Brian, Ed, Joanne, and Nathan share their personal reactions to last week’s violence in Charlottesville, when white supremacists and Neo-Nazis showed up in town, some of them heavily armed. Violent clashes left one counter protester dead, and 34 injured. The BackStory hosts also discuss the meaning of Confederate statutes, and why they’re suddenly so polarizing. They conclude the conversation with why we’re seeing this resurgence in white nationalist activism in 2017.
This Week in Barron's: Consequences of China moving away from US Treasuries; Alpha Natural Resources stock could rally more than 30% from here; Gen-X'ers and Gen-Y'ers could shift more of their retirement portfolio out of bonds and into stocks; some think ICON plc's stock could rally by as much as 40% in the next 12-18 months.
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Nov 6, 2010
Slate Poem: "All My Senses, Like Beacon's Flame"
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Mar 17, 2009
As the market continues to rise to new levels, the Wall Street Journal's Anne Tergesen joins Veronica Dagher to break down the many questions on shareholders' minds, and what the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 20000 ultimately means for investors.
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Dec 14, 2016