The View from Omaha: An Update on Berkshire Hathaway

Dr. Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, speaks with Barron's Editor in Chief Ben Levisohn and Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin about his economic and market outlook, the sectors he favors, and his early read on Kevin Warsh's leadership of the Fed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retail sales are rising, but retail stocks are struggling. What gives? Join Barron's Live for a deep dive into the consumer economy and retailing business, and a discussion of retail stocks. Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin speaks with Dana Telsey, an award-winning retail analyst and founder of Telsey Advisory Group, and Senior Writer Teresa Rivas, who covers Walmart, Costco, Tapestry, and other retail industry leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Tampa Firefighters & Police Officers Pension Fund has outperformed the S&P 500 for more than 50 years, thanks to the investment acumen of its sole manager, the investment firm Bowen Hanes. President, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer Harold “Jay” Bowen III speaks with Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren Rublin and Associate Editor Andrew Bary about his thematic investment strategy and his favorite stocks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scottish money manager Baillie Gifford takes a long-term approach to investing in innovative companies with enormous growth potential. Mark Urquhart, head of the firm's Long Term Global Growth strategy, speaks with Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren Rublin and Senior Writer Paul R. La Monica about his favorite tech stocks, investing in China, the SpaceX IPO, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SpaceX filed on May 20 for an initial public offering of stock that could value the Elon Musk-led company at more than $2 trillion. Other IPOs, Anthropic, OpenAI, DataBricks, and Stripe, could be coming soon. Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin talks with Associate Editor Al Root and Reporter Nate Wolf about the SpaceX deal, the IPO outlook, and what a flood of new issues could mean for the broader stock market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

J.P. Morgan Private Bank published its Mid-Year Outlook on May 11, focusing on the investment implications of global fragmentation, sticky inflation, and the AI supercycle. Stephen Parker, managing director and co-head of global investment strategy at the Private Bank, joins Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin and Senior Writer Paul R. La Monica to discuss the firm's market outlook and the report's highlights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, discusses the current state of the labor market, including a look at demographic changes and small business momentum, with Barron’s Senior Economic Writer Megan Leonhardt. Richardson, who is also head of the ADP Research, will talk about the latest research on what’s driving employment conditions, as well as her thoughts on how artificial intelligence could shape U.S. employment in the coming years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barron's Associate Editor Andrew Bary is back from Omaha after attending the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting - the first without Warren Buffett on the stage. Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin speaks with Bary and Berkshire analyst Cathy Seifert, a senior vice president at CFRA Research, about what's ahead for this storied company and other stocks they follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of global fixed income at BlackRock, discusses the Federal Reserve, his bond-market outlook, and investment opportunities in fixed income with Barron's Editor in Chief Ben Levisohn and Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin. Rieder leads the management team of the $17 billion-in-assets iShares Flexible Income Active ETF (ticker: BINC).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith Lerner, chief investment officer at Truist Advisory Services, sees a "choppy" path higher for stocks. He discusses the outlook for stocks, bonds, and gold with Barron's Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin and Associate Editor Al Root. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices