Barron's Roundtable panelists provide their outlook on the market and discuss three things investors should be thinking about now.
This week's issue, week 1 of 2024
– Jeffrey Epstein's new document dump reveals world leader, former president, luxury hotel mogul, and hedge fund titan
– Embattled Harvard University CEO Claudine Gay resigns. Will there be more exits?
– National debt has soared to a new record, with no end in sight
-The U.S. job market is hot in a sense.An inside look at hiring trends
-Apple stock gets downgraded in rare cases
-Stock prices will fall as 2024 begins
Jeffrey Epstein's document dump reveals a lot: Hundreds of court documents were released this week, revealing even more gruesome details about Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their sex-crazy lives, many of them underage. Former President Bill Clinton, hedge fund titan Glenn Dubin, Limited Brands founder Leslie Wexner and Hyatt Hotels heir Tom Pritzer are among those named in the filing.Continue reading here.
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein smile in this undated photo. This photo of her was one of many unearthed during Maxwell's sex trafficking trial in the Southern District of New York, where she was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. . (U.S. Department of Justice)
video: Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor mentioned in the documents, also pleaded not guilty.
Embattled Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns: Gay, who faced weeks of intense backlash after failing to condemn anti-Semitism on campus, resigned. He's leading a movement to oust hedge fund billionaire and alumnus Bill Ackman, but the Ivy League cleanup is likely not over yet…Continue reading here.
Read: Harvard University President Claudine Gay's Resignation Letter
claudine gay (Jiang Haiyun/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
video: A Harvard graduate is weighing in on the Ivy League's now tarnished reputation.
American debt balloon: The national debt hit a new record this week, highlighting the government's rampant spending and sounding another alarm bell for America…Continue reading here.
video: The US debt crisis is “insane”, according to one prominent economist.
Capitol, rain money concept: istock (image/image)
Is it a hot job market?: The country added 216,000 jobs in December, far more than expected. But many economists poke holes in the seemingly solid report…Continue reading here.
A “Now Hiring” sign hangs on a storefront in New York City. (Photo by Leonardo Muñoz/VIEWpress) ((Photo Credit: Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress) / Getty Images)
video: Digging deeper into December's jobs report, we see some cracks.
Apple blemish: The world's most valuable company's stock was downgraded twice this week by Barclays and Piper Jaffray, with analysts at both companies warning of weak demand for the iPhone 15.
Apple stock for the week: -6%
Stocks fell 6% this week…Learn more about Apple here.
video: Some investors see falling stock prices as an opportunity.
iPhones are on display at a press preview of India's first Apple Store in Mumbai, India, on Monday, April 17, 2023. Apple will open its first retail store in India in Mumbai on Tuesday. ((AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)/AP Newsroom)
Stocks fall in the first week of 2024: Investors in U.S. stocks started the year on a pessimistic note. After 10 weeks of gains, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite posted their first losses of the week…Continue reading here.
S&P 500 1 week -1.52%
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