Better Vantage Season 2: Real talk on markets and investing
1 minute 24 seconds
Christine Kashkari: Joe, I do love the sound of that. Season two.
Joe Davis: Let's see how this goes.
What are the trade-offs that people aren't talking about?
I'm Joe Davis, global chief economist at Vanguard. Join me and my co-host,
Christine Kashkari: Christine Kashkari, editorial director at WSJ Custom Programming.
Joe, the debate rages on.
Welcome to season two of Better Vantage by Vanguard.
Greg Davis: There's a big difference between investing and speculating.
Roger Aliaga-Díaz: How much risk am I willing to hold in my portfolio because of this view?
Joe Davis: We bring you candid conversations with financial experts.
Fiona Greig: And women are now in the protagonist's seat for the family's financial story.
Christine Kashkari: Janel, are women ready?
Janel Jackson: As a woman answering the question, I want to say, heck yeah, we're ready.
Joe Davis: Grounded in the numbers, not the narratives.
Barry Ritholtz: Rather than focus on the magnificent seven, let's talk about the magnificent 493.
Joe Davis: Boom.
Jean Hynes: It could be a tailwind for active management and maybe even a renaissance.
Joe Davis: Where we explore data-driven insights for serious investors.
Dan Shaykevich: So this is where I'm going to be a little bit more kind of controversial.
Joe Davis: Push it, push it.
Del Stafford: Non-core today might actually be considered core tomorrow.
Christine Benz: This idea of retirement as a hard stop is pretty antiquated.
Joe Davis: Join us at the Better Vantage table.
Christine Kashkari: A podcast series hosted by Custom Content from WSJ and Vanguard.
Joe Davis: The listener is in for a real treat.
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Notes
- Custom Content from WSJ is a unit of The Wall Street Journal Advertising Department. The Wall Street Journal news organization was not involved in the creation of this content.
- All investing is subject to risk, including possible loss of the money you invest.