<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel - Former Bloomberg Opinion Columnist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering banking and equity markets. He was previously a deputy digital editor for Fortune and an economics blogger at Time. He has also covered finance and the housing market.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATNXDtcl9_I/stephen-gandel</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Stephen Gandel - Former Bloomberg Opinion Columnist</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATNXDtcl9_I/stephen-gandel</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:43:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATNXDtcl9_I/stephen-gandel.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Trade War Has Cost Investors Up to $7 Trillion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stocks dropped 6.6% in May, and the damage goes back even further.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-06-03/trump-s-trade-war-has-cost-investors-up-to-7-trillion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-06-03/trump-s-trade-war-has-cost-investors-up-to-7-trillion</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:30:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilHu0H_awv0g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilHu0H_awv0g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>SAN PEDRO, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: Trucks stand prepared to haul shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles, the nation&apos;s busiest container port, on September 18, 2018 in San Pedro, California. China will impose an additional $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. imports in retaliation to $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports set by U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade War Threatens Peace Dividend for Stocks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before the end of the Cold War, the average P/E of the market was just 13.6. Trade tensions could be returning it there.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-31/stock-market-valuation-losing-peace-dividend-in-trade-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-31/stock-market-valuation-losing-peace-dividend-in-trade-war</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 09:00:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuwdhXRPWWQA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuwdhXRPWWQA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>British soldiers (front) and French ones fire with their muskets during an historical reenactment recreating the siege of Burgos Castle battle during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), part of the Napoleonic Wars, in Burgos, central northern Spain on June 12, 2016. An Anglo-Portuguese Army 35,000 strong led by general Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington attempted to seize the castle of Burgos from its French garrison under the command of brigadier general Jean-Louis Dubreton, but the French repulsed every attempt to seize the fortress, resulting in the loss of some 2000 men to Duberton&apos;s 600. / AFP / CESAR MANSO (Photo credit should read CESAR MANSO/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget Trump’s Tax Cuts. Increases Are on the Horizon.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Investors have barely had time to enjoy the spoils before having to worry about the fallout.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-29/forget-corporate-tax-cuts-increases-are-on-the-horizon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-29/forget-corporate-tax-cuts-increases-are-on-the-horizon</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 10:30:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKSMJEqKClgM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKSMJEqKClgM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a tax-overhaul bill after singing it into law in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. This week House Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years, hours after the Senate passed the legislation, handing Trump his first major legislative victory providing a permanent tax cut for corporations and shorter-term relief for individuals.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to Repeal the Rule That Aided Uber’s IPO Flop]]></title><description><![CDATA[The expanded limit on private investors could be weakening confidence in the public markets.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-21/time-to-repeal-the-rule-that-aided-uber-s-ipo-flop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-21/time-to-repeal-the-rule-that-aided-uber-s-ipo-flop</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 10:00:04 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipNLLxSwU4rE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipNLLxSwU4rE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 10: An Uber sign is displayed as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) before the Opening Bell at the NYSE as the ride-hailing company Uber makes its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) on May 10, 2019 in New York City. Uber will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange after raising $8.1 billion in the biggest U.S. IPO in five years.Thousands of Uber and other app based drivers protested around the country on Wednesday to demand better pay and working conditions including sick leave, overtime and a minimum wage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Trade War Puts Animal Spirits on the Endangered List]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stock valuations are back to where they were when the president was elected.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-15/trump-s-trade-war-puts-animal-spirits-on-the-endangered-list</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-15/trump-s-trade-war-puts-animal-spirits-on-the-endangered-list</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 16:13:48 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAC6RgCJ1vgo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAC6RgCJ1vgo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 21: The Sumatran tiger and Sumatran rhinoceros installation, two of the giant illuminated animal sculptures on display at Taronga Zoo, are seen during a media call ahead of Vivid Sydney at Taronga Zoo on May 21, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporate Bottom Lines Can’t Escape Trade War Pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[The real problem is not what tariffs will do to sales but to earnings.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-13/u-s-china-trade-war-corporate-profits-can-t-escape-the-pain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-13/u-s-china-trade-war-corporate-profits-can-t-escape-the-pain</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 17:17:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itZI2u4GsMGs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itZI2u4GsMGs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An illustration made in Paris on November 12, 2015 shows a destroyed globe. France will chair and host the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), from 30 November to 11 December 2015. The conference is crucial because the expected outcome is a new international agreement on climate change, applicable to all, to keep global warming below 2 degrees C. AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET / AFP PHOTO / Joël SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's Nowhere to Hide From Trump's Trade War]]></title><description><![CDATA[All the obvious trade-war bets aren't likely to offer much protection.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-10/trump-u-s-china-trade-war-leaves-investors-with-nowhere-to-hide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-10/trump-u-s-china-trade-war-leaves-investors-with-nowhere-to-hide</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 15:01:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifepEl7DB45o/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifepEl7DB45o/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Investors will have a hard time making their portfolios trade-war proof.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's Trade War Brings Out the Worst in Investors]]></title><description><![CDATA[They appear to have overestimated the potential damages from any escalation in U.S.-China tensions.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-09/trump-s-trade-war-with-china-brings-out-the-worst-in-investors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-09/trump-s-trade-war-with-china-brings-out-the-worst-in-investors</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 10:00:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijpYOSepjvAA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijpYOSepjvAA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Trump with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, on April 4, 2019.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade Fears Threaten the Best Stocks in the U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sector with an outsize influence on benchmark indexes may be among the hardest hit by renewed tensions between the U.S. and China.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-07/trump-and-trade-fears-threaten-the-best-stocks-in-the-u-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-07/trump-and-trade-fears-threaten-the-best-stocks-in-the-u-s</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 10:00:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQFX9z0rwL_0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQFX9z0rwL_0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Monitors display stock market information as pedestrians are reflected in a window at the Nasdaq MarketSite in the Times Square area of New York, U.S.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[XPO’s Buybacks Are Too Much of a Gas Guzzler]]></title><description><![CDATA[The warehouse and transportation firm’s stock repurchases may end up coming at too high a cost.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-03/xpo-logistics-buybacks-are-too-much-of-gas-guzzler</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-03/xpo-logistics-buybacks-are-too-much-of-gas-guzzler</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 17:09:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0iGZYshrV_s/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0iGZYshrV_s/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A droplet of petrol falls from a refueling nozzle on the forecourt of a OAO Gazprom Neft PJSC gas station in Belgrade, Serbia, on Monday, June 11, 2018. Planned investment through 2025 is the biggest ongoing project in Serbia and will comprise NIS upgrades of its Pancevo refinery, electricity generation, oil and gas exploration, Politika newspaper reported last year, citing Chief Executive Officer Alexander Dyukov.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Milken Conference Trades Rainbows for Clouds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Markets are up. Unemployment is down. Profits aren’t a disaster. So why are attendees so glum?]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-01/milken-conference-trades-rainbows-for-clouds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-01/milken-conference-trades-rainbows-for-clouds</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 11:00:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.9cxrV3ZgPo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.9cxrV3ZgPo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Puppies made an appearance to teach executives how to reduce stress. It didn’t seem to be working.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Equity Firms Drift From Catch to Release]]></title><description><![CDATA[Holding periods before selling companies are shrinking. Is that a commentary on the economy?]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-22/private-equity-firms-drift-from-catch-to-release</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-22/private-equity-firms-drift-from-catch-to-release</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:00:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifweGInPhjRY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifweGInPhjRY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The economy could be a little fishy.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BlackRock Needs to Find Solid Ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[Competition in asset management is putting pressure on revenue.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-16/blackrock-earnings-asset-manager-needs-to-find-solid-ground</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-16/blackrock-earnings-asset-manager-needs-to-find-solid-ground</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:37:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixNFTEJKgtBo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixNFTEJKgtBo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians pass in front of BlackRock Inc. headquarters in New York.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Stop Rising Inequality in the Next Recession]]></title><description><![CDATA[Policies that help Main Street more than Wall Street would be a start.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-16/the-fed-can-help-stop-rising-inequality-in-the-next-recession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-16/the-fed-can-help-stop-rising-inequality-in-the-next-recession</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:30:21 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLROUqVuQihE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLROUqVuQihE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Just remember the next time.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investors Are Betting on Earnings Even as They Fall]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first quarter’s struggles are being regarded as a short-term event. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-16/investors-are-betting-on-earnings-even-as-they-fall</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-16/investors-are-betting-on-earnings-even-as-they-fall</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:00:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irW_3pmLvK4U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irW_3pmLvK4U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 08: A visitor studies &apos;Dollar Signs&apos;, 1981, by Andy Warhol which has an estimated value of £4.5-6.5 million and is going on show at Sotheby&apos;s on June 8, 2015 in London, England. The work is a centrepiece of an exhibition of 21 pieces inspired by the US Dollar which are estimated to have a total value of £50 million and will go under offer by the auction house on 1st and 2nd July 2015. (Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earnings Losers Are Market’s Biggest Winners]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stock prices have become divorced from profit forecasts. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-11/earnings-losers-are-market-s-biggest-winners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-11/earnings-losers-are-market-s-biggest-winners</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:00:39 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iU15RATDgrlo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iU15RATDgrlo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pump jacks at an oil extraction site on March 12, 2019, in Cotulla, Texas. (Photo by Loren ELLIOTT / AFP) (Photo credit should read LOREN ELLIOTT/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman’s Buyback Doom Scenario Is Overdone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Curbing share repurchases wouldn’t be a catastrophe.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-09/goldman-s-buyback-doom-scenario-is-overdone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-09/goldman-s-buyback-doom-scenario-is-overdone</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:58:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isVC4NK4LkOg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isVC4NK4LkOg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>TOPSHOT - People walk with umbrellas through a dense fog near the town of Junik on April 9, 2019. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wage Growth Isn't Threatening Corporate Profits Yet]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pressure hasn’t reached a critical level.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-05/jobs-report-wage-growth-isn-t-setting-off-profit-margin-alarms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-05/jobs-report-wage-growth-isn-t-setting-off-profit-margin-alarms</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:46:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHG9.9P5ghAg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHG9.9P5ghAg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>No alarm just yet.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BlackRock Doesn’t Need to Roll Like a Blackstone]]></title><description><![CDATA[The firm shouldn’t feel an urgency to chase private equity deals like the rest of Wall Street.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-03/blackrock-doesn-t-need-to-roll-like-a-blackstone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-03/blackrock-doesn-t-need-to-roll-like-a-blackstone</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:00:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRW0V20kULm8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRW0V20kULm8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>American flags fly at BlackRock Inc. headquarters in New York.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utility Investors Set Themselves Up for a Shock]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sector makes sense as long as interest rates stay low, but that’s no guarantee.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-02/utility-investors-set-themselves-up-for-a-shock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-02/utility-investors-set-themselves-up-for-a-shock</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Gandel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:30:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iM57s2H7Hnko/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iM57s2H7Hnko/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Electrical power lines sit on a pylon leading from the Trypilska thermal power station near Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Trypilska needs millions of dollars to replace the original turbines, boilers and pipes and is one of hundreds of state-held properties whose sale could generate $1 billion this year alone and help finance the modernization of Ukraine&apos;s economy.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>