers back. There's reclining seats, expanded menu options, and even more merchandise. Today on the show, we track the rise of the popcorn bucket and its afterlife on eBay.

    This piece originally aired on July 23, 2024.

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    10 min
  • Invest like a Congress member (Encore)
    Dec 30 2024
    There are some new funds that track stock trading by members of Congress and their family. So we thought, why don't we get in on that?

    Today on the show, we crack open the Planet Money Investment Jar to learn more about how our political leaders play the market, investing in funds tracking Democratic and Republican stock trades.

    Whether Congressional stock trading should be limited is a hotly debated matter. So to test whether lawmakers are beating the market, Dartmouth College economist Bruce Sacerdote and his co-authors pitted lawmakers' stock picks against reindeer at a Christmas-styled theme park.

    Trust us for this ride! It'll all make sense with some intriguing results.

    This piece originally aired June 18, 2024.

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    9 min
  • Half a billion people need reading glasses. Why can't they get them? (Encore)
    Dec 27 2024
    If you need some reading glasses in the United States, you don't have to break the bank to pick some up. That's important for older folks who need a little extra magnification. But in some parts of the world, people who need readers don't have that privilege. Today on the show, we'll find out why that is and learn the economic solution to the reading glasses shortage.

    This piece originally aired October 9, 2024.

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    9 min